At Willaston Pre-school, our team are professional, qualified, experienced carers of children, combining a wealth of practical experience, knowledge and skills with a caring, friendly approach. All of our qualified team are paediatric first aiders (with a full 12 hour practical course undertaken every 3 years).

Each child is allocated a key person, whose role is to act as a point of contact for parents and to help your child settle in and track their progress and development, by planning  individualised activities to suit your child’s needs. We provide high staff to children ratios, so that your child is well supported and cared for. Our usual pre-school team care for the children throughout the day ensuring there is always a familiar face for reassurance.

Jacqui Piaf – Manager 

• SENCO
• Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Communication, Literacy and Phonics Lead
• Math’s Lead
• Behaviour Management Lead
• BA Hons Professional Studies in Education 2003
• Early Years Professional Status 2009
• Paediatric First Aid 2022
• Safeguarding Lead training
• Diploma in Welfare Studies
• Autism Awareness Level 2
• 37 years of Early Years experience
• Year of joining: 2018

Jackie Herring – Deputy

• Health and Safety Lead
  
• First Aid Lead
• Fire Safety Lead
• Food Safety Lead
• 2-year Old Lead
• Outdoor Provision Lead
• Expressive Art and Design Lead
• NNEB – Level 3
• Paediatric First Aid 2022
• Safeguarding Intermediate Level
  
• Basic Food Hygiene
• Fire safety
• 21 years of Early Years experience
• Year of joining: 2002

Dianne Neville

• Pre-school Assistant
• Health and Safety Deputy
• Literacy and Phonics Deputy
• Expressive Art and Design Deputy
• Looked after Child Co-ordinator
• Diploma in Pre-school Practice – Level 3
• Paediatric First Aid 2022
• Safeguarding Intermediate Level
• Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene
• 30 years of Early Years experience
• Year of joining: 1993

Yvonne Williams

• Pre-school Assistant
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Math’s Deputy
• Diploma in Pre-school Practice – Level 3
• Paediatric First Aid 2022
• Safeguarding Intermediate Level
• Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene
• 24 years of Early Years experience
• Year of joining: 1997

Caryl Freeman                            

• Pre-school Assistant
  
• Deputy SENCO
• Communication Deputy
• NNEB (1995) – Level 3
• Paediatric First Aid 2022
• Safeguarding Level 1
• Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene
• Autism Awareness Level 2
• 28 years of Early Years experience
• Year of joining: 2016 (previously 2011)
  

  Gemma Neville 
  

  • Pre-school assistant
  • Behaviour Management Deputy
  • Fire Safety Deputy
  • Outdoor Provision Deputy
  • Level 3 Children’s Care Learning & Development
  • Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene
  • Safeguarding Level 1
  • Paediatric First Aid 2022
  • Prevent training
  • 21 years of Early Years experience
  • Year of joining: 2018

  Melissa Cooper

  • Pre-school Assistant – SEND support
    
  • Level 3 Diploma in Childcare & Education
  • Level 2 Food Safety in Education & Early Years
  • Safeguarding Level 1
  • Paediatric First Aid 2022
  • Autism Awareness Level 2
  • 12 years of Early Years experience
  • Year of joining: 2016

Karen McKeown

• Pre-school Assistant
  
• First Aid Deputy
• Food Safety Deputy
• City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (England)
• Paediatric First Aid 2022
• Safeguarding Level 1
• 7 years of Early Years experience
• Year of joining: 2017

Ursula Maywald

• Pre-school Assistant – SEND support
  
• NVQ Level 3 Early Years
• Safeguarding Level 1
• Paediatric First Aid 2022
• 18 years of Early Years experience
• Year of joining: 2021

Helen Wise

• Domestic Assistant
• Health & Safety
• Safe Food Handling
• Safeguarding Level 1
• Paediatric First Aid 2022
• Autism Awareness Level 2
• Year of joining: 2010

Sasha Lewis

• Domestic Assistant
  
• Level 3 Children’s Care Learning & Development
• Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene
• Safeguarding Level 1
• Paediatric First Aid
• Year of joining: 2016