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 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
Sue Woodford was a television producer and documentary editor, specialising in social issues and is the mother of 3 grown up children.
Operations Manager
Clym Cunnington
Clym is the company’s operations manager and joined the group in March 2011. He has a background in both Education and Business having trained as a teacher and more recently as a school business manager. He has considerable experience in the role having worked previously for a well known group of private prep schools and nurseries.
Qualifications
NCSL Certificate in School Business Management 2007
Diploma of Administrative Management Level 4 2007
Advanced Diploma Business and Finance 2004
Post Graduate Certificate of Education 1995
Nursery Managers
- Kiran Bhatia – Manager, Brentford
- Tina Harrild – Manager, Clapham
- Carol Kewley – Manager, Kentish Town
- Melissa Lewis - Manager, Richford Street
- Tania Jorge - Manager, The Vale
Recent News
- Clapham Pre-Schoolers’ Zoo Trip
- Charitable Works at Bringing Up Baby, Brentford
- Charity seeks links with UK nurseries
- Holiday Closures
- Christmas party dates and other events
- ‘A shining example of quality service’
- Bringing up Baby’s 20th Birthday 2009
- Fundraising 2008
- Childcare Vouchers
- New site & parents blog
