Our team

Staff at West Wight Nursery provide education and care within the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. Play underpins learning and development and staff provide a balance of child initiated and adult led play based activities to meet each child's developmental needs. "Children thrive in the nursery and are enabled to achieve at the very highest levels. Children flourish in all areas of their development and develop the skills they need for life long learning." - Ofsted 2022.

We are very proud of our team who are highly trained and uphold the National Standards set by Ofsted at all times. All our room staff are well motivated and are developing new skills at all times. These include training in Asperger Syndrome, Early Language Development, Mental Health, Disability awareness, and much, much more.

All staff are pediatric First Aid Trained and have a minimum Level 2 Safeguarding as well as prevent duty and FGM training.

 Senior Staff / Duty Deputies

Joanne Sexton - Deputy Manager & Deputy Safeguarding

SENCO, Managing Safeguarding Responsibilities, NVQ Level 3, Care, Learning & Development, Pediatric First Aid trained, SEN Training, Elklan Training, Early Language Development, Superheros - celebrating and developing imaginative play

Kim Lizska - Tumblers Lead / Duty Deputy

Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner  ongoing

Level 3 Care, Learning & Development

Joanna Wenman - Crèche Lead / Duty Deputy

NVQ Level 3, Health & Education (Cache), Early Langauge Development, Safeguarding Level 3 and Pediatric First Aider

Linda Garrett - Nursery Lead  / Duty Deputy / Health & Safety Officer

NVQ Level 3 in Childcare & Education, Pediatric First Aid trained, Early Langauge Development, Safeguarding Level 3

Room Staff

Crèche

Anna Thompson

Level 3 Diploma in Children’s and Young People’s Workforce (City & Guilds), Pediatric First Aider and Level 2 Safeguarding

Cheryl Jones

Level 2 Certificate for Children and Young People Workforce

Holly Robinson Phenix

BIIAB Level 3 Diploma in Learning & Development (Early Years Educator)

Gaby Buckett

Level 3 Knowledge

Tumblers

Amy Brand

Level 3 Diploma in Children & Young Peoples Workforce (City & Guild)

Kimberley Waite

*BIIAB Level 3 Diploma in Learning & Development (Early Years Educator),

Pediatric First Aider and Level 2 Safeguarding

Hollie Higgins

Apprentice

Nursery

Kristy Ray

Level 2 Children and Young People’s Workforce & Level 3 Health & Social Care, Safeguarding Level 2

Shannon Merrett

Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner, Level 3 Diploma in Childcare & Education, Pediatric First Aider and Level 2 Safeguarding

Lucinda Maiden

Apprentice Level 3 Childcare

Supply Staff / Volunteers / Holiday Club

Sarah Findlay - Deputy SENCO / 1 to 1

NCFE Cache Level 2 Certificate for Children & Young Peoples Workforce (Working towards Level 3)

Susan Cawse (Breakfast Club)

Level 2 Care, Learning & Development

Administration / Operations

Jocelyn Ashton - Administrator / Finance Officer / GDPR

Fi Tarr - Housekeeping

Zoe Phillips - Housekeeping

Clint Oliver - Site Manager

Trustees

Director / Chairman

John Howe

Secretary / Vice Chairman

Sylvia Richards

Director / Staff Liaison / Parent

Lester Brett-Hill

Director / Finances / Parent

Ellen Penstone-Smith

Parent 

Mary Millard