Oakey Dokeys consists of a team of permanent staff members and bank staff who come in on a part-time basis. Your child will be assigned a key person who will be responsible for ensuring that your child is happy and is developing their skills in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The key staff always wear something that is the colour of their “group” of children – so that children can easily identify their key person.
These staff are listed below:
Meet the Team
| Role | Qualification | |
| Manager Safeguarding Lead |
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Level 3 Diploma in Nursery Nursing, NNEB |
| Business Manager and Equality Co-ordinator |
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| SEN Co-ordinator |
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Level 3 NVQ in Children’s Care, Learning & Development |
| Deputy Manager and Deputy Safeguarding Officer |
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Level 3 NVQ in Children’s Care, Learning & Development |
| Deputy Early Years Practitioner |
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Level 3 Diploma in Nursery Nursing, NNEB |
| Early Years Practitioner |
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CACHE Level Diploma in Pre-school Practice |
| Early Years Practitioner |
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Early Years Educator Level 3 |
| Apprentice Early Years Practitioner |
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Helen Hill
Jemma Pells
Sian Turner
Michelle Goddard
Tina Nottage
Ruby Bushell
Elizabeth FlattCommittee
We are led by a voluntary committee consisting of parents, staff and other interested individuals, we have regular committee meetings and encourage all parents to attend our Annual General Meeting.
Our current committee is chaired by Elizabeth Dvorak, our treasurer is Abbie Young.
Our History
Oakey Dokeys began in 2004 in Great Oakley Village Hall, set up by a brilliant early years team headed by Hayley Forrest and Andree Race. It was set up to provide a childcare facility for the children of Great Oakley as there was no pre-school or nursery in the village. Our lovely yellow lady Jemma Pells was part of the original team and is still with us today! We are still guided by the goals and aspirations of the original Oakey Dokeys, to be a small setting run by the local community for the local community, providing a unique, outstanding early years setting for your child to grow, learn and thrive in.
The original Oakey Dokeys was a “pack away” setting, sharing the village hall with the post office, village groups and social gatherings. As the pre-school became busier it was obvious that they needed their own premises. The Oakey Dokeys Committee, led at the time by Viki Sage, worked tirelessly to raise awareness, support and funding for a new premises. They were fully supported by the village primary school, All Saints, Great Oakley and were given permission to lease part of the school field to put a pre-school building on. An application to the Big Lottery was made and Oakey Dokeys was awarded £100k, which funded the installation of the modular building n 2010, and continues to be Oakey Dokey’s current home.
We remain proud and grateful to this day of the difference a small group of parents and Early Years practitioners made to a small community. Without their passion and commitment we would not have grown into the organisation we currently are. The childcare landscape has changed, our demographic of families has changed but at the heart of Oakey Dokeys we remain true to the values and beliefs instilled in the original pre-school. From little acorns, might oaks really do grow