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
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.
Helen Baines
Key person
Early Years Teacher L6 2021
PreSchool Lead
Joined our team spring 2019
BSc Hons Marine Biology
Beach school leader L3
Red Rose Phonics lead
Outdoor/Forest school/ Beach school first aid qualified (16hrs)
Parent
Research partnerships - Lancaster Uni, Edgehill Uni.
Anna Edmonds
Rebecca Watson
Key person
Duty Manager
NVQ L3 2002 & EY L6 Degree 2025
Food safety L2 2013
L4 Elklan Early Language Lead (2022)
LCC Communication champion
Designated Safeguarding Officer
Health & Safety Officer
Parent
Joined Sandcastles 2013
First Aider
Sophie Harris
Helen Rodgerson
Key person
CACHE Dip L3 2006
Parent
Joined Sandcastles 2016
First Aider
Clare Liver
Katharyn Hilton
Key person
BTec L3 2003-06
Equal Opportunities Coordinator
Parent
Joined Sandcastles 2005
NDNA Maths champion
First Aider
Food safety L2 Nov 2017
Support team
Nursery cooks = Dani & Harley
Care taker = Cath
Literacy teacher = Kelly
Physical focus = Paul
Garden club teacher = Alex