Meet the team
Have a look at our staff team below! Fancy joining our team, click the ‘Join Our Team’ button for more information

Great teams are about personalities, not just skills – we have a good mix of personalities and skills here at Educare, have a look at our staff profiles below.

Donna Blanthorn
Area Manager
- Joined Educare in 2004
- Level 4 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
- Level 1 Baby Moves
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Becky Barker
Manager
- Joined Educare in 2004
- Level 5 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
- Safeguarding Officer
- Level 1 Baby Moves
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Claire Naylor
Deputy Manager
- Joined Educare in 2014
- Level 4 Advanced Practitioner
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
- Safeguarding Officer
- Level 1 Baby Moves
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Heather McLaughlin
Head of Unit
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- Joined Educare in 2015
- Level 5 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid trained
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Louise Hirst
Keyworker
- Joined Educare in 2019
- Level 4 Childcare Qualification
- Studying Level 5 Childcare
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
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Lauren Watson
Keyworker
- Joined Educare in 2018
- BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies.
- Paediatric First Aid
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Carly Cooper
Keyworker
- Joined Educare in 2019
- Level 5 Childcare Qualification
- Studying Level 6 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
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Charlotte Wood
Keyworker
- Joined Educare in 2019
- Level 3 Childcare Qualification
- Studying Level 6 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
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Rhianna Kenyon
Keyworker
- Joined Educare in 2019
- Level 3 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
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Amy Shenton
Keyworker
- Joined Educare 2008
- Level 3 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
- Level 1 Baby Moves
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Mercy Gillen-Murthwaite
Nursery Assistant
- Joined Educare in 2019
- Studying Level 2 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
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Eve Hemingway
Nursery Apprentice
- Joined Educare in 2019
- Level 2 Childcare Qualification
- Paediatric First Aid Trained
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Marian Eddleston
Cook
- Joined Educare 2014
- Level 2 Food Hygiene
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