Meet The Staff – Lord Deramore's Primary School

Meet The Staff

We have a dedicated team of skilled, experienced professionals led by our headteacher, James Rourke. Each phase is led by a Phase Leader, who ensures that the children are following the national curriculum but in a style of teaching and learning that we feel is distinctive to Lord Deramore’s Primary School.

: Mr Rourke – Headteacher

: Mrs Carr – Deputy Head, SENDCo, Phase 1 Leader & Y1 Teacher

: Mrs Jones – School Business Manager

: Mrs Charlton-Mathews – Office Administrator

: Mrs Minter – Office Administrator

: Mr Kilmartin – Caretaker

: Mr Sharpe – EYFS Teacher

: Miss McCormack – Year 1 Teacher & Phase 1 Leader

: Mrs Gulliver – Year 2 Teacher

: Mrs Canham – Year 3 Teacher

: Mrs Hiles – Year 3 Teacher & Phase 2 Leader

: Mr Richards – Year 4 Teacher

: Mrs Charters – Year 5 Teacher & Phase 3 Leader (maternity leave)

: Mrs McNichol – Year 5 Teacher

: Miss Smith – Year 6 Teacher & Acting Phase 3 Leader

: Miss Arthur – Teaching Assistant (Phase 1)

: Mrs Bradley – Teaching Assistant (Phase 1)

: Mrs De Souza – Teaching Assistant (Phase 1)

: Mrs Thompson – Teaching Assistant (Phase 1)

: Mrs Graham – Teaching Assistant (Phase 2)

: Miss Havercroft – Teaching Assistant (Phase 3)

: Mrs Matravers – Teaching Assistant (Phase 3)

: Mrs Pierotti – Teaching Assistant (Inclusion)

: Mrs Rounding – TA (Inclusion)

: Ms Silverio – Teaching Assistant (Inclusion)

: Mr Holmes – Teaching Assistant (Inclusion) and Sport & PE Coach

: Mrs Lawrence – MFL Teacher

: Mrs Martin – Music Teacher

: Mrs Kilic – MSA

: Mrs Reynolds – MSA

: Mrs Toye – MSA

: Ms Chandler – ICT Technician

All staff are committed to ensuring that every pupil receives a well-rounded primary education which is not purely focused on test results. We have an excellent reputation for inclusion and special educational needs provision. We are extremely proud to be an adoption-friendly school. For many of our children, English is not their first language so we have a number of skilled Teaching Assistants who specialise in working with them.

Our staff follow a programme of continuous professional development and share best practice both with colleagues at Lord Deramore’s and at other schools in the area. We have several international partnerships, including links with Norway and France, and have adopted an ‘outward looking’ approach to researching effective teaching practice from across the globe.