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Meet our Staff

Senior Leadership Team

Mrs Hodson, Head Teacher & DDSL
Mrs Buckley, Deputy Head Teacher & DSL
Mrs Anderson, Assistant Head Teacher & DDSL
Mrs Thorpe, Senior Administrator & DDSL

Wider Leadership Team

Mrs Dowling, EYFS Leader
Miss Ash, KS1 Leader
Mrs Bamford, KS2 Leader (currently on maternity leave)
Mr Saunders UKS2 Leader (maternity cover for Mrs Bamford)

Class Teachers

Mrs Dowling & Miss Rastall, EYFS
Mrs Church-Taylor, Mrs Tiller & Miss Wilding, Y1
Miss Ash & Mr Goodchild, Y2
Mrs Angeloni & Miss Fairbrother, Y3
Miss Taylor & Mr Wowk, Y4
Mrs Kilius-Smith, Miss Rogers & Mr Saunders, Y5
Miss Jefferis & Mrs Wilson, Y6

Administration Staff

Mrs Thorpe, Senior Administrator
Mrs Barske, Admin Assistant
Mrs Dowsett, Poplar Pioneers Admin
Mrs Durand, Admin Assistant

Site Staff

Mr Andrews, Site Manager
Mr Sentance, Caretaker
Mrs Carlin, Cleaner
Mrs Poole, Cleaner

Kitchen Staff

Mrs Lyon, School Cook
Mrs Sheeran, Catering Assistant
Mrs Waniek-Mijal, Catering Assistant

HLTA’s

Mrs Bayliss
Miss Smith

Pastoral Staff

Miss Smith (ELSA trained), Behaviour, Relationships and Learning Mentor

Teaching Assistants

Mrs Birch
Miss Calpin
Mrs Cameron
Mrs Cook
Miss Darby
Mrs Fleet
Miss Hunt
Miss Jarvis
Mrs Jeffrey
Mrs Kidd
Miss King
Mrs Marshall
Mrs Numan
Mr Roberts
Mrs Southwood
Mr Sumner
Miss Tenniswood
Mrs Tilley
Miss Whiting
Mrs Wing
Mrs Yau

SEND Staff

Mrs Rowntree, SENDCO
Mr Goodchild, Assistant SENDCO

Midday Supervisors

Mrs Dowsett, Senior Midday Supervisor
Mrs Cameron
Mrs Carlin
Mrs Cook
Mrs Hirst
Mrs McGettigan
Miss Robson
Mrs Ross
Mrs Stephens
Miss Streets
Mrs Thorpe
Mrs Waniek-Mijal
Mrs Wielgus

Poplar Pioneer Staff

Mrs Dowsett, Supervisor
Mrs Birch
Miss Dowsett
Mrs Frankish
Mrs Hirst
Miss Hunt
Mrs Ross
Mrs Widdop
Mrs Wielgus
Mrs Wing

Staff in Action

Across the school our staff love to get involved in national awareness days as well as national charity days. Click below to watch some fun videos of them taking part.

International Dance Day 2025

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Shake it Off 2024

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Staff Christmas Video 2023

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One for Sorrow 2023

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Wobble Dance 2022

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I’ll be there for you 2021

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