Meet the Staff

Allie is the owner of the Nursery and manages the day to day running with the support the staff.

Having completed a languages degree at Bradford University, Allie continued her training at University of East Anglia to complete a P.G.C.E to become a qualified teacher.

Since then, she has had experience of teaching across the Foundation Stage and Primary sector.

In recent years Allie worked in a Kindergarten in Hong Kong when she moved there with her family.

Allie took over the nursery in January 2012 but was already familiar with the setting and staff as her elder 2 children attended the setting before transitioning to primary school. Since then her younger children (twins) also joined the nursery before heading off to school.

In January 2020 Allie signed up to participate in EYPDP (Early Years Professional Development Programme) a national government initiative to support language, literacy and mathematics development in eery years children (specifically aimed at 2-4 year olds). Earlier this year, Allie completed the course having also delivered seminars to our own setting and worked as a mentor to other settings. We are now classed as a ‘Communication Friendly Setting’ She is now part of an ongoing concept known as Communities of practice whereby a number of settings come together to continue to develop links, develop practice and maintain the momentum of the training undertaken.

Allie has recently completed Forest School Leader Level 3 training and is currently waiting the official outcome. She loves spending time outdoors – enjoys running (finally completed her ambition to take on the London Marathon late last year!), gardening and walking her dog….

When not at work, Allie likes running (and is hoping to complete the London Marathon this year) baking….anything and walking her dog who resembles Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy!!!

Fun fact…when growing up before deciding to be a teacher, Allie wanted to join the RAF to fly fighter jets!

Vikki Clements joined the team after a period of supply. Vikki has lots of nursery experience covering both age groups. Vikki's youngest child also attended the nursery until transitioning to school.

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Nicola has a level 3 NNEB qualification. She joined the Granary in January 2009 working in Class 2 part-time as well as nannying for a local family. Nicola has previously had experience working in a local day nursery but has mostly had nannying jobs since qualifying in 1998. Nicola is the room leader for the Butterfly class working with an experienced team to care for and teach our older children.

Rebecca joins us this term as an apprentice working towards her level 3 childcare qualification. She comes to us already with lots of experience as a mum to two children, who also came to the nursery. Rebecca will be supported by the team throughout her training.

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Claire joined the team as a Nursery Cook in January 2015. As a mother of two boys Claire is used to cooking for children! She has experience of working as a kitchen chef in a commercial setting having worked at The Butley Orford Oysterage for some time, and has a natural flair for cooking. Claire consistently produces high quality meals from our tiny kitchen on the premises. Her creativity doesn’t stop here as she is also a freelance florist.

Debbie completed her Post Grad teaching qualification alongside Allie at the University of East Anglia. Debbie taught in the primary sector before her children came along. Debbie’s own daughters attended the nursery and since they left Debbie joined us primarily in a supply capacity before taking a part time permanent position as a Nursery Practitioner.

Debbie also enjoys gardening and dog walking in her ‘spare ’time!

Rosie is mum to three wonderful children who all attended the Granary before going to school.

Roise is a qualified nursery practitioner who joined us as a permanent feature after a period of supply work.

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