Nursery World - My working life ... Playgroup manager

Gabriella Jozwiak hears about running a setting that is dismantled
each day.

Beverley Dearnley is the manager of Newsome Pre-School Playgroup in Huddersfield. She is responsible for the day-to-day running of the setting - which has to be set up and then later dismantled every day - while an elected committee of parents and officers has overall decision-making powers.

She says, 'A playgroup is the same as a nursery in many ways, except it's a registered charity rather than a private business. I run the setting, but if I wanted to increase wages or fees I'd have to get consent from the committee.

'The playgroup is held in a church hall, every weekday from 8:30am to 3pm. We offer up to 28 places for children aged from two to five. We have eight members of staff, with me and my deputy qualified to Level 6, and the others all at Level 3.

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