School Staff

Staff List 2024-2025

Name

Role

Responsibilities

Miss Astineh Aghanian 

Level 3 Apprenticeship

General Teaching Assistant SEN

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND

Mrs Tracey Anderson

Level 3 HLTA

Senior lead practitioner

 

Senior Lead Practitioner – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Student support

Room Leader

Key person – Ducks

Curiosity Approach CPD Lead

Maths lead

Miss Shannon Ball 

Level 3

Senior Advanced Teaching Assistant SEN

Staff management – inclusion team

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND 

Miss Chelsey Beecroft 

Level 3

General Teaching Assistant SEN 

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND 

Mrs Liz Clough 

Level 3 EY PDP 

Senior Advanced Teaching Assistant / SEN 

Lead Practitioner – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Room Leader

Key person – Hares

Specialist support for Speech and Language

Mrs Nicola Crinnion 

Level 3

Advanced Teaching Assistant SEN

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND

 

Mr Sarah Davis 

Level 3 Apprenticeship

General Teaching Assistant SEN 

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND 

 

Mrs Kowsalya Dhinakaren General Teaching Assistant SEN

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND 

Mrs Yoland Farrell

Level 6 

Advanced Teaching assistant SEN

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND 

Mrs Kathryn Firth 

QTS M(Ed)

Headteacher / SENCo

Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Lead

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Assessment / Data / Pedagogical lead

Governance

Educational Visits Co-ordinator

HR / Staffing

Early Years CPD lead

DfE Early Years COVID recovery expert

Mrs Sarah Haldenby General Teaching Assistant SEN

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND

Miss Jade Hartley 

Level 6 EYTS

Senior

Advanced Teaching Assistant 

Deputy Safeguarding Lead

 

Lead Practitioner – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Room Leader

Key person – Owls

Tea time lead

Miss Nicole Heritage

Level 3

Advanced Teaching Assistant SEN

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND 

Mrs Lucy Holmes 

Level 4 HLTA

 

Senior Advanced Teaching Assistant

Staff management – inclusion team

Support for individuals and small groups

Specialist support for SEND 

Miss Jessica Ingle 

Level 3 HLTA

NPQEYL

Senior

Advanced Teaching Assistant

Lead Practitioner – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Beach schools / out and about leader

Room Leader

Key person – Flamingos

HLTA accreditation / NPQEYL qualification

Visit leader

Mrs Dawn Kimber

QTS

Assistant Hub Lead – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Lead teacher

Language and literacy lead

Early reading and writing lead

Project lead – Stronger Practice Hub 

Mrs

Helen Kindness

QTS

NaSENCo 

SENCo

Lead SEN teacher – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Leadership of SEND provision and practice

Specialist support for SEND

Miss Danielle Metcalfe 

Level 3 HLTA

EY PDP

Senior

Advanced Teaching Assistant

Lead Practitioner – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Room Leader

Key person – Flowers

Parental communication

Mrs Amanda Pearson 

Level 3

Senior

Advanced Teaching Assistant 

Lead Practitioner – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Well-being and involvement champion

Hygge accreditation lead

Room Leader

Key person – Deer

Mrs Donna Rose  

Level 4

Office Manager 

Deputy Safeguarding Lead 

Administration

Charging / invoicing

Admissions

Parent Liaison and support

Health and Safety

Mr Simon Rowe 

Forest School leader Level 3 (in process)

General Teaching Assistant SEN / Advanced Teaching Assistant

SEN support for small groups of children

Specialist support for SEND

Nature club / forest schools leader

Bikeability leader

Mrs Lindsay Veitch 

Level 5

Senior Advanced Teaching Assistant

 

Lead Practitioner – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Room Leader

Key Person – Hedgehogs 

Mrs Ellie Williams

QTS

Nursery Teacher 

Lead Practitioner – Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

Room Leader

EYPP / thrive leader

EY PDP qualification