For the overall winner, Northumberland-based Little Angels, is a setting that positively champions the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the government's controversial curriculum for under-fives.
Far from finding it a bureaucratic burden, nursery owner Deborah Wylie says the EYFS is a "brilliant document". "When the EYFS came in we changed very little, because we already reflect on what we do and how we can grow," she adds.
The setting was described by NDNA assessors as a "magical place", and Wylie is already being asked for advice from people taking their first steps as nursery managers or owners.
"There is no magic wand," says Wylie. "But we do everything in as much of a child-centred way as we can with our resources."
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