#1 Montessori School (2019-2025)

in London

ISO 45001:2018

Accredited

Halal Food

Protected

Enhanced DBS

Checked

5-Star Hygiene

Rated Kitchen

Blue Nest Montessori educator playing with children
Blue Nest Montessori School

The people who make Blue Nest special

Our team of qualified, passionate educators is the heart of Blue Nest. Every member is DBS-checked, first-aid certified, and deeply committed to Montessori principles.

Harrow

Blue Nest Montessori

Managing Director

Mahesh Devinde Ratnayake

Managing Director

Harrow
Level 5 Early Years

Management

Lakna Gunawardena

Branch Manager / Executive Director

Harrow
Level 3 Early Years

Dolvy Colaco

Nursery Manager

Harrow
Level 5 Early Years

Ioana Pintilei

EYFS Coordinator

Harrow

Deputy Management

Ami Mehta

Deputy Manager

Harrow

Academic Practitioners

Davina Smith

Room Leader (Toddler Room)

Harrow

Hemalatha Srivathsan

Nursery Practitioner

Harrow

Jyoti Kothari

Nursery Practitioner

Harrow

Krishna Patel

Room Leader (Preschool 1)

Harrow

Neha Shah

Senior Practitioner

Harrow
Level 3 Early Years

Nilakshi Bandara Rathnayake Mudiyanselage

Nursery Practitioner

Harrow
Level 3 Early Years

Priyanthi Mala Wijesekara

Nursery Practitioner

Harrow

Resmi Pathirattil Thankappan

Nursery Practitioner

Harrow
Level 3 Early Years

Shelin Graham Jadav

Senior Practitioner

Harrow

Sophia Agard

Room Leader (Preschool 2)

Harrow
Level 5 Early Years

Wasana Owitigala

Deputy Manager

Harrow

Xhensaura Jenny Bushi

3rd In Charge

Harrow
Level 5 Early Years

Support Staff

Anthula Lleshi

Nursery Practitioner

Harrow
Level 3 Early Years

Dinesha Perera

Room Leader (Baby Room)

Harrow
Level 3 Early Years

Ella McGrady

Nursery Apprentice

Harrow
Nursery Apprenticeship

Gunawathie Mainaththuge

Kitchen Assistant

Harrow
H

Habeeba Fyzer

Nursery Assistant

Harrow

Hansanee Priyalakshika

Nursery Assistant

Harrow

Imali Nissanka

SENCO Assistant

Harrow
K

Kurukulasuriya Lorage Adithya Parindhini Fernando

Nursery Assistant

Harrow

Rajeswary Sivarasa

Chef

Harrow

Ram Kumar Shrestha

Maintenance

Harrow

Shannon Christian

Nursery Assistant

Harrow

Srimaal Saman Kahawe Guruge

Ground Handling

Harrow

Thisaruni Widanapathirana

Nursery Assistant

Harrow

Business & Admin

Baratha Abeyrathne

Business Analyst

Harrow
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Thilina Obeysinghe Arachchige

Business Analyst

Harrow

Borehamwood

Blue Nest Montessori

Deputy Management

Zoe Wizbek

Deputy Manager

Borehamwood
Level 5 Early Years

Academic Practitioners

Chathuni Iroshika Jayasekara Mudalige Don

Room Leader

Borehamwood
Level 3 Early Years

Hettiarachchige Don Nethmi Angela

Nursery Practitioner

Borehamwood
Level 3 Early Years

Maham Jaffery

3rd In Charge

Borehamwood

Mihiri Mudiyanselage

Senior Practitioner

Borehamwood
Level 3 Early Years

Rezarta Hoti

Nursery Assistant

Borehamwood
SENCO Qualified

Support Staff

Asini Ovinya Wijensundara

Room Leader

Borehamwood
Level 3 Early Years

Dilan Pradeep Kumara

Nursery Chef

Borehamwood
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Dulanga Dilrangi Wijesekara

Nursery Assistant

Borehamwood

Ishinda Dinal Abeywickrema

Facilities & Compliance Officer

Borehamwood

Isuri Kulathunga

Nursery Assistant

Borehamwood
Level 3 Early Years

Nuwanthi Senevirathne

Nursery Assistant

Borehamwood
Level 3 Early Years

Veronica Mccormack

Nursery Apprentice

Borehamwood
Nursery Apprenticeship

Pinner

Blue Nest Montessori

Management

Deepti Mishra

Deputy Manager

Pinner

Deputy Management

S

Star Amber Mercedes Takelove

Deputy Manager

Pinner

Academic Practitioners

D

Deepthi Yarasani

Nursery Practitioner

Pinner

Dilanka Lakmali Bandaranayake Mudiyanselage

Room Leader

Pinner

Kavindya Dassanayaka

Nursery Practitioner

Pinner
Level 4 Early Years

Wathsala Herath

Room Leader / Third In Charge

Pinner

Support Staff

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Amelie Marie Hogberg

Bank Staff

Pinner

Poornima Ratnayake

Nursery Assistant

Pinner
Level 3 Early Years

Sandhya Mehrotra

Bank Staff

Pinner
S

Sanduni Mudiyanselage

Bank Staff

Pinner

DBS Enhanced

Every team member holds a current enhanced DBS certificate.

Paediatric First Aid

All practitioners are qualified in paediatric emergency first aid.

Montessori Trained

Core team holds AMI / AMS Montessori certification.

Level 3+ Qualified

Every practitioner meets EYFS staffing requirements.

Low Staff Ratios

We exceed statutory child-to-staff ratios in every room.

Careers at Blue Nest

Join our team

We’re always looking for passionate early-years practitioners who love Montessori learning. Roles open up across our Harrow, Pinner and Borehamwood Montessori day nurseries — from Montessori-trained room leads and apprentices to qualified EYFS practitioners and bank staff.

Our safer recruitment process is thorough by design. Every team member completes an enhanced DBS check before starting, two professional references are taken up, and identity and right-to-work are verified. Once you’ve joined, we invest in paediatric emergency first aid, safeguarding (Level 2 minimum, Level 3 for designated leads), food hygiene and ongoing Montessori CPD.

Most of all, we look for warmth. The people on this page have stayed at Blue Nest because the culture is calm, child-centred and respectful. If that sounds like your kind of nursery, we’d love to hear from you.

Interested in joining our team?

Send your CV and a short note about why Montessori matters to you, and let us know which branch you’re drawn to. We reply to every application.