Shabnum Bi is the Founder and Director of Early Nurture Preschool in Birmingham — an Ofsted Outstanding setting that has attracted international delegates, earned a place in the Montessori International Awards finals, and brought Shabnum to a World Leaders Summit at the University of Oxford. In this episode, Shabnum shares how she rebuilt her early years’ setup from scratch after a forced liquidation, and why refusing to scale is her most deliberate business decision.
In this episode, Shabnum covers:
- How to balance daily hands-on leadership with a growing public profile and media presence
- Why she caps enrolment at 30 children — and how that ceiling creates competitive advantage
- The lessons from losing a 20-year business with half a day’s notice and launching again four weeks later
- How deep community roots translate into trust, referrals, and resilience
- Teaching three-year-olds lifelong skills: civic awareness, emotional regulation, and global empathy
- What international collaboration — from South Korea to the USA — looks like inside a small Birmingham preschool
Ready to transform how your community thinks about early education? Visit www.earlynurturepreschool.co.uk to learn more about Shabnum’s approach.
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