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Staff List

Executive Headteacher Louise Nichols  

Headteacher

Karen Pedro     

 

Deputy Headteachers

Jacqueline Thornton

 

Fran Slot

 

 

 SENDCo

LEAP Associate Deputy Headteachers

Lisa Clarke

 

Meret Stokes

 

Edyta Ballantyne

 

 

 

 

 

Phase Leads

Lisa Clarke

(Early Years)
  Sonya Forte (Year 1/2)
  Ella Jones (Year 3/4)
  Winnie Prince (Year 5/6)
Nursery Teacher Huw Greenwood  
Early Years Educators

Rima Begum 
Shajeda Aziz

 
Reception Teachers

Chloe Heath 

Kashmir Gujra

 
Year 1 Teachers

George Galliano 

& Phoebe Nevill 

 
  Molly Ward Gayhurst Phonics Lead
Year 2 Teachers

Sonya Forte 

Jeremy Koranteng

 

 

Year 3 Teachers

Ellie Capano

Lauren Hyett

 
Year 3/4 Teacher

Lorraine Capoccia

 

Year 4 Teachers

Ella Jones

Fatou Faye

 

 

Year 5 Teachers

Rachel Townsend &  Ally Weston

David Burdett

LEAP PHSE Lead

LEAP Design & Technology Lead 

LEAP Science Lead

Year 5/6 Teacher

Winnie Prince    

 
Year 6 Teachers

Jack Moody  

Cheryl Jeffers 

 

 

Additional Teachers

Lorraine Karunaratne

Mensah Hart

Latifah Wallace

Ruwayda Abobaker

SENDCo

Music Tutor

Support teacher

Support teacher

IT & Media Technician

Kurian Zachariah

Sam Rudd

 
Pastoral Support Manager Toki Otudeko  
Learning Mentor Patricia Grant
 
 
School Counsellor Jon D'Agostino  
Behaviour Mentor Anthony Abraham  
Communications & Website Emma de Sausmarez  
Breakfast Club Melissa Gregory
Fotene Efthymiou
 
Teaching Assistants

Melissa Gregory 

Luiza Popovici

Darell Philip
Rose Francis
Maxine Nicholson
Jacqueline Brand
Cheryl Hamilton
Sharen Woodward
Fotene Efthymiou
Katrina Cadogan
Julie Philipson
Saritha Ramanee-Murphy

Lisa Allen 

Nicola Wright

Kelly Smith

Assistant Cycling Instructor

 

Teaching & Learning Associates

Laura Philipson
Lauren Saffery

Cerrise Jones

 

maternity leave

 

LEAP Business Consultant Jatin Shamji  
LEAP Finance Director Parveen Razzaque  
LEAP Federation Operations Leader Vacancy  

LEAP Federation

HR Manager

Vacancy  
Officer Manager Dana Hansle  
Admin Assistant 

Amma Cofie

 

Premises Manager Darren Gregory Lead Cycling Instructor
Assistant Schoolkeeper Nicholas George  
Kitchen Staff

Sergio Vitale

Gregorio Mazzarino
Zenaida Spencer

Head Chef

Sous Chef

School cleaners

Lorna Edwards

Shirley Elliot

Aida Lima

Zenaida Spencer

 

 

LEAP Cross School Staff 

We have a number of staff who are subject leads or specialists and who work across all three of our LEAP schools (Kingsmead, Gayhurst and Mandeville) promoting excellence in their field:

LEAP Cross School Subject Leads

English Lead - Janne Cornish (K)

Maths Lead - Sarah Betney (K)

Religious Education Lead - Shenaz Begum (K)

History Lead- Katherine Turley (M) 

Science Lead - David Burdett (G)

Design and Technology Lead - Ally Weston (G) 

Music Lead - Ben de Sausmarez (K)

Computing Lead - Omi Bozdogan (K)

Spanish Lead - Kavita Desai (M)

Art Lead - Sophie Hinchliffe (G)

Geography Lead - Daniel Turner (M)

 

 

LEAP EYFS Leads:  Samantha Fennel (M & K), Lisa Clarke (G)

LEAP Sports Coaches: Freddy Katanga (M), Sanchez Ming (K &G)

 

Other staff working across the LEAP Federation

Louise Nichols – Executive Headteacher

Jatin Shamji - LEAP Business Consultant

Vacancy - LEAP HR Manager

Vacancy - LEAP Operations Leader

Parveen Razzaque – LEAP Finance Director

Meret Stokes - LEAP Associate Deputy Head: Curriculum Lead 

Lisa Clarke - LEAP Associate Deputy Head: Initial Teacher Training & ECT Mentor 

Edyta Ballantyne - LEAP Associate Deputy Head

Michelle Miller - LEAP Education Welfare Officer

Anthony Abraham - LEAP Behaviour Mentor

Emma de Sausmarez – LEAP Communications and Community Liaison

Thomas Walker – Chef Educator at Hackney School of Food

Lidka D’Agostino – School Gardener & Educator at Hackney School of Food

Dorinia Harley – LEAP Dance Teacher

Aaron Tanice – LEAP Drumming Teacher

Aran Thomas – LEAP Steel Pans Teacher

Jon D'Agostino - LEAP School Counsellor

Autumn Williams - LEAP Gymnastics Tutor