OUR TEAM
Meet our Holbeach Drove nursery 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 is currently stepping in as nursery manager as we begin our huge project of rebuilding our nursery site!
Sophie has been with us since we first opened the nursery group in 2017, and knows Country Kids through and through!
Shannon
Shannon joined our team in 2022 and after covering maternity leave stepped up into a full deputy managers role in May 2024. Shannon holds her level 3 childcare qualification.
Shannon is our toddler room leader where she fills the room full of fun and energy. You'll usually find Shannon leading the Literacy area, bringing stories to life! Shannon is Paediatric First Aid trained.
Letitia
Letitia joined our team in March 2024 and is Level 3 qualified. At nursery Letitia is known as 'Tish'.
Tish is responsible for the teaching and learning for children aged 3-5 years. Running our STEM area, Tish sets up the most lovely activities for our children to enjoy and is paediatric first aid trained.
Kahra
Kahra joined our team in June 2021 where she carried our her apprenticeship with us. Kahra is now Level 3 qualified. Kahra is currently on maternity leave.
Kahra loves to get messy whilst painting with the children, reading stories and playing outside with the toddler aged children. Kahra is Paediatric First Aid trained.
Bayley
Bayley joined our team in September 2023 and is now Level 3 qualified after carrying out her apprenticeship with us.
Bayley pre-dominantly leads our outdoor play for children over 2 years, encouraging all weather play and always ensuring the children enjoy the fresh air! Bayley is Paediatric First Aid trained.
Zoe
Zoe joined our team in April 2024 and is now Level 2 Qualified, working towards her Level 3 Qualification with us.
Zoe works in our lovely baby room and has such a lovely manner with the children and her presence is loved by our little ones. Zoe is Paediatric First Aid trained.
Abbie
Abbie joined our team in March 2025 and works with our children under the age of 2 in our wonderful baby room. Abbie is our Baby Room Leader.
Abbie is Level 3 Qualified and has a great manner with the children, keeping our babies on their feet and super busy during their day with us at nursery! Abbie is Paediatric First Aid trained and has specific working with babies training.
Cora
Cora re-joined our team here at Holbeach Drove in June 2025 after previously working with us for 3 years prior to a short break.
Cora joins us on a part-time basis and is Level 3 qualified. Cora also is Paediatric First Aid Trained. Cora supports all of our lovely rooms across the nursery as our nursery Senco, completing Wellcomm Assessments and our intervention groups.
Ceira
Ceira joined our team in April 2026 and is completing a Level 3 childcare qualification with us.
Ceira works with our older children in nursery and you can find her in our atelier area! Ceira loves getting creative and messy, offering the children lots of fun activities through the day. Ceira is Paediatric First Aid trained.
Liwia
Liwia joined our team in April 2026 and is carrying our her Level 3 Apprenticeship to gain her qualification in childcare!
Liwia is currently training in our baby room, learning all about their care routines and how to develop their learning through play. Liwia is Paediatric First Aid trained.
Donna
Donna is our regional compliance manager for the Nottinghamshire areas. 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.
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.
Amber
Amber is our head of payroll and joined the family business in 2021. Amber predominantly carries out her role from her office located within the Newark site.
Amber also carries out compliance checks at each nursery site, if you see her around please say hello!
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.
Lurdes
Lu joined our marketing team in June 2026. Lu brings with her a wealth of experience in the world of marketing and will be supporting Sarah and Marina in keeping up our social media content!
Lu will be specifically capturing content at sites, if you see her please say hello!
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!























