Our Staff
Senior Leadership Team
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. T. Clarke * |
Interim Executive Principal Safeguarding named person |
tclarke@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. M. Hayes |
Vice Principal / SENCo Safeguarding named person |
mhayes@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. R Tootell * | Business Manager | rtootell@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. K Lay * | Family Liaison Officer and Safeguarding Officer. Designated Safeguarding Lead | klay@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S George | Reading Lead | sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. H Strong | Writing Lead | strong@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. R Baldwin * |
EYFS Lead Safeguarding named person |
rbaldwin@bestacademies.org.uk |
School Administration Team
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Mrs. R Tootell * | Business Manager | rtootell@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. C Palmer * | School Support Assistant / Admissions |
sca-admin@bestacademies.org.uk cpalmer@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. M Agiakatsika * | School Receptionist | aagiakatsika@bestacademies.org.uk |
Teaching Staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. R Baldwin * | R teacher / EYFS Lead | rbaldwin@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K Valunkonyte | R teacher | kvalukonyte@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. A Worobec | R teacher | aworobec@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K Wilson | Y1KW / MFL Lead | kwilson@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K Ballinger | Y1KB / RE and Values Lead | kballinger@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S McCloskey | Y2SM / History Lead | smccloskey@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. F Hart | Y2HK / PE Lead | fhart@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. K Kennedy | Y2HK / Geography Lead | kkennedy@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. G Kiely | Y3GK / Science Lead | gkiely@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. T Shannon | Y3TS | tshannon@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. R Curry | Y4RC / Music Lead | rcurry@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. A Blomfield | Y5AB / Art and DT Lead | ablomfield@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. H Strong | Y6SE / Writing Lead | hstrong@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S George | Y6SG / Reading Lead | sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S Evardson | Y6SE | sevardson@bestacademies.org.uk |
Nursery and Pre-School Staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. S Miller * | Nursery Lead Practitioner | smiller@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. J Osmani * | Nursery Practitioner | |
| Miss. N Murphy | Nursery Practitioner | |
| Mrs. K Taylor * | Nursery Practitioner | |
| Mrs. J Bright * | Pre-School Lead Practitioner | jebright@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. L Basham * | Pre-School Practitioner | |
| Mr. S Wells * |
Pre-School Practitioner Before/After School Club Support |
|
| Mrs. P Young * | Pre-School Practitioner | |
| Miss. M Farrell * |
Pre-School Practitioner Before/After School Club Support |
Learning Support Assistants / 1:1s
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Mrs. L Paul * | HLTA / Senior LSA |
| Miss. M Gillard | 1:1 LSA |
| Miss. K Taylor * | 1:1 LSA |
| Mrs. A Oliver * | LSA |
| Miss. L Rowlands * | LSA |
| Miss. P Hammond * | LSA |
| Miss. D Drew * | LSA |
| Miss. S Boundy * | LSA |
| Miss. V Kirk * |
1:1 LSA Before/After School Club Support |
| Miss. S James * | 1:1 LSA |
| Miss. E Palmer * | LSA |
| Miss. S Begum * | 1:1 LSA |
| Mrs. C Weatherley * | LSA |
| Mrs. G Finch * |
LSA Before/After School Club Manager |
| Mrs. V Bailey * | LSA |
| Mrs. L Brennan | LSA |
Kitchen Staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Miss. Kirsty Ivory | Kitchen Manager (Dolce Catering) |
| Miss. Klaudia Ladanyi | Kitchen Assistant |
| Miss. Samantha Kingsley | Kitchen Assistant |
Midday Supervisors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Miss. Miller |
EYFS Midday Supervisor Before / After School Club Support |
| Mrs. A Begum * | Midday Supervisor |
| Mrs. R Chowdhury * | Midday Supervisor |
| Mrs. T Habibi * | Midday Supervisor |
*Identifies trained first-aider