Jenni Saunders, the Debutots franchisee for Swindon, has won a Netmums.com award for her classes, which have been voted the best in Wiltshire.

Jenni’s Debutots franchise classes, which encourage pre–schoolers to explore stories and language through drama, were described as being friendly and the highlight of the children’s week.

Jenni said: "The Netmums award means so much as it is voted for by the parents. I love running the classes and it’s fantastic to know the parents and children enjoy it as much as I do.

"I used to work at Nationwide but I have a drama degree and I always wanted to be involved in that in some way. Initially I had just intended to take my children to the class but then I saw that there wasn’t one near us, so I decided to buy into the franchise.

“It has been going for three and a half years now and I haven’t looked back once."

Jenni, who is mum to six–year–old Oscar, Sadie, four, and two–year–old Lottie, received a certificate from local Netmums editor Karen Archer.