Staffing Team

I have worked at Sunnybank for nearly 20 years, 10 of this as Manager of our Calow site. I have a passion for Early Years and our profession. 2020, and the global pandemic, has highlighted the overwhelming work we as a sector provide to form the building blocks of our society’s next generation and the need for higher recognition of our country’s Early Years professionals. I am highly skilled and extremely motivated to bring about reforms and change in our childcare sector as a person ‘on the ground’, mentoring a fantastic team of practitioners. I have a particular interest in SEND and communication and language development, being speech and language and SENDCo trained.

I’m Gemma the Deputy Manager of nursery. I came to Sunnybank in 1999 to do my work experience as a collage student and have taken on various roles including team leader, safe guarding lead and becoming the deputy manager. My four children all attended during their early years and they all really enjoyed their time here. I love the home from home approach we provide and seeing the children move up through the nursery from celebrating their first words right through to them graduating as happy confident preschoolers.

My name is Claire and I am your Deputy Manager. Looking after children has always been all I have wanted to do and I am passionate about children learning through play and nurturing environments. I have worked at Sunnybank at our Calow site for the last 11 years, most recently as Officer in Charge for the last 5 years.

Hi my name is Ruby, and I’m currently doing and Early Years Apprenticeship at Sunnybank. I have always had a passion for working with children, and I’m very excited to support them as they learn, grow and develop. I’m also looking forward to building positive relationships with the children and gaining more experience as I develop my skills as a practitioner.