Staff & Volunteers

Sutton Opportunity Pre-school has a dedicated team of staff who are willing to train and develop their skills continuously to meet a wide range of needs. They take on enormous responsibility in supporting children with very complex needs alongside their peers.

The pre-school fosters a close relationship with parents and families and encourages active involvement of parents and carers in the life of the pre-school. It has fantastic support from local professional education and health staff. Last, but by no means least, the pre-school relies on a very committed group of volunteers who act as trustees to ensure the effective running of the pre-school. They work hard to involve their families and friends in support of the essential work of this amazing provision.

Meet The Team

Emma Bender

Manager

Designated Safeguarding Lead,NVQ 3, Signalong phase1 & 2, Paediatric First Aid, Training to support specific medical needs. SENCO training, Early Years Training, Child Protection Training, Food Safety Level 2, DBS checked

Mikeala Conway

Deputy Manager & Room Leader

NVQ3, Paediatric First Aid. Signalong Stage 1&2, Child Protection training, Food Safety Level 2, DBS Checked, Gina Davies Autism Attention stage 1 & 2

Staff List

Lisa Clark

Senior Practitioner & Health and Safety Lead

NVQ3, Paediatric First Aid, Signalong Stage 1 & 2, Child Protection training, Level 2 Food Safety, Health & Safety Training, DBS Checked, Gina Davies Autism Attention stage 1 & 2

Kath Dulake

Inclusion Champion & SENCO

NVQ3, First Aid, Signalong Stage 1 & 2, Paediatric First Aid, Child Protection Training, Food Safety Level 2, DBS Checked, Gina Davies stage 1 & 2.

Chistine Rayner

Lead Medical Practitioner & Lead SENCO

NVQ3, Signalong Stage 1&2, Paediatric First Aid, Training to Support specific medical needs. Child protection Training, Health & Safety Training, Food Safety Level 2, DBS Checked, Gina Davies Autism Attention stage 1 & 2.

Maria Hill

Tiffani Gravesande

Early Years Practitioner

NVQ3, Paediatric First Aid, Signalong Stage 1, Child protection, Food Safety Level 2, DBS Checked

Early Years Practitioner

Level 3 Diploma For The Children's Workforce Early Years Educator. First Aid in work & Paediatric First Aid. Child Protection training, BSL Level 1, Food Safety Level 2, DBS Checked.

Kayleigh Plows

Early Years Practitioner

Jo Carlin

Early Years Practitioner

DBS checked & Signalong level1

NVQ3, Paediatric First Aid, Signalong Stage 1, Child protection, Food Safety Level 2, DBS Checked

Michelle Lugard

Early Years Practitioner

NVQ3, First Aid, Paediatric First Aid, Child Protection Training, Food Safety Level 2, DBS Checked.

Key person

Sutton Opportunity Pre-school has a key person system. This means that each member of staff has a group of children for whom she/he is particularly responsible. Your child’s key person will be the person who works with you to make sure that what we provide is right for your child’s particular needs and interests. When your child first starts at the pre-school, they will help your child to settle and throughout your child’s time at the pre-school, they will help your child to benefit from the pre-school’s activities.