Meet our Staff
Meet our dedicated staff.
We are all here to support your child to achieve their full potential and to be the very best they can be while at the school.
This is the current staffing list as of September 2024.
Senior Leadership Team
Mr I Ross: Headteacher
Mrs A St John: Deputy Headteacher
Mr M Bird: Deputy Headteacher: Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs K Barton: Assistant Head Teacher: SENDCO
Mr D McNamee Assistant Head Teacher: Personal Development & Well-Being
Mr B Cassidy: Assistant Head Teacher: Quality of Education & Teaching and Learning
Mr D Hewson: Assistant Head Teacher
Mrs L Aspinall: Associate Assistant Head Teacher
Mrs H Silcock: Business Support Officer
Pastoral Team
Mr M Bird: Deputy Headteacher: Pastoral
Mrs S Calderwood : Head of Safeguarding & Wellbeing / Operational Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mr D Aspinall: Pastoral Lead
Mrs J Howard: Head of Year 7
Mr S Rasmussen: Head of Year 8
Mrs M Lewis: Head of Year 9
Mrs L Kavanagh: Head of Year 10
Mr C Hutton: Head of Year 11
English
Ms F Harrison: Head of English and Director of Reading & Literacy
Mr M Connolly: Second in charge of English
Miss R Holondo: Teacher of English
Mr J Halliwell: Teacher of English
Mr P Morgan: Teacher of English
Miss E Shah: Teacher of English
Mr P Wright: Teacher of English (Supply)
MFL
Mrs J Lloyd: Head of MFL
Mrs J Leadbetter: Teacher of Spanish
Humanities
Mr N Theodosiou: Head of Humanities
Mr J Riding: Teacher of History
Mrs L Walker: Head of Geography
Ms S Porter: Teacher of Geography
Mr M Taylor: Teacher of History
Art, Photography, Performing Arts & P.E
Mr D Aspinall: Teacher of Art
Miss S Mayer-Payne: Teacher of Art
Mrs E Ayre: Teacher of Art and photography
Mr M Gordon: Head of Expressive Arts
Ms R Brown: Head of Performing Arts
Mr C Green: Teacher of Performing Arts
Miss R Smalley: Head of PE
Mr P Davies: Teacher of PE
Mr E O'Neill: Teacher of PE
Science
Mr C Franklin: Head of Science
Ms A Riley Sheldon: Second in charge of Science
Mr D Glossop: Teacher of Science
Mr S Brown: Teacher of Science
Mr R Humphries: Lead Practitioner
Mr P Fordred - Science technician
Mr D MCKeigue - Teacher of Science (Supply)
ICT, Computer Science & Technology
Mr J Weir: Head of ICT
Mr I Ritchie: Teacher of ICT & Computer Science
Ms L Aspinall: Teacher of Technology
Ms A Hobbs: Head of Technology
Mr J Bridge : Technology Technician
Ms S Ayaz: Teacher of Technology
Mathematics
Mr D Small: Head of Maths
Miss T Bowen: Teacher of Maths
Mr T Christie: Teacher of Maths
Mr P Loeb: Second in Maths
Mr P Spencer: Teacher of Maths (Supply)
Mr O Adefeya - Teacher of Maths (Supply)
Support Staff
Miss S Boothman: Enhanced Resource Provision Manager
Ms A Johnson: Assistant SENDCO
Miss Z Brown: Deputy SENDCO
Mr P Heaton: Site Manager
Mr A Nolan: Caretaker
Ms D Gregory: Cover Support and PA to Headteacher
Mrs L Vincent: Data & Exams Officer
Mrs L Rigby: Attendance Officer
Mrs N Walker: Administration Manager
Mrs J Theaker: Administration Assistant
Mrs L Hanbridge: Administration Assistant
Mr E Campbell: LRC Manager
Miss S Doyle: Teaching Assistant - Lead for CIN & CFC
Mrs G Baqutai: Lead TA- Maths
Mrs J Ashton: Teaching Assistant
Ms A Wilkinson: Teaching Assistant
Miss L Stanway: Teaching Assistant
Mr R Leadbetter: Teaching Assistant
Mr S Heaton: Teaching Assistant
Miss S Ogden: Teaching Assistant
Miss L Sproston: Teaching Assistant
Miss D Roberts: Teaching Assistant
Mrs C Yates: Physical Health Lead
Mr M Pye: Deputy Trust Network Manager
We also have a school nurse who drops in every Thursday during lunchtimes.
Mrs Maria Tinker: Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – School Health
You can find out more about our school nurse by navigating to our 'School Nurse & Helpful Medical Websites' page under the 'Parents' tab.
Catering Team
Mrs C Whittaker: Head of Catering
Mrs R Fennell: Assistant Head of Catering
Ms J Brooks: Catering Assistant
Ms K Hanlon: Catering Assistant
Miss S Owen: Catering Assistant
Miss K Collins: Catering Assistant
Ms B Leather: Catering Assistant
Ms W Lambe: Catering Assistant