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List of staff
List of staff
We have a dedicated team of staff at Duncan Forbes who are committed to promoting excellence and achievement for all.
We have a dedicated team of staff at Duncan Forbes who are committed to promoting excellence and achievement for all.
Clerical Staff
Clerical Staff
Our Clerical Team are most likely going to be the first people you see when you come to Duncan Forbes. They ensure that the school is run efficiently, maintaining all our online systems for ordering, staffing recording, pupil recording including enrolment and placing requests, medical protocols and medicines and financial aspects of the school.
Our Clerical Team are most likely going to be the first people you see when you come to Duncan Forbes. They ensure that the school is run efficiently, maintaining all our online systems for ordering, staffing recording, pupil recording including enrolment and placing requests, medical protocols and medicines and financial aspects of the school.
Louise Finlayson - Monday - Thursday
Pauline McKenzie - Wednesday - Friday (Specific responsibility for ELC, Breakfast Club and OOSC)
Breakfast Club and Out of School Care Team
Breakfast Club and Out of School Care Team
Our Breakfast Club runs from 8.00am to 9.00am every morning. Pupils are provided with a healthy choice of food and drink to start the day well. The Breakfast Club is currently full but we do have a waiting list in the office for anyone interested. Breakfast Club cost £2.20 per day.
Our Breakfast Club runs from 8.00am to 9.00am every morning. Pupils are provided with a healthy choice of food and drink to start the day well. The Breakfast Club is currently full but we do have a waiting list in the office for anyone interested. Breakfast Club cost £2.20 per day.
Jennifer Smith - Pupil Support Assistant
Bethany Suttie - Pupil Support Assistant
Maureen Suttie - Pupil Support Assistant
Our Out of School Club runs from 2.30pm to 6.00pm every afternoon. Pupils are provided with a snack and a variety of activities to engage their interests after school. The OOSC is currently full but we do have a waiting list in the office for anyone interested. OOSC costs £5.05 per hour.
Our Out of School Club runs from 2.30pm to 6.00pm every afternoon. Pupils are provided with a snack and a variety of activities to engage their interests after school. The OOSC is currently full but we do have a waiting list in the office for anyone interested. OOSC costs £5.05 per hour.
Emily Keen - OOSC Assistant
Linsey Macrae - OOSC Auxiliary
Lucy Horsburgh - OOSC Auxiliary
Early Learning and Childcare Staff
Early Learning and Childcare Staff
Our Early Years Team are experts in early childhood development. They encourage play-based experiential learning both indoors and outdoors and support needs at the earliest identification. We have the Bumblebee and Sunflower rooms along with a large, shared outdoor space.
Our Early Years Team are experts in early childhood development. They encourage play-based experiential learning both indoors and outdoors and support needs at the earliest identification. We have the Bumblebee and Sunflower rooms along with a large, shared outdoor space.
Sharon Curran - Senior Early Years Practitioner
Vicki Grant - Early Years Practitioner
Christopher Green - Early Years Support Worker
Gulmira Macdonald - Early Years Practitioner
Rachel Mackay - Early Years Practitioner
Linsey Macrae - Early Years Support Worker
Vanessa Morrison - Early Years Practitioner
Laura Reid - Early Years Practitioner
Joanna Salach - Early Years Practitioner
Ruth Saunders - Early Years Practitioner
Lauren Smith - Early Years Support Worker
Facilities Management and Crossing Patrol
Facilities Management and Crossing Patrol
Our school building and grounds are maintained by our very able Facilities Management Assistant. Our pupils are kept safe on their way home by our Crossing Patroller.
Our school building and grounds are maintained by our very able Facilities Management Assistant. Our pupils are kept safe on their way home by our Crossing Patroller.
Craig Suttie - Facilities Management Assistant
Lorraine Cook - Crossing Patroller
Kitchen Staff
Kitchen Staff
Our Kitchen Team work together to provide our pupils with healthy, nutritious and tasty snack and lunches every day.
Our Kitchen Team work together to provide our pupils with healthy, nutritious and tasty snack and lunches every day.
Dorota Buza
Shona Chisholm
Abbie Dunbar
Christina MacKintosh
Wendy Woolley
Support Staff
Support Staff
Our Pupil Support Team work across the school supporting pupils with all aspects of their care and education.
Our Pupil Support Team work across the school supporting pupils with all aspects of their care and education.
Helen Benzies
Ruth Crossley
Caron Duffus
Paul Duncan
Maureen Foster
Emily Keen
Alison Simpson
Jennifer Smith
Bethany Suttie
Maureen Suttie
Teaching Staff
Teaching Staff
Our Teaching Staff are highly skilled and promote curiosity through engaging learning and teaching activities. We work effectively together to moderate standards and ensure that all pupils in Duncan Forbes reach their potential.
Our Teaching Staff are highly skilled and promote curiosity through engaging learning and teaching activities. We work effectively together to moderate standards and ensure that all pupils in Duncan Forbes reach their potential.
Emma Shield (0.8fte) - Primary 1
Mairi Thomson (0.8 fte)- Primary 2
Nicola Brodie - Primary 3/2
Morgan Jackson (0.8 fte) - Primary 3
Kellyanne Wilson - Primary 4
Shona Macdonald - Primary 5
Ailsa Patterson - Primary 5
Eve MacLeay - Primary 6
Karen Reilly - Primary 7/6
Louise Tolmie (0.6 fte) & Laura Matheson (0.4 fte) - Primary 7
Susan Morrison - Technology/French CCR (0.2 fte), Probationer cover (0.2 fte), Probationer support (0.1 fte), CCR cover for ASNT (0.1 fte)
Ralph Allmond - Science and Technology CCR (0.2 fte), Primary 1 (0.2 fte), Primary 2 (0.2 fte)
Aneta Smedra - PE CCR (0.2 fte)
Jenn Doig ASNT - 0.6 fte
Debbie Murray ASNT - 1.0 fte
Sandra Bell - DHT
Angela Johnson - ADHT
Wendy Mackay - Head Teacher
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