OUR TEAM

Gina Scholes

Nursery Manager

Gina started as our deputy manager in 2007 and was promoted to the role of manager in 2009. She attained a foundation degree in "early years childhood studies" in 2016 and has subsequently added a number of other childcare qualifications to her portfolio. Gina's inspirational leadership is instrumental in maintaining our high standards.

Angela Donnan

Company Director

Angela was a qualified nurse when she took over the nursery in 2004 and has brought many of the disciplines found in her profession to her role in defining our policies and procedures. Angela has a particular focus on infection control and the staff and children's heath and welfare. In addition Angela undertakes many of the businesses HR functions with Gina. Angela can also be seen around the nursery covering lunches and various shifts as required

Stephen Donnan

Company Director

Stephen ran his own IT business when he took over the nursery with Angela in 2004 and brought a different range of skills to the business. Firstly he has implemented all of the systems in the Nursery, the tablet based Famly system being the 3rd solution we have used since 2004 and developed the companies website. He has also taken on the role of head of finance and operations and the Janitor and Chef both report to him. His role also entails DIY around the nursery and fixing things as required, you may also see him on the door and covering lunches when needed.

Staff

With a team of over 30, our staff are our biggest asset, many of them have been with us for more that 5 years and several have been here now for more than 10 years. Having a low staff turnover is essential to providing the consistent high level of childcare we provide and for parents it's a familiar face throughout their child's stay with us. We hope it also demonstrates that we provide a positive friendly and supportive environment that benefits the staff, children and also our parents. The majority of our staff are fully qualified with the remainder currently training to achieve their qualification. All staff receive regular first aid training and complete on-line courses in food handling, safeguarding, health and safety plus a number of other courses to support their roles.

We have staff in key roles who have received additional training to further support their colleagues and families of children that attend. These include our level leaders, designated safeguarding officer, special educational needs coordinator, (SENCO) and communication champion.

Our staffs' health and wellbeing is extremely important to us and our management team strive to ensure that everyone gets the support they need to excel in their roles.