Sprout
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Sprout, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Sprout's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Seedling | £49 a month | Up to 20 children · Child and family profiles · Daily logs and observations · Live register · Parent portal · Basic invoicing · £49/month or £490/year — 2 months free |
| Blossom | £99 a month | Up to 50 children · Auto-invoicing and reminders · Staff rota and management · Compliance hub · GDPR tools · Funded hours tracking · £99/month or £990/year — 2 months free |
| Grove | £179 a month | Up to 100 children · AI assistant · Advanced reporting · Staff development and appraisals · Priority support · £179/month or £1,790/year — 2 months free |
| Forest | £299 a month | Unlimited children and staff · Custom branding · Dedicated account manager · SLA guarantee · £299/month or £2,990/year — 2 months free |
The facts
Each one read from Sprout's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attendance
- The live register supports sign-in and sign-out, room-by-room attendance tracking, and a one-tap fire register.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Attendance and check-in
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Child capacity
- 20checked 22 Sep 2026
- Daily logs
- Daily logs cover meals, naps, nappy changes, mood and activities, with updates visible to parents in real time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Sprout says it does not sell or share customer data with third parties, and provides a Data Processing Agreement on request.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Customers can export data at any time; after cancellation it is retained for 60 days and then permanently deleted.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Family communication
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Finance
- Sprout can generate monthly invoices based on booked sessions, track payments, send overdue reminders, and manage funded hours.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes CSV import for children and relatives, and says support can help with larger data migrations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- Sprout says it is built for UK nurseries and offers pricing discussions for charities, nursery chains and local authority settings.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Learning journals
- Practitioners can record observations with EYFS area tagging, add photos, and share them with parents through the portal.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Parent access
- Every plan includes a secure Parent Portal for daily logs, observations, messages, invoices and consent forms.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Sprout is nursery management software for UK early years settings that manages children, staff, parents and compliance.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Sprout says data is encrypted in transit over HTTPS and at rest, and that it is UK GDPR compliant.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Staff and compliance
- Staff management includes rota planning and training records, while the Compliance Hub includes risk assessments, policies, accident records and an audit trail.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site lists support by email at [email protected], and Grove includes priority support while Forest includes a dedicated account manager.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing and payments
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Trial and cancellation
- The 14-day free trial does not require a credit card, and the site says customers can cancel at any time.checked 11 Oct 2026
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