Our staff are the biggest asset to our nursery; we ensure to invest time and resources in each member of staff to create a wonderful team who enjoy their work and are focused on meeting the needs of the children they care for and the children's families.
All our staff have qualifications in childcare and/or are working towards them. Our senior staff are also working towards management qualifications. Our nursery staff are recruited not only on the basis of their qualifications, professionalism and experience, but also for their personal qualities, character, enthusiasm, dedication and genuine love for children.
Sarah Shield - Manager
Sarah has been with the nursery since opening in 2007, holding posts as a nursery nurse, room leader and currently the manager. Sarah has an NVQ Level 5 in Management. She also has an NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development.
Alan Gbel - Deputy Manager
Alan has been with us since 2009 and holds a Degree in Education Studies as well as an NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development.
Leanne Gornall - Rose Room Leader & Senior Nursery Nurse
Leanne has been with us since 2007 and has a CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Childcare and Education, and Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Children's care, learning and development.
Lyndsey Hughes-Jones - Senior Administrator
Lyndsey has been with us since 2016 and has a Cache Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education.
Welsh Speaker
Natalie Duggan - Nursery Nurse
Natalie has been with us since 2016 and has a Cache Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education.
Megan Northover - Senior & Daffodil Room Leader
Megan has been with us since 2014 . She has a CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education. She also has graduated with A Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Early Childhood.
Welsh speaker.
Amy Haynes - Lilly Room Leader
Amy has been with us since 2017 . She has a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Children's Care, Learning and Development.
Rebecca Faulkner - Nursery Nurse
Rebecca has been with us since 2017 and has a CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education.
Deanna Thompson - Bluebell room leader
Deanna has been with us since 2016 and has a Cache Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education.
Ffion Parry - Senior Nursery Nurse
Ffion has been with us since 2015 and has a Cache Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education.
Ffion has also graduated with A Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Early Childhood.
Naomi Pratt - Nursery Nurse
Naomi has been with us since 2015 and has a Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce (Early Learning and Childcare) and also a BTEC National Diploma in Health & Social Care Level 3.
Tasha Fullard - Nursery Nurse
Tasha Worked at the Nursery back in 2013 until 2015 and left to have her little girl. After a short break she returned in Sept 2018 to work 4 days a week. She has BA Hons in Childhood studies and is working towards her level 3 In Childcare learning development.
Fluent welsh speaker.
Sandra Beckett - Nursery Nurse (Lunch cover)
Sandra has been with us since 2014 and has a CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Childminding Practice.
Welsh speaker.
Cath Gwynne - Nursery Nurse
Cath Joined the nursery in April 2017 and has her NNEB qualification. Cath has a lot of experience in the childcare sector, and has worked in schools as well as Bronglais Hospital.
Jess Thomas - Nursery Nurse
Jess Joined us in August 2017 and has her Extended diploma Childcare Learning Development Level 3 qualification.
Fluent Welsh Speaker
Missy Foligno - Nursery Nurse
Missy Joined us in March 2018. She has a Health and social care NVQ level 2. She will be working towards her CCLD Level 3 while working at the Nursery.
Manon Walker (Maternity leave)
Manon joined us in April 2018. Manon has her extended diploma in child's learning and development. She is also first aid trained.
Fluent Welsh Speaker
Gwennan Jones - Nursery Nurse
Gwennan joined the nursery in November 2018, she has an Extended diploma Childcare Learning Development Level 3 qualification. She is also first aid and food hygiene trained.
Fluent Welsh speaker
Sally Wilsher - Nursery Nurse
Sally joined the nursery in April 2019. Sally studied child development at Penglais School and will be working towards gaining her Level 3 here with us at the nursery.
Geetha Owen - Nursery Nurse
Geetha joined us in May 2019, she has a Teaching Training Diploma in Pre-School methods of Education, as well as an Early Years Childhood development certificate, and a Development of Pre School teaching in process Certificate.
Geetha has her own Pre-school in Sri Lanka of which she was the Head Teacher, before moving to Wales to be with her family.
Shan Evans - Nursery Nurse
We welcomed Shan into the nursery in June 2019. Shan is a welsh speaker and has an NVQ Level 3 in Childcare,Learning and Development.
Felicity Cunliffe - Nursery Nurse
'Fliss' joined the Little Angels family in June 2019. She has a Bachelor in Education honours. Before she moved to Aberystwyth, Fliss was a teacher for many years in Birmingham and will be a great addition to the team.
Little Angels Nursery, Tynrhos, Caradoc Road, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2JZ
Telephone | 01970 615619
Email: little.angels@tiscali.co.uk