Nursery revives after row

By Laura Marcus, Nursery World, 22 May 2008

New management has helped a Hampshire nursery recover 18 months after more than half the staff left their jobs during a dispute with its director.

The former Poppins Early Learning Centre became Hopscotch Day Nursery on 22 February, retaining all seven staff who had worked under the previous manager. Founder and director of Hopscotch Day Nurseries Freya Derrick operates two other sites in Gosport. A nursery and a pre-school opened in 2006 and 2007. The new setting in a listed building remained open throughout the takeover and has since undergone major refurbishment. In 2006, 11 members of Poppins staff handed...

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