Our Teaching and Support Staff

The staff work together as a team and have high expectations of all pupils.  

The Head Teacher and  Deputy Head Teacher lead the school and in addition to this, most members of staff have responsibility for one or more specialist areas of the curriculum. We have a number of Teaching Assistants who work along side teachers in the classrooms to support the children’s learning. Some have specific responsibility for children with particular special needs and are trained and supported by outside agencies e.g. Speech Therapists, Educational Psychologists. Some may, from time to time, be responsible for supervising classes under the direction of the class teacher depending upon their level of experience.
Head Teacher
  • Mrs Claire Barwell - Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
 
Deputy Head Teacher
  • Miss Helen Funnell - Inclusion Manager & DSL

Teaching Staff
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YEAR 2
  • Miss Sally Smith ( Sycamore ) 
  • Miss Hazel Ojo Earl (Silver Birch)
  • Mrs Sarah Sinclair (Rowan)
  • Mrs Jennie Mason (Rowan) - KS1 Leader & DSL

YEAR 1 ​
  • Mrs Jo Miller  (Cedar) 
  • Miss Irini Moutso (Oak)                                  
  • Mr Ciaran Matthews (Copper Beech) 

RECEPTION
  • Mrs Jess Banks (Laurel)  - On maternity leave
  • Mrs Janine Fortune (Laurel)
  • Mrs Saleema Siddiqui (Laurel) - Maternity leave cover                        
  • Mr Pete Hide (Chestnut ) 
  • Mrs Olivia Hodson (Hazel) - EYFS Lead maternity cover
  • Mrs Helen Beresford-Murray (Hazel) 

NURSERY
  • Mr Oliver Wood  ( Willow AM & PM)    ​ 
  • Miss Helen Funnell (Willow AM & PM)                            

Teaching and Learning Support Assistants
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  • Miss Caroline Parham ( HLTA - PPA  & Support)
  • Mrs Jeannette Johnson (HLTA - PPA & Support)
  • Mrs Susanna Avellino (TA - Nursery)
  • Miss Michelle Fogah (TA - Reception)
  • Mr Sami Ahmed (TA - Reception)
  • Miss Ciara Donoghue (TA - Reception)
  • Ms Nicola O'Connell (TA - Year 1)
  • Ms Harmeet Kaur (TA - Year 1)
  • ​Ms Zinaida Kudrina (TA - Year 2)
  • Mrs Ayasha Begum (TA - Year 2)
  • Miss Sujika Poobalasingam (TA - Year 2)
  • Mx Caitlin Turnbull (TA - Year 2)
  • Mrs Nina Taylor (TA - Year 2)
  • Mrs Nasim Mahmood (TA - Year 2)
School Business Manager
  • Mr Nick Watkins 

 Administrative Officers
  • Mrs Gill Grandison
  • Mrs Emilia Pluta​​
  • Ms Lindsay Roberts

Site Manager
  • Mr Ray Barwell

SMSAs
(School Meals Supervisory Assistants)
  • Mrs Carolyn Jones​
  • Mrs Cathy Moysey​
  • Ms Janine  Talbot 
  • Ms Sumaira Bano
  • Ms Mai Chong

Maple Stars After School Club
  • Miss Michelle Fogah - Manager​
  • Ms Sumaira Bano - Play Worker
  • ​Mrs Heather Chaplin - Play Worker