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Jaipreet, who was born in England to Punjabi-speaking parents, grew up very isolated until she started at Little Rascals Day Nursery in Bilston, West Midlands when she was two years old.
Her parents moved away from their family in India to find employment and settled in Bilston, where they knew no-one and there is not a significant Punjabi community. Her father was able to speak some English but her mother could understand very little, which left her unable to visit groups or befriend many people.
Jaipreet grew up speaking Punjabi, so she could not understand English when her parents accessed two-year-old funding and enrolled her at the nursery, part of the Little Rascals Childcare chain.
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