Nursery World - Spotlight on…Rebecca Squires

Group leader at Friends of Number One, Showfields, Kent, set up by parents after the closure of their local pre-school

What is your connection to the group?

My eldest boy, now six, attended the pre-school, and my three-year-old son started in September, until it closed in February. The pre-school has been a lovely place to send my children and they really enjoyed it there.

What happened to the pre-school?

We were informed two weeks before the closure. I was furious. It just felt like everything my son loved was being taken away from him. The letter we received said they where closing due to lack of staff and funding. Myself and a few other mums requested a meeting to try to change their minds; we also went to the papers. Nothing changed. We were given a list of other local pre-schools, but due to my and my husband’s work commitments no-one had a place for him at such short notice.

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