Our Staff Team
Headteacher: Stephen Heal
Senior Leadership Team: Jonathan Watkins (Deputy Head), Alison Gravatt (School Business Manager), Laura Phillips (SENDCo), Deborah Hampton (Milepost 3 lead), Sharon Baker (Milepost 2 Lead), Maria Moles (Milepost 1 lead), Catherine Jowitt (EYFS lead), Laura Phillips (SENDCo).
Our school is a 'two form entry' school which means we have two classes in every year group. We structure our classes into 'Mileposts' so that teachers can support one another by planning in teams. The Reception classes are collectively known as EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage). Milepost 1 comprises the Year 1 and Year 2 pupils. Milepost 2 consists of Year 3 and Year 4 and Milepost 3 contains Years 5 and 6.
EYFS teachers: Catherine Jowitt, Alice McDonnell
EYFS teaching assistants: Gemma Canning, Paula Baker, Cathy Rice.
Year 1 teachers: Paula Perrett, Shelly Applegate, Kelly Ashdown
Year 1 teaching assistants: Amanda Curtis, Melanie Ballard, Carly Stevenson, Michelle Rabie, Tara Walker
Year 2 teachers: Maria Moles, Izzy Olivey
Year 2 teaching assistants: Karen Sutton, Paula Strutt, Jaime Ashby, Erin Strutt
Year 3 teachers: Sharon Baker, Rachel White, Geraldine Jones
Year 3 teaching assistants: Amy Davis, Sara Constable
Year 4 teachers: Peter Dobb, Jo Essex, Gaynor Grayson
Year 4 teaching assistants: Sue Reeves Bassett, Sara Constable
Year 5 teachers: Gemma Harris, Keely Weatherall, Jonathan Watkins
Year 5 teaching assistants: Lisa Liddington, Georgina Luckett
Year 6 teachers: Deborah Hampton, Ali Nall, Peter Gaffney
Year 6 teaching assistants: Lydia Houghton, Georgina Luckett
Judith Brown works across the school, releasing other teachers for planning time.
A number of Special Needs Teaching Assistants also work with individual children or small groups: Alison Flintham, Lisa Liddington, Stephanie Canham, Nicola Crovetto (ELSA), Louise Parsons (ELSA), Matilda Walsh, Liz Tomlin, Polly Fernandez-Canales, Phoenix Vincent, Laura Kehoe, Caleb Cahill, Sue Curnock, Liz Harding, Michelle Rabie.
Office staff: Alison Gravatt (Business manager), Emma Grayson (Admin assistant), Kay Sladden (Admin assistant / Finance Assistant), Jacquie Keer (Finance assistant), Alexina Hayward (HR administrator)
Educational support staff: Laura Phillips (SENDCo), Matt Laurence (Specialist PE teacher), Sue Curnock (HLTA for SEN and Speech and Language Support), Liz Harding (Early years phonics support and Speech and Language HLTA), Terry Jones (Parent support adviser / School counsellor), Georgina Luckett (Librarian)
Handyperson-Caretaker: John Garner
Catering Team: Alastair Sim (Catering Manager), Tracey Smith (Assistant cook), Caroline Jones (Kitchen assistant)
Midday supervisors: Harriet Trow, Carly Stevenson, Nicola Sheppard, Maite Barluenga Badiola, Crystal Wicks, Louise Parsons, Laura Buckley, Laldinpuii C
Peas in the Pod: Hayley Goddard, Paula Baker, Polly Fernandez-Canales, Lisa Liddington, Matilda Walsh, Erin Strutt, Matthew Lait, Nicola Sheppard, Christine Sparrow, Millie Porter, Sally King, Ligia Somolan