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
Abbi Richford
EYFS Leader
Katrina Pounder
Maths Subject Leader
Yvonne Thompsett
SEN Support
Reception
Yvonne Thompsett
Teacher - Oak Class
Camilla Mangan
Teacher - Maple Class
Karen Milton
Teaching Assistant - Oak Class
Sharon Hale
Teaching Assistant - Maple Class
Year 1
Abbi Richford
Teacher - Willow Class
Jayne MacIntyre
Teacher - Ash Class
Sarah Owen
Teacher - Ash Class
Sarah Duncan
Teaching Assistant - Willow Class
Gemma Howell
Teaching Assistant - Ash Class
Laura Holewell
Teaching Assistant - Ash Class
Year 2
Sharon Byrne
Teacher - Beech Class
Charlotte Clarke
Teacher - Cherry Class
Debbie Beadle
Teaching Assistant - Beech Class
Jill Bateman
Teaching Assistant - Cherry Class
Year 3
Bridget Pembrey
Teacher - Elder Class
Steffi Siotto
Teacher - Juniper Class
Julie Gurr
Teaching Assistant - Elder Class
Veronica Ball
Teaching Assistant
Trudi Featherston
Teaching Assistant
Ness Perry
Teaching Assistant
Mollie Puttick
Student Teacher
Year 4
Tasneem Downes
Teacher - Hawthorn Class
Ellen White
Teacher - Poplar Class
Martha Kinloch
Teaching Assistant - Hawthorn Class
Ailsa Scott
Teaching Assistant - Poplar Class
Zara Rose
Teaching Assistant - Poplar Class
Year 5
Kelly Apps
Teacher - Hornbeam Class
Michelle Smith
Teacher - Hazel Class
Gemma Champion
Teaching Assistant - Hazel and Hornbeam Class
Kate Riddihough
Teaching Assistant - Hazel Class
Year 6
Abi Wickenden
Teacher - Silver Birch Class
Lucy Bruce
Teacher - Chestnut Class
Vanessa Alves
Teaching Assistant - Silver Birch Class
Linda McNaughton
Teaching Assistant - Chestnut Class
Higher level teaching assistants
Luke Davies
HLTA & P.E. Coach
Jemma O’Gorman
HLTA
Emma Welch
HLTA
Caitriona Mott
HLTA
Tina O’Leary
HLTA
Abbie Lee
HLTA
Nurture Team (Sandown Seagulls)
Karen Groves
Nurture Practitioner
Poppy Blackman
Nurture Practitioner
Speech and language team
Yasmin Maynard
Speech and Language Teaching Assistant
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
Michaela McCabe
Nursery Practitioner
Claire Taylor
Nursery Practitioner
Katie Fenner
Nursery Practitioner
Becky Williams
Nursery Practitioner
Laura Boyle
Nursery Practitioner
Steph Meadows
Nursery Practitioner
School office
Sue Poole
School Business Manager
Jackie Earley
Admin & Personnel Officer
Loraine Sully
School Secretary
Anita Payne
School Receptionist
Lunchtime team
Shelley Meadows
Extended School Leader & Midday Supervisory Assistant
Linda Barnes
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Sharon Gooch
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Sharon Turner
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Kim Blakeman
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Carol Ripley
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Linda Fenner
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Georgina Ellis-Redgrove
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Leanne Nicholls
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Hannah Ward
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Victoria Booth
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Hannah Carrington
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Cieran Fitzgerald
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Stacey Fitzgerald
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Sharon Joy
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Zara Streeter
Midday Supervisory Assistant
Site management and cleaning team
Geoff Jasinski
Caretaker
Andy Buss
Assistant Caretaker
Loraine Adams
Cleaner
Emma Stoner
Cleaner
Sharon Turner
Cleaner
Carol Ripley
Cleaner
Kim Blakeman
Cleaner
Big Outdoors team
Bill Harding
Big Outdoors
Kathryn Joly
Big Outdoors