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Take twos...expanding with creative thinking

Management Policy & Politics
Providing new places for two-year-olds does not always have to involve huge or even any capital investment.

With some creative thinking and reconfiguration of existing space, providers can grow and expand or simply re-organise to offer this service, says James Hempsall

This is the case for Tik-Tok nursery, a registered charity established in 1991 and located in the Felling area of Gateshead. An Ofsted 'outstanding' nursery it is registered for 130 places and provides full-time and part-time daycare places, as well as holiday care for older children. The nursery building has multiple rooms used by the three age groups: a sleep room, a family room and an additional room which is used for its holiday club.

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