Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Likes: coffee, chatting, running, music, singing in the car, champagne, sunshine, walking, reading, travelling, friends, cheese, curry, sleeping, belly-laughing

Dislikes: early starts, lack of fairness and kindness, the government, blue cheese, hazelnuts, running into the wind

Currently on Maternity Leave

Hannah Woollard is our Deputy Headteacher and teacher in Yellow Class (Year 2) 2.5 days a week.

She also leads on PSHE, is the Senior Mental Health Lead and is our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Likes: travelling, walks, picnics, dinner parties, playing netball, reading, spending time with my family, listening to music, drinking coffee and drinking gin (depending on the time of day!)

Dislikes: injustice and prejudice, people moaning, sultanas, setting an alarm.

Alisha Paddon is our Purple Class (Year 1) teacher. 

Likes: spending time with my family, cake, my cats and going on holiday to Florida!

Dislikes: MOTHS, traffic and cold weather!

Charlotte Nye is one of the Yellow Class (Year 2) teachers.

Likes: kindness, tea & cake, laughing with my 4 gorgeous boys, dancing in the kitchen when no-one’s watching, singing loudly in the car when no-one’s listening,

Dislikes: all things scary, flies, weak tea and disrespectful behaviour!

David Bailey is the Blue Class (Year 4) teacher. He leads on Science.

Likes: curry, crisps, podcasts, 80s and 90s music, watching tennis, tidiness, learning about science, walks on the beach at low tide, people making an extra effort to be kind.

Dislikes: bad manners, being rushed, pigeons, olives, baked beans, being too hot or too cold

Laurel Donker teaches in Orange Class (Year 3) & Red Class (Year 5). She leads on Art and Design & Technology.

Likes: rainbow hair, being arty, summer evenings, laughing, walks on the beach, Ru Paul, movies, meals out in Brighton, espresso Martinis.

Dislikes: spiders, early mornings (unless it's for a holiday), bad coffee, rudeness

Joe Butt is our Turquoise Class (Year 6) teacher. He is our History and Computing Lead.

Likes: football (Southamption), motorbikes, Just William, pop music and teaching!

Dislikes: musicals and Portsmouth Football Club!

Emma Farncombe teaches in Green Class (Reception), Purple Class (Year 1) and Yellow class (Year 3). 

Likes: long walks with her children, amigurumi crochet, sewing, cooking for her family, chocolate and Gin and Tonic

Dislikes: weeding, creepy bugs, being cold and bad manners

Teaching Assistant in Reception and Early Years graduate.  Midday Meals Supervisor and First Aider.  

Likes: adventures with her boys.  Walks in the countryside, gardening, exercise, wild water swimming and gin.

Dislikes: rudeness, lies and laundry

Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant 

Likes: Thai food, reading stories to my children at bedtime, cooking, keeping fit and chocolate.

Dislikes: bananas, rude people, traffic and ironing.

Teaching Assistant

Likes: meeting up with friends, watching soaps and drinking lattes.

Dislikes: spiders, olives and being cold

Mrs Taylor is a teaching Assistant. She is our Senior Midday Meals Supervisor, a qualified Learning Mentor, our Special Needs teaching assistant and one of our school's first aiders.

Likes: bees, art and craft projects, cooking, spending time with family and friends, going for long walks, travels in my motorhome and drinking wine and coffee.

Dislikes: I'm not too keen on messy spaces, pigeons eating my vegetables and bad manners. 

Teaching Assistant and qualified teacher 

Likes: countryside walks, going for coffee with friends, family picnics and relaxing reading a book in the sunshine!

Dislikes: Brussel sprouts, traffic jams, litter on the beach and not having enough time to do the things I enjoy!

Claire is our Business Manager.

Likes: crisp autumn days, walking with my family including zuma our crazy whippet. Thai food and playing in a Steel drum band.

Dislikes: rain, lukewarm tea and creepy crawlies.

Angel is our School Secretary

Likes: holidays, walks and spending time with my family and my dog.

Dislikes: being cold and rude people.