Nursery World - Management: Running a pre-school

Children are free to make choices at this pre-school, says Karen Faux.

True to its name, Busy Bees' pre-school in its Welwyn Garden City nursery is always a hive of activity. Situated in a leafy business park which is home to Tesco head offices, the pre-school occupies a spacious room which was part of a major refurbishment two years ago. With 24 children out of the setting's total 74 based in the pre-school, it is clearly the hub for what is one of the group's most vibrant and popular sites.

The older children benefit from the fact that the managers of their room have worked in it for a long while. Pre-school room leader Dawn Mahood has been employed by Busy Bees for no less than 14 years. Five of those were spent in the babies room, five in the toddlers, and she is now in her fifth year in the pre-school 'Swans'.

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