Joining Busy Bees in 1989 - when the group consisted of just two nurseries – Clare, along with the founders of Busy Bees, has helped design and implement the people, systems and procedures to enable expansion from 50 employees to over 7,000. Clare has also been instrumental in growth of Training from a department operating with the nursery arm of the business to the independent provider of apprenticeships and CPD courses that it is today.

In addition to overseeing BB Training, Clare is also responsible for the Talent Academy (TA) which supports the Group’s development of talented, highly motivated and skilled staff to meet its quality and growth aspirations.

She has worked across further, higher and primary education for over 20 years in 
a range of roles including administration, delivery, quality and audit, gaining an Ofsted Grade 1 as part of the apprenticeship and employer management team at Walsall College.

Liz heads up the Systems and Compliance Team who are responsible for ESFA contractual compliance, Ofsted data and compliance, apprenticeship data monitoring and management, internal and external audits, monthly funding 
claim submissions, alongside day to day processing of learner paperwork.

Liz is passionate about further education having been a learner, assessor 
and parent seeing the positive impact apprenticeships in particular can 
bring to individuals and employers.

Before her role as Education and Quality Manager and SENCO, Sam has worked as a Development Coach, AT and IQA.By supporting individuals of all abilities to recall, apply and extend through knowledge, experience and developing new skills the impact of quality education can be seen.

Within her career, Sam has continuity developed her own understanding and enhanced those skills, firmly believing you should never stop learning as life never stops teaching.

Clare joined the Busy Bees Group in February 2018 and moved to BB Training in October 2018 to set up and lead the HR function.

Clare has had a great career spanning over 20 years in organisations like the Legal Services Commission, South East Derbyshire College, Nottinghamshire Police and Staffordshire Careers/Connexions Staffordshire covering all aspects of Human Resources and Organisational Development including recruitment and selection, training & development, culture and engagement, coaching and mentoring, performance management, talent management, equality & diversity and leading HR projects and teams. She loves the positive impact the role of HR can bring and looks forward to supporting BB Training in continuing to grow and retain a skilled, loyal and motivated workforce.

Most of all, she’s delighted to be part of a Training Company which plays such an important role in providing quality training to the care sector. She recognises the impact the people who work for us have on the quality of other people’s lives. The people our assessors and regional trainers train, could be looking after our children, parents, friends, grandparents.