Staff

The PreSchool  is staffed by an enthusiastic, caring and highly-qualified set of teachers. They have many years of experience in Early Years childcare and are all checked by the Criminal Records Bureau. Currently, five members of staff are qualified to Supervisor level or above; all other staff members are either fully qualified Pre-school Assistants or working towards this qualification. Below is a short profile of each of them.

Sarah Hickling is joint Supervisor and works on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Friday mornings. She has completed Level 3 NVQ in Childcare and is the Pre-school’s Equality and Diversity Coordinator. She now has one daughter in Goring Primary School, but both daughters attended the Pre-school. She enjoys the challenge of Pre-school and loves interacting with the children. Sarah has lived in Goring since 1999 and loves it! Her family have a large array of pets, including a goldfish, cats, guinea pigs, chickens and dogs. She enjoys keep fit classes and is the current Goring Gymnastics Committee Chairperson.

Debbie Lewington is joint Supervisor and works all day Monday and Thursday, Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings. She is also the Rising 3 Supervisor on a Monday morning. Debbie joined Pre-school in 2005 with a level 3 qualification (NNEB) and many years of childcare experience. She then restarted her studies and in July 2008 qualified to level 5 in a Foundation Degree in Early Years. Debbie has also undertaken extensive training over the past years in special educational needs and is now the nominated Special Educational Needs and Behavioural Management Coordinator. She is married with two children who both attended Pre-school and has particular interests in art and crafts, reading and establishing cooking and gardening at Pre-school.

Tracey Taylor is Deputy Supervisor and works on Monday pm, Tuesday am and Thursday pm, and helps out on other sessions as required. She has a degree in art history and is a qualified primary school teacher. She began helping out in Pre-school when her children (now teenagers) were attending – and has been there ever since. She enjoys the creative side of things in Pre-school and loves singing and rhymes and often plays the guitar at music time. Tracey has lived in Goring since 1991; she enjoys walking her dog, playing guitar, listening to music and spending time with family and friends.

Cheryl  Cooper-Smith is  a Pre-school assistant and works Mondays, Thursday and Friday mornings. She has a BTEC National Diploma in Nursery Nursing and qualified as a Nursery Nurse in 1994. She joined Pre-school in 2005 and is the Pre-school’s Safeguarding Children Coordinator. Cheryl moved to Goring in 2004 and has two sons who attend Goring Primary School.