"We have digitised the sights and sounds of this fantastic place so children can make music as they learn the science, " said Braunarts director Terry Braun.

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"The staff in the activity centre are absolutely fantastic and cannot do enough for the children they look after, play with and to whom they help to provide reassurance, " she said.

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Dr Daghni Rajasingam, consultant obstetrician from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, agreed that society and societal pressures have changed the choices of mothers, but also pointed out that there are "fantastic assisted conception techniques" now which have helped older women who could not have children earlier in their lives.

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I'm keen to challenge the idea that professional women with children should be given work out of sympathy rather than be seen as a fantastic business proposition.

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Belinda Beale, a parent with two children at the school, said regardless of its size the small school provides "a fantastic education".

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