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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: 

  •  regular whole-team training meetings for needs identified within the nursery

  • frequent staff meetings

  • 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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