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Top 25 Special needs child care based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 1,461 special needs child care headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 15,211 professional contacts across them, including 2,723 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers special needs child care headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest special needs child care based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 854 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are the UK’s leading education provider for children and young people with special educational needs, as evidenced by sector leading Ofsted judgements and our unmatched…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 591 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kids Planet not only provides the highest standard of nursery care and education but also a unique environment in which children are actively encouraged to explore, learn and to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 530 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Every child and young person has potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 363 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1975, Hesley Group provides specialist residential, supported living and education services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 359 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The SENAD Group has a portfolio of homes and schools for children and young people who have special educational and/or care needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 351 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are an innovative and expanding provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 321 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're now Keys.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 278 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Five Rivers is a Social Enterprise that looks after children who need specialist care and education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For 40 years we’ve led the way in providing autism-specific care and education for children, young people and adults across the North-east of England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 260 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Partou, childcare isn’t just a job; it’s a journey – one where every child leads us in a unique direction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 228 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Our mission is to provide the best education, care and support for young people with individual needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Hexagon Care Services, we are dedicated to transforming lives through our comprehensive range of specialist therapeutic services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Asquith Day Nurseries is the UK’s leading provider of premium childcare and education for the under 5s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 175 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Bright Futures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We specialise in residential, and integrated services for children and young people with complex needs, including autism, learning disabilities, and mental health issues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Here at Tops Day Nurseries, we are proud to be industry leaders in providing exceptional childcare across the South and South-West, with nurseries and holiday clubs in Dorset…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Little Elms is an established nursery that aims to provide the highest standards of care for children aged between 3 months and 5 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Diverse Abilities is the only charity that has been supporting children & adults with profound physical and learning disabilities, and their families, through a range of services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Care and Education for children and young people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Beckmead Trust believes that every young person has the right to the best possible education and a chance to succeed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Ashbourne Day Nurseries, where we passionately craft nurturing environments that inspire lifelong learning and confidence in every child.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bright Little Stars Nursery™ is an award-winning childcare and education provider with a unique learning programme and pre-school We believe in providing every child with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Birtenshaw was established in the 1950s by a group of parents as a special school for young children with cerebral palsy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Children & Young People up to age 25: Our provisions are co-educational and cater for those who have special educational needs associated with communication and interaction…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Holistic childcare for the modern world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: special needs child care. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names special needs child care.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of special needs child care, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name special needs child care. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Special needs child care based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 1,461 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among special needs child care, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “special needs child care”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names special needs child care), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among special needs child care, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,723 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Special needs child care by metro
- Special needs child care in London157
- Special needs child care in Birmingham25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names special needs child care, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many special needs child care are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 1,461 special needs child care headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Witherslack Group, headquartered in United Kingdom, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most special needs child care?
London leads with 157 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (25) and Manchester (20).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,723 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,461 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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