School Staff 2008/2009
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
- Kim Stephenson – Headteacher
- Fiona Greenley – Assistant Headteacher (curriculum)
- Michelle Motley – Assistant Headteacher (pastoral) (currently on maternity leave)
- Duncan Wheeler – Curriculum Leader (lower school)
- Nicole Gardiner – Curriculum Leader (upper school)
- Linda Brockhurst – School Business Manager
Lower School (Foundation Stage & KS1)
Reception
- Vanessa Green – Class Teacher
- Anna Hussain – Class Teacher (part-time)
- Trish Rogers – Nursery Nurse
- Debbie Thomas – Nursery Nurse (part-time)
- Sharon Palmer – Class Teacher
- Georgina Nissiforou – Nursery Nurse
Y1
- Karen Da Costa – Class Teacher
- Greta Carrington – Teaching Assistant
- Emma Sheffield – Class Teacher
- Sue Goldhawk – Teaching Assistant
Y2
- Duncan Wheeler – Class Teacher & Team Leader
- Janet Lockwood – Teaching Assistant
- Michelle Harmon – Class Teacher
- Sam Stevenson* – Teaching Assistant
Upper School (KS2)
Y3
- Jenny Mangin* – Class Teacher
- Anne Clarke – Class Teacher (part-time)
- Pauline Bettles – Teaching Assistant (part-time)
- Katie King – Class Teacher & PSHE Leader
- Kathy Ingram* – Teaching Assistant
Y4
- Jenny Poll – Class Teacher
- Mary Organ* – Teaching Assistant (part-time)
- Barbara Comley – Class Teacher & Strategies Leader
- Louise Jackson – Teaching assistant (part-time)
Y5
- Caroline Ginty – Class Teacher
- Demi Tofallis – Class Teacher (part-time)
- Maureen Woods* – Learning Support Assistant
- Clare Davies – Class Teacher
- Michelle McNeill – Teaching Assistant (part-time)
Y6
- Nicole Gardiner – Class Teacher & Team Leader
- Jackie Griffin* – Teaching Assistant (part time)
- Rachel Kirby – Class Teacher
- Jenny Mangin – Class Teacher
- Maureen Woods* – Teaching Assistant
Additional Teaching Staff
- Alison Rolle – French Teacher (part-time)
- Kim Avdji – Class Teacher (part-time)
- Lucy Anastasi – (currently on maternity leave)
- Becky Newman-Smith – (currently on maternity leave)
- Joy Bebbington – Teacher
- Fiona Cattlin – Teacher
Administrative & Premises Staff
- Carol Berry – Welfare Officer
- Marie Ray – Admin Officer
- Sue Husson – Admin Officer
- Pat Lowe – Admin Officer
- Geoff Udall – Site Manager
- Alison Plumer – ICT Technician
SEN support team
- Fiona Smith
- Kathy Ingram
- Michelle Richards
Breakfast Team
- Donna Smith
- Di Shaw
- Sharon Barnes
- Helen Gilbert
- Angie Sanders
Lunchtime Team
- Mary Organ* (team leader)
- Angie Sanders
- Maria Hoare
- Di Shaw
- Kalpana Parasinghe
- Donna Smith
- Leni Slovick
- Theresa McNeill
- Helen Gilbert
- Helena Georgiou
- Marina Kyriacou
- Sharon Barnes
- Andre Mayers
- Jackie Griffin*
- Sam Stevenson*
Teatime Team
- Michelle Harmon
- Carol Berry
- Di Shaw
- Theresa McNeill
- Clare Davies
- Jenny Mangin
- Maureen Woods
- Trish Rogers
- Karen Da Costa
- Sue Goldhawk
- Janet Lockwood
*Staff names marked with an * work in more than one class or have more than one role in school.
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.
Security and Safety
We aim to provide a secure environment for pupils and staff but we need your help. When you visit school during the day, please use the main entrance only. All visitors are required to sign in at the office on all visits to school.
We have a continual problem with some parents who park on the zigzag lines near the school entrances. Please remember that parking on these lines is not permitted at the beginning and end of the day. Parents are reminded that the car park is for staff use only unless you are a blue badge holder.
As a Healthy School, we promote walking to school and children are very pleased to receive their WOW (Walk Once a Week) badges. Please walk to and from school with your child, as this will benefit everyone, including yourself.
Complaints Process
We hope that your child will have a very happy and rewarding time at Merryhills, but occasionally something might go wrong. If you have any concerns about your child’s education you should first talk to their class teacher who should be able to resolve the matter. If, however, you are still not satisfied you should speak to one of the Assistant Heads to see if they can resolve the difficulty, and if that fails speak directly to the Headteacher.
We have a written complaints process, which is available from the school office and includes information about contacting the Chair of Governors and/or Local Authority.