Our Staff
Senior Leadership Team
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. T. Clarke * |
Executive Principal Safeguarding named person |
tclarke@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. M. Hayes |
Head Of School Safeguarding named person |
mhayes@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. R. Day * | Business Manager | reday@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. K. Lay * | Family Liaison Officer and Safeguarding Officer. Designated Safeguarding Lead | klay@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S. McCloskey |
SENCo Safeguarding named person |
smccloskey@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S. George | Maths & Assessment Lead | sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. L. Chilakapati |
EYFS Lead Safeguarding named person
|
lchilakapati@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. C. Mazzey | English Lead | cmazzey@bestacademies.org.uk |
School Office Team
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Miss. R. Day * | Business Manager | reday@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. I. Sharma* | School Receptionist | isharma@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs L. Saunders | School Administrator & Attendance Officer | lsaunders@bestacademies.org.uk |
Teaching Staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. L. Chilakapati |
N Teacher / EYFS Lead |
lchilakapati@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K. Valunkonyte | R teacher / EVC | kvalukonyte@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. C. Mazzey | R teacher / RE Lead | cmazzey@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. V. Hales | R teacher | vhales@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mr. R. Lacey | Y1 / ICT Lead | rlacey@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. F. Hart | Y1 / PE Lead | fhart@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. K. Kennedy | Y1 / Science Lead | kkennedy@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S. McCloskey |
Y2 / SENCo |
smccloskey@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. H. Strong | Y2 / PSHE and Values Lead | hstrong@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. C. McGowan | Y2 / History Lead | cmcgowan@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. T. Shannon | Y3/ Music Lead | tshannon@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. S. Prosper | Y3 | sprosper@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. E. Masters | Y4 / Geography Lead | emasters@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. A. Blomfield | Y5 / Art and DT Lead | ablomfield@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mr. M. Murphy | Y5 | mmurphy@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mr. T. Wintle | Y5 | twintle@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S. George | Y6 / Maths Lead | sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. E. Palmer | Y6 Trainee Teacher | epalmer@bestacademies.org.uk |
Nursery and Pre-School Staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. L. Chilakapati |
EYFS Lead Safeguarding named person |
lchilakapati@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. J. Bright* | Nursery Room Lead | |
| Mrs. P. Young * | Nursery and Pre-School Practitioner | |
| Mrs. E. Shehu* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs. R. Bandeira-Falace* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs C. Marchis* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs. P. Hammond* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs E. Hoda* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs N. Patel* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs M. Mohamath-Ali* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs. L. Cracana* |
Nursery and Preschool Practitioner & Before/After School Club Lead |
Learning Support Assistants
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. L. Paul * | HLTA / Cover Supervisor | |
| Mrs. G. Finch * | HLTA | |
| Miss. K. Taylor * | LSA | |
| Mrs. A. Oliver * | LSA | |
| Miss. S. Powell* |
LSA Before/After School Club Support |
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| Mrs. J. Osmani* | LSA | |
| Miss. S. Boundy * | LSA | |
| Miss. V. Kirk * |
LSA Before/After School Club Support |
|
| Miss. S. James * |
LSA |
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| Miss. S. Begum * |
LSA After-School Club Support |
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| Mrs. C. Weatherley * | LSA | |
| Miss. B. Miller* |
LSA Before/After School Club Support |
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| Mrs. V. Bailey * | LSA | |
| Mrs R. Thompson | LSA | |
| Mrs. J. Bright | SATs Support |
Kitchen Staff (Dolce Catering)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Miss. Kingsley | Kitchen Manager (Dolce Catering) |
| Mrs. Khalid | Kitchen Assistant (Dolce Catering) |
Midday and Wrap Around Staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Mr. S. Wells * |
Before / After School Club Support |
| Mrs D. Drew* | Before / After School Club & Midday Assistant |
| Mrs M. Sherifi | Before / After School Club & Midday Assistant |
| Mrs. T. Habibi * | Before / After School Club & Midday Assistant |
| Mrs. N. Noori* | Midday Supervisory Assistant |
| Mrs A. Begum* | Midday Supervisory Assistant |
| Mrs. F Qais | Midday Supervisory Assistant |
| Mr. Torran | School Dog |
*Identified trained first-aider
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