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Support Staff

Support Staff

Our support staff play an essential role in helping children feel safe, understood and ready to learn. Working alongside teachers and the SENDCo team, they support communication, participation, independence and progress across the school.

Pastoral Support, Attendance and Safeguarding

Our pastoral team works with children, families and colleagues to support wellbeing, positive relationships and attendance.

  • Carol Barber – Attendance Officer and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

  • Karen Larkins – Senior Learning Mentor

  • Michelle Jeffries – Learning Mentor

Higher Level Teaching Assistants and Cover Support

Our Higher Level Teaching Assistants and Cover Supervisor support teaching and learning, lead planned activities and provide continuity for pupils.

  • Tasleem Akhtar – Cover Supervisor

  • Hannah Hall – Higher Level Teaching Assistant, Pears

  • Amina Hussain – Higher Level Teaching Assistant

  • Lianne Miller – Higher Level Teaching Assistant, PE and Cover

  • Sam Perry – Higher Level Teaching Assistant, Woodlands

  • Mandy Wenborn – Higher Level Teaching Assistant, Woodlands

Nursery Support Team

Our Nursery team supports children’s early development through play, positive relationships and experiences that build communication, confidence and independence.

  • Ellena Chandler – Early Years Practitioner

  • Emily Ford – Early Years Practitioner

  • Kim Evans – Teaching and Learning Assistant

  • Julie Glister – Teaching and Learning Assistant

Reception Support Team

Our Reception support staff work alongside teachers to help children settle, participate in learning and develop their communication, social skills and independence.

Teaching and Learning Assistants:

  • Nicole Barton-Maynard

  • Lauren Burnhams

  • Theresa Crowe

  • Marley-Rose Larkins

  • Courteney Maynard

  • Laura Wilkanowska – Monday and Tuesday

Key Stage 1 Support Team

Our Key Stage 1 support staff help children access classroom learning, practise key skills and grow in confidence and independence.

Teaching and Learning Assistants:

  • Keeley Boyce

  • Amanda Caygill

  • Karen Croker

  • Harpreet Kaur

  • Kulvir Kaur

  • Paramjit Kaur

  • Huma Mirza

  • Jo Rowe

  • Penny Turner

Lower Key Stage 2 Support Team

Our Lower Key Stage 2 support staff work with teachers to strengthen pupils’ learning, remove barriers and encourage increasing independence.

Teaching and Learning Assistants:

  • Khadijah Ahmed – Monday to Wednesday

  • Charu Bhanot

  • Frances Clayton

  • Beanish Iqbal

  • Jothi Karan – Thursday and Friday

  • Suzanne Keating

  • Khadidja Khiar

  • Zaynab Malik

  • Omlata Mungur

  • Amanpreet Reelh

Upper Key Stage 2 Support Team

Our Upper Key Stage 2 support staff help pupils access teaching, consolidate their understanding and develop the confidence and independence needed for their next stage of education.

Teaching and Learning Assistants:

  • Fathima Asry

  • Angela Crowe

  • Monika Mishra

  • Helen Oliver

  • Maria Rafique

  • Siobhan Romero

  • Jackie Wood – Year 6

Acorns Support Team

Our Acorns team provides tailored support for Nursery-aged children with additional needs, with a focus on communication, engagement, early learning and independence.

  • Rebecca Finley – Early Years Practitioner

  • Joana Elman – Teaching and Learning Assistant

  • Nahid Mukhtar – Teaching and Learning Assistant

Woodlands Support Team

Our Woodlands team works alongside the lead teacher to provide personalised support and help pupils participate in learning and wider school life.

Higher Level Teaching Assistants:

  • Sam Perry

  • Mandy Wenborn

Teaching and Learning Assistants:

  • Roy Flores

  • Zac Maynard

  • Chelsea Rowland

  • Angela Thomas

Orchard Support Team

Our Orchard team supports pupils with complex needs through personalised approaches to communication, regulation, learning and independence.

Tom Fisher – Specialist Support Assistant

Teaching and Learning Assistants:

  • Mona Abazid

  • Nenette Baldesco

  • Savannah Barnes

  • Mahasweta Dhar

  • Nikhila Eringal

  • Lynne Forbes

  • Veronica Gibson

  • Leigh Harling

  • Paula Harry

  • Kirsty Kelly

  • Aqsa Lodhi

  • Tallat Malik

  • Fathima Mohamed

  • Baijayanti Paikaray

  • Zahra Qamar

  • Ramandeep Sahney

  • Sangeetha Sasikaran

  • Kian Sharma

  • David Singeisen

  • Katie Stone

Speech and Language Support

Nicola Erskine – Teaching and Learning Assistant, Speech and Language

Nicola supports speech and language provision, working with colleagues to help pupils develop communication skills and participate more confidently in learning.

 

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