Our Staff
Working Together For The Children
At Children 1st Pre-School we maintain the ratio of adults to children in the setting that is set through Ofsted’s Welfare Requirements. These ratios are 1:8 for three year olds and 1:4 for two year olds. We usually have at least one additional member of staff present.
This helps us to:
- Give time and attention to each child;
- Talk with the children about their interests and activities;
- Help children to experience and benefit from the activities we provide; and
- Allow the children to explore and be adventurous in safety
We are proud that our Practitioners are all Paediatric First Aid trained and there is a deep commitment within the team to ongoing professional learning and development. We have a low turnover of staff and many of the staff’s own children attended Children 1st themselves in previous years. We can also offer voluntary sessions for people studying childcare qualifications subject to a satisfactory DBS check and willingness to complete Safeguarding training within the first 4 weeks of joining us.
The people who work at/for our setting are:
- Donna Milton, Pre-School Manager
- Designated Person for Safeguarding
- First Aider
I have managed Children 1st since 2004. I work all of our sessions Monday – Friday and also do the lunch clubs. I m a Designated Senior Person for Safeguarding within the setting. I am responsible for staff supervision and development and oversees the EYFS provision within the Pre-School.
★ BA Childhood Education
★ HNC early childhood Education
★ NVQ Level 3 Early Years Child Care and Education
★ Level 2 Child Protection Multi-Agency
★ Safeguarding Designated Person (Child Protection)
★ Safe staffing lead
★ Prevent Duty (Radicalisation)
★ Paediatric First Aid
★ First Aid at work
★ Food Hygiene & Safety
★ Hertfordshire Step-On Behaviour programme
★ Diabetic Awareness
★ Asthma and Allergy Awareness
- Lauren Clements, Deputy Manager
Lauren has worked at Children 1st since 2004. She works all of our sessions Monday – Friday and also does our Lunch clubs.
★ BA Childhood Education
★ Foundation Degree Early years
★ DNN Level 3 Children’s Care, Learning and Development
★ Paediatric First Aid
★ Effective Safeguarding Practice
★ Prevent Duty (Radicalisation)
★ Food Hygiene & Safety
★ Hertfordshire Step-On Behaviour programme
★ Diabetic Awareness
★ Asthma and Allergy Awareness
- Sharmin Bari, Early Years Childcare Practitioner
Sharmin works all of our sessions Monday – Friday and works Lunch clubs.
★ DNN Level 3
★ Food Hygiene & Safety
★ Effective Safeguarding Practice
★ Prevent Duty (Radicalisation)
★ Hertfordshire Step-On Behaviour programme
★ Diabetic Awareness
★ Asthma and Allergy Awareness
- Lindsay Butler, Early Years Childcare Practitioner
★ Effective Safeguarding Practice
★ Prevent Duty (Radicalisation)
★ Paediatric First Aid
★ Signing & Makaton
★ Diabetic Awareness
★ Asthma and Allergy Awareness
- Jasmine Akther
- Hannah Rahman
Learning Opportunities For Staff
As well as gaining qualifications in early years care and education, the setting staff take part in further training to help them keep up-to-date with thinking about early years care and education. The setting also keeps itself up-to-date with best practice in early years care and education as a member of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, through the Under 5 magazine and publications produced by the Alliance and Ofsted. Further team training booked for this year includes: Paediatric First Aid refreshers, EPI pen Asthma Management.