Following a successful tender for a new thirty-hour childcare facility, Tops Day needed to create a 32 place preschool building, within the grounds of their existing Lakeside Nursery in Portsmouth. They needed the new facility to fit with their corporate ethos of eco-sustainable childcare and education and to blend aesthetically with the lush, natural setting and the existing building. And they needed it quickly.
Q1 Why did you want to develop a separate learning space?
We wanted to provide the extra, specialised space needed for an expansion to our existing child care service. Rather than just providing nursery schooling and/or child care for 3-12 year olds, we now offer integrated provision for 0-12s.
Abacus Nursery and Childcare’s new nursery has two classrooms, a lobby, tea room, accessible toilets, and a quiet room accommodating up to 70 children.
The Raglan Schools needed a new stand alone nursery to replace an old building at their Enfield site which had become unusable. The school offers the 30 hours of free nursery provision with options for extending to 35hrs.
Louise Prodromou, School Business Manager, explained that they were initially attracted to the unique design of their Learning Escape. It had good kerb appeal for the local community and that children, staff and parents are proud of the new development.
St Francis Primary school wanted to open a brand new nursery and had no suitable space within the school. They were attracted to TG Escapes by the cost and speed of turnaround.