Liane Johnston – Manager & SENCO
Liane joined us in June 2025. She has Level 3 Diploma for the children and young people’s workforce.
Liane is a Level 3 qualified SENCO and has many years of supporting children with special needs and disabilities.
Liane is designated safeguarding lead and is first aid trained.
Liane is a trained Health and Safety officer.
PSED & Communication and language coordinator.
Liane is our Thrive Early Years licensed practitioner.
Nikki Mercer – Deputy Manager
Nikki joined Woodham Mortimer Pre-school in April 2012. She has a CACHE Level 3 in Child Care and Education.
Nikki is deputy designated safeguarding lead and is First Aid trained.
Nikki takes the lead with our funding admin and has a wealth of knowledge in this area.
Nikki is a trained Health and Safety officer.
PSED & Communication and language coordinator.
Julia Moore – Preschool Practitioner
Julia was at first a relief member of staff from 2006 and joined us as a permanent member in January 2008. Julia has studied and completed both a CACHE level 2 Certificate in Pre-school Practice and CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Pre-school Practice. Julia is First Aid trained.
Expressive arts and design coordinator.
Alison Herridge – Preschool Practitioner
Alison joined us in September 2010 as our relief member of staff and became a permanent member of staff in 2011. She has a CACHE Level 3 qualification in childcare.
Alison our fire marshall and is First Aid Trained.
Maths Coordinator.
Caroline Tozer – Preschool Practitioner
Caroline joined us in November 2008 and has completed a CACHE Certificate in Pre-school Practice, resulting in a Level 2 qualification.
Caroline is a trained Health and Safety officer and is first aid trained.
She is also our ENCO.
Understanding the world coordinator.
Chloe Gentry – Preschool Practitioner
Chloe joined us in 2014 as a student and then continued with us as an apprentice and became a permanent member of staff in 2016, when she achieved her CACHE Level 2 qualification in childcare.
Chloe is qualified first aider.
Characteristics of Effective Learning coordinator.
Sarah Varney – Preschool Practitioner
Sarah joined us in 2016 as a bank relief member of staff and became a part time member of staff in 2017. Sarah completed her CACHE Level 3 qualification in childcare in May 2019.
Sarah is a qualified first aider.
Physical development coordinator.
Emma Manley – Preschool Practitioner
Emma joined us during the Spring term 2020.
She has a CACHE Level 2 Childcare qualification 2020.
Emma is a qualified first aider.
Literacy coordinator
Michelle Loveland – Bank Member
Michelle joined us during the Spring term 2020 as a valued bank relief member of staff.
Michelle is First aid trained.
Lynne Johnson – Bank Member
Lynne Johnson joined in June 2025 as a bank relief staff .She is a qualified nursery/infant teacher ,has cache level 3 and is a qualified first aider.
Committee
Amy Horton – Chairperson
Jemma Bennett – Treasurer
Joanna Lampard- Trustee