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. "Excellent staff interactions and effective teaching techniques ensure that all children's future learning steps are identified and monitored exceptionally well. This means that children make very good progress" Ofsted 2013.

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

Linda Garrett

Interim Deputy Manager / Health & Safety Officer / Nursery Lead

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

Lisa Sexton

SENCO Deputy & Tumblers Room Lead

NVQ Level 3, Learning, Care and Development, Accurate Assessment Training, Early Phonics, Makaton, Safeguarding Level 3 & Pediatric First Aid training.  Sen Training

Joanne Sexton

Duty Deputy & Deputy Safeguarding

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

Joanna Wenman

Duty Deputy & Crèche Room Lead

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

Room Staff

Creche

Anna Thompson

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

Cheryl Jones

Trainee Apprentice Level 2

Cally Dunn

Level 3 Childcare, Learning & Development (City & Guilds)

Tumblers

Kim Lizska

NVQ Level 3, Care, Learning & Development (City & Guild), Safeguarding Level 2

Holly Robinson Phenix

BIIAB Level 2 Certificate for Children and Young Peoples workforce

Sarah Findlay (1 to 1)

NCFE Cache Level 2 Certificate for Children & Young Peoples Workforce

(Working towards Level 3)

Deanna Dykes

Level 2 Cache Level 2 Diploma in Childcare

Kimberley Waite

Level 3 Diploma in Childcare & Education, Pediatric First Aider and Level 2 Safeguarding

Nursery

Kristy Ray

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

Shannon Merrett

Level 3 Diploma in Childcare & Education, Pediatric First Aider and Level 2 Safeguarding

Honor Burcham

Level 2 Diploma in Children and Young peoples workforce (Cache), SENCO Training

Fun Club

Rachel Williams

Level 2 Child Care & Education

Supply Staff/Holiday Club

Susan Cawse (Breakfast Club)

Level 2 Childcare & Education

Kayleigh Butler

Level 3 Children Learning & Development  (Early Years Educator BIIAB)

Administration / Operations

Jocelyn Ashton - Administrator/Finance Officer/GDPR

Kali Dent - Housekeeping

Ashley Garrett - Housekeeping

Clint Oliver - Site Manager

Trustees

Director/ Chairman

John Howe

Secretary / Vice Chairman

Sylvia Richards

Director/Staff Liasons/Partent

Lester Brett-Hill

Director/Finances/Parent

Ellen Penstone-Smith

Parent 

Mary Millard