Director Natasha Kirby knows every one of her 93 staff by name and happily acknowledges that she couldn't make a success of the business without them.
Having worked her way up from a nursery nurse at the age of 16 to nursery manager and now owner of a nursery group at 28, she believes that identifying with staff, understanding the issues they face every day, and fuelling their passion for practice are all key to long-term success.
It is certainly a very good time to be working at Boys & Girls Nursery, which is run by Mrs Kirby and her husband Jon. It is just about to open its third site in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire and has a fourth planned for Rickmansworth next year. The new openings are providing opportunities for staff to develop their careers and spread their wings across what will be four very different settings.
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