Staff, children and parents at Heighington Pre-school in Lincolnshire are delighted to have swapped their village hall accommodation for a portable building refurbished to exactly fit their requirements.
Sarah Turfrey joined the setting ten years ago when it had just eight children, and three years ago she took over as manager. Heighington now has 47 children on roll. It employs six staff and a lunchtime supervisor.
The local council gave the pre-school its marching orders from Jubilee Hall last year when it was deemed too large for the premises. Ms Turfrey says, 'I was devastated - where could we go? How would we fund it? The nursery had just £15,000 in its coffers at the time, which did not seem a realistic sum to establish a suitable building.'
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