Pre-school will close if chairman can’t be found (From Crewe Guardian)

Willaston pre-school will close if chairman can’t be found

12:06pm Monday 14th November 2011 in Letters

Willaston Pre-School Group, which has been successfully caring for children for 25 years, will be forced to close if it is unable to find a chairman.

The pre-school, which runs sessions from St John’s Church Hall in Willaston, is a registered charity run by a voluntary committee but without enough people to dedicate some time to the school, it will be forced to close, especially if it fails to recruit a chairman.

This will be a terrible thing for a much-loved pre-school which has provided childcare to children from Willaston, Hough, Weston, Shavington, Stapeley, Wistaston and Wybunbury since 1985.

Comments from parents this July 2011 include “…lovely environment and staff”; “I can’t tell you how great it is…knowing that he’s receiving genuine care and lots of stimulation in a wonderful atmosphere”; “I’m so pleased at the way he settled in from the start. He has come on so much in his development.”

The pre-school is Ofsted registered for up to 24 children per session.

At its last inspection it was rated as ‘Good’ in all areas.

I appeal to local residents to come forward to offer to help, even if it is only for a few hours a week.

It would be a great loss to our community if it had to close.

It is very important for our young children to have a the best possible start in life and be able to enter primary school able to participate fully in their new classes.

Clr Brian Silvester Willaston and Rope Ward