Everything a nursery runs on, in one place.
More than thirty tools, built one real need at a time inside a working nursery — with the AI parts gated behind a person, always.
Growth Stories — an observation from a photo
Photograph a moment and a full observation comes back written — the learning that's happening, where it goes next, wellbeing and involvement, and a summary a parent can actually read — tagged to EYFS, Montessori and Waldorf in a single pass.
Where other nursery software has AI at all, it only polishes wording a staff member has already typed. Nothing else builds the whole observation from a photograph, or reads it against more than one framework at once. And nothing reaches a parent until a keyworker has checked it.
The 2-year progress check, done for you
The statutory EYFS two-year progress check, assembled automatically from the observations already on file — every judgement links straight back to the evidence behind it, and the termly milestone tracker feeds it as you go.
No other nursery platform automates this specific report. Everywhere else it's a form someone fills in from memory the week it's due.
Allergies, cross-checked against the menu
Every allergy and medication is tracked on the child's record and against a schedule. The label scanner reads a product's packaging into a verified product library, and the day's meal plan is cross-checked automatically against each child's allergies — with a staff member confirming every entry before it counts.
The result: the kitchen gets a per-child warning before a meal goes out, not a note that got missed on a clipboard.
Always ready for Ofsted
One inspection page shows every area an inspector looks at — staff records and DBS, policies, safeguarding, supervision, premises, food safety — as green, amber or red, with exactly what's missing. Print it as a report when the call comes.
Records are kept as the day happens, so readiness isn't a week of catching up. Staff who still need to sign a policy get a reminder with one tap.
Parents stay in the loop, with nothing to install.
ChildHive is your team's app. Parents don't need an account: newsletters, invoices, accident reports and forms go to them by email as secure links, and they read and sign them on their phone.
Daily operations
The register, the accident form, the medication round — the things that have to be right every single day, done on a tablet on the wall rather than a desk.
Children's Register
Sign children in and out against a live ratio check — by room and age band, warning you before you tip over, not after. AM, PM and tea-time sessions, and a log an inspector can read.
Accidents & Incidents
Log an accident with a body map and a photo; the parent signs on the screen or from a link, and a head-injury letter prints if it's needed.
Medication / Allergy
Every dose recorded against a schedule, every allergy on the child's record — and on the kitchen's radar through the meal cross-check.
Care Log
Nappies, sleep and meals logged in a couple of taps, flowing straight through to the parent's feed.
Settling In
Plan and track each new starter's settling visits on one calendar, so nobody's first full day is a surprise.
Rest Time Sounds
A shared ambient sound player for nap time, controlled from any device in the room.
Learning & development
Observations, planning and progress — the pedagogy side of the job, without the evenings spent writing it up.
Growth Stories
AI observations from a photo — full write-up, multi-framework tags, next steps, parent summary. See the detail above.
Pending Review
The AI's own confidence sets the queue: uncertain drafts wait for a person, confident ones are still never sent without one. Nothing skips review.
Custom Frameworks & SEND Pathway
Run EYFS, Montessori and Waldorf — or write your own framework, its areas and its statements. The AI tags observations against all of them at once, and a built-in SEND Development Pathway covers children working below the EYFS bands.
Monthly Plans
The theme-led planning web your team sketches by hand, made digital — with prompts from what worked last time on the two-year rotation.
SEND Register
More than a list: individual support plans, EHCP details, outside-agency referrals and review dates — the whole SEND caseload in one place, visible only to the staff who should see it.
Photo Album
A shared album per child that feeds the learning journey.
Key Worker Board
Every keyworker's children at a glance — drag a child from one to another to rebalance, and the change is logged like any reassignment.
Compliance
The records an inspector asks for, kept as you go rather than reconstructed the night before a visit.
Register Log
A tamper-evident record of who was signed in when, and who did the signing — unlockable only with an admin PIN.
Meals & Allergies
Meal plans with allergen tags, cross-checked against every child's allergies, plus the label scanner and its verified product library. See the detail above.
Risk Assessments
Reusable assessment templates and dated checks — indoor rooms, outings, the lot — with any actions tracked through to done.
2-Year Progress Checks
The statutory check, rolled up automatically from real observations with full traceability. See the detail above.
Inspection Readiness
Every inspection area rated green, amber or red, with what's missing and a printable report. See the detail above.
Staff Records & DBS
A single central record of every staff member's checks, with DBS renewals flagged before they fall due.
Policies
Every policy in one place, with who has and hasn't signed it — by policy or by person — and one-tap reminders.
Safeguarding & Supervision
Safeguarding concerns logged and followed through, and staff supervision meetings recorded.
Food Safety Diary
The daily Safer Food, Better Business diary: opening and closing checks, fridge and freezer, and each food served with its temperature check. Signed and printable.
Staff management
Who's in, who's on a break, who's owed leave, and whose DBS is about to lapse.
Sign In / Sign Out
A PIN kiosk for staff to clock in and out, with breaks tracked and overruns flagged.
Staff Attendance
The clocked hours in one view, ready to check against the rota and the payroll.
Staff Rota
Build the week and see your ratios before you publish it, colour-coded by room.
Holiday & Absence
Requests, approvals and a year-planner of who's off when, with entitlement tracked.
Bank Staff Hours
Log casual and bank shifts separately, with their own admin sign-off.
Certifications & DBS
Every DBS, first-aid, paediatric and safeguarding certificate with its expiry date — warning you weeks before one runs out.
Office & enrolment
From the first show-round enquiry to an invoice that works out the funding by itself.
Viewings & Enrolment
Every enquiry from first contact through show-round to signed contract, with e-signature enrolment packs and duplicate-child detection.
Invoices
Funded hours, term-time patterns and fees calculated automatically; PDF invoices sent to parents and chased for you.
Birthdays
A birthday list, and a printable diet-and-allergy reminder sheet for the week ahead.
Newsletters
Draft, review and send a nursery newsletter to every parent on file.
Visitor Log
A signed visitor record at the door, exportable for an inspection.
Admin & security
Who can see what, who changed what, and getting back anything deleted by mistake.
Observation Tracker
See at a glance which children are due an observation and who's fallen behind.
Audit Log
Every change to a sensitive record — who, what and when.
Archive & Bin
Nothing's really gone: soft-deleted records sit in a bin you can restore from.
Settings
Staff access, PINs, funding rates, thresholds and branding, all in one place.
Security & offline
Row-level security on every table, two-factor for admins, and the safety-critical forms keep working with no signal — syncing the moment you're back.
See it running on your own nursery's day.
Try it free for 3 weeks, with guided step-by-step setup.