Speakers

Ella Halliday is the Founder and Managing Director of Childcare HR, an HR consultancy dedicated to Early Years settings and childcare providers. She works with nursery owners and managers, from single settings to multi-site groups, helping them recruit, keep and lead strong teams while balancing employment law with safeguarding and children’s welfare.

Ella has more than 15 years’ HR experience at a senior level, including HR leadership roles across children’s services, education, not-for-profit and local government. She is a Chartered Member of the CIPD and holds a Master’s in Human Resource Management from Arden University. She is also a former advice line volunteer for Pregnant Then Screwed, supporting parents facing pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work.

Her specialisms are complex employee relations, handling difficult conversations and helping Early Years leaders build confident, high-performing teams. She is known for straight-talking, practical, people-first advice, and she founded The Childcare HR Club, a digital hub that keeps a setting’s employment toolkit up to date and compliant.