Nursery & Pre-School Staff
Staff at Little Jo’s Day Nursery & Pre School are highly qualified, we have three graduate leaders who drive quality of practice throughout the nursery. Our other practitioners have level 3, 4 and 5 qualifications.
Staff have many years’ experience in child care and education, most practitioners having worked at Little Jo’s since opening in 2002. We maintain an excellent record of staff retention which has a positive impact on standards of care and education for children at the setting.
We actively encourage our staff to continue with their personal development and update their training. Training such as Speech and Language has been undertaken so we are able to provide individual speech, language and communication programmes for young children.
All staff have Safeguard Training (4 have Advanced), First Aid Training and Food Safety.
Our recruitment process is robust. The system requires an up to date Disclosure and Barring System (DBS) document and valid references. We have carefully chosen staff for their experience, knowledge, enthusiasm, continuous professional development and their caring nature.
We are a leading provider of DCatch and Short Breaks for children locally. We believe our success is due to highly trained staff supported by four Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOS).
Nursery School Staff
Details of all the staff currently working at Little Jo's Day Nursery are listed below.
Name: Karina Jackson
Position: Managing Director/Staff Management Officer/Advance Safeguarding Officer
Qualifications: BA Honours First Class in Early Years Childhood Studies
Date Started: September 2002
Name: Katie Anne Mellor
Position: Manager/ Safeguarding Lead/ Lead SENCO
Qualifications: BA Honours in Early Years Childhood Studies
Date Started: September 2011
Name: Anna Fieldsend
Position: Assistant Manager/ Pre-School Coordinator/ Safeguarding Leader /Polish Translator
Qualifications: BA Honours in Early Years Childhood Studies
Date Started: November 2003
Name: Kirsty Holland
Position: Early Years Practitioner
Qualifications: BA Honours in Early Years Childhood Studies
Date Started: September 2011
Name: Marie Cutts (Maz)
Position: PSED Coordinator /Health and Safety Officer/Student Coordinator
Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 Early Years Care and Education
Date Started: September 2002
Name: Geri Johnson
Position: SEND Practitioner (Pre-School) /SENCO
Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education
Date Started: April 2014
Name: Kim Senior
Position: Baby Room Coordinator/Transition Coordinator /Health and Safety Officer
Qualifications: BA Honours in Early Years Childhood Studies
Date Started: November 2010
Name: Emma Ibottson
Position: Early Years Practitioner (Toddler Room)/ Fund Raising Coordinator
Qualifications: Cache Diploma Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education
Date Started: September 2009
Name: Amie Sheeron
Position: Early Years Practitioner (Pre-School)
Qualifications: Cache Diploma Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education
Date Started: September 2013
Name: Zoe Kemp
Position: Early Years Practitioner (Baby Room)
Qualifications: Cache Diploma Level 3 in Early Years
Date Started: September 2014
Name: Jodie Murdoch
Position: Toddler Room Coordinator/ 2 years checks Coordinator/ Lead in Wellcomm
Qualifications: Level 3 in Early Years
Date Started: September 2016
Name: Lucy Fenton
Position: Early Years Apprentice (Toddler Room)
Qualifications: Early Years Apprentice WT Level 3
Date Started: September 2016
Name: Paige Aspinwall
Position: Early Years Practitioner (Baby Room)/ PSED Coordinator
Qualifications: BA Honour in Early Years
Date Started: June 2017
Name: Ellie Duffy
Position: Early Years Practitioner (Pre-School)
Qualifications: Cache Diploma Level 3 in Early Years
Date Started: January 2017
Name: Natalie Jundi
Position: Early Yeras Practitioner (Preschool)
Qualifications: BA Hons in Early Years
Date Started: November 2017
Name: Faith Senior
Position: Early Years Apprentice (Baby Room)
Qualifications: W/T Level 2 Childcare
Date Started: September 2017
Name: Jessie Bailey
Position: Early Years Practitioner (Toddler Room)
Qualifications: W/T Cache Level 3
Date Started: January 2018
Name: Emma Hunter
Position: Early Years Practitioner (Baby Room)
Qualifications: Level 3 in Early Years
Date Started: 2016
Name: Gillian Mellor
Position: Nursery Cook
Qualifications: Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Catering
Date Started:
Name: Sandra Swann
Position: Nursery Cook
Qualifications: Certificate in Food Safety, Nutrition for under 5's and Food Allergies fo under 5's.
Date Started:
Training to Ensure Childrens Safety and Welfare
All staff have Paediatric First Aid and Safeguard Training (including four staff with Advanced Safeguarding). Some staff have recieved Team Teach, Epilepsy, and Epi Pen Training.
Training to Support Children with Special Educational Needs
We have four Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators, who have a wealth of training including speech and language (ELKLAN and WELCOMM), Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) & Autism.