Our team

Our dedicated team are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to have a passionate team of teachers, support staff and leaders who work together to create a safe, nurturing and inspiring environment where every child can thrive.

Each member of our team brings unique skills, experience and enthusiasm to support our pupils' learning and personal growth. We believe in building strong relationships with families and the wider community, and we are always here to help.

Take a moment to get to know the wonderful people who make our school such a special place to learn and grow.

Dale Hanns-Drake

Sycamore Class teacher

As a child I found reading to be difficult and I never found a book I liked. However, when I was in year 5 I had an author called Dick King Smith come to my class to talk about the joys of reading stories and how in fact we all have a story writer within us. This inspired me to try and find some books I hadn't read. This led me to an amazing author called Roald Dahl who had written so many books (my favourite being George's Marvellous Medicine or Fantastic Mr Fox). This then led me to JK Rowling the author of Harry Potter. I found so much joy reading the book, watching the film and then reading the book again. I also fell in love with the story Holes and often dreamt of being Stanley Yelnats finding ... (I won't spoil it for year 5/6)

However my favourite book of all time is into the wild by John Krakauer. It follows the story of a man aged 18 who goes travelling across the USA on foot and meets some amazing people on the way.