West Chiltington Staff
September 2024
Helen Drummond
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
Hannah Woollard
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.
Kim Collinson
Kim Collinson is our Red Class teacher (Year 5) and SENDCO
Likes: blue flowers, laughing with my daughters, sherry, David Bowie and homemade cake.
Dislikes: aubergines, litter, people who moan, scary films
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Alisha Paddon
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
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!
Vicky Dilling
Vicky Dilling is the Green Class (Reception) teacher and Deputy DSL. She is our English Lead.
Likes: butterflies, bees, spending time with my little girl, kindness, children's stories and laughing.
Dislikes: photos being taken, mess or clutter, being too cold, mushrooms, hiccups & wearing flat shoes around tall people!
David Bailey
David Bailey is the Orange Class (Year 3) 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
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Laurel Donker
Laurel Donker teaches in Year R, 1, 4, 5 & 6. 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
Jill Dinsdale
Jill Dinsdale teaches in Year R & year 3 every week. She is our Music Lead and Forest School expert.
Likes: thunderstorms, spending time with my family, watching live theatre
walking my dogs in the forest and yoga
Dislikes: cruelty, mosquitos, beng disorganised and gristly meat.
Joe Butt
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!
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Dominic Bradshaw
Dom Bradshaw is our Blue Class (Year 4) teacher and Maths lead.
Likes: spending time with my lovely family, playing squash and tennis, watching squash and tennis, driving my car, listening to music and singing along (in the privacy of my car), playing the piano and guitar (and drums when I get a chance!), the occasional beer, Italian and Thai food. But absolutely no mushrooms. And easy on the garlic, please.
Dislikes: getting up while it's still dark or any time really before about 8.30 (this is a problem on school days), clutter, drivers who tailgate, oh, and I did I mention I don't like mushrooms?
Sophie Valentine
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
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Emma Farncombe
Teaching Assistant, qualified teacher and Midday Meals Supervisor.
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
Claire Overton
Teaching Assistant and ELSA trained
Likes: crafting, baking, Bigfoot, nice long walks with my dog, camping, birdwatching, watching films - especially 'The Greatest Showman', bath bombs, DIY and gardening.
Dislikes: worms, slipping in mud, spiders, lateness, bad manners
Becca Durkan
Teaching Assistant
Dislikes: rudeness, grumpy people, Covid-19 and being cold
Vicky Lasenby
Teaching Assistant
Likes: being outside, gardening and long walks on the beach.
Dislikes: spiders, rainy days and driving!
Jemma Ainsworth
Teaching Assistant and ELSA trained
Likes: dancing, musicals, holidays (I can't remember them but I am pretty sure I liked them!!!)
Dislikes: being late, rudeness and gin (controversial!!!!)
Claire Smyth
Teaching Assistant
Likes: Thai food, reading stories to my children at bedtime, cooking, keeping fit and chocolate.
Dislikes: bananas, rude people, traffic and ironing.
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Tracy St Clair
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!
Amy Kite
Teaching Assistant
Likes: Exercise and keeping fit (especially cold water swimming!).
Dislikes: Beef Jerky and fussy eaters
Tracy Taylor
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.
Gill Wright
Teaching Assistant
Likes: meeting up with friends, watching soaps and drinking lattes.
Dislikes: spiders, olives and being cold
Claire Mitcham
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 Day
Angel is our School Secretary
Likes: holidays, walks and spending time with my family and my dog.
Dislikes: being cold and rude people.
Robert Parker
Mr Parker is our Caretaker. He fixes things and occasionally teaches.
Likes: any French food you care to mention. bicycles, pies and sheds. The English language with all its complexities and foibles. The word “foible”.
Dislikes: Arrogance and tofu.
