Our Staff
Ian Saunders
Owner
Ian is the owner of Otford Nursery, He is trained to level 5 in childcare.
Ally Doyle
Nursery Manager
Ally joined the Otford Nursery team in 2009. She is trained to level 3 in childcare. Ally is responsible for the day to day running of the nursery and is also our designated safeguarding officer.
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Angela Harris
Oasis Manager
Nursery Deputy Manager
Angela is the manager of Oasis after school club, she also deputy manager at nursery. Angela is also a Designated Safeguarding Officer.
Carole-Anne Wakefield
Administator
Carole-Anne joined the Otford nursery team in 2007. She is trained to level 3 in childcare and is responsible for all admissions and the administrative side of the nursery.
Amber Saunders
Nursery Practitioner
SENCO
Amber joined Otford Nursery in 2014. She is trained to level 3 in childcare and is the SENCO.
Donna Axford
Nursery Practitioner
Donna joined the Otford Nursery & Oasis team in 2020 . She is currently trained to level 3 in childcare.
Keylighe Palmer
Apprentice
Wendy Horton
Nursery Practitioner
Mary Bilham
Nursery Practitioner
Keylighe joined the Otford Nusery team in 2023. She is currently training to be a level 3 nursery practitioner.
Wendy joined the Otford Nursery team in 2019. She is a level 3 nursery practitioner.
Mary Joined Otford Nursery team in 2023. She is a level 3 practitioner.
Staff Qualifications
All staff at Otford Nursery are either Qualified or studying for a childcare diploma or certificate involving at least 2 years training and all hold Paediatrics first aid certificates.
Staff training and development
Continuous staff development is provided through:
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regular whole-team training meetings for needs identified within the nursery
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frequent staff meetings
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a staff training programme created on an annual basis using external/online courses according to staff development needs.
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The owner holds individual reviews three times a year with every member of the team. They also carry out observations of staff in action/ peer observations followed by feedback sessions, to be able to support staff in continuing to improve practice.
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