Our Staff

Teaching Staff 

Mrs Yvonne James - Head Teacher

Miss Laura Foster - Deputy Head Teacher 

Mrs Sally Anne Smith - Nursery Teacher 

Mrs Emma Wilson - Teaching Assistant 

Mrs Jackie Hindley - Teaching Assistant 

Miss Katie Brown - Teaching Assistant

Miss Karina Baker - PPA Cover / Inclusion Support Assistant

Miss Natasha Close - Playworker / Lunchtime Supervisor

Mrs Shun Diwakar - Inclusion Support Assistant

Mrs Gladys Lee - Inclusion Support Assistant


Support Staff 

Mrs Abigail Astbury - Senior Office Manager

Mrs Paula Bayliss - Administrative Assistant                

Mr Peter Haddock - Building Services Supervisor 

Mr Dave Bagley - DRB Finance Consultant

Mrs Jo Jones - DRB Finance Consultant

Mrs Farha Khan - Lunch Time Supervisor 

Out of School Club Staff 

Miss Katie Brown - TA (OSC)

Miss Tash Close - Playworker (OSC)


All staff at Selly Oak Nursery are committed to meeting children’s individual needs. You have created a knowledgeable and skilled team that successfully engages children in their journey of learning. All activities and experiences are planned diligently. Children explore, observe, consider, share, build and record for a wide variety of purposes in a wealth of learning areas and environments.

The Department for Education state what schools must publish online. Please see below for required employee salary information:

There are no school employees with a gross annual salary of £100,000 or more