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 Lead | sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K. Ballinger | English and Phonics Lead | kballinger@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. L. Chilakapati |
EYFS Lead Safeguarding named person
|
lchilakapati@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 |
Teaching Staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. L. Chilakapati |
EYFS Lead
|
lchilakapati@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K. Valunkonyte | R teacher / EVC | kvalukonyte@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. D. Francis | R teacher | dfrancis@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. N. Levesque-wong | Y1 | nlevesque-wong@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K. Ballinger | Y1 / English and Phonics Lead | kballinger@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S. McCloskey |
Y2 / History Lead SENCo |
smccloskey@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K. Bray | Y2 | kbray@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. F. Hart | Y2 / PE Lead | fhart@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. K. Kennedy | Y2 / RE Lead | kkennedy@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs G. Gheorgiu | Y3 | ggheorghiu@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. T. Shannon | Y3 | tshannon@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. E. Masters | Y4 | emasters@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. J. Haines | Y4 / ICT Lead | SCA-Admin@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. A. Blomfield | Y5 / Art and DT Lead | ablomfield@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mr. M. Murphy | Y5 | mmmurphy@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. H. Strong | Y6 / PSHE and Values Lead | hstrong@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S. George | Y6 / Maths Lead | sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk |
Nursery and Pre-School Staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Mrs. J. Bright | Preschool Room Lead |
| Mrs. D. Drew* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner |
| 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. 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. E. Palmer * | 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. Ivory | Kitchen Manager (Dolce Catering) |
| Miss. Ladanyi | Kitchen Assistant (Dolce Catering) |
| Miss. Kingsley | Kitchen Assistant (Dolce Catering) |
Midday and Wrap Around Staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Mr. J. Tootell | After School Club Playworker |
| Mrs. M. Sherifi | After School Club Playworker |
| Mr. S. Wells * |
Before / After School Club Support |
| Mr. C. Reed | After School Club Playworker |
| Mrs. A. Begum * | Midday Supervisor |
| Mrs. T. Habibi * | Midday Supervisor |
| Mrs. N. Noori* | Midday Supervisor |
| Mr. Torran | School Dog |
*Identifies trained first-aider
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