Meet The Team
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Jayne Rayner
Manager
Training; Level 6 and has Early Years Professional Status & First Aid Trained
Jayne has managed the setting since 1993; she has 2 children both grown up and 4 grandchildren.
Other roles include; SENCO (Special Educational Needs) & Equality of opportunity co-ordinator, and Safeguarding children co-ordinator.
Tracey Scarle
Deputy Manager
Training; Level 3 & First Aid Trained
Tracey has worked at the pre-school since 1997 and has 3 children and grandchildren.
Other roles include; Key worker, Administrator for funding and Behavioural Management Co-ordinator
Karen Edwards
Deputy Manager
Training; Level 5 & First Aid Trained
Karen has worked at the Pre-school since 2004, she has 2 boys both working.
Other Roles include; Key Worker, Behavioural Management, responsible for co-ordinating planning and Health and Safety.
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Michaela Hollis
Deputy Manager
Training; Level 2 & First Aid Trained.
Michaela has 4 children and 5 grandchildren. She has worked at the setting since 2006
Other roles include; Key Worker and forest schools coordinator.
Emily Hultoana
Deputy Manager
Trained; Level 3 in childcare, level 2 in BSL and First Aid trained. Emily is now embarking on her level 4/5 Childcare qualification.
Emily has two children and has worked within childcare since 2013
Other roles include; Equality co-ordinator and Speech and Language lead practitioner.
Lucy Beckham
Early Years Practitioner
Trained; Lucy is NNEB trained which is a Level 3 qualification in Childcare and is first aid trained.
Lucy is an experienced practitioner and started working as part of our team in September 2023.
She has 2 grown up children who both attended the preschool when they were little, and Lucy served on our Charity board as a Trustee member during that time.
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Charlene Thrower
Early Years Practitioner
Trained; Charlene has a Level 2 qualification in Early Years and Childcare and now studying the level 3. She is First Aid trained.
Charlene started working as part of our team in January 2024.
She has two School age children, who both attended the preschool when they were little, and Charlene has a keen interest in working with children with SEND.
Alison Woodrow
Early Years Practitioner
Alison is an experienced Forest School worker has begun her level 3 in Early Years and Childcare training.
She has two children and is also continuing to work one day a week at the local primary School assisting in the running of Forest School sessions for the school aged children.
She has been working for our charity since October 2024.
Rebecca Cantrill
Early Years Practitioner (Bank)
Rebecca is a trained first aider and has a wealth experience working with vulnerable ‘ looked after’ children
She loves music, is a keen ‘eco warrior and is the settings Outside play co-ordinator’
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Claire Ward
Early Years Practitioner
Trained; Claire has begun her level 2 in Early Years and childcare training, and is First Aid trained.
She has two children and has previously worked as a volunteer at the Harleston mother and toddler group.
She has been working for our charity since November 2022.
