We will be saying goodbye to the following staff who will
be leaving us in August:
Mrs
Kirsty Varley (Art Co-ordinator) has secured a new teaching position at Queen
Ethelburga’s College. She will be joining the independent school as their new
head of art.
Miss
Zara Linney (D&T teacher) also has a new post at an independent school; teaching
design & technology and art, at the new Focus Independent School, 7-18
school, in York. This is one of a number of Plymouth Brethren Christian
schools, which have /are being established worldwide where teaching is driven
by the word of The Holy Bible. Mr David Benson (science teacher) has been
appointed to a chemistry lecturer’s post at New College, Huddersfield, which is
a Post 16 FE College. Miss Sarah Horner (mathematics teacher) has resigned her
teaching position, in order to overcome a serious illness. Mrs Angela
Hindle (CAL for RE), Mr Nicholas Blanchflower (computer and business studies
teacher) and Mrs Helen Foster have tendered their resignations with effect from
31st August 2015. Miss Natalie Hayward (Head of Mason House) and Dr
Paul O’Gorman (CAL for PSHEE &C) have, with a desire to be nearer to their
homes, respectively accepted a PE teaching post at Appleton Academy in Bradford
and a science teaching post at East Leeds Academy. Mrs Jackie Seils (LP T&L Team,
Faculty Leader Co-ordinator and Global Languages Leader) has been promoted to
Assistant Headteacher at the St Francis Xavier’s School in Richmond. I am sure
you would wish to join with me in thanking them for all that they have done for
the school in their current roles and wish each and every one of them the very
best of luck in all their future undertakings.
Miss Jennie Crackles (CAL for business studies &
enterprise) brought her date to go on maternity leave forward by one week. She
left to begin her leave on 11th June 2015. She is planning to return
with a further reduction in hours (0.6FTE); she currently works four days per
week (0.8FTE), Easter 2016. Mr Shaun Martin will, with immediate effect, undertake
the CAL role for business studies and enterprise, together with his role as the
CAL for computer studies. Mr Christopher Jones (ACAL for mathematics) has been
appointed as the new Global Languages Leader and CAL for mathematics and, in
turn, Mr Iain Spence (mathematics teacher) and Mrs Linda Thacker (mathematics
teacher) have been appointed as the joint ACAL for mathematics.
I
am delighted to inform you that Miss Sarah Smith (mathematics teacher) and Miss
Lynne Eagles (Senior Science Technician) have joined the staff with immediate
effect. Mr Mohammed Naveed (computer studies teacher) began working at
the school on the 22nd June 2015. Miss Lauren Wood (Data Manager) will
begin work at the school on the 20th July 2015 and the
following personnel will be joining the staff in September 2015:
Mr Andrew Graham (design
& technology teacher)
Miss Lucy Holt (dance
& PE teacher)
Miss Rebecca Newman (science
teacher)
Ms Melissa Samwell (mathematics
teacher
Miss Jenna Strain (PE
and dance teacher)
Mrs Nicola Welsh (KS3
literacy intervention and English teacher)
Mrs Nicola Whattam (CAL
for Art & Photography)
Dr Mark Smith (science
teacher)
Following a re-think of how we could support students with
behaviour linked learning problems, we have appointed Mr Nicholas Fillingham
(PSTM) as our Internal Exclusion Officer. He will work with Mrs Dawn Collins
(ASSM) who has been deployed as the Internal Exclusion ASSM.
As you are aware from Letter No: 23 we are reorganising the
guidance and support afforded to our students. As a result of that
re-organisation Mr Colum McArdle (ALM for Mason House) will take on the role of
CAL for Geography in addition to being the Head of Mason House. Mr Stephen
Hawksworth will become the Head of Hockney House and Mr Ben Sheehan (PE
teacher) and Miss Rebecca Harwood (ALM for Garrett House) will become the new Heads
of Palin and Garrett House respectively.
As you will be aware the respective Year Leaders will be as
follows:
Year
7 Leader Mr M Burnitt
Year
8 Leader Mrs L Roberts
Year
9 Leader Mrs A Minton
Year
10 Leader Mrs K Whitaker
Year
11 Leader Mrs L Bentley
The new Individual Learning Block Co-ordinator for Years 7 & 8
will be Miss Kathryn Levitt who will combine this post with that of being the
Assistant Co-ordinator for the More Able.
Finally, we will be advertising for the new combined post of
Curriculum Area Leader for PSHEE & C and RE at the beginning of the Autumn
term. In the interim Miss Henna Iqbal (history teacher) will be overseeing RE
and Mrs Amanda Lumb and Mrs Joanne Carter-Mills (Deputy Headteachers) will
ensure everything runs smoothly with regard to PSHEE & C. In addition, we
will be appointing a new KS3 English Progress Co-ordinator. We have created
additional leadership and management posts in science, in order to take account
of the new science curriculum and exam specifications, whereby all students
will take separate sciences. Mrs Sophie Bell (ALM Palin House) will become the
KS4 Science Progress Co-ordinator and Mr Andrew Milson (science teacher) taking
on the responsibility of Science Enrichment and Curriculum Co-ordinator. Mrs
Jennifer Mackey, the ACAL for Science, having relinquished her Transition
Co-ordinator post, will become the Consultation,
Specialist Information & Events Co-ordinator.
