Home » Our Academy » Our Team

Our Team

Senior Leadership Team

Safeguarding

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSLo): Sarah Holtby
Designated Deputy Safeguarding Lead (DDSL): Interim Sharon Bryant
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: Charlotte Knapp
Admissions and Attendance Assistant: Rebecca Stenner
King’s Oak Academy Councillor (Safeguarding): Liz Gregory
Careers Information and Guidance Lead: Kelly Smith

Inclusion Team

Assistant Principal and Head of Inclusion: Andrew Marshall-Aherne
Associate Assistant Principal of EDI: Hannah Briden
SENCo: Lou Roscoe
Deputy SENCo: Sophie Joss covering Megan Redwood (maternity)
Counsellor: Alison Gurney
Boxall 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: Nichola Townsend
Year 1 Willow Class Teacher: Kodi Brain
Year 1 Maple Class Teacher: Megan Carter
Head of Year 2 – Year 4: Sophie Joss
Year 2 Elm Class Teacher: Michael Diggle
Year 3 Juniper Class Teacher: Celeste Leung
Year 3 Pine Class Teacher: Emily Baber
Year 4 Beech Class Teacher: Brittany Gage
Year 4 Redwood Class Teacher: Josie Palmer-Turk

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
Year 6 Hawthorn Class Teacher: Claire Rayment
Year 6 Ash Class Teacher: Bethany Ashworth
Head of Year 7: Hannah Gribble
7.1 Class Tutor: Sabrina Maria-Anais
7.2 Class Tutor: Sam Edgson
7.3 Class Tutor: Adam Blake
7.4 Class Tutor: Holly Coll
7.5 Class Tutor: Harry Porter – Smith
Head of Year 8: Chris Nathan
8.1 Class Tutor: Debbie Thacker
8.2 Class Tutor: Rebecca Rowley
8.3 Class Tutor: Dan Embleton
8.4 Class Tutor: Asia Saeed
8.5 Class Tutor: Kieran Broomsgrove

Upper School Team

Head of Year 9: Stephen Mannin
9.1 Class Tutor: Ryan Holloway
9.2 Class Tutor: Tom Lindeman
9.3 Class Tutor: Allan Paltzer
9.4 Class Tutor: George Tanner
9.5 Class Tutor: Jemma Morrell/ Rebecca Penn-Bull
Head of Year 10: Liam Upham
10.1 Class Tutor: Sam Gurr
10.2 Class Tutor: Abi Jones
10.3 Class Tutor: Ellie Salvage/ John Blackmore
10.4 Class Tutor: Lu Xiao
10.5 Class Tutor: Robyn Harrold
Head of Year 11: Alex Heath
11.1 Class Tutor: Lucy Jacobson
11.2 Class Tutor: Tom Garner
11.3 Class Tutor: Joe Fraser
11.4 Class Tutor: Laney Hales/ Billy McGregor

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
Head of STEM: Kieren Bromsgrove
Second in STEM: Laney Hales
Second in Science: Kieran Bromsgrove
Head of Humanities: Allan Paltzner/ Laura Gladwin
Second in Humanities: George Tanner
Head of Health: Robyn Harrold
Second in Health: Beth Hibbard
Head of Modern Foreign Languages: Sabrina Marie-Anais
Head of Performing Arts: Jemma Morrell