Staff

Leadership Team: 

• Headteacher – Mr Paul Hankey 
• Deputy Headteacher and Phase Leader Year 4 – Year 6 – Mrs Laura Craig 
• Phase Leader Year 1 – Year 3 – Mrs Ruth Arnett 
• Early Year Leaders – Mrs Amy Begley and Mrs Kate Cathcart 
• SEND and Inclusion Lead – Mrs Elena Cook 
• School Business Manager – Mrs Sarah Bradford 

Classes: 

The Elms Nursery 

• Teachers –  Miss Rachel Butler and Mrs Luci Watson 
• Teaching Assistants – Mrs Katy Eason, Mrs Rowan Hawthorne, Mrs Lesley Whorton, Mrs Becky Midwinter 

Reception 

• Class Names – PERIWINKLE and AQUA 
• Teachers – Mrs Sarah Gillies/Mrs Amy Begley and Mrs Kate Cathcart/Mrs Emma Chaplin-Stephens 
• Teaching Assistants – Mrs Dana Phillips, Miss Steph Flynn, Mrs Helen Hancock, Mrs Ashu Gautam 
• Trainee Teacher – Ms Emma Riley 

Year 1 

• Class Names – AMBER and CORAL 
• Teachers – Mrs Newbrook and Mrs Ruth Arnett 
• Teaching Assistants –  Miss Jenn Bevis, Mrs Brigit Laws, Mrs Danielle Hayes 

Year 2 

• Class Names – FUSCHIA and ROSE 
• Teachers – Miss Jamison and Ms Nichols 
• Teaching Assistants – Miss Torie Bell, Mrs Sarah Meier, Miss Katie Lowe, Mrs Holly Phippen 

Year 3 

• Class Names – AMETHYST  and MULBERRY 
• Teachers – Mrs Alexandra Andrews and Mrs Sam Perring/Mrs Rachael Pope 
• Teaching Assistants –  Mrs Alison Charlton, Mrs Anneke Strawbridge 

Year 4 

• Class Names – SAPPHIRE and INDIGO 
• Teachers – Mrs Rachel Parry and Mrs Mel Brooks/Mrs Rosanna Deppe 
• Teaching Assistants – Mrs Laura Avery, Mrs Shirley Bowler, Mrs Jo Holopainen 

Year 5 

• Class Names – EMERALD and FERN 
• Teachers – Mrs Clare Field/Mrs Melanie Schleising and Miss Eleanor Grigg 
• Teaching Assistants – Miss Emma Hendy, Mrs Julie Smith, Mrs Emma Baker 

Year 6 

• Class Names – CRIMSON and RUBY  
• Teachers – Mr David Nutt, Mrs Susie Parker and Mrs Ghislaine Wormald 
• Teaching Assistants – Mrs Becky Aspinall, Mrs Lucy Papworth, Miss Jess Downs 

• Family Links Worker – Mrs Sarah Roberts 
• ELSA – Laura Braybrook 
• PPA Cover and Medical Coordinator – Mrs Julie Smith 
• Headteacher PA – Mrs Corrina Hutchings 
• Admin Team – Mrs Christine Smith, Miss Alice Diamond 
• Music Teacher/ PPA Cover – XYZ Music 
• Peripatetic Teachers –  Cara Scoles (Strings) Lorna Waters (Woodwind), Phil Heard (Drum), Caroline McMaster (Piano), Ed Cusick (Guitar) 
• Lunchtime Supervisors – Mrs Sarinya Arthurs, Miss Alison Bowdrey, Mrs Joanne Ensol, Mrs Becky Midwinter, Mrs Teresa Higginson, Mrs. Inesa Tsyhanok 
• Premises Team – Mr Kevin Sayers (Caretaker), Mrs Sarinya Arthurs, Mrs Rowan Hawthorne, Mrs Joanne Ensol, Mrs Teresa Higginson, Mrs Jeanette Portnall 
• Catering Team Leader – Mrs Avril Herreros