How two Shirley nurseries achieved outstanding Ofsted reports

Two Shirley nurseries which received 'outstanding' Ofsted reports within months of each other said there is no "Play-Doh at dawn" between the rival businesses.In fact the friendship between Gosling's pre-school and Sparkles pre-school is part of the secret of their individual successes.Chris Marchant started Gosling's pre-school in Elstan Way in 2001 with Kim Benham, from Sparkles, as her deputy manager.Within three weeks she had 25 children enrolled and a year later Gosling's was in...