The Tinies difference

Meet the Tinies team

Our story

Tinies was founded in 1975 as a specialist nanny agency, built around one clear purpose: helping families find safe, reliable and high-quality childcare. This is still at the core of everything we do today.

Since then, Tinies has grown into a leading pan-UK childcare recruitment network, supporting families, candidates, nurseries, early years settings, employers and event organisers. We also support hotels, sports organisations, the travel & leisure sector, and corporate partners with back-up-care provision.

In late 2024, Tinies entered a new phase of private ownership under CEO Claire Adams, one of the brand’s longest-standing leaders. Claire’s career spans more than 30 years in childcare, from practitioner to franchisee, business owner and now to group CEO and owner.

Today, Tinies combines the credibility of a long-established national brand with the energy, ambition and focus of a business building for the future.

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1975

Tinies was established as a specialist nanny agency

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Simple solutions. smart people. safe hands.

Good staffing is personal. It takes trust, judgement, experience and care. That is why Tinies has spent more than 50 years building a national childcare recruitment network with local experts at its heart.

We know the difference the right fit can make. To a child. To a family. To a nursery. To an employer. To someone building a career in childcare. Our role is to make that connection feel clear, safe and simple.

Meet the Tinies team
  • Established in 1975
  • Childcare heritage
  • Local consultants across the UK
  • Temporary and permanent staffing solutions
  • Domestic, early years settings, corporate and event childcare
  • Enhanced DBS or PVG checks for all
  • Full referencing and safer recruitment processes
  • Experienced, qualified, trusted professionals

Our mission

We aim to raise childcare standards in all settings across the UK – for children, families, professionals, service providers and employers.

We believe that every child deserves safe, nurturing, engaging and inspiring care. We believe childcare professionals should be better recognised, supported and valued.

We fully support the growing national call for greater regulation within the industry and a nationwide database of registered child carers.

We also believe the right childcare solutions can make meaningful and powerful differences to family life, working life and the future of our society.

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What we stand for

  1. We champion safety

    We take safer recruitment seriously. Our standards are designed to give assurance, trust and confidence – to those hiring Tinies' staff and to our army of caregivers.

  2. We think smart

    We use experience, insight and judgement to make childcare recruitment simpler, clearer and more effective. This is powered by our investment in technology to better enable this process for all parties.

  3. We are human-first

    Childcare is personal. Our consultants listen, guide and support people through important decisions. Exceptional childcare informs and impacts growth, development, confidence, resilience, wellbeing and enrichment.

  4. We are local

    Our pan-UK network combines national reach with local knowledge, helping people find support that fits their area, needs and circumstances.

  5. We are ambitious

    We are investing in our people, our systems, our brand and our future, so Tinies continues to lead with trust, quality and confidence.

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