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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 Dr John Sloper. Celia Mills is the Manager of both playgroups, while Keely Brand is the Leader 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 Manager of the playgroups has attained Early Years Professional Status (equivalent to NVQ 6 and Teacher Status for Early Years) and BA (Early Childhood Studies). She supports the staff at both settings.

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:

Celia Mills	Manager (EYPS), BA (Early Childhood Studies), Designated Safeguarding Children Officer, SENCO
Keely Brand	Leader Early Years Foundation Degree (EYFD), Designated Safeguarding Lead
Sophie Smith	Deputy Level 3, SENCO
Becky Dagsland	Practitioner Level 3
Frankie Hurst	NVQ level 2 working towards level 3
Barbara Jurasz	NVQ Level 2, working towards level 3
Despo Katsantonis	Working towards level 3

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

Celia Mills	Manager Early Years Professional Status (EYPS), BA (Early Childhood Studies), Designated Safeguarding Lead, Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator (SENCO)
Jayne Stone	Deputy Level 3
AnnaMaria Turner	Senior Practitioner Level 3, Joint SENCO
Ann Conyers	Senior Practitioner Level 3
Rebecca Cooke	Practitioner Level 3
Ahdieh Khosravizad	Practitioner Level 6 BA Early Years
Sheetal Odedra	India equivalent teaching degree
Jolanta Georgiou	EYFD Level 5 Early Years
Amanda Moore	EYE Level 3
Siobhain O'Sullivan	Working towards EYE Level 3
Nicola Ledesma	Working towards EYE Level 3
Anne Phillips	Registered Nurse Level 1