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Management and Staff

The St John's Nursery Playgroups Board has responsibility for the Playgroups on behalf of the St John's Methodist Church Council, guided by the chair David Rhodes. Nikki Haycock is the Manager at Bakers street setting while Keely Brand is the Manager of St John's Wayside with responsibility of the day to day running of this Playgroup. Both settings are supported by the Deputies. The Annual Stakeholders Meeting is open to the parents/legal guardian of the children who attend the playgroups and to all staff. It is a forum for looking back over the previous year's activities and hearing about the coming year's activities.

Continuing Professional Development for Staff

At St John's we far exceed the minimum statutory requirement for qualifications. Over 90% of current staff hold at least an NVQ 3. We actively encourage all staff to undertake relevant qualification and training; our aim being to encourage all staff to have at least a NVQ Level 3 in early years care and education.

The playgroup staff participate in regular training courses to help keep them up-to-date with the latest thinking and best practice in early years care and education. All staff undertake regular First Aid and Safeguarding training and all staff have been, and any future staff and regular volunteers will have an enhanced DSB check. St John's subscribe to early years publications as well as making use of the wealth of relevant information available on the internet. We have support from Herts for Learning and we are members of Early Years Alliance and access training through both organisations.

The staff who work at St John's Nursery Playgroup Wayside Jubilee Centre are:

David Rhodes	Chairperson/Volunteer/DSL
Keely Brand	Manager Early Years Foundation Degree (EYFD), Designated Safeguarding Children Officer, SENCO
Sophie Smith	Senior Deputy Level 3, SENCO
Mushfika Ameer	Senior Practitioner BA (Early Childhood Studies)
Becky Dagsland	Senior Practitioner Level 3
Frankie Hurst	Practitioner NVQ Level 3
Barbara Jurasz	Practitioner NVQ Level 3
Despo Katsantonis	Practitioner NVQ Level 3
Lisa Begueira	Practitioner BA (Early Childhood Studies)

The staff who work at St John's Nursery Playgroup Baker Street are:

David Rhodes	Chairperson/Volunteer/DSL
Nikki Haylock	Senior Manager/Senco Support/DSL Ba Hons (Early Childhood Studies), Level 3 CCLD, Primary PGCE, SENCO Level 3
Jayne Stone	Deputy Manager/DSL Level 3
Ahdieh Khosravizad	Third in Charge/Senco/DSLLevel 6 BA Early Years, SENCO Level 3
Anna-Maria Turner	Senior Practitioner Level 3, Joint SENCO
Rebecca Cooke	Senior Practitioner Level 3
Tazmeen Khan	Senior Practitioner BA (Education Studies)
Sheetal Odedra	Practitioner Level 5 EYLP (In progess)
Jolanta Georgiou	Practitioner EYFD Level 5 Early Years
Siobhain O'Sullivan	Practitioner Working towards EYE Level 3/td>
Nicola Ledesma	Practitioner Level 3
Aprentice	Working towards Level 3
Anne Phillips	(Bank Staff) Registered Nurse Level 1
Ann Conyers	(Bank Staff) Senior Practitioner Level 3