Staff and their Qualifications

Our Playleader is Sandra Brown she holds a Diploma in pre-school Practice, First Aid, Food Hygiene, Special Needs, Curriculum Planning, Child protection (Intermediate Level), Equal Opportunities undertaking Early Years Foundation Degree.

Our Deputy Playleader’s Donna Brooke she holds a NVQ level 3 (City & Guilds) in early years Education & Childcare, Diploma in pre-school practice, Special Needs and First Aid, Food Hygiene, Equal Opportunities. Basic Urdu Level 1 and undertaking Early Years Foundation Degree.

Sue Salisbury is our Special Needs Co-ordinator: she holds a Diploma in pre-school practice, Special Needs and First Aid, Food Hygiene, Equal Opportunities undertaking Early Years Foundation Degree.

Zoe Booth she holds a Dilpoma in pre-school practice, First Aid, Food Hygiene, Special Needs, Basic Urdu Level 1, Risk Assessment, Equal Opportunities and undertaking Early Years Foundation Degree.

Staff also recieve additional traning, attending courses run by the pre-school Learning Alliance, the local education authority and other organizations as appropraite.
Many of these courses are also available to parents of pre-school.
 
St Johns Pre-School is registered by Ofsted to provide sessional daycare, enabling pre-school to offer free child places to children from the term after they are 3. You can view our most recent 2007 full inspection report on the ofsted website