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Welcome:
Welcome to our website and thank you for your interest in Hardmoor Early Years Centre. Children sit at the very centre of all we do. We seek to build strong foundations for a happy and successful life. In order to be build this, our Nursery and Early Years Centre is filled with wonderful play and friendship experiences. We have 3 wonderful woodland acres to explore and we thrive through 'learning journeys' that explore our indoor and outdoors to the full. We have an Outdoor Woodland Learning Specialist (OWLS) and they support a bespoke woodland learning curriculum.
Please do take the time to look through all of the sections of our website, here you will be able to gain a clear insight into the centre, as well as a sound understanding of who we are, what we value and how we can help shape your child’s future together.
All of our children are exceptional individuals and understanding their unique personalities, talents, and interests supports us to nurture and developed them to the full. We know that providing children with exciting, creative, and meaningful learning experiences will build their enthusiasm for learning and help them grow and develop positively in many ways. The entire team aims to help each child become a kind friend, a happy, resilient, successful learner and a well-rounded individual... ready to take the next steps in their learning journey.
Together with our team, we look forward to offering you and your children a warm welcome into our community and to starting that most important journey of lifelong education, here at Hardmoor Early Years Centre.
Kind regards,
Gerida Montague, Executive Headteacher | Melanie Jackson, Head of Centre | Sarah Williams, LLB Chair
Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools.
Hardmoor is part of a wider family including five Primary schools called the Learning Federation. Under the leadership of a hugely experienced team, we take the strengths of our six school partnership to provide the most enriching and diverse curriculum and wellbeing focused journey for all of our children. Our Executive Headteacher is a National Leader in Education having also worked as an Associate HMI and inspector for Ofsted. She is well supported by a strong executive board and heads of school. Our teams of staff regularly support other schools.
Executive Board:
Gerida Montague - Learning Federation Executive Headteacher
Sarah Hendricks - Co-Headteacher, Director of Safeguarding & Vulnerable Children
Caroline Firman - Co-Headteacher, Director of Curriculum & Management Systems
Ian Prince - Director of Quality of Education
Jo McNicholas - Chief Business, Finance and Compliance Officer
Hardmoor Team:
Executive Headteacher – Mrs Gerida Montague
Co-Headteachers - Jo McNicholas & Sarah Hendricks
Head of Centre – Melanie Jackson
Partnership SENCO – Mrs Kate Knott
Partnership Office and Finance Manager – Mrs Rachel Morey
Partnership Finance Assistant – Miss Kim Hamilton
Admin Assistant – Mrs Nichola Jacobs
Admin & Finance Assistant - Mrs Julia Vaughan
Partnership Estates Manager – Mr Andrew McNicholas
Site Manager – Mr Ian Burrell
Nursery Team:
Rabbits Room (Babies) – Natasha Clements, Ruby Berry, Dominika Blasiak, Robbie Harris, Leah Thomas, Honey Stephenson & Hayley Osman
Hedgehogs Room (Todlers) – Mary Davies, Olivia Buston, Hannah Harris-Shambrook, Ellie Joseph & Katya Nikolova
Foxes & Badgers Room (Nursery) – Janis Larkman, Alex Smith, Ceilidh Walsh, Rebecca Miles, Kaitlin Werrett, Chloe Haynes & Hannah Budden
Support Staff – Maryam Agha, Aysha Begum, Ewart Giles, Abida Saleemi, Leanne Savage, Shelly Stapleton, Elizabeth Wake & Saliha Takennit.
Outdoor Woodland Learning (OWL) - Sally Backwell (support)
Local Leadership Board:
Chair – Sarah Williams (Safeguarding)
Staff Members - Gerida Montague, Sarah Hendricks, Caroline Firman, Ian Prince, Jo McNicholas, Melanie Jackson, and Cathy Rowen (Teaching & Curriculum)
Parent Member - James Maltby (Wellbeing)
Parent Member - Johanna Barratt-Carr (Finance)
Clerk - Amanda Wood
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