Meet our Staff

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Mrs L Whitehouse (CEO)
Mr R Darling (Deputy CEO)
Mrs G Bowser (Executive Headteacher)
Leadership Team 
Mrs M Porter (Headteacher) 
Ms T Tomes (Senior Deputy Headteacher) 
Mrs C Ashcroft (Deputy Headteacher/Upper school Phase Leader) 
Mrs McCarthy (Assistant Headteacher/ Middle school Phase Leader) 
Mrs C Alonzi (Assistant Headteacher/ Lower school Phase Leader) 
Mrs C Rees (Assistant Headteacher for Engagement)  
Lower school Phase 
Mrs C Alonzi (Assistant Headteacher/Lower school Phase Leader) 
Nursery Team Teacher 
Ms A Khan   

Reception Team Teachers 
Mrs J Dyson
Mrs C Alonzi 
Miss C Rugg
Mrs R Pitt 
Mrs L Sharpe 
Miss C Nastase
Mrs L Gudgeon   

Year 1 Team Teachers 
Miss J Breslin  
Mrs R Garner
Mrs S Lindsay 
Miss S Mohammed
EYFS Team TAs 
Miss A Phelan 
Mrs S Kablic 
Mrs D Pole-Szafranek 
Mrs C Gregory 
Mrs K Bhayat 
Miss M Abu-Baker
Miss M Mungai  

Year 1 TAs 
Miss K Smith 
Miss S Baptiste
Mrs F Ahmed
Miss A Ahmed  

Middle school Phase 
Mrs L McCarthy (Assistant Headteacher/Middle school Phase Leader)   

Year 2 Team Teachers
Mrs K Ferguson 
Miss R Peberdy 
Miss R Whitworth
Miss W Ridwan  
Year 3 Team Teachers 
Mr D Henson  
Mrs L McCarthy
Miss A Javed
Mrs S Sidhu
Mrs F Choudhury    

Year 4 Team Teachers 
Mrs S Hamid  
Mrs R Kaur 
Miss A Sheikh
Mrs K Trivedi 
Year 2 TAs 
Mrs S Patel 
Mrs L Debnath 
Mrs Y Shaikh 
Year 3 TAs 
Mrs P Da Cruz Martins 
Mrs M Jassal 
Miss F Postlethwaite 
Year 4 TAs 
Mrs H Mahmood 
Mrs Y Akhtar 
Mrs H Plahe  
Upper School Phase 
Mrs C Ashcroft (Deputy Headteacher/Upper School Phase Leader)  
Year 5 Team Teachers 
Mrs C Rawlings 
Miss M de Miranda  
Mr D Lloyd 
Miss G Marston   

Year 6 Team Teachers 
Miss L Savage  
Dr S Stephens 
Mr R Boyle 
Mrs C Rees Miss H Omofomwan 
Year 5 TAs 
Mrs K Elzanati   Miss S Daulet   

Year 6 TAs 
Ms J Brown 
Miss C Campbell  Mrs N Noor-Boksh 
Cover Supervisors/HLTA Team
Miss M Woods 
Mrs L McCreath
Mrs M Coleman
Miss S Cook 
Mrs C Cherry
Mrs P Lea 
Mrs R Muzaffar 
Mrs J Harwood 
Mrs K Grant 
Mrs S Jeena 
Mrs R Kaur
SEND Support Team 
Mrs J Walker (SENDCo)
Mrs N Durrani  (Administrator)
Mrs C Storey  
Mrs J Khatun 
Mrs K Gallagher 
Mrs S Freemantle
Miss N Connor
Before/Afterschool Club Team
Mrs M Begum 
Mrs R Begum 
Mrs R Ali 

Admin Team 
Mrs E Cafferty (Office Manager) 
Mrs M Halford 
Miss N Branfield 
Miss K Wills 
Pastoral Team/Attendance Team 
Mrs C Rees (Assistant Headteacher – Engagement) Mrs R Wake (Family Support Worker) 
Miss L Mason (Attendance Officer) 
Miss D Walsh (Inclusion Mentor)  Miss L Lawrence (Inclusion Mentor) Miss L Baptiste (Inclusion Mentor)  Mrs N Durrani (Inclusion Mentor) Mr W Bailey (Inclusion Mentor)




Premises Team 
Mr M Head (Site Services Officer) 
Mr L Hickey (Assistant Site Services Officer) 
Mrs J James 
Miss K Dunne 
Mr J Opolski 
Mrs Z Bi 
Mrs R Kaur 
Mrs A Ahmed 
Mr S Wilson 
Miss R Beaumont 
Mrs N Mustafa 
Catering Team 
Mrs T Olney (Catering Manager) 
Miss S Olney (Cook) 
Mrs P Tasker 
Mrs T Saleh 
Mrs J James 
Mrs G Mumtaaz 
Mrs R Rahman