I AM writing in response to the recent article about Co-op nurseries, specifically the comments that Co-op made about the old Petit Enfant nurseries in Witney and Carterton. I am absolutely disgusted that Co-op could suggest that the previous owners lacked investment and did not reach the Co-op high standards.

Since taking over, Carterton has gone from a good to inadequate, losing many excellent staff without replacing them and many customers. Carterton Petit Enfant had achieved NDNA’s e-Quality Counts quality assurance scheme at the highest level in December 2011 and a good Ofsted rating in September 2011. Therefore when the Co-op took over, the nursery was at a high quality, suggesting that the decrease in quality needs to be addressed by the Co-op themselves.

LEE SAVAGE, Elmhurst Way, Carterton