It all started in 2019 when, fresh from 15 years leading Teach First, tiney’s co-founder and CEO Brett Wigdortz OBE teamed up with seasoned tech founders Edd Read and John Newbold to solve the big problem on all of their minds: early years education was in crisis, families couldn’t access the care they so desperately needed, and children were starting school unprepared.

The UK is in the middle of a national childcare crisis fueled by a huge lack of historical support for childcare workers and accelerated by the long term impacts of Covid on the sector. Despite this trend, tiney was the only player that could emerge as part of the Early Years sector which is growing and supporting childcare workers as true professionals. There are now over 1500 tiney homes open or coming soon around the country, run by childminders from a wide range of backgrounds but all united by a mission to change children’s lives.

tiney is now nationwide and accelerating towards our goal of a tiney home around every corner. With each tiney home that opens, more children can access a first class early years education and create life-changing bonds with their carers and peers.