Our Staff Team
Our staff team work together to ensure that everyone is safe and happy, that our children are given a broad, balanced and interesting curriculum, meet their full potential and are prepared for high school.
Our Senior Leadership Team
- Mrs Harris - Executive Head
- Mrs Abidi - Acting Head of School
- Mrs Sowden - Assistant Head
- Mrs Pickering - Assistant Head
- Miss Wright - Inclusion Manager
Foundation Stage
Nursery
- Miss Gairn - Teacher
- Mrs Mackowski-Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Madden - Teaching Assistant
- Miss Appleyard - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs West - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Ahmet - Teaching assistant
Reception
- Mrs Crangle - Teacher
- Mrs Khan - Teacher
- Miss Solomans - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Conroy - Teaching Assistant
Key Stage one
Year One
- Mrs Harrington - Teacher
- Mrs Carr - Teacher
- Miss Hoole - Teacher
- Miss S Granger - Teaching Assistant
- Miss Ingle - Teaching Assistant
Year Two
- Mrs Denner - Teacher
- Mrs Aspell - Teacher
- Mrs Dennison - Teacher
- Miss Gregson - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Parker - Teaching Assistant
Lower Key Stage Two
Year Three
- Mrs Sowden - Teacher
- Miss Hashmi - Teacher
- Mrs Jones - Teaching Assistant
- Miss Ingle - Teaching Assistant
Year Four
- Miss Christopher - Teacher
- Mrs Bunt - Teacher
- Mrs Clegg - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Brook-White - Teaching Assistant
Upper Key Stage Two
Year Five
- Mrs Pickering - Teacher
- Miss Rose - Teacher
- Mrs Sullivan - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Holroyd - Teaching Assistant
Year Six
- Miss Ainley - Teacher
- Mrs Wilkinson - Teacher
- Mrs Brooke-Walsh - Teaching Assistant
- Mrs Runton - Teaching Assistant
HLTAs, Wellbeing TA, and Learning Mentor
- Mrs Pearson - HLTA
- Mrs Webster - HLTA
- Miss Chalders - Learning Mentor
- Mr Lang - Wellbeing TA
Administration Team
- Mrs McKenzie-Elliott - Business manager
- Mrs Sharp - Administration Officer
- Mrs Reynolds - Administration Office
- Mrs Birkenshaw - Administration Assistant
- Mrs Palfreyman - Administration Assistant / WAC Supervisor
How do I contact staff and who will answer my queries?
Our staff are always willing to help. Everyday queries can be sent to the class teachers via our communication app called Classdojo, which all parents are expected to subscribe to, free of charge. All other queries can be sent to the school via our email address info@drighlingtonprimary.org.uk. This email account is monitored by Mrs Anne Reynolds, who will try to answer queries as quickly as possible and may refer them to another member of staff who is best suited to resolve the matter.
To contact the SENDCo, Miss Wright or the assistant SENDCo Miss Gairn, please use the school email address.
Teacher Training Opportunities
Looking to train to be a teacher? Exceed SCITT is part of Exceed Teaching Schools Alliance in Bradford and, as an accredited provider can recommend you for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). In addition we have an established partnership with Leeds Trinity University who deliver the Post Graduate Certificate of Education enabling you to graduate to a PGCE with QTS.
We work in collaboration with thirteen local schools, led by Westerton Primary School, to provide School direct initial teacher training. The schools are committed to joint collaborative working and have a long history of delivering successful school based teacher training. There is a 100% track record of students who complete their training moving into the teaching profession, many within our partnership schools.
For further information, click on the links below, or seek advice from our Head of School.
http://exceedacademiestrust.co.uk/scitt/
http://www.westerton.leeds.sch.uk/our-school/teacher-training