Our Staff
Senior Leadership Team
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. T. Clarke * |
Executive Principal Safeguarding named person |
tclarke@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. M. Hayes |
Head Of School Safeguarding named person |
mhayes@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. R Day * | Business Manager | reday@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. K Lay * | Family Liaison Officer and Safeguarding Officer. Designated Safeguarding Lead | klay@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S McCloskey | SENCo | smccloskey@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S George | Maths Lead | sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K Ballinger | English and Phonics Lead | kballinger@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs L Chilkapati |
EYFS Lead
|
lchilkapati@bestacademies.org.uk |
School Office Team
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Miss R Day * | Business Manager | reday@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. C Palmer * | School Support Assistant / Admissions |
sca-admin@bestacademies.org.uk cpalmer@bestacademies.org.uk |
Teaching Staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs L Chilkapati |
EYFS Lead
|
lchilkapati@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K Valunkonyte | R teacher / EVC | kvalukonyte@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs D Francis | R teacher | dfrancis@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss N Levesque-wong | Y1 | nlevesque-wong@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. K Ballinger | Y1KB / English and Phonics Lead | kballinger@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S McCloskey |
Y2SM / History Lead SENCo |
smccloskey@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss K Bray | Y2SM | kbray@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. F Hart | Y2HK / PE Lead | fhart@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. K Kennedy | Y2HK / RE Lead | kkennedy@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. G Kiely | Y3GK / Science Lead | gkiely@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. T Shannon | Y3TS | tshannon@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Ms E McGibbon | Y4 | emcgibbon@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Miss. J Haines | Y4JH / ICT Lead | jhaines@besacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. A Blomfield | Y5AB / Art and DT Lead | ablomfield@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mr M Murphy | Y5 | mmmurphy@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. H Strong | Y6SE / PSHE and Values Lead | hstrong@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs. S George | Y6SG / Maths Lead | sgeorge@bestacademies.org.uk |
| Mrs T Jones | Yr3 | pajones@bestacademies.org.uk |
Nursery and Pre-School Staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs J Bright | Preschool Room Lead | |
| Mrs D Drew* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs. P Young * | Nursery and Pre-School Practitioner | |
| Mrs E Shehu | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs R Falace | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs R Chowdhury* | Nursery and Preschool Practitioner | |
| Mrs L Cracana |
Nursery and Preschool Practitioner & Before/After School Club Lead |
Learning Support Assistants / 1:1s
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. L Paul * | HLTA / Cover Supervisor | |
| Mrs J Chandler | LSA | |
| Miss K Taylor * | 1:1 LSA | |
| Mrs A Oliver * | LSA | |
| Miss. P Hammond * | LSA | |
| Miss S Wadsworth* | LSA | |
| Miss S Powell* | LSA & Before/After School Club Support | |
| Mrs J Osmani* | LSA | |
| Miss. S Boundy * | LSA | |
| Miss. V Kirk * |
1:1 LSA Before/After School Club Support |
|
| Miss. S James * |
1:1 LSA Before/After School Club Support |
|
| Miss. E Palmer * | LSA | |
| Miss. S Begum * |
1:1 LSA Before/After School Club Support |
|
| Mrs. C Weatherley * | LSA | |
| Mrs. G Finch * |
HLTA |
|
| Miss. B Miller* |
LSA Before/After School Club Support |
|
| Mrs. V Bailey * | LSA |
Kitchen Staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Miss. Ivory | Kitchen Manager (Dolce Catering) |
| Miss. Ladanyi | Kitchen Assistant (Dolce Catering) |
| Miss. Kingsley | Kitchen Assistant (Dolce Catering) |
Midday and Wrap Around Staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Mr.J Tootell | After School Club Playworker | |
| Mr. S Wells * |
Before / After School Club Support |
|
| Mrs. A Begum * | Midday Supervisor | |
| Mrs. T Habibi * | Midday Supervisor | |
| Mrs N Noori* | Midday Supervisor | |
| Mr Torran | School Dog |
*Identifies trained first-aider
Italics - Maternity leave please contact sca-admin@bestacademies.org.uk