Meet our wonderful staff.
Senior leadership team
Charles Lindsay
Headteacher
Kate Tugwell
Deputy Headteacher & Designated Safeguarding Lead
Gail Harley
Assistant Headteacher / SENCo & Designated Safeguarding Officer
Sue Poole
School Business Manager
Abbi Richford
EYFS Leader
Katrina Pounder
Maths Subject Leader
Yvonne Thompsett
SEN Support
Reception
Sharon Byrne
Teacher - Maple Class
Abbi Richford
Teacher - Oak Class
Karen Milton
Teaching Assistant - Maple Class
Sarah Duncan
Teaching Assistant - Oak Class
Year 1
Camilla Jones
Teacher - Ash Class
Yvonne Thompsett
Teacher - Willow Class
Holly Eldridge
Teaching Assistant - Ash Class
Sharon Hale
Teaching Assistant - Willow Class
Year 2
Lucy Bruce
Teacher - Beech Class
Charlotte Clarke
Teacher - Cherry Class
Jayne McIntyre
Teacher - Rowan Class
Sarah Owen
Teacher - Rowan Class
Jill Bateman
Teaching Assistant - Beech Class
Jess Starnes
Teaching Assistant - Cherry Class
Debbie Beadle
Teaching Assistant - Rowan Class
Year 3
Bridget Pembrey
Teacher - Elder Class
Steffi Siotto
Teacher - Juniper Class
Julie Gurr
Teaching Assistant - Elder Class
Trudi Featherston
Teaching Assistant- Juniper Class
Year 4
Mollie Puttick
Teacher- Elm Class
Tasneem Downes
Teacher - Hawthorn Class
Katrina Pounder
Teacher - Poplar Class
Martha Kinloch
Teaching Assistant - Elm Class
Laura Holewell
Teaching Assistant- Hawthorn Class
Lindsey-Jane Bolt
Teaching Assistant - Poplar Class
Year 5
Samantha Vettese
Teacher- Hazel Class
Kelly Apps
Teacher - Hornbeam Class
Susie Wheeler
Teaching Assistant - Hazel Class
Yasmin Maynard
Teaching Assistant - Hornbeam Class
Year 6
Ellen White
Teacher - Chestnut Class
Abi Wickenden
Teacher - Silver Birch Class
Michelle Smith
Teacher- Spindle Class
Ailsa Scott
Teaching Assistant - Chestnut Class
Zara Rose
Teaching Assistant - Silver Birch Class
Kate Riddihough
Teaching Assistant- Spindle Class
Higher level teaching assistants
Luke Davies
P.E. Teacher
Abbie Lee
HLTA
Jemma O’Gorman
HLTA
Tina O’Leary
HLTA
Emma Welch
HLTA
Nurture Team (Sandown Seagulls)
Poppy Blackman
Nurture Practitioner
Karen Groves
Nurture Practitioner
Speech and language team
Maria Dennis
Speech and Language Teaching Assistant
Welfare Team
Justine Fraser
Parent Support Advisor & Designated Safeguarding Officer
Kirsty Hackett
Attendance and Behaviour Officer
Sandown Nursery
Gina Wright
Nursery Manager
Emma Smith
Deputy Manager
Laura Boyle
Nursery Practitioner
Katie Fenner
Nursery Practitioner
Michaela McCabe
Nursery Practitioner
Steph Moore
Nursery Practitioner
Claire Taylor
Nursery Practitioner
Becky Williams
Nursery Practitioner
School office
Sue Poole
School Business Manager
Jackie Earley
Admin & Personnel Officer
Anita Payne
Receptionist and Admin Officer
Loraine Sully
Admin Officer
Lunchtime team
Justine Fraser
Midday Supervisory Assistant Lead
Shelley Meadows
Extended Schools and Midday Supervisory Assistant
Linda Barnes
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Kerry Ripley
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Sharon Joy
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Hannah Ward
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Kim Blakeman
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Cieran Fitzgerald
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Victoria Booth
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Hannah Carrington
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Stacey Fitzgerald
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Sharon Robinson
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Carol Ripley
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Sharon Gooch
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Leanne Nicholls
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Georgina Ellis-Redgrove
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Mandy Bevan
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Site management and cleaning team
Geoff Jasinski
Caretaker
Andy Buss
Assistant Caretaker
Loraine Adams
Cleaner
Kim Blakeman
Cleaner
Hannah Carrington
Cleaner
Linda Fenner
Cleaner
Carol Ripley
Cleaner
Emma Stoner
Cleaner
Sharon Turner
Cleaner
Hannah Ward
Cleaner
Big Outdoors team
Bill Harding
Big Outdoors
Kathryn Joly
Big Outdoors
Jack Hobbs
Big Outdoors