Meet the team

Katie has always been passionate about children’s early education and studied for an Early Years Education degree at Warwick University before completing her PGCE. Since becoming a teacher, Katie has taught, led and managed a range of Early Years and Primary School settings, and before setting up The Nurture Room worked as a Headteacher of a Warwickshire Primary School.

Rosie is a qualified teacher having taught in London and Coventry, training through the Teach First programme. Before setting up The Nurture Room Rosie worked at Teach First and Ambition Institute thinking hard about how adults and children learn best and what this means for teachers. She has used this knowledge to develop national teacher training programmes for teachers new to the profession and also for those more experienced.

Rebecca is a qualified teacher with 25 years of experience in both Primary and Early Years across a range of schools in Warwickshire. Rebecca has also had a number of roles supporting children with special educational needs in mainstream settings. She is particularly passionate about making learning fun and exciting for our youngest children in society.

Lynne was an Early Years Practitioner at Warwick District Children's Centres, where she gained her Early Years qualifications and valuable experience working in their nurseries and planning and providing services to support children and families. She joined The Nurture Room at the very beginning where she continues her passion for supporting children at this key stage of development to flourish and grow.

Moira is a qualified teacher initially teaching in an infant school in Warwick. Her family then moved to Chicago where she worked in Early Years outdoor education for Chicago Botanic Gardens. Since returning to the UK, Moira has worked as a preschool teacher in Warwickshire and now as an Early Years Educator at The Nurture Room.

Jess went to Northampton University where she studied Primary Education. Jess then worked in a Primary school teaching Year 1 for a couple of years. Following this, wanting to experience teaching younger children, she started working at a nursery initially in the preschool room. Over time, Jess gained experience in the baby room too. Jess loves playing a part in the development and progression of children's learning throughout the early years of their life.

Mary started working at her local nursery when returning to work after caring for her own 4 children. Mary moved to the Revel School and worked as an Learning Support Assistant in the Reception Class for 15 years. Mary has also supported a range of children with Special Educational Needs in both nursery and reception. Mary loves cooking with the children and supporting them in art projects and crafts.

Lauren is a qualified primary school teacher who specialised in Early Years at the University of Warwick. After graduating, she taught reception and helped to set up a new Foundation Unit within a primary school. Lauren has also spent a significant part of her career in nursery, as well as working as a private nanny, and most recently has been working for the children’s charity Barnardo’s. Lauren loves to engage in such a crucial stage of children’s development and enjoys helping children to learn through playing and having fun.

After qualifying as a teacher, specialising in Early Childhood Education, Nicola spent over 16 years working in schools, predominantly in EYFS. Within her teaching, management and senior leadership roles she has gained a vast and varied amount of experience supporting children, teachers and the wider community. Nicola then used this experience when she became Deputy Manager of a private day nursery where she focused on staff training, using the children’s interests to plan learning and building on parent partnerships. She is passionate about the role that Early Years plays in building firm foundations at the start of a child’s learning journey. Nicola really enjoys working with children in fun, play based environments to stretch and challenge their learning.

Tara studied an early childhood degree at Birmingham university before successfully completing her Early Years PGCE. As a newly qualified teacher she spent her first year of teaching completing her BTEC forest school qualification and spent eight years teaching at a nursery school in Birmingham. Now married and a parent to two girls, Tara has worked more locally across a variety of settings combining her passion for outdoor learning with early years practice.

Jackie has worked in early years settings for over 20 years. Jackie is excited to join the nurture room pre school and is looking forward to making learning fun. She enjoys seeing the children interacting with different activities especially cooking and messy play. Jackie is married with 2 grown up boys.