Our Staff

Senior Leadership Team

Name	Role	Email
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 Lead	sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk
Mrs. L. Chilakapati	EYFS Lead Safeguarding named person	lchilakapati@bestacademies.org.uk

School Office Team

Name	Role	Email

Miss. R. Day *	Business Manager	reday@bestacademies.org.uk
Mrs. I. Sharma*	School Receptionist	isharma@bestacademies.org.uk

Teaching Staff

Name	Role	Email
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. J. Bright	N Room Lead
Mrs. P. Young *	Nursery and Pre-School Practitioner
Mrs. E. Shehu*	Nursery and Preschool Practitioner
Mrs. R. Falace*	Nursery and Preschool Practitioner
Mrs. R. Chowdhury*	Nursery and Preschool Practitioner
Mrs. P. Hammond	Nursery and Preschool Practitioner
Mrs E. Hoda	Nursery and Preschool Practitioner
Mrs. L. Cracana	Nursery and Preschool Practitioner & Before/After School Club Lead

Learning Support Assistants / 1:1s

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
Mrs. J. Osmani*	LSA
Miss. S. Boundy *	LSA
Miss. V. Kirk *	LSA Before/After School Club Support
Miss. S. James *	1:1 LSA
Miss. S. Begum *	LSA After-School Club Support
Mrs. C. Weatherley *	LSA
Mrs. J. Chandler	LSA
Miss. B. Miller*	LSA Before/After School Club Support
Mrs. V. Bailey *	LSA
Mrs. J. Bright	SATs Support

Kitchen Staff (Dolce Catering)

Name	Role
Miss. Kingsley	Kitchen Manager (Dolce Catering)
Mrs. Khalid	Kitchen Assistant (Dolce Catering)
Mrs. Fowler	Kitchen Assistant (Dolce Catering)

Midday and Wrap Around Staff

Name	Role

Mrs. M. Sherifi	After School Club Playworker
Mr. S. Wells *	Before / After School Club Support
Mrs. G Khalid	Before / After school Club Support
Mrs. J Fowler	Before / After School Club Support
Mrs. T. Habibi *	Midday Supervisory Assistant
Mrs. N. Noori*	Midday Supervisory Assistant
Mrs. F Qais	Midday Supervisory Assistant
Mr. Torran	School Dog

*Identified trained first-aider

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