Mrs Kelly - Assistant Headteacher of Inclusion - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Kelly leads school-wide safeguarding and inclusion strategy in her role as Assistant Headteacher, working closely with the Head of School and pastoral team to ensure the highest standards of pupil care and protection

Mrs Rowe - Pastoral Lead -  Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead 

Mrs Rowe leads on pastoral care across the school and serves as a Depurt Designated Safeguarding Officer. She provides a safe, trusted point of contact for pupils, families and staff, co-ordinating early help and referrals where necessary.

Ms Washington- EYFS and KS1 SENDCO 

Ms Washington leads SEND support for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, ensuring early identification of needs and prompt, targeted intervention from the very start of each child's school journey. Ms Washington coordinates Education, Health and Care Plans and liaises with families and professionals to review and update pupil support.

Ms Khan - KS2 SENDCo

Ms Khan oversees SEND provision across Key Stage 2 and holds dual responsibility as a Designated Safeguarding Officer. She coordinates Education, Health and Care Plans and liaises with families and professionals to review and update pupil support.

Ms Bibi - Speech and Language Support Assistant 

Ms Bibi is our dedicated Speech and Language Support Assistant, providing targeted support to pupils across the school to help them develop their communication, language, literacy and social interaction skills.

Working closely with the Speech and Language Therapist, Ms Bibi delivers a wide range of evidence-based interventions tailored to individual pupils' needs. Her sessions include phonological awareness, speech sound development, narrative and language skills, vocabulary pre-teaching, Colourful Semantics, Blank Level questioning, Lego Therapy, paired reading, core vocabulary development and phonics support.

Ms Bibi is also trained in ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) approaches and supports pupils with friendship skills, emotional wellbeing and social communication development.

Through her nurturing and encouraging approach, Ms Bibi helps pupils build confidence, improve their communication skills and access learning successfully within the classroom and beyond.

Ms O'Brien - Reading Support Assistant 

Ms O'Brien is our dedicated Reading Support Assistant, working with pupils across the school to develop their reading, phonics and literacy skills. Through targeted interventions and personalised support, she helps children build the confidence and skills needed to become successful, independent readers.

Ms O'Brien delivers a range of evidence-based reading and phonics programmes, supporting pupils at different stages of their literacy journey. She leads phonics interventions, reading skills groups, reading fluency activities and targeted literacy support to help children strengthen their decoding, comprehension and vocabulary skills.

She also supports pupils who are learning English as an Additional Language (EAL), delivering focused language and literacy interventions to develop communication, reading and understanding across the curriculum.

In addition to her intervention work, Ms O'Brien monitors pupils' reading progress, supports reading assessment and contributes to promoting a positive reading culture throughout the school. Her patient, encouraging approach helps children develop a love of reading and the confidence to achieve their full potential.

Ms Webber - Social, Emotional and Mental Health Support Assistant 

Ms Webber is our Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Support Assistant and Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA). She works closely with children across the school, including pupils with SEMH needs identified within their Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), helping them to develop the emotional resilience, social skills and confidence they need to thrive both in and out of the classroom.

Ms Webber delivers a wide range of targeted interventions and personalised support programmes, including sensory circuits, self-esteem and resilience groups, anxiety support, emotional coaching, Circle of Friends, Lego Therapy, Zones of Regulation, comic strip conversations, play-based emotional teaching and transition support for pupils moving to secondary school.

She also leads lunchtime nurture and social skills groups, supports pupils with friendship development and emotional regulation, and provides opportunities for children to strengthen their communication, independence and wellbeing through structured activities.

As a member of the SEND team and an experienced HLTA, Ms Webber works collaboratively with teachers, families and external professionals to ensure pupils receive the support they need to achieve their full potential. Her caring, nurturing approach helps children feel safe, understood and empowered to succeed.

Ms Martinaitiene - Communication and Interaction Support Assistant

Ms Martinaitiene is our Communication and Interaction Support Assistant, working primarily with pupils in the Early Years and Key Stage 1 to support the development of communication, language and social interaction skills. She helps children build the foundations they need to communicate confidently, develop positive relationships and access learning successfully.

Through a range of targeted interventions and personalised support programmes, Ms Martinaitiene develops pupils' language comprehension, vocabulary, attention and listening skills, social communication and independence. She delivers specialist interventions including Colourful Semantics, Lego Therapy, Attention Bucket, sensory circuits, sensory stories and structured communication activities.

Ms Martinaitiene also provides pre-teaching opportunities to help children understand new vocabulary and concepts before they are introduced in the classroom, enabling them to participate more confidently in their learning. Her work supports pupils with a range of communication and interaction needs, ensuring they receive the strategies and encouragement required to make progress both academically and socially.

Working closely with teachers, families and external professionals, Ms Martinaitiene creates a nurturing and supportive environment where children feel valued, understood and empowered to achieve their potential.