Please make the most of our team’s experience.
Between our team members we have over 200 years of parenting and early education experience.
All of our team are qualified to level 3 or above.
Margaret Coates
Director & Founder
Opened Sandcastles 1991
Retired
Helen O'Hagan
Director
Early Years Professional L6 2010
BSc Hons Biology 2000
Early Language Specialist
Advanced food hygiene 2006
Joined Sandcastles 2009
Parent
First Aider
Designated Safeguarding Officer
Professional roles beyond Sandcastles:
Eden Project Learning - collaborating with Eden and local Education leaders to design the Morecambe Bay Curriculum
LMC supporting the next generation of Early Educators
DfE Covid Recovery Project 2022-
Primary School Governor 2022-
Manchester Met Uni Creative collaboration - where the arts and Early Years meet
Judith Stewart
Manager & SENDco
NNEB L3 1990-92
Continuous Improvement Lead
Early Language Specialist
Parent
Positive behaviour lead practitioner
Food safety L2 2013
Joined Sandcastles 1992
First Aider
Designated Safeguarding Officer
Nicky Lupton
Key person
Senior Practitioner
NNEB L3 1990-92
Looked After Children Co-ordinator
Early Language Specialist
Parent
First aider
Letters and Sounds leader
Joined Sandcastles 1994
Helen Baines
Key person
Early Years Teacher L6 2021
PreSchool Lead Educator
Joined our team spring 2019
BSc Hons Marine Biology
Beach school leader L3
Outdoor/Forest school/ Beach school first aid qualified (16hrs)
Parent
Janet Buck
Beach School Assistant & Supply staff
NNEB L3 1978-80
'Playwork' L3 2010
Food safety L2 2015
Parent
First aider
Joined Sandcastles 2014
Rebecca Watson
Key person
Duty Manager
NVQ L3 2002
Food safety L2 2013
L4 Elklan Early Language Lead (2022)
Designated Safeguarding Officer
Health & Safety Officer
Parent
Joined Sandcastles 2013
First Aider
Undertaking foundation degree with Pen Green Centre 2022-
Anna Edmonds
Helen Rodgerson
Key person
CACHE Dip L3 2006
Parent
Joined Sandcastles 2016
First Aider
Sophie Harris
Katharyn Hilton
Key person
BTec L3 2003-06
Equal Opportunities Coordinator
Parent
Joined Sandcastles 2005
Maths champion
First Aider
Food safety L2 Nov 2017
Clare Liver