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Clever Clogs buys settings to add choice
A nursery chain has tripled in size after it spent half a million pounds on two new nurseries.
Owner Andrea Townsley at Clever Clogs nursery in Belmont
Owner Andrea Townsley set up Clever Clogs Nursery in Belmont, Durham in 2007. She has now acquired two new settings, one in Hartlepool and the other in Bowburn, Durham.
Ms Townsley had found that parents were travelling from all over the area to place their children at Belmont. 'It is fantastic that we are now able to offer a choice of nurseries,' she said.
The nursery works hard to create an atmosphere where children can be happy and have a head start to their personal development in a stimulating environment.
Ms Townsley said, 'As a parent of young children myself, I understand how difficult it can be to leave your child at nursery and so at Clever Clogs we do our upmost to create a "home away from home".'
She added, 'We have created a caring, happy and safe environment at our nurseries and even take school age children to school as well as picking them up after school, allowing parents with children of different ages to go to work without any worries.'
Clever Clogs employs 67 staff across all three nurseries and has the potential to bring even more jobs to the region with both of the new nurseries planning to double staff numbers when they reach full capacity.
All of the Clever Clogs nursery team are required to further their qualifications and support their own development and all are qualified to at least NVQ Level 3.
Clever Clogs nurseries provide childcare for nought to five-year-olds, before- and after-school care and school holiday clubs for children up to the age of 11.
