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