The hires that shape everything else.
A CEO, a General Manager or a Head of Safeguarding sets the ceiling for every service they touch. These searches are run personally by our founder, backed by more than 11 years of direct sector experience, in complete confidence and exclusively inside childcare.
Some searches can't be run in the open.
Executive movements in this sector are watched closely: by boards, by teams, by competitors and by families. Discretion isn't a courtesy at this level. It's the precondition for the search working at all.
Replacing or creating a role, quietly
Succession planning, a sensitive replacement, or a newly created head office role your competitors shouldn't read about on a job board. The search runs without your name attached until you choose to reveal it, and every approach is made personally.
Arrange a confidential conversation →Exploring your next move, invisibly
At your level, being seen looking carries a cost. A private conversation with us puts you on the radar for roles that will never be advertised, with nothing shared until you approve it.
Start a private conversation →The leadership roles we appoint
Every appointment draws on a network built over years inside the sector, including the leaders who'd never answer a recruiter they don't know.
Chief Executives & General Managers
Leaders who can carry growth, culture and compliance at once, for providers from emerging groups to national operators and not for profits.
Safeguarding & Quality leadership
Heads of Safeguarding and Heads of Quality with the authority and judgement the role demands, because in this sector nothing matters more.
Operations & People leadership
Heads of Operations and Heads of People who translate strategy into services that perform, and teams that stay.
Building out a whole leadership team, or hiring at volume beneath it? We can become your fully outsourced recruitment team.
Founder led. Sector exclusive. Fully confidential.
Executive search here isn't a division or a side offer. It's run personally, inside the only sector we work in, by someone who has sat in the rooms these leaders will run.
- Run personally by our founderMore than 11 years of direct sector experience behind every search.
- A leadership network already mappedThe CEOs, GMs and heads of function across childcare, and the rising leaders ready to step up.
- Confidential on both sidesApproaches, shortlists and negotiations handled with total discretion.
Trusted where it counts
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Currently advertised searches
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Some conversations shouldn't start with a contact form.
Tell us as much or as little as you can. We'll give you a confidential, honest read on the leadership market before you commit to anything.