Mrs Carey has taught an array of age groups in an array of schools in the UK, holding various positions including Senco and community liaison officer. She has taught 39 children since her arrival in the Bailiwick.
Mrs Carey has used the outdoor space in Herm for drama and literature through collaborative projects with the RSC. These projects have included running a workshop at a Shakespeare conference in Belfast and writing articles for Outdoor Shakespeare as well as for small schools generally. She has written her own nativities and organised summer concerts for the school including the final ever concert last July, which was dedicated to all small schools including their own.
Although she is classified as a lone worker, Mrs Carey receives help once a week from a supply teaching assistant and communicates with a UK network of small schools who support one another in terms of logistical and practical problems which teaching in a small school can bring.
‘I hate to be bored and this job is certainly not boring. We have been lucky enough to see dolphins, puffins, seals released, met royals and other dignitaries, authors and sports celebrities who always want to visit the small island school.
‘I am very proud of all the pupils who have gone through the school and have become lovely, confident adults and friends. I feel honoured to be nominated as I’m just doing what I love and the opportunity to educate children in such a unique and special landscape.’
Bonny Murray has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited.
Charlotte Whitby has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Deanna Le Moignan has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited.
Debbie Wright has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Diane Birch, teacher at St Sampson’s High School, has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited.
Eleanor Perkins has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Ellie Robert, teacher at Hautes Capelles, has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Gemma White has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Grace Smith has been nominated the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Heidi De Mouilpied has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Helena Pearson has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd.
Holly Drake has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Isabel Domaille has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
James Ferbrache has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services
‘Genuinely lovely’ Jerry Thomas from Vauvert Primary School has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Jonathan Furley has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Karen Dodd has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
‘Empowering’ Kate Lloyd from La Mare de Carteret Primary School has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Kelly King, family support worker at Les Beaucamps High School, has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Little Buttons, a charity-run preschool, has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, which is sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Lucy Waldrom has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Maggie King from The Ladies’ College has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, which is sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey).
Marc Boyd has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Mark Ozanne has been nominated for Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd.
Martine Stuart, teacher at St Martin’s Primary School, has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited.
‘Brilliant’ Matt Sawbridge has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited.
Michael Blundell has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd.
Michelle Partington has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services..
Nicola Bradshaw has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Nicola Ingrouille has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, which is sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Rachel Kemp has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Rachel O’Brien has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Robert Milton, teacher at Le Rondin, has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Sandra Truelove has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd.
Sarah Buck has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Sarah Moores has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Sarah Neild-Le Conte has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Sarah Tennant has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Steph Black has been nominated for Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd.
Susie Sloman has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Tracey Trenchard has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Valerie Winn has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd.
Verona Tomlin, headteacher at La Mare de Carteret High School, has been described as ‘really friendly’ in her nomination for the Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.
Victor Lane has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd.
Yan Marquis has been nominated for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by Core Fund Services.