The Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School, based on a busy road in Islington, north London, used to rely on a buzzer system to admit parents. One member of staff had to be stationed in the office between 8am and 9.30am and between 4pm and 6pm just to let parents in. But now parents merely scan their finger to gain entry each time they drop off or pick up their child.
According to managing director Susan Bingham, it has made a big difference. "I would say without a shadow of a doubt that, considering we are a nursery with 123 children, it has enabled my office to become a lot better and less noisy," she says. "It has given us more freedom to spend time on things that are more valuable to us."
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