Nursery World - Spotlight on…Grace Stratton

Co-owner of Storybook Day Nursery in Upminster

How did you set up Storybook Day Nursery in 2015?

We devised the whole thing as a family over a Sunday roast! My sister and I both had young children and wanted more from our childcare. My dad and I are both more business-orientated and my mum and sister had early years teaching backgrounds. We found a premises and renovated it. It took a year from idea to reality.

Why have you decided to expand?

We were very fortunate to have a lot of interest right out of the gate, and offering 45 places a day we very quickly built up a waiting list, which is now full until 2020. Even before some of our parents have their children they are asking to put down names of future siblings, so strangers approaching us for places hardly stand a chance.

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