Meet the Staff
Henry Allen Nursery School is staffed by highly experienced and well-qualified teachers and early years educators. They are all specialists in early years education and dedicated to making your child's experience at Henry Allen happy, fun , exciting, and active, whilst also ensuring they are safe and secure, and all their development needs are met.
At Henry Allen Nursery, we recognise how unique each child is; no two children learn and develop in exactly the same way, and all progress at different rates. Each and every child is valued, and no concern is too small. Please talk to us about any aspect of your child’s welfare, wellbeing or development; by working together the results will have a positive impact on your child’s development and learning.
We start our journey together with a home visit from your child's key person. Staff use this as the first opportunity to make a special relationship with your child and you, which is then continued on a daily basis with opportunities to chat at drop-off, pick-up and also termly parent consultations.
"Staff understand children’s needs and interests exceptionally well. This enables them to plan children’s next steps with precision. They design stimulating activities, which build children’s cumulative knowledge and spark their interest highly successfully. Every moment is a learning opportunity, for example counting fruit during snack time and comparing with the food eaten by ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’." Ofsted May 2024
The Co-Headteachers:
Mrs Charlie Macdonald - Co-Headteacher and SENDCo
Designated safeguarding lead for Child Protection
Mrs Julie Manning - Co-Headteacher, Forest School Leader Level 3
Deputy Designated safeguarding lead for Child Protection
Squirrel Class (3 and 4 year olds)
Mrs Poppy Goodchild - Deputy Designated safeguarding lead for Child Protection
Mrs Clare Taylor
Hedgehog Class (3 and 4 year olds)
Mrs Jenny Little
Mrs Kelly Warwick
Support Staff - Squirrel and Hedgehog Classes
Miss Danielle Thorpe
Ms Agnes Lobb
Mrs Sam Sharp
Mrs Olivia Lennon
Mrs Emily Hazzard
Robin Class (Rising 3 year olds)
Mrs Christine Wallman
Mrs Sabah Masood
Mrs Magda Brown
Rabbit Class (2 year olds)
Mrs Manjit Sagoo
Mrs Kimberley Wooldridge
Mrs Emily Hazzard
Mrs Christine Wallman
Mrs Annie Patringel
Mrs Magda Brown
Mrs Emma Turner - Secretary
Mrs Emily Chatterton - Bursar
Henry Allen Nursery School also benefits from the addition of invaluable support as we provide placements for teaching and early years educator students and offer volunteer placements to those wanting to work in the field of Early Years Education. Any parent or volunteers are welcome too!
DBS checks are undertaken on all adults, we take the welfare of your children very seriously.