Our Staff

When it comes to childcare, nothing is more important than being able to trust the person looking after your child.

At First Steps Childcare Limited, we only recruit staff who go that extra mile to foster and maintain a caring relationship with you and your child. Therefore, all of our staff are hired on the basis of a proven and referenced qualification & recent dbs check.

Our staff are encouraged to move to the next level of their profession – to aspire to a higher qualification, be it a diploma or degree or spending time putting their most recent training into practice or through attendance of childcare management training courses. All staff are trained in safeguarding & paediatric first aid.

ELAINE GARLAND

Nursery Owner/Director

Qualifications
NNEB NVQ Assessor

MARYANNE SMITH

Nursery Nurse

Qualifications
CACHE Level 3 Diploma in
Childcare and Education

ROSIE SMITH

Nursery Practitioner
Bank Staff

Qualifications
CACHE Level 4 in Early Years

EMILY WILLIAMS

Early Years Assistant

Qualifications
Working Towards Level 3

RUTH GARLAND-DAVIES

Manager

Qualifications
BA (Hons) Early Years
Designated Safeguarding Lead

BRYONY DURNELL

Preschool Teacher

Qualifications
PGCE Primary 5-11

EMILY PERKINS

Nursery Nurse

Qualifications
Early Years Educator Level 3

MANDY EARLE

Setting Head Chef

Qualifications
Level 3 HACCP for Catering & Retail

SAMANTHA WARE

Deputy Manager

Qualifications
BA Honours in Early Years

SAMANTHA FRY

Room Supervisor

Qualifications
Level 4 Childcare & Education

Lois Copeland

Early Years Practitioner

Qualifications
Level 2 Teaching Diploma

HAYLEY RAHN

Senior Supervisor

Qualifications
Foundation Degree in Early Years Studies

LISA DAVIS

Nursery Nurse

Qualifications
NVQ Level 3

NIKKITA McMUTCHEON

Early Years Assistant

Get in touch...

Please feel free to contact us with any of your questions or to arrange a visit – we are proud of our nursery and love showing people around.