OUR TEAM
Jeanette
Jeanette is the CEO of Country Kids and has ultimate responsibilty over the business. Jeanette visits all sites on a regular basis.
Jeanette's philosophy is that her door is always open, and she welcomes parents from all sites.
Sarah
Sarah joined the family business in April 2019 and is one of the nursery directors. Sarah is head of operations within the nursery group.
Sarah is Level 3 qualified and is Paediatric First aid trained. Sarah has also undertaken specific training for working with babies. Sarah is one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads, has SENCO training and Makaton training too.
Sophie
Sophie is our regional manager for our Lincolnshire sites and also is nursery manager at a site in Nottinghamshire too.
Sophie has been with us since we first opened the nursery group in 2017, and knows Country Kids through and through!
Alysa
Alysa is our lovely manager here at Sleaford and is also based with our amazing pre-school group as room leader, with our 3-5 year old children.
Alysa plans lots of amazing activities and messy play, which is loved by all of our children.
Alysa is Level 3 Qualified and is our Safeguarding lead within nursery.
Sophie
Sophie joined our team in July 2023 and is Level 3 qualified. Sophie is our deputy manager. Sophie also has Elklan training and specific working with babies training. Sophie is our SENCO lead within nursery.
Sophie is a fun and bubbly individual who enjoys planning a range of different activities to cater for the needs of each individual child in our lovely baby room.
Moyu
Moyu joined our team in September 2020. Moyu is our toddler room lead and has had previous deputy manager experience.
Moyu is level 3 qualified and a paediatric first aider. Moyu is a great asset to the team with her caring and kind nature.
Katie
Katie is a Level 2 qualified practitioner who works with our lovely pre-schoolers. Katie loves to sing with the children to develop their language and do movement to music.
Holly
Holly joined our team in June 2022 and has recently returned back from maternity leave. Holly loves to carry out messy play activities with the children and supports in our lovely baby room.
Holly holds a foundation degree in Childhood Studies.
Julia
Julia joined our team here at Sleaford in January 2025. Julia is carrying out an apprenticeship to gain a qualification in early years.
Julia will be supporting in each of our 3 rooms to gain experience across all age ranges.
Donna
Donna is our regional compliance manager. She joined our Country Kids team in September 2018 as the Nursery Manager at Rainworth in Janaury 2019 when we first opened.
Donna holds a level 5 management and leadership qualification. In addition to this, Donna is also paediatric first aid trained.
Yvonne
Yvonne is one of our regional managers predominantely based in Yorkshire however will occasionally visit all sites. She joined our Country Kids team in May 2023.
Yvonne previously has come from a teaching background and has a wealth of experience bringing teaching and learning to a high standard within the nurseries.
Tina
Tina is our Finance Manager across all of our sites and is primarily based at our Sleaford site.
Tina joined our team in September 2020 and is now joined by our lovely assistants Jacqueline, Megan and Amber.
Tina ensures all invoices are sent on time and answers any questions you may have.
Amber
Amber joined our team in August 2023 and is working alongside Tina as a finance assistant.
Amber is pre-dominantly based at our Sleaford site.
Angela
Angela joined Country Kids at the beginning of 2018 and works in the office offering support to Jeanette as our Business Development Manager.
There's never a dull day at Country Kids, which is what makes Angela's job so exciting! Angela also deals with all of the HR aspects of the business.
Dave
Dave joined our team in August 2020 and supports within the maintenance team. Dave is one of 6 family members that works for us in our family run business! As Country Kids broadens their locations, Dave is kept busy visiting different locations.
Josh
Josh joined our team in February 2024 as our maintenance manager. Josh is responsible for all the larger building projects we complete, such as nursery revamps and expansians.. all the way down to smaller jobs like usually unblocking the toilets!
Johnny
Johnny joined the team in April 2023 and supports Josh and Dave with any maintenance aspects of the business - whether this is building play equipment or keeping us safe with PAT testing!
Marina
Marina joined the nursery group in March 2025 and supports within our marketing team. Marina heavily focuses on our social media presence, communication to parents and recruitment for the nurseries.
Marina is pre-dominantly based at our Newark site, although will travel to collect content from all sites.
Harvey
Harvey is our therapeutic dog within the nursery and loves giving each and every child lots of love and cuddles when he comes in to visit.
Harvey is a Cockapoo and has a hypoallergenic coat, which means even children with allergies to dogs do not react to his fur. Harvey is the perfect addition to our loving nursery, and he can't wait to meet you!
Marlo
Marlo is our nursery puppy, although is getting so big now! Marlo is a cockapoo, just like Harvey and is learning the ways with the children. Marlo comes for visits with Sarah, our head of operations.
His fur means Marlo is hypoallergenic, perfect for coming to give us all cuddles at nursery!