Staff

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Email is the best way to contact any member of staff directly, though you can also leave a message with reception on 01621 782377, or use the Contact Us page. Please do remember many of our team are teaching during the day and so we kindly request that you give them 48 hours to respond. If requests are urgent please do ring reception where we can ensure issues are dealt with expediently as needed.

We would also ask that you kindly use the appropriate channels for any queries or concerns. For example, please contact your child’s teacher, mentor or one of our Student Support Advisors in the first instance, prior to escalating to their Head of Year or a member of the Senior Leadership Team.  Whilst we will always welcome feedback, comments and communication, it is important that this is received, initially, at the appropriate level, so that if it does become necessary for a query or concern to be escalated, that there is sufficient capacity for this to happen.

J Daniels – Principal

Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership, Governance, Safeguarding, Quality Assurance and Academy Improvement.

D Piralic – Senior Vice Principal

Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership, Governance, Safeguarding, Quality Assurance and Academy Improvement.

H Victory – Vice Principal

Responsibilities: Academy Pastoral Systems including mainstream behaviour, rewards, SEN and Mental Health, Trips & Visits, GROW Specialist Provision. Year 8 SLT Link.

J Priddle (Vice Principal)

Responsibilities: Quality of Education (Curriculum & Raising Attainment). Literacy, Numeracy, Assessment, Reporting & Timetable. Year 7 and Sixth Form SLT Link.

K Goodfellow (Assistant Principal & Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Responsibilities: Safeguarding & Attendance. Alternative Provision, Anti-Bullying, Student Mental Health & Wellbeing, Looked After Children (LAC). Oversight of PSHE/Citizenship, Careers and SEND. Year 9 SLT Link.

D Marklew (Assistant Principal)

Responsibilities: Behaviour and Attitudes, Admissions & Year 6 Transitions and Enrichment. Year 10 SLT Link.

D Gibson (Associate Assistant Principal)

Responsibilities: Raising Attainment, Head of Computer Science/IT/Media and Business & Digital Champion. Year 11 SLT Link.

A Mahoney (Business & Finance Director)

Responsibilities: Business and Finance, Compliance, Health & Safety, Facility Operations

Please contact the SEND team via the Contact Us page if you have any SEND questions or queries.

  • K Goodfellow (DSL)
  • R Reynolds (SENDCo)
  • A Coyle (Assistant SENDCo)

Please use the Contact Us page to contact Heads of Year

  • M Ayisire (Year 7)
  • C Adair (Year 8)
  • K Williams (Year 9)
  • R Chapman (Year 10)
  • S Field (Year 11)
  • M Wilkins (Head of Sixth Form)
  • K Rumary (Engineering Teacher)
  • T Mustafa (Art Teacher)
  • R Lynch (Art & Textiles Teacher)
  • L Etherton (Food Teacher)
  • C Hyde (Food Teacher)
  • K Booker (Art/DT Teacher)
  • T Rodd (DT Teacher)
  • T Slade (Technician)
  • K Argent (Technician)
  • D Gibson (Head of Department)
  • H Victory (Assistant Principal)

  • J Smith (Head of Department)
  • G O’Toole (2nd in subject)
  • L Sams (Head of Literacy and English Curriculum)
  • E Heath
  • N Morrison
  • L MacLean
  • S Durrant
  • E Milton

  • T Cope (Head of Humanities)
  • R Irven (ECT/Teacher Training Lead)
  • R Chapman
  • A Murphy
  • H Heales
  • M French
  • K Rattray
  • J Fraser-Knight
  • F Compton
  • Faith Mauchaza
PSHE
  • A Dennis (Head of PSHE)
Psychology, Sociology & Criminology
  • R Chapman
  • T Cope
  • M French
  • A Karania (Director of Maths
  • P Higgins (2nd in Dept)
  • D Piralic
  • K Coulson
  • S Aleksandrova
  • C Gasson
  • L Bennett
  • J Mason
  • M Ayisire

  • F Compton (Acting HoD)
  • A Dennis (MFL Teacher)
  • R Reynolds (Spanish)
  • L Fernandez

  • M Clay (Subject Leader/HoD)
  • D Marklew (SLT Link)
  • S Moon
  • G Blogg
  • S Field
  • A Rodrigues Dos Santos

  • L Turnnidge (HOD Creative Arts)
  • M Wilkins
  • K Goodfellow (SLT Link)
  • J Priddle
  • C Adair

  • S Cox (Head of Department)
  • P Tompkin (ORA Lead Practitioner for Science)
  • E Welham (Science Teacher)
  • M Neary (Science Teacher)
  • J Harland-Hackenschmidt (Science Teacher)
  • C Hoare (Science Teacher)
  • M Hawkes (Science Teacher)
  • K Williams (Science Teacher)
  • E Cowell (Science Teacher)
  • B Alade (Health and Social Care and Science Teacher)
  • A Procter (Health and Social Care Teacher)
  • A Sullivan (Science Technician)
  • A Heslop (Science Technician)

Computer Science
  • D Gibson (Subject Leader/Head of Department) – Lead on E-Safety
  • L Bennett
  • M Hebbard
  • A Bhutta

Media
  • D Gibson (Head of Department)
  • M Victory

  • A Hall (Year 7 Student Support Advisor)
  • J Makwana (Year 8 Student Support Advisor)
  • D Byford (Year 9 Student Support Advisor)
  • C Binene (Year 10 Student Support Advisor)
  • W Frett (Year 11 Student Support Advisor)
  • C Scott (Deputy DSL)
  • C Reed/D Waller (Student Reception)

  • C Dare (Head of SEMH Provision)
  • J Copsey (LSA SEMH Provision)
  • T Cooke (LSA SEMH Provision)
  • E Appleby (LSA SEMH Provision)
  • L Wallis
  • J Woloszczuk
  • N Robson
  • M Cleveland
  • N Hall
  • L Harland-Hackenschmidt

  • A Mahoney (Finance and Business Director)
  • S James (Principal’s P.A. and Clerk to the Governors)
  • E Edwards (Admissions Officer & Behaviour Support)
  • D Parry (Attendance Officer)
  • C Yerbury (Librarian)
  • M Crawford (Network Manager)
  • L Warner (Hospitality Manager)
  • C Peterson (Site Manager)