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Our management team

Our Directors

Bringing up Baby was founded in 1989 by Sue Woodford and Anne de Zoysa, who are both mothers and have years of childcare experience.

Sue and Anne are also authors of the Good Nursery Guide, the first comprehensive guide to nursery education published in the UK 1993.

Managing Director

Anne de Zoysa

ANNE DE ZOYSA

Anne is co founder and Managing Director of Bringing up Baby. Formerly a primary school teacher, Anne has worked in childcare and early years education for over twenty years. She has a Bsc Psychology Honours Degree and a Post Graduate Certificate in Primary Education. Co-author of The Good Nursery Guide published in 1993. Anne has been a Trustee of the Daycare Trust, a charitable organisation campaigning for quality and affordable childcare in the UK (1998-2002) and an advisor for the DFES on their work on Investors in Children. She is the Editorial Consultant for Nursery Management Today, a publication for the childcare sector. She has strong links with Sri Lanka and since the Tsunami has been supporting a refuge for girls.

Non Executive Directors

Sue Woodford, Marion Bones, Jackie Gardiner

sue woodfordSue Woodford was a television producer and documentary editor, specialising in social issues and is the mother of 3 grown up children.

 

 

jackie gardinerJackie Gardiner is our Operations Manager and started with the company in 1989 as a nursery worker and has worked her way up. She is also the mother of Jack who currently attends the Clapham Nursery.

 

 

Marion Bones is Manager of our Richford Street Day Nursery and has been with the company since 1996.

Operations Manager

Jackie Gardiner • NNEB,1984

Jackie worked at Kingsway College creche for three years before joining bringing up baby in 1989. She started in the baby room at Shepherd’s Bush Day Nursery and then moved to set up the Annexe in 1990. Jackie then returned to the Shepherd’s Bush Day Nursery in 1990 as Deputy Manager. In July 1992, she was promoted to the position of Manager at our Camden Day Nursery.

In 1994 Jackie moved to Maida Vale Day Nursery where she was the Manager, and in 1997 she was again promoted to run the Richford Street Day Nursery. This nursery is a 50 place day nursery for children aged 3 months to 5 years. In January 1999 Jackie was appointed Operations Manager for the bringing up baby group.

Nursery Managers

  • Carol Fletcher - Manager, Brentford
  • Nicolette Warnes - Manager, Clapham
  • Carol Kewley - Manager, Kentish Town
  • Marion Bones - Manager, Richford Street
  • Kim Palmer - Manager, The Vale