Nursery World - Mother buys out threatened nursery

An entrepreneurial mum has saved her three-year-old son's nursery from closure by becoming the new registered owner. Rebecca Warner was so dismayed at the prospect of Dinky Doo Nursery in east Oxford closing down that she and her husband decided to buy it.

Rebecca Warner was so dismayed at the prospect of Dinky Doo Nursery in east Oxford closing down that she and her husband decided to buy it.

The private day nursery is registered to take 22 children from 18 months to five years.

On 21 August it will begin trading under the new name of Little Troopers Day Nursery.

Mrs Warner, who previously worked as a facilities manager for a consultancy firm in London, said that her experience in planning, budgeting and management would be useful in running the nursery.

Meanwhile, Dinky Doo's previous owner, Sara Mander, is setting up a new Dinky Doo Nursery on the site of The Dragon School, a co-educational boarding and day school in north Oxford, primarily providing term-time care for the staff's children.

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