For many pre-schools the route to survival involves them moving to full daycare, while for some sustainability is assured by moving to the site of a local school, where they can then extend their hours and offer options such as breakfast and after-school clubs.
Noah's Ark Pre-school, Bristol 'The Noah's Ark Pre-school was started by the Cairns Road Baptist Church, Bristol in its church hall in 1986 and for years ran for just three mornings a week,' says Carol de Beger, the manager.
'Over the last six years we've expanded the sessions to five mornings and four afternoons. Last Easter we started a lunch club and from September 2005 we are going to full daycare.
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