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Management Queries - What parents think

Gabriella Jozwiak puts a question about the best ways to invite feedback from parents to two nursery managers and a kindergarten head teacher.

Q. I’m new to management and am keen to encourage more parental feedback. How do other nursery leaders go about this? And then how do they act on it?

Hannah Busby, acting nursery manager, Longstanton Pre-school

‘I can relate to this question, as I am also new to management. When I started my role in April 2021, we hosted a coffee morning so parents could meet me. It gave me a chance to tell them my aims for the nursery moving forward.

‘We had it outside because of Covid, and it really helped to meet parents at the same time and begin that relationship. I also sent out an email introducing myself for parents who could not come.

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