toast & tea westgate
Winchester
The concept of Toast & Tea came when I was due to go back to work as a Deputy
Headteacher full-time after having my second son. Finding enough space in
breakfast and after-school clubs was proving difficult. There is a high
population of working parents in the Winchester area; enough to create long
waiting lists for wraparound care. I saw a real opportunity to alleviate the
pressures for working parents by opening up a new breakfast and after-school
club provision. Starting Toast & Tea meant I could continue to work in
education, which I’d done for the last 15 years, and care for children away from
the pressures of assessments and results faced by schools. My boys come to Toast
& Tea too, so I have the bonus of having them at work with me a lot of the time!
