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Meet Our Management Team

Qualified Coordinator Specialist's

  • The Designated Safeguarding Officer is Arabella, Gemma and Louise.
  • The Special Educational Needs (SEN) Level 3 is Gemma, our deputy manager.
  • The behaviour coordinator is Louise, the manager of the nursery.
  • The equal opportunities coordinator is Chloe Sykes, our Senior Nursery Nurse
  • The Looked After Children coordinator is Gemma, our Deputy Manager.
  • All staff are pediatric first aid trained.



"The leadership and management of the setting is inspirational. Exemplary staff training, development and supervision processes are in place, ensuring staff are highly qualified and skilled" (Ofsted,13)


"Inspirational leadership of the nursery team encourages an extremely inclusive environment, where adults and children feel valued and respected. Children's care, welfare and learning are significantly enriched by the highly effective way in which the setting is led and managed" (Ofsted,13)


"All staff work exceptionally well as a team and are highly committed to constantly providing the best they can for the children in their care" (Ofsted,13)


Nursery Manager - Louise

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With over 23 years experience in childcare, and 21 years employed at Greyfell Academy Louise is our Manager.

Qualifications include:

-Level 3 in Childcare

-Level 5 in Childcare- Management side 

-Special Educational needs coordinator- SENCO Training received termly

- Level 2 Food Hygiene

-Paediatric First aid 

-First aid at Work

-First aid for Mental health

-Supporting staff well-being in the workplace

-Advanced Safeguarding for Designated Safeguarding Lead

- The Prevent Duty and British Values

-Promoting Positive behaviour

-Online Safety in Early Years

-Female Genital -Mutilations (FGM)

-Training on Anaphylaxis and administration of an adrenaline injector device.

-Makaton training

- Understanding COSHH 

- Designated fire saftey officer

- Safer recruitment

- Managing performance through effective appraisals 

- Medical awareness

- Apprentice in the workplace 

- Safe sleeping course

- Pre phonics

Deputy Manager and Pre-School Room Leader - Gemma

With over 16 years experience in childcare, and 16 years at Greyfell Academy, Gemma is our Deputy Manager and Pre-School Room Leader.

Qualifications include:

-Level 3 in Childcare

-Level 5 in Childcare

-  Level 3 Special educational needs coordinator in early years settings 

- Early Years making sense of autism 

- Autism and ADHD in girls 

- Sensory learning

-Paediatric First aid

-First aid at work

-Level 2 Food Hygiene

- The Prevent Duty and British Values

-Online Safety in Early Year

-Positive behaviour coordinator

-Advanced Safeguarding training for the Designated lead

-Safeguarding skills for Managers

-Makaton for beginners

- Online safety in Early years

-Responding sensitively to biting

- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

-Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) 

- Safe sleeping course 

- Open ended questioning 

- Understandibng childrens emotions 

- Pre phonics 

- Leadership and management

Deputy Manger and Under Two's Room Leader - Arabella

With over 19 years experience in childcare, and 16 years at Greyfell Academy, Arabella is our Deputy Manger and Room Leader.

Qualifications include:

-BA Hons in Childcare and Adolescence studies(Level 6)

- Level 2 understanding children and young peoples mental health

- Working together to safeguard children

-Advanced Safeguarding training for the Designated lead

-Safeguarding skills for Managers

-Paediatric First aid

-First aid for Mental health

-Level 2 Food Hygiene

- The Prevent Duty and British Values

-Online Safety in Early Years

-Promoting Positive behaviour

-Training on Anaphylaxis and administration of an adrenaline injector device.

- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

-Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) 

- Child protection 

- Safe sleeping course 

- Understanding autism 

- Blossoming babies 

- Understanding babies 

- The vulnerablity of babies 

- Biting in the early years

Acting Deputy Manager and Two's Room Leader - Carmel

With over 14 years experience in childcare, and 7 years at Greyfell Academy, Carmel is our Acting Deputy Manager and Room Leader.

Qualifications include:

-Level 3 in Childcare

-Currently studying towards Level 5 in Childcare

-Paediatric First aid

-Prevent training

-Channel general awareness (Prevent)

-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

-Responding sensitively to biting

- The Prevent Duty and British Values

-Online safety

-Promoting Positive behaviour

-Awareness of child abuse and neglect

-Prevent duty and Fundamental British values

-Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

-Safe sleeping course 

- Supporting two year olds in the early years foundation stage 

- Understanding autism 

- Autism and ADHD in girls 

- Introduction to supporting children with SEND

- Supporting staff with wellbeing in the early years workforce 

- Safeguarding children Level 2 
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