Meet the staff
Staff arrangements
Senior Leadership Team
Headteacher - Mr R Calderwood
Deputy Headteacher - Miss S Weekly
Assistant Headteacher (Key Stage 1 Lead) - Ms J Bauckham
Assistant Headteacher (Upper Key Stage 2 Lead) - Mrs G Ding
Support Staff
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead - Mrs S Briscoe
SENCo - Ms H Finch
Assistant SENCo - Mrs M Howard
Inclusion Assistant – Miss K Baker
Office Manager - Mrs N Cooper
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Admin Assistant (School Gateway - Breakfast Club, After School Clubs, Trips) - Mrs M Barham
m.barham@downs.essex.sch.uk
Admin Assistant (Attendance, Admissions) - Mrs L Burton
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Learning Mentor - Miss L Marks
HLTA – Miss E Varney
HLTA – Mrs R Gavino
Teaching and Learning: Teaching Staff
Year 6 - Oak Class - Miss R Eldridge / Mr D Foster
Year 6 - Hazel Class - Mr D Joyce
Year 5 - Birch Class - Mrs Ding
Year 5 - Willow Class - Mr C Johnstone
Year 4 - Chestnut Class - Miss K Allen & Mrs H Barnes-Martin
Year 4 - Rowan Class - Mr J Downey
Year 3 - Cedar Class - Miss G Cook
Year 3 - Aspen Class - Mr J Esteves
Year 2 - Maple Class - Ms J Bauckham
Year 2 - Sycamore Class - Miss J Kew
Year 1 - Larch Class - Miss O Arifaj
Year 1 - Elm Class - Mr D Doyles
Reception - Holly Class - Mrs T Stoyanova
Reception - Mulberry Class - Mrs G Baugh and Mrs N Garaty
Nursery - Acorn Class - Ms C McCabe
Teaching and Learning: Teaching Assistant
Year 6 – Miss M Alford
Year 5 – Mrs M Hultermans, Miss A Jakstonyte
Year 4 – Mrs N Ballard, Mrs Y Yoshitake-Thatcher
Year 3 – Miss H Wilsher (1:1), Miss G Ramanauskaite
Year 2 – Mrs K Bartlett, Mrs S Mombo
Year 1 – Ms A Watson, Mrs N Whitelegg (1:1), Mrs C Arachchi
Reception – Miss L Devereux, Miss T Owen, Miss S White (1:1)
Nursery – Miss C Jones, Miss H Sanders
Teaching Assistant – Miss C Joannou
Teaching Assistant – Miss L Worboys
Teaching Assistant – Mrs T Hannam