Managing Director
Current• Originally providing sessional out of school activities such as after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, and school holiday activities etc.• Redirected the business into an early year’s preschool facility in 2016, for children aged 2-years up to Reception Class• Sourced premises, and initiated a project of renovation to bring it up to the required standard• Implemented procedures to meet all statutory requirements• Initially operating via government funding, and later expanded into offering a fee-paying service• Coordinated the recruitment, selection, and training of staff, and obtaining DBS checks• Working in conjunction with the local authority SEN Advisor to ensure that SEN children are adequately catered for• Managing and directing a team of 8 staff, including teaching staff and a full time cook• Working closely with staff on a one-to-one basis, to maintain high standards and achieve good results, including supervision and performance management, and providing guidance, mentoring and support• Conducting observations of teachers’ performance, and noting any areas for improvement• Developed the curriculum to include government statutory requirements, incorporating own non-statutory milestones• Liaising and collaborating with local authority advisers to ensure that all requirements are met• Preparing for Ofsted inspections, reaching a ‘good’ rating• Using technology in the classroom including smartboards, and providing Amazon Fire tablets for the children• Working with external agencies such as the local authority Early Years Department, SEN Advisors and social workers• Overseeing the finance and accounting functions of the business, and following up payment of outstanding fees• Holding parent consultation meetings, supporting, and working in partnership with parents to help their child reach their targets• Ensuring that daily messages are sent to parents to update them on their child, using eyLog, an early-years management tool
