Dear
Parents, Carers and Guardians
Our new
D&T Technician and Premises Officer, Andrew Watson, will be taking up his
post within the next 10 days. David Cooke, our new General Student Support
Mentor (GSSM) & Literacy Student Support Mentor (SSM), Claire Dugher (GSSM)
and Caroline Coates (GSSM, two terms temporary initially) took up their posts
on 4th January 2016. In addition, Sarah Carmichael (GSSM) takes up
her post, on the 18th January 2016, on the same arrangement, until
September 2016 as maternity leave cover for Miss Amy Ridley. Miss Sarah
Tasker-Lynch is becoming a full-time Advanced Student Support Mentor (ASSM).
As you will
be aware, on 16th December 2015 the Local Authority (LA) announced
that they would be consulting on the closure of Brayton High School and the
enlargement of Selby High School. At the same time the LA asked myself and the
Governors if we could provide some interim support for Brayton High School,
because the Headteacher has been absent since October and the Deputy
Headteacher has just secured another deputy headteacher’s post at Temple Moor
High School in Leeds. As a result of that request, Mr Lewis and Mrs Lumb will
be seconded to Brayton, for the foreseeable future, in order to lead and manage
the school. In turn, we have made the following acting internal promotions to
cover for those secondments:
Mr Cousins
and Mr Sinclair will become acting Deputy Headteachers with Miss Gorton and
Miss Smith becoming acting Assistant Headteachers. Mrs Wardell and Miss Johnson will continue in
their substantive roles of Associate Assistant Headteachers.
In addition,
Miss Crawford will be undertaking the National Award for SEN Coordination (NASENCO) and Mrs Thornton will
become an ASSM, following Mrs Cawkwell’s secondment to the Personalised Student
Support Mentoring team.
We have re-engaged the services of
Miss Holt (PE and dance teacher, who was due to leave us as a result of the
return of Miss Johnson from maternity leave) both on a full-time basis and over
and above our normal staffing requirement. This enhanced staffing will
enable some staff taking on additional responsibilities to be afforded varying
amounts of additional non-contact time (NCT). This is so they can support both
students, including in option subjects, staff and the work being undertaken at
Brayton High School.
Other ‘staffing and ‘operational changes’ may be required as
situations develop and unfold. I will obviously keep you up to date with any
changes as and when they become necessary.
I am sure you would like to join me in sending your best
wishes to all those staff who are taking on new challenges, roles and
responsibilities.
With kind regards.
P.M.Eckersley
Paul
Eckersley
Headteacher
