Early Years Staff
Alice Smith School
Alice Smith School

Early Years Staff

Preschool 
Megan WATLINGYear Leader: PreschoolBA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS, specialising in Early Childhood Education (University of Surrey)
Marie HARRISSubject Coach: English / Preschool Class TeacherBSc (Hons) Physical Geography (University of Hull); PGCE (University of Leeds)
Reception
Lea-Ann ROBINSONYear Leader: ReceptionB.A. in Three Dimensional Crafts (Hons) (Brighton); PGCE (Brighton); GTP Primary Education (St Mary’s)
Hannah CROWLEYReception Class TeacherBachelor of Arts (University of Southampton), Postgraduate Diploma in Education (University College London)
Simonetta HAYESReception Class TeacherMA Education (University of Portsmouth); BSc (Hons) Sociology (University of Portsmouth); PGCE & QTS (University of Winchester)
Ailis WORRALLReception Class TeacherBA (Hons) International Politics & Policy (University of Liverpool), PGCE Lower Primary (University of Leicester)
Year 1
Alexis FARRELLYear Leader: Year 1BA (Hons) in Business Studies and French (South Bank University, London); PGCE Primary (University of Chichester)
Jane STEWARTYear 1 Class TeacherB.Sc (Hons), QTS Primary specialising in Geography (University of the West of England)
Sarah DIXONYear 1 Class TeacherB.A. in Media Studies (Murdoch University); PGCE (Northumbria University)
Natasha SMARTYear 1 Class TeacherB.Sc. (Hons) in Biomedical Science (Newcastle University); PGCE
Myfanwy LAWRENCEYear 1 Class TeacherNational Professional Qualification in Senior Leadership NPQSL (University College London); BA (Hons) Politics and Modern History 1st class (Manchester University); Post Graduate Certificate PGCE (University of West of England); Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages TESOL (Manchester College) 

Our teaching staff from the United Kingdom are qualified in Early Years education and highly experienced practitioners within the Early Years age phase. Assisted by several teaching assistants, our teacher-student ratio in Early Years is 1:6.