Staff

The quality of our staff is one of the things that contributes to the outstanding education that we are able to provide. As a Nursery School, we have qualified teachers in each class group and our Headteacher and Assistant Headteacher are both early years specialists. Each group also has a level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioner and our Learning Support Assistants support individual children. Read on to meet them!

Senior Leadership Team

Headteacher - Miss Lynda Shepherd, BA (Hons) Education, National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership

Assistant Headteacher - Mrs Louise Griffiths, BA (Hons) Education (Early Years)

Special Educational Needs Coordinator & Senior Teacher - Mrs Lara Pinnell, PGCert SENCo

School Business Manager - Mrs Stacey Wyles

Teachers

Mrs Kathryn Gibbon, BA (Hons) Education

Mrs Lesley Smith, BEd (Hons), EYPS

Mrs Sheneka Lawson, BA (Hons) Education

Cover Teacher

Mrs Kim Pessuto, BA (Hons), MA, PGCE, EYTS

Higher Level Teaching Assistant & Early Years Practitioners

Mrs Ankita Basu, NVQ Level 3 Early Years Practitioner

Mrs Janet Doublard, NVQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant (Early Years), Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Mrs Shelagh Gale, NVQ Level 3 Early Years Practitioner

Ms Nina Zielosko, Level 3 Early Years Practitioner

Shelagh Gale has an additional Level 3 qualification in working with children with special educational needs. Janet Doublard has an additional Level 3 Elkan qualification in supporting children’s communication, speech and language development. Ankita Basu has a L3 Cache qualification in supporting children's communication, speech and language development. Janet Doublard is a qualified ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) for Early Years.

Cover Nursery Nurse
Mrs Clare Braham, NNEB

Teaching and Learning Support Assistants

Ms Sripana Ghosh

Mrs Denise Huntley

Ms Josie Ng

Mrs Wendy Smith, NVQ Level 3 Early Years Practitioner

Miss Kora Stevens

Mrs Kelly Stevens, Level 2

Mrs Kim Tillen, NVQ Level 3 Early Years Practitioner

Miss Katarzyna Paracka

Mrs Ria Scaplehorn, NVQ Level 3 Early Years Practitioner

Miss Grace Tute

Mrs Deva Kiruba

Kim Tillen has an additional Level 3 qualification in supporting children with special educational needs. She is also a qualified ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) for Early Years.