Rachel is our Setting Manager, SENCo and Safeguarding Officer. She is the Manager of the day to day management & organisation of the setting and relays information back to the Committee. Rachel holds a Level 3 qualification in Childcare.
Sarah is our Preschool Leader. She has achieved BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies (Level 6 qualification in Childcare). She is the setting's Deputy SENCo and Deputy Safeguarding Office
Rachel B has achieved an Early Years & Primary Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Level 6 qualification)
Becca, Chloe and Michaela all have a Level 3 qualification in childcare with Sam currently working towards her Level 3 childcare qualification.
All staff hold a valid DBS certificate and attend mandatory training for First Aid, Safeguarding and Food Hygiene which are all updated as and when required.
Our Setting Manager has undertaken training in Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) and four staff are Makaton trained. We have experience of working with individual children who have a range of different personal and educational needs. We work in partnership with the local authority to support the needs of individual children when required.
Our setting has gained the ECAT (Every Child's a Talker) accredited standard which encourages good communication within children, parents and staff.
Chairperson - Rebecca Mullen
Secretary- Esther Brandon
Treasurer - Kelly Alderman
Fiona Farmer, Amanda Poole, Sarah Martin, Oliver Maxfield and Nikki Pearson
We always welcome new volunteers and committee members to help us. If you are interested in sharing your skills and enthusiasm, please contact the preschool chair at chair.risbypreschool@hotmail.com