Weymouth

I have over ten years of experience in the childcare sector and I have five gorgeous kids of my own. I lead a great team and strive to deliver energy and enthusiasm in all that we do at Little Beans. In my view, children should feel safe, secure and happy and be given all the support they need to fulfil their potential. This includes providing children with a broad range of knowledge and skills; quality and consistency of care where staff are supported through ongoing training and development; building positive relationships and treating each child as a unique individual.

I am the manager of Weymouth Little Beans. I have been in childcare for over 20 year and I am passionate about my work with young children and their families. I have achieved my BA Hons in Early Years Education and my Early Years Professional status which gave me the wider knowledge and skills to create safe and nurturing environments for children to learn and grow. I am very excited to lead my new team and make Weymouth Little Beans a wonderful place to be. I am looking forward to meeting our children and families as together we will create a safe environment to help children to flourish.

My name is Claire and along with my daughter we moved to Dorset from London almost 5 years ago. It has always been my passion to work with children and I have done this now for the past 26 years. Since qualifying, I have worked in various settings such as children centres, nurseries and set up my own Childminding business from my home. I feel that every child is unique and I love being able to support them and play a part of their journey through the Early years. I am kind a kind and caring person and really enjoy arts and crafts, messy play and baking with the children that I work with. I have a horse and a dog and I love spending time with them out and about. Family and friends are also very important in my life so I enjoy spending lots of time with them, walks on the beach and celebrating milestones. In my spare time I enjoy horse riding, dog walks, cold water swimming, paddle boarding, cycling and supporting my daughter at various horse events which is a strong passion of both ours. I am so excited to meet you all and look forward to my future at Little Beans.

Growing up I have always been around children, being the eldest in my family. I have always wanted to work with children and to grow my career in the future. Watching them grow and develop I love working in the environment with the children. I am very excited to start my new journey at Little Beans Weymouth.

I have always wanted to work with children in a professional setting. Childcare is something I've always had a passion in pursuing coming from a big and loving family. Young minds are incredibly impressionable, and I can't wait to future them and be able to see the positive impact that I’m making right in front of me every single day!

I have worked in administration roles for many, many years now, and I am a member of the office team at Little Beans. working at both our Garland Road setting in Poole and our new setting in Weymouth I really enjoy working in this new environment with the children. I enjoy spending time with my ever-growing family with 2 Children and 6 Grandchildren. In my spare time I play netball weekly, I also enjoy eating out & visiting new countries on holidays.