Ingrid Boyd put her money where her mouth is when one of the children's nurseries she ran was threatened with closure.
Owners of a building Young Sussex uses at Dyke Road in Hove decided to sell it and told Mrs Boyd the lease would not be renewed.
Undaunted, she put up nearly £500,000 to buy the building herself, using her own house near Hove seafront as security.
It now looks as if the deal will go through and the much-loved nursery will be able to continue.
Not every principal would have had the courage Mrs Boyd possesses and many parents have cause to be grateful to her.
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