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We pride ourselves on having the best team – high achievers who are fun, motivated and always smiling. Your little ones are in good hands as the practitioners are 100% focused on ensuring they have the best care, attention, learning opportunities and fun every day. We believe in ‘child initiated’ play and children have the opportunity of being able to choose how they want to learn, alongside structured, age appropriate activities planned for them by their teachers.
Our Senior Leadership Team are passionate in their roles to help manage and support each setting efficiently.
Julie Mounfield
Julie shapes the earliest stages of learning and development for 350+ children across the three Garrison settings. She does this by reinforcing her brilliant team of managers, deputy managers, room leaders and staff in partnership with parents, the military community and the civilian local authorities. Her background in the Military, early years education at NNEB and Degree level gives her a unique perspective of how the Pre-Schools can support each child’s earliest learning experience.
Julie has been a trustee of the Charity that funds the Garrison Pre-Schools as well as a Governor position at the Wavell School. She firmly believes that the formative experience of a fun and nurturing learning environment at the earliest years, has a positive impact on a child’s future attitude to learning.
Carly Jones
Operations Manager
"I have worked in childcare for over 20 years, beginning my journey in 2001. Since then, I have had the pleasure of working in a wide variety of settings, from day nurseries and pre-schools to after-school clubs, and even a children’s activity centre in France!
What I love most about childcare is that no two days are ever the same. I enjoy every aspect of creating fun, engaging experiences for children — whether that means getting messy and creative during messy play, joining in with imaginative role play, or simply following where their curiosity takes them.
Having worked with AGPS as a Manager for several years, I am incredibly excited to take the next step in my journey and support the wider team as Operations Manager. I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to work alongside our managers and staff across all three settings, supporting each team member and helping us continue to raise standards and provide the very best experiences for the children in our care.
Above all, I feel truly honoured to be trusted with your children. Being able to play even a small part in their early years and watch them learn, grow, explore and flourish is an incredibly rewarding part of what I do.
I look forward to continuing to make a positive difference to the children, families, and teams that make AGPS so special."
Our Management Team
Katy Gumbrell
Manager of Queen Marys Day Nursery
Bethany Dyble
Manager of Toye Box Early Years Centre
"I have always felt passionate about giving children the foundations for learning and encouraging them to thrive in their own unique ways.
I have worked my way up from being on the nursery floor as a practitioner, then room leader and then deputy manager. I am also a qualified SENCo, this has been my most rewarding experience; seeing the progress the children make with our support. I feel incredibly honoured to be able to create a warm and nurturing environment for children to learn in.
Being a Mum myself, I know how much it takes to trust others to care for your most prized possession and will always try my best to accommodate the needs of each family. I am also a military wife and can understand the impact of deployments and exercises on the children and the parents left at home."
Jade Holland
Manager of Clocktower House Pre-School