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Finding the right people for a brand-new nursery

A Coventry nursery created an assessment day to create a more rigorous hiring process and ensure quality as it expands.

Making the transition from being a single operator to launching a second nursery is a big and exciting step, and for Midlands-based Capellas Nursery, the most important consideration is appointing the right staff.

Capellas currently has 90 children on roll at its existing site in a converted house in Balsall Common, Coventry. The provision was graded good overall by Ofsted in 2009, with the leadership and management singled out as outstanding. Now nursery owner and child psychologist Dr Sonya Wallbank is gearing up to open a second site in a refurbished bungalow in the grounds of Solihull Sixth Form College. Capellas and the college are working together to ensure a flying start at the beginning of August.

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