School Staff 2011/2012
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We have an excellent team of staff here at Merryhills. Any specific questions you have about your child’s education should first be directed to his/her teacher. However, we are all available to answer your general enquiries.
Leadership and Management Team
- Michelle Motley – Acting Headteacher
- Fiona Greenley – Assistant Headteacher
- Nicole Gardiner – Assistant Headteacher
- Linda Brockhurst – School Business Manager
Curriculum Team
- Joy Bebbington – The Arts
- Barbara Comley – English, Communication and Languages
- Clare Davies – Mathematical Understanding
- Nicole Gardiner – ICT and Managed Learning Environment
- Caroline Ginty – Scientific and Social Understanding
- Katie King – Physical Development, Health and Wellbeing (maternity leave)
- Sharon Palmer – Early Learning Development and Personalisation
Reception
- Sharon Palmer – Class Teacher
- Georgina Nissiforou – Nursery Nurse
- Corrine Hurd – Class Teacher
- Danielle Smith – Early Years Practitioner
- Samantha Stevenson – Teaching Assistant
- Debbie Thomas – Nursery Nurse
- Cara Debenham-Burton – Class Teacher
- Claire Louise Richards – Early Years Practitioner
Y1
- Karen Alligan – Class Teacher
- Greta Carrington – Teaching Assistant
- Sunny Skolfield – Class Teacher
- Jennie Keown – Teaching Assistant
- Venessa Fernando – Class Teacher
- Sue Goldhawk – Teaching Assistant
Y2
- * Fiona Cattlin – Class Teacher (part time)
- Samantha Stevenson – Teaching Assistant
- Joel Norbury– Class Teacher
- Trish Rogers– Teaching Assistant
Y3
- Barbara Comley– Class Teacher
- Janet Lockwood – Teaching Assistant
- Michelle Harmon – Class Teacher
- Louise Jackson– Teaching Assistant
Y4
- Duncan Wheeler– Class Teacher
- Lucy Anastasi – Class Teacher
- Paulie Bettles– Teaching Assistant
- Emma Sheffield– Class Teacher
Y5
- Clare Davies– Class Teacher
- Michelle McNeill – Teaching Assistant
- Samantha Powell – Class Teacher
- Louise Jackson – Teaching Assistant
Y6
- Caroline Ginty – Class Teacher
- Jackie Griffin – Teaching Assistant
- Chloe Clifford – Class Teacher
- Mary Organ – Senior Teaching Assistant
SEN Support Team
- Fiona Smith – SEN Mentor
- Michelle Richards- SEN Specialist
- Kathy Ingram – Speech and Language Lead
- Maureen Woods – Learning Support Assistant
Administrative & Premises Staff
- Carol Berry – Welfare
- Di Shaw – Welfare assistant
- Sue Husson – Communications Administrator
- Pat Lowe – Finance Administrator
- Rachel Brockhurst – Admin Assistant
- Marie Ray – Admin Assistant
- Alison Plumer – ICT Technician
- Geoff Udall – Site Manager
Breakfast Team
- Helena Georgiou
- Angie Sanders
- Helen Taylor
- Leni Slovick
Lunchtime Team
- Mary Organ (team leader)
- Angie Sanders
- Maria Hoare
- Di Shaw
- Kalpana Parasinghe
- Leni Slovick
- Sam Stevenson
- Helena Georgiou
- Tina Stylianou
- Helen Taylor
Teatime Team
- Michelle Harmon
- Maureen Woods
- Trish Rogers
- Karen Alligan
- Sue Goldhawk
- Janet Lockwood
- Helen Taylor
- Angie Sanders
- Sam Powell
Additional Teaching Staff
- Monica Soria Gomez– Teacher (part-time)
- Kim Avdji – Teacher (part-time)
- Demi Tofallis – Teacher (part-time)
- Anne Clark – Teacher (part time)
- Katie King – Teacher (part time) Maternity leave
Catering Staff
- Mary Marshall
- Sharon Houlihan
- Hilary Henderson
- Bill Jhugroo
Trainee teachers
Every year we welcome trainees to the school and we have developed close links with Middlesex University, Enfield and Barnet Colleges and local secondary schools. We have a Training Partner award from LoNoCo, the London North Consortium who co-train our graduate teachers. Helping to train teachers in this way provides professional development opportunities for our staff, keeps us up to date with current educational practice and allows us to ‘grow our own’ teachers. Trainee teachers are always carefully monitored by the school to ensure continuity for the children. If you have any questions about teacher training at Merryhills please make an appointment to see the Headteacher.