Meet the Staff

Senior Leadership Team

Position	Name	Role
Headteacher	Vanessa Payne	Designated Safeguarding Lead
Deputy Headteacher	Robert Tindell	Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Assistant Headteacher	Claire Davis	SENCo and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Assistant Headteacher	Rachel Cummings	Curriculum and Learning and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
School Business Manager	Tina Rennie

Safeguarding Team

Position	Name	Role
Headteacher	Vanessa Payne	Designated Safeguarding Lead
Deputy Headteacher	Robert Tindell	Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Assistant Headteacher	Claire Davis	Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Assistant Headteacher	Rachel Cummings	Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Assistant Headteacher, EYFS Lead and Class Teacher	Sally Teare	Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Pastoral Support Lead Practitioner	Nicola Farenden	Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Teaching Staff Team

Position	Name	Role
Teacher	Rebecca Belnavis	Owlets Class Teacher
Teacher	Sally Teare	EYFS Lead, Cygnets Class Teacher and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Teacher	Emily Bedford	Ducklings Class Teacher
Teacher	Lauren Schuck	Goslings Class Teacher
Teacher	Hannah Smith	Puffins Class Teacher
Teacher	Kirsty Archer and Rhea Toye	Pelicans Class Teachers
Teacher	Sarah Watkins	Penguins Class Teacher
Teacher	Olivia Atkinson	Wrens Class Teacher
Teacher	Camilla Stanley	Kingfishers Class Teacher and Phase Leader for Years 1 and 2
Teacher	Elizabeth Britten	Robins Class Teacher
Teacher	Victoria Simpson	Flamingos Class Teacher
Teacher	Megan Wooldridge	Toucans Class Teacher
Teacher	Lauren Wilson	Macaws Class Teacher
Teacher	Millie Bradley	Nightingales Class Teacher
Teacher	Lise Hyland and Chloe McCairn	Finches Class Teacher
Teacher	Sam Hill	Larks Class Teacher and Phase Leader for Years 3 and 4
Teacher	Billie-Jo Cole	Storks Class Teacher
Teacher	Todd Withers	Cranes Class Teacher
Teacher	Sarah Knight	Herons Class Teacher
Teacher	Susie Eastwood	Eagles Class Teacher and Phase Leader for Years 5 and 6
Teacher	Neil Goldup	Hawks Class Teacher
Teacher	Charli-Ann Porter	Ospreys Class Teacher
Teacher	Madison Evans	PPA Teacher
Teacher	Kate Cheyney	PPA Teacher
Teacher	Jenny Stubley	PPA Teacher
Teacher	Laura Hamilton	PPA Teacher
Teacher	Jane Wild	PPA Teacher
Teacher	Natalie Ratcliffe	PPA Teacher

Teaching Assistant Team

Position	Name
Higher Level Teaching Assistant	Justene Hanson
Higher Level Teaching Assistant	Jonelle Roberts (From January 2027)
Forest School Leader	Emma Albutt
KS2 Lead Teaching Assistant	Margaret Hawk
KS1 Lead Teaching Assistant	Paula Bishop
Pastoral Support Lead Practitioner and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead	Nicola Farenden
Lead SEN Teaching Assistant	Alison Smyth
Teaching Assistant	Rebecca Price
Teaching Assistant	Leanne Woolls
Teaching Assistant	Lydia Askins
Teaching Assistant	Jennifer Price
Teaching Assistant	Rebecca Washbourne
Teaching Assistant	Jayne Hebbron
Teaching Assistant	Margaret Wilkins
Teaching Assistant	Sharon Dennison
Teaching Assistant	Carolyn Hollick
Teaching Assistant	Soraya Jenkins
Teaching Assistant	Claire Powell
Teaching Assistant	Eva Vincent
Teaching Assistant	Joanne White
Teaching Assistant	Caroline Oakley
Teaching Assistant	Sarah Hodson
Teaching Assistant	Jonelle Roberts
Teaching Assistant	Michelle Wilcox
Teaching Assistant	Hannah Brewer
Kindergarten Practitioner	Beata Seaton
Kindergarten Practitioner	Sarah Nineham
Kindergarten Practitioner	Sarah Wilding
Kindergarten Practitioner	Lindsay Skinner
Kindergarten Practitioner	Gemma Hodges
Kindergarten Practitioner	Rachel Rafiq
Kindergarten Practitioner	Clare Brooks
SEN Teaching Assistant	Sarah Hodson
SEN Teaching Assistant	Stacey Smith
SEN Teaching Assistant	Elsie Darbyshire
SEN Teaching Assistant	Rhea Toye
SEN Teaching Assistant	Jayne Harvey
SEN Teaching Assistant	Karen Parsons
SEN Teaching Assistant	Rebecca Neil
SEN Teaching Assistant	Kay Fearn
SEN Teaching Assistant	Sarah Lutwyche
SEN Teaching Assistant	Courtney Elzner (maternity leave)
SEN Teaching Assistant	Samantha Langston
Thrive Practitioner	Casey Carter
SEN Teaching Assistant	Charlotte Hughes
SEN Teaching Assistant	Helen Lloyd
SEN Teaching Assistant	Frances Kenwrick
SEN Teaching Assistant	Rajwinder Kaur
SEN Teaching Assistant	Courtney Hewlett
SEN Teaching Assistant	Natalie Parkes
SEN Teaching Assistant	Gemma Wingham-Drew
SEN Teaching Assistant	Maisy Jasper

Administration Team

Position	Name
Office Manager and PA to the Headteacher
Finance and Administration Manager (Nursery and WACC)	Claire Molloy
Finance Administrator	Rajwinder Sheena
Lead First Aider	Sharon Dennison
Office Administrator	Louise Davey
School Administrator	Amanda Smith
Receptionist and Clerical Assistant	Lynda Potter
Clerical Assistant	Margaret Hawk
Clerical Assistant	Annette Fenton
Clerical Assistant	Jayne Hebbron

Site Team

Position	Name
Site Manager	Paul Buckingham
Caretaker	Robert Webb
Cleaner	Charlotte Smith
Cleaner	Emma Holburn
Cleaner	Karen Adams
Cleaner	Alexander Whittingslow
Cleaner	Hilda Loveridge
Cleaner	Heather Clarke
Cleaner	Sue Beddall

Lunchtime Team

Position	Name
Lead Lunchtime Supervisor	Jacqueline Baker
Deputy Lead Lunchtime Playworker	Hana Masters
Lead Lunchtime Playworker	Jonelle Roberts
Lunchtime Supervisor	Karen Adams
Lunchtime Supervisor	Hilda Loveridge
Lunchtime Supervisor	Ella Carrington
Lunchtime Supervisor	Patricia Clarke
Lunchtime Supervisor	Sarah Meekcom
Lunchtime Playworker	Marium Nargis
Lunchtime Playworker	Holly Oakes
Lunchtime Playworker	Rachel Silk
Lunchtime Playworker	Susan Beddall
Lunchtime Playworker	Amy Tranter
Lunchtime Playworker	Naomi Rose
Lunchtime Playworker	Eva Vincent
Lunchtime Playworker	Lydia Askins