Key People

Amanda Bennett 

Director

In June 2009, former Area Co ordinator Amanda Bennett completed a management buyout at Schoolhouse Daycare Limited which has led the proud Director to establish an inclusive and enabling culture of 100 team members.

Amanda has more than 23 years’ experience in the childcare industry and has been involved in Schoolhouse since 1999; things have changed massively in the time she has progressed to Company Director, but her passion has remained the same – commitment to providing an outstanding quality service for every child and parent.

Amanda understands that a huge part of making this achievable is down to having happy staff, working in quality environments, this therefore is her main focus in her daily work, she often recite’s the tag line from the Mary Poppins film, ‘In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and SNAP – the job’s a game!’

Amanda is married with a son, family life is central to her and she enjoys spending quality time with her family as well as walking with her much loved beagle.

Margaret Warzycha

Accounts

Margaret joined our team in 2014  as an Accounts Clerk.  She also works part time as a finance officer for care company.  Margaret studied at the University of Economics in Wroclaw, where she graduated in 1999 obtaining Masters in International Economics Relations. Whilst in Wales, in 2014  she gained AAT qualification and now she is studying towards her ACCA qualifications.

She has experience of working for  various company in finances, payroll or as an office administrator. Before moving to UK she worked as International Relations Specialist for theatre company and the same time as a bookkeeper in a family business.

During her work in Poland and UK  she gained valuable financial experience in accounts preparations for small businesses and payroll. She enjoys  the variety of her job and the challenges  that arise from working in a busy finance department.

She likes watching Speedway, reading, cooking  and hiking with her husband.

Kevin Bennett 

Health & Safety

Kevin has over 15 years experience within the field of Health & Safety.  More recently, in 2014, Kevin set up his own consultancy to provide Health & safety services to businesses across South Wales, including our 7 sites at Schoolhouse Daycare.

Since working with Schoolhouse, Kevin has implemented a number of health and safety systems, policies and training to ensure the safety of both staff and children.

In Kevin’s spare time, he likes to keep fit and take part in a number of events including triathlons, Ironman competitions and cycling events.

Rachel Burley

Operations Manager

Schoolhouse is a great place to be a child- it’s a great place to work too! Rachel first started with the company in 2000 and has worked in many roles, she now sits with Head Office as one of the most experienced childcare workers in Swansea.

Guided by Schoolhouse’s tagline ‘Together we enjoy learning, encourage confidence and love life’, Rachel hopes her passion and enthusiasm for quality childcare will contribute to encouraging staff to provide inspiring activities and discover the unpredictable beauty of their profession.

Using her ubundance of knowledge gained throughout her career, she is now able to put this endless supply of playfulness into practice with her own children. Her little Man Charlie and busy Toddler Tilly continue to inspire her work in researching best early years practice and creating effective nursery environments that she would happily leave her own children in.

It is Rachel’s pleasure to support our nurseries and with her experience of being a mother as well as a professional it allows her to step into each nursery and ‘feel’ ‘observe’ and ‘wonder’ what it would be like to be a parent or child. It goes without saying that Rachel is genuinely committed to put our little people and families first.