Our Team
Our small team of caring staff have many years’ experience between them.
Each of them is passionate about working with children, highly qualified, and loves to provide each child with individual attention suited to their needs.
We work hard to support disabilities and Special Educational Needs (SEN), and our team includes a designated, highly qualified SEN Co-ordinator. All staff have regular DBS checks, continued professional development and first aid training.
Louise Johnston
Role: Preschool Manager
Qualifications: NCFE CACHE Level 5 Senior Practitioner
Best bits: I love to observe the children developing and being part of their journey as they enjoy new experiences.
Sarah Blackham
Role: Deputy Lead Early Years Educator and Safeguarding Officer
Qualifications: EdExcel L3 NVQ in Children’s Care, Learning and Development
Best bits: Supporting them to build great relationships with the adults and their new friends.
Katie Farrance
Role: Early Years Educator and lead SENDCo
Qualifications: NCFE Cache L3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce
Best bits: Seeing the world through the children’s eyes. Supporting their imaginative play, which empowers them to be more creative and imaginative.
Lucy Jackson
Role: Early Years Educator
Qualifications: Early Years Educator Level 3
Best bits: Watching the children’s confidence grow and their characters changing
Scarlett Dye
Role: Early Years Educator – Apprentice
Qualifications: Scarlett is working towards Level 2 Early Years Educator qualification
Best bits:
Lucy Whitelaw
Role: Preschool Administrator
Your child’s “Key Person”
When your child starts here, one of our team will become their “Key Person”. Your Key person will make your child feel special, happy and cared for.
This helps them settle in; and then it develops into a close, trusting relationship, that will nourish learning.
This “Key Person” will also be available for you as a main point of contact: we want to work in partnership with you, and mirror your childcare practices as far as possible, to help your child feel at home here. They will also regularly update a personalised “learning journal” for your child, using our electronic Tapestry system. You can arrange a meeting with your Key Person whenever you wish, or have an informal chat at drop-off or pick up times. This means you will be kept fully up-to-date with your child’s adventures and development.