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 |