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Our Team

Senior Leadership Team

Safeguarding

Interim Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSLo): Sarah Holtby
Family Liaison Lead and Deputy DSLo: Andrew Marshall-Aherne
Pastoral Leader and Deputy DSLo: Zoe Side
Education Welfare Officer: Sukhi Singh
Admissions and Attendance Lead: Leanne Tripp-Edwards
Admissions and Attendance Assistant: Kate Twynham
King’s Oak Academy Councillor (Safeguarding): Liz Gregory
Exam’s Officer and Careers Advice: Gemma Larkin

Inclusion Team

Assistant Principal and Head of Inclusion: Andrew Marshall-Aherne
Associate Assistant Principal of EDI: Hannah Briden
SENCo: Lou Roscoe
Deputy SENCo: Megan Redwood
Counsellor: Alison Gurney
Thrive Practitioner: Alesha Jackson
Speech and Language Therapy: External Provider
Literacy Intervention Lead: Svetlana Powell
Numeracy Intervention Lead: Marie Scott
Reading Intervention Lead: Liz Parry

Lower School Team

Head of Early Years (Reception & Year 1): Charlotte Whiteford
Reception Catkins Class Teacher: Emma Bartlett
Reception Blossom Class Teacher: Charlotte Whiteford & Nichola Townsend
Year 1 Willow Class Teacher: Michael Diggle
Year 1 Maple Class Teacher: Megan Carter
Head of Year 2 – Year 4: Sophie Joss
Year 2 Rowan Class Teacher: Anna Tattersall
Year 2 Elm Class Teacher: Amy Long
Year 3 Juniper Class Teacher: Sophie Joss & Taylor Millard
Year 3 Pine Class Teacher: Emily Baber
Year 4 Beech Class Teacher: Claire Rayment
Year 4 Redwood Class Teacher: Kira Roberts

Middle School Team

Head of Year 5 and Year 6: Emma Watts
Year 5 Aspen Class Teacher: Beth Hibbert
Year 5 Sycamore Class Teacher: Margarita Worth & Theresa Leniham
Year 6 Hawthorn Class Teacher: Hannah Guy
Year 6 Ash Class Teacher: Tom Shipley-Palmer
Head of Year 7: Hannah Gribble
7.1 Class Tutor: Holly Coll
7.2 Class Tutor: Tom Garner
7.3 Class Tutor: Sam Edgson
7.4 Class Tutor: Sabrina Maria-Anais
7.5 Class Tutor: Adam Blake
7.6 Class Tutor: Harry Porter-Smith
Head of Year 8: Chris Nathan
8.1 Class Tutor: Beth Rowley
8.2 Class Tutor: Dan Embleton
8.3 Class Tutor: Abi Jones
8.4 Class Tutor: Kieran Broomsgrove
8.5 Class Tutor: Debbie Thacker

Upper School Team

Head of Year 9: Liam Upham (Interim)
9.1 Class Tutor: Lalaine Hales & Sam Gurr
9.2 Class Tutor: Billy McGregor
9.3 Class Tutor: Paloma Arias Caballero & Joe Fraser
9.4 Class Tutor: Kelly Xiao
9.5 Class Tutor: Robyn Harrold & John Blackmore
Head of Year 10: Alex Heath
10.1 Class Tutor: Laura Gladwin & Jemma Morrell
10.2 Class Tutor: Daniel Jackson & Jemma Morrell
10.3 Class Tutor: George Tanner
10.4 Class Tutor: Ryan-John Holloway
10.5 Class Tutor: Tom Lindeman
Head of Year 11: Stephen Mannin
11.1 Class Tutor: Monika Mata
11.2 Class Tutor: Rashida Begum
11.3 Class Tutor: Lucy Jacobson
11.4 Class Tutor: Anthony Wilkinson

Subject Leadership Team

Associate Assistant Principal of English: Phil Spring
Second in English: Tom Garner
Head of Maths: Joe Fraser
Second in Maths: Emily Baber & Anthony Wilkinson
Associate Assistant Principal of STEM: Laura Phillips
Second in Science: Kieran Bromsgrove
Head of Humanities: Laura Gladwin
Second in Humanities: George Tanner
Associate Assistant Principal – Community Health & Partnerships: James Cornick
Second in Health: Dan Jackson
Head of Modern Foreign Languages: Sabrina Marie-Anais
Head of Creative Technology: Laura Phillips
Head of Performing Arts: Jemma Morrell