Hi my name is Gerry; I joined Rainbow in 2004 after a career in Business Management. I am the Business Manager and one of the Directors, I took over this role from my Mother who is still involved in the business in an advisory capacity.

I am an early riser and enjoy welcoming the parents and their children to the nursery in the morning. During the day, although my primary role is in the office, I frequently visit the children and have fun and interesting dialogues with them. During the time spent with the children I don’t feel as though I’m at work but more like greeting part of the family!

My wife Naomi has worked at Rainbow since 2001 and is qualified as a Nursery Practitioner level 3; we have two sons who attended the nursery from babies plus recently our two granddaughters were also Rainbow children.

The best job in the world, I only wish I’d joined the team twenty years earlier!

Hi, I’m Tracey! and I am one of the Nursery advisors here at Rainbow Nursery School.
I was accepted as an apprentice within Rainbow Nursery completing my NVQ2 at the age of 17 and still remain here 35 years later. I have one son who spent his nursery years at Rainbow.

During this time, I completed my NVQ3 in Childcare and Play-work. Most recently I achieved my level 4. For 15 years I was The Senior Nursery Manager, however due to health reasons I have recently reduced my hours and role to become one of the Nursery Advisors.

My main role is to support and guide the staff in providing the highest quality of learning and education for all the children. I am fortunate that this allows me to spend quality time with the children. I really enjoy story time and often make up stories for them, they then play the roles of the different characters; the stories change each time and keep the children captivated and entertained.