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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

Research partnerships - Lancaster Uni, Manchester Met Uni, Beach Schools North West.


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

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

Foundation degree 2022-2024





Anna Edmonds


Key person

NNEB 1998

L4 CCLD 2010

First aider

L2 Safeguarding Officer

Joined our team summer 2021

Parent

Helen Rodgerson

Key person

CACHE Dip L3 2006

Parent

Joined Sandcastles 2016

First Aider











Sophie Harris


Key person

L3 Qualified

Joined Sandcastles 2022

MMU 'Action research' project 2023





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


Key person

L3 Qualified

Parent

Joined Sandcastles 2023