Meet Our Staff
Below is a list of all staff at Blackthorns. For our current parents, there is a photo-board in the school entrance corridor so that you can put some names to faces.
Mrs Marianne Brand | Principal
Designated Member of Staff for Child Protection |
Mr Tom Jordan | Vice Principal
Inclusion Manager Teacher in Charge of SSC |
Mrs Wendy Paul | Inclusion Team |
Mrs Sarah Neller | Reception Class Teacher
EYFS/Key Stage 1 Manager Maths Co-ordinator |
Miss Rosa Sanders | Year 1 Teacher |
Miss Jane Chapman | Year 2 Teacher |
Mrs Sally Carr | Year 3 Teacher |
Mrs Louise Highton | Year 4 Teacher
Computing Co-ordinator |
Mr Mark Tugwell | Year 5 Teacher
PE Co-ordinator |
Mrs Hannah Dodd | Year 6 Teacher
Key Stage 2 Manager |
Mrs Cate Jago | Year 6 Teacher
Curriculum Manager |
Mrs Claire Allen | Part Time Year 1
Part Time Year 6 SMSC Co-ordinator |
Mrs Kayleigh Jackson | Part Time Reception Class |
Mrs Anna Montiel | Teacher in the SSC |
Mrs Emma Cheeseman | Maternity Leave |
Mrs Sue Hughes | Supply Teacher |
Mrs Dawn Smith | Supply Teacher |
Mrs Helen Moffatt | Specialist Music Teacher |
Mrs Emilie Robinson | Specialist Modern Foreign Languages |
Miss Ellie Farmer | Graduate Teacher |
Mrs Liz Fowler | Learning Mentor |
Mrs Karen Ripley | Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Teaching Assistant (Year 6) |
Mrs Helen Thomas |
Higher Level Teaching Assistant Teaching Assistant (Year 5) |
Mrs Gemma Sawyer | SEND Teaching Assistant |
Mrs Rachel Hepworth | SEND Teaching Assistant |
Miss Rebecca Forrest | SEND Teaching Assistant |
Mrs Sarah Gillies | SEND Teaching Assistant |
Mrs Lisa Colbourne | SEND Teaching Assistant |
Mrs Claire Wheller | Teaching Assistant (Year 2) |
Mrs Jenny Casey | Teaching Assistant (Year 1) |
Mrs Simone Ware | Teaching Assistant (Year 1) |
Mr Jacob Neller | Teaching Assisant (Year 3) |
Mrs Kate Manning | Teaching Assisant (Reception)
Midday Meals Supervisor |
Mrs Emma Taylor | Teaching Assistant (Year 4)
Midday Meals Supervisor |
Mrs Nikki Dickinson | Teaching Assistant (Year 5) |
Mrs Angela Day | School Secretary |
Mrs Karen Ramsbottom | Business Manager |
Mrs Rachel Gambiragio | Finance Assistant |
Miss Rachael Spencer | Admin Assistant
Midday Meals Supervisor |
Miss Barbara L’Angellier | IT Technician |
Mr Nigel Davis | Premises Officer
Midday Meals Supervisor |
Mrs Vanessa Tucknott | Midday Meals Supervisor
Cleaner |