Some members of staff are promoted and/or move into new roles. We also welcome new joiners to our team.

• Sonal Manani, is promoted to Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) for years 3 & 4, leaving a vacancy in Reception for an Early Years Practitioner.
• Geeti Mirbaz, moves to Early Years Practitioner in Reception, from Nursery, to further her career. She brings her excellent practice from Nursery into Reception. We will recruit to Geeti's vacant post next.
• Amanda Gleeson, HLTA for years 3 & 4, will continue to work with year 3 & 4 pupils, part-time. She moves into a new post, leading training and induction for teaching assistants with a focus on supporting pupils with speech, language and communication needs. This is an area of expertise for Amanda and increasing need for some of our pupils after the pandemic.

These changes will take place over the next few weeks.

 

Our childcare team grows to meet a sustained increase in pupils using After-school Club and to better support pupils with special educational needs (SEND) who go to After-school Club. We welcome 3 new playworkers:

• Anne Benkau,
• Emily Bower,
• Natalia Meduna.

Eun Kim, Playworker, leaves at the end of the month after working with us for many years. We wish her well. 

 

For years 5 & 6, Victoria Furzer-Pickett joins us after half-term as HLTA to help pupils keep-up and catch-up, including work before and/or after school. Victoria fills the vacancy left by Agnes Krawiec.

 

Filling vacancies left by our last round of recruitment and promotions, new lunchtime supervisors join us:

• Elza Amirazashvili,
• Harriette Baisden,
• Sarah Bittar,
• Adriana Radojevic.

 

Anton Lieggi, Site Assistant, has joined our site team.

 

Florence Armitage joins us as our next teacher in the ARP. Florence has substantial experience teaching pupils with special education needs. Florence starts after Easter to open the next class of 9 pupils.