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York Manager - Gemma Cobb

York ManagerCACHE Diploma level 3, NVQ level 3 Management. Currently studying Foundation Degree, SENCO, and Safeguarding children person. Working with 0-5 yr children for 10 years. At Happy Jays since opened in August 2000, taken promotions from Nursery Nurse to Supervisor then Deputy and promoted to manager in 2005.

 
York Deputy Manager/Acting Manager - Debbie Prescott

Joined Happy Jays in July 2003 and has worked with all age groups in the nursery. Progressed onto NVQ Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 3. Own daughter attends nursery.

 
Baby One - Sarah Preston

Joined Happy Jays in September 2007 initially on a training programme NVQ Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 2. Progressed onto NVQ Children's Care, Learning & Development Level 3. Initially started in Tweenie 2 before moving into Baby One in February 2010.

 
Baby One - Laura Wiseman

CACHE Diploma Level 3. Joined Happy Jays in May 2011.

 
Baby One - Georgii Falkingham

BTEC Diploma. Joined Happy Jays in Sept 2011.

 
Baby Two - Amy Lonsdale

Staff Name 1NVQ Children's Care, Learning & Development Level 2. Joined Happy Jays in February 2011

 
Tweenie One Supervisor - Jenni Storey

BTEC Diploma Level 3. Joined Happy Jays in March 2006. Previously worked in Baby 2 and Tweenie 2 but is now the Tweenie 1 supervisor.

 
Tweenie One - Kim Counter

NVQ Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 2. Joined Happy Jays in June 2009, worked in Baby One, moved into Tweenie One September 2010.

 
Tweenie Two - Stacey Law

CACHE Certificate Level 2. Joined Happy Jays in August 2009.

 
Tweenie Two - Tracey Smallwood

CACHE Diploma Level 3, Health and Safety Officer. Joined Happy Jays in February 2006 initially in Pre School before moving into Tweenie Two in September 2010.

 
Tweenie Two - Emily Holmes

Joined Happy Jays in July 2010. Completed NVQ Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 2.

 
Pre School - Naomi Jones

QTS, EYPS. Joined Happy Jays in February 2009. Is in charge of running the Rising 5s group.

 
Pre School - Louise Stanton

Joined Happy Jays in October 2002. Progressed onto NVQ Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 3. Worked within all age groups in the nursery.

 
Support Staff (Chef) - Helen Green

Joined Happy Jays in December 2009. City and Guilds 7061 & 7062. Level 2 Basic food hygiene.

 
Baby One Supervisor - Kaley Harsley

CACHE Diploma level 3. Joined Happy Jays in July 2009, promoted to Supervisor in January 2010.

 
Baby One - Steph Simpson

BTEC Diploma Level 3. Joined Happy Jays in November 2005, previously in Baby One, returned after maternity leave in June 2007 into Tweenie Two before returning to Baby One in March 2009. Own daughter attends nursery.

 
Baby One - Becky Storey

Joined Happy Jays in September 2006. Progressed onto NVQ Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 3. Initially worked in Tweenie One, left the company only to return again in January 2008 into Pre School. Own daughter attends nursery.

 
Baby Two Supervisor - Kerina Ridyard

CACHE Diploma Level 3. Joined Happy Jays in January 2006, previously in Tweenie One, promoted to supervisor in November 2007 before moving into Baby Two in January 2010.

 
Baby Two - Sam Duffin

CACHE Diploma Level 3. Joined Happy Jays in December 2008.

 
Tweenie One - Cat Holland

CACHE Certificate Level 2. Joined Happy Jays in September 2008. Initially in Tweenie Two, moved into Tweenie One in August 2010.

 
Tweenie Two Supervisor - Aimee Harris

NVQ Children's care, Learning and Development Level 2. Joined Happy Jays in January 2005, progressed onto NVQ Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 3 in Apr 2010. Initially worked in both Tweenie 2 and Pre School. Promoted to Supervisor and moved into Tweenie One in Sept 2010. Room supervisor of Tweenie 2 since April 2011.

 
Tweenie Two - Jemma Coxon

CACHE Diploma Level 3. Joined Happy Jays in August 2006, worked previously in Baby One and Tweenie One before moving into Tweenie Two in August 2010.

 
Tweenie Two - Emma Bonnici

NVQ 2 Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 2. Joined Happy Jays in November 2009. Returned back after maternity leave in January 2011. Own daughter attends nursery.

 
Pre School Supervisor/Acting Deputy - Emma Brooks

BTEC Diploma Level 3, Foundation Degree Level 5. Joined Happy Jays in July 2005. Previously worked within both Baby rooms before being promoted to supervisor in September 2007. Moved to Pre-School in April 2008.

 
Pre School - Rob Oliver

NVQ Children's Care, Learning and Development Level 2. Joined Happy Jays in July 2008.

 
Pre School - Lucy Furness

Degree in Childhood Studies. Joined Happy Jays in Jul 2011.