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Who's Who

Our staff

2025-26

Senior Leadership Team

Executive Principal - Alison Ashcroft

Vice Principal - Lianne Vickers

 

Assistant Principal: Behaviour and Culture - Chris Lamming

Assistant Principal: Curriculum -  Andrea Brown

 

Key Stage Two Phase Leader- Ed Helliwell

Key Stage One Phase Leader - Ben Hyde

Early Years Phase Leader - Emma Clements

SENCO - Claire Middlemore

 

Office Team

Roza Kozlowska (Office Manager)

Joanna Douglas 

Annie Hobbs

 

Early Years Team

Pre-school Teacher Acorn Class teacher: Samantha Duckett and Emily Holden

Level 3 Practitioners: Hannah Brett, Rachel Spencer 

Learning Support Assistant: Jayden Dwight

 

Reception Teachers: Louise McMaster (Hazel Class) and Bella Mills (Cherry Class)

Learning Support Assistants: Hayley Gage, Zuzanna Ziman and Julia Watkins

 

Key Stage One Team

Year 1 Class Teachers: Emma Clements (Beech Class), Rea McMordie(Maple Class) 

Year 1 Learning Support Assistants: Olivia Elliot and Angharad Evans 

 

Year 2 Class Teachers: Claudia Challis (Rowan Class), Elle Paterson (Willow Class)

Year 2 Learning Support Assistants: Di Bradley, Margaret Xavier and Salina Chalise

 

Key Stage Two Team

Year 3 Class Teachers: Hannah Mason (Chestnut Class) and Charlotte White (Sycamore Class)

Year 3 Learning Support Assistants:  Lucy Wilson and Kelly Marshall

 

Year 4 Class Teachers: Andrea Brown & Chris Lamming (Birch Class) and Ella Hemery (Elm Class)

Year 4 Learning Support Assistants: Lucy Taylor, Elsie Waligo and Gemma Smith

 

Year 5 Class Teachers:  Caroline O' Brien (Alder), Ben Little  (Ash)

Year 5 Learning Support Assistants: Tina Bone, Michelle Sagoo

 

Year 6 Class teachers: Ben Hyde (Oak Class), Ed Helliwell (Cedar Class)

Year 6 Learning Support Assistants: Sally Foster, Kate Smith, Daisy McDonald

 

PPA cover: Cara Sullivan and Molly Chalmers

Family Support Worker: Alex Wright

Behaviour Support Learning Mentor: Cathy Venes 

 

Lunch time supervisors:

All Learning Support Assistants also have a lunch time supervisor role.

 

Catering Staff: From Fresh Start

 

Breakfast Club staff: Di Bradley, Cathy Venes, Zuzanna Ziman, Jayden Dwight

 

After school club is run by Get Active please see extended hours for more details.

 

Caretaker: Rafal Kozlowski

Cleaners: From Rapid Commercial Cleaning Services Ltd

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