meet the team - September 2025

The Office

Business Manager - Melanie Steele

Reception and Attendance Officer - Natalie Fallon

The Leadership Team

Headteacher- Helen Gambon

Deputy Headteacher (Inclusion) - Louise Dean

Deputy Headteacher (Achievement and Curriculum) - Alex McManus

Assistant Head - Karen Turner (Engagement)

Assistant Heads (job share) - Kate Adshead (Assessment), Susan Garrity (Pines Curriculum and Assessment)

Early Years Lead - Joanne Harbottle (Louise Dean to cover whilst on Joanne is on maternity leave)

Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead - Karen Turner

SENCO - Bethan Kiernan

Assistant SENCo - Louise Dean

Safeguarding Team

DSL - Helen Gambon

Deputy DSL's - Louise Dean, Kate Adshead, Karen Turner, Susan Garrity, Alex McManus, Louise Cooper

The Teachers

Little Squirrels Nursery - Kirsty Atlee (Samantha Gallagher covering maternity leave)

Reception - Joanne Harbottle (Maisy Locke covering maternity leave)

Year 1 - Karen Turner

Year 2 - Anna Feehan

Year 3 - Kerri Fitton

Year 4 - Kate Adshead/ Alex McManus

Year 5 - Gill Stratton

Year 6 - Hannah Hewitson

The Pines Teachers:

Dragonflies - Susan Garrity

Natterjacks - Jasmine Hollinshead

Woodpeckers - Freya Armstrong

Foxes - Terri Shimmin

The Den - Nurture Provision

Manager - Karen Turner

Lead practitioner - Louise Armstrong

Forest School Leader - Lesley Davis

Lead Teaching Assistants

Louise Armstrong

Alex Jeffrey

Lesley Davis

Early Years Practitioners

Lead EYS practitioner: Alesha Carr

Sam Gallagher

Gabbi Rylands

Isabella Jones

Erin O'Rourke

The Mainstream Teaching Assistants

Jane Dove

Laura Coveney

Victoria Canning

Jack Blundell

Jack Foulder

Isabel Barnes

The Pines Teaching Assistants

Rebecca Marsden

Gemma Jones

Cath Allman

Hayley Grey

Joanne Williams

Sally McDonald

Katie O'Brien

Hayley Roberts

Carla Black

Chloe King

Hana Musimurimwa

Mia Canavan (maternity leave)

Mary McLoughlin

Allie McCormack

Lucy Redman

Chrissy Ryder

Melissa Turpin

Leah Aindow

Julie Hillyard

Emily Whiteside

Team Around School

Dominic Saffman - Family Support Worker