Meet The Team

Bev
Director
Along with my sister Jacqui, I am the co-director of Carousel, which has been a way of life for me since 1992. I have helped to shape our nursery into the successful, caring business that it is today. I am married with a large family, including young grandchildren, and they are all hugely important to me. In my spare time I enjoy keeping fit, cooking, gardening, reading and socialising.

Jacqui
Director
I am co-director of Carousel Day Nursery, together with my sister Bev. After many years I still find the dynamic of running this nursery so rewarding. In my ‘other life’ I love to spend time with my family and friends, walking with my dog, reading and baking cakes.

Katharine
Manager
I am one of Carousel’s ‘Old Girls’, having come to the nursery when Bev first opened it in 1992. I eventually went on to study History at the University of Cambridge and after working for an MP for five years, I joined Carousel and became a qualified early years teacher in September 2021. I’m married with two young daughters. I love to watch young children learn because they have so much to discover, and it is a privilege to see them make their journey of development through the nursery.

Kerry
Acting Deputy Manager
and Duckling Room Lead
Kerry is a Level 4 Early Years Advanced Educator. Kerry is one of our senior nursery nurses and is our SENDCO. She is also our Duckling room leader. She enjoys supporting children with additional needs and doing all sorts of sensory and messy activities. While Abbie is on maternity leave Kerry will be our Deputy Manager.

Abbie
Deputy Manager
Abbie is our Deputy Manager and a qualified Level 3 Early Years Educator. She is a designated safeguarding officer, fire officer and is part of our behaviour management team. Abbie particularly enjoys conversations with the children, listening to their interesting stories and funny jokes! Abbie will be on maternity leave until October 2025.

Georgia
Hedgehog Room Lead
Georgia is a qualified Level 3 Early Years Educator and is the leader in our Hedgehog Room. She enjoys singing with the children to encourage their speech and language development.

Ruth
Pre-school Room Lead
Ruth is a qualified Level 3 Early Years Practitioner and our longest serving team member, having joined Carousel in 2010. Ruth is our Pre-school room leader and is one of our fire officers. Ruth particularly enjoys supporting children’s learning to meet next steps in their development.

Sarah
Rabbit Room Lead
Sarah is a qualified Level 3 Early Years Educator and our Rabbit Room Lead. She particularly enjoys watching the children grow and develop, as well as being creative and imaginative when reading stories to the children.

Lillie
Rabbit Room Assistant
Lillie is an apprentice nursery practitioner studying for her Level 2 qualification. She really enjoys seeing the children develop and grow into their own personalities, and particularly likes reading stories with them.

Martha
Hedgehog Room Assistant
Martha is an apprentice Nursery Practitioner and is the Hedgehog Room Assistant. She particularly enjoys reading stories to the children and singing nursery rhymes, two activities that really build on the children’s communication skills.

Emma
Outdoor Learning Lead
Emma is a Level 2 Early Years practitioner with many years of experience. She is passionate about outdoor learning so is responsible for co-ordinating that at Carousel and coming up with great ideas of how to bring nature into our setting.

Hamideh
Pre-school Room Assistant
Working with children means walking hand in hand with the joy of life and the flight of imagination. There are no boundaries here or there—in every corner of the world, children are the only ones who truly know what they want from life and live every moment with pure honesty. For me, nothing in the world is more beautiful than the sparkle of joy in a children’s eyes and the sound of their laughter. I do not teach children; I learn with them.

Carly
Duckling Room Assistant
Carly worked at Carousel for ten years before leaving to have her own child. After spending some years working as an administrator, we are delighted that she has ‘come home’ to Carousel. She is a Level 3 qualified practitioner and works in our Duckling room as the assistant.

Jen
Nursery Assistant
Jen is a mum to two teenage children and brings a wealth of parental experience to the team. Jen most enjoys children’s inspiring imaginations and the role play opportunities that flow from this; what other profession allows you to dress up as a nurse mermaid and travel to space in a cardboard box?! With her Arts degree background she also loves drawing with the children.

Luiza
Nursery Assistant
Luiza lived and was educated in Brazil and holds the equivalent of a UK Level 3 qualification. She is warm, friendly and has a special place in her heart for our very youngest children.

Ava
Nursery Assistant
Ava has joined Carousel as an apprentice nursery nurse. She is bubbly, fun and enjoys looking after young children of all ages.

Lindsey
Nursery Assistant
Lindsey’s own children attended Carousel and she has worked in local nurseries for a few years now. She works for us part time across all rooms of the nursery.