COLUMBIA PRIMARY SCHOOL                                Staff List:  September 2023

Headteacher                Oliver Woodward

Deputy Head                Lesley Reynolds

Deputy Head                Vicky Wright        

Assistant Head        Julie Fountain

Assistant Head        Holly Macentee Creighton

Business Manager       Emer O’Driscoll

Phase Leader EYU        Philippa Jordan

Phase Leader KS1        Holly Macentee Creighton

Phase Leader LKS2        Rabia Begum

Phase Leader UKS2        Emily Sharman/ Amy Scott

Nursery                 Red:                        Philippa Jordan        and Patricia Oscar (trainee)

Reception                 Green:                        Safiyyah Chowdhury (ECT)                                        

                        Yellow:                        Anisa Karim (ECT)        

Year 1                        Amber (Yellow):                Holly MacEntee Creighton/ Claire Jones and Nadine Stuart (trainee)

                        Jade (Green):                Sabina Begum (ECT)

Year 2                         Emerald:                Vyshna Chandrabalan (ECT)                        

                        Pearl:                        Tahsin Hussain (ECT)

Year 3                        Coral:                        Lee Huckle

                                 Turquoise:                Niall Doonan                         

Year 4                        Bronze:                        Cerys Jones

                        Ebony:                        Rabia Begum and Valerie Blackburn (trainee)

Year 5                        Sapphire:                Chris Dasiewicz

                        Silver:                        Yusuf Ali                                

Year 6                        Amethyst:                Shannon Wheeler and Helen Kinsey (trainee)                        

                               Ruby:                        Emily Sharman then Amy Scott                              

Specialist Teachers

Outdoor Learning Co-ordinator: Ingrid Chen.  Music: Janine Swan.  Art: Carina Wyatt, Cathy Ludlow.  PE: Russell Viegas.

SEN and Teaching Support Team

Higher Level Teaching Assistants: Rubna Begum, Ingrid Chen, Husnara Khanom

Nursery Nurses: Sabina Huda, Michelle Lallaway, Afia Khan, Jas Nanton

Teaching Assistants: Sulema Waheed, Hajera Zaman, Nazma Ahmed, Dilwara Begum, Mahmuda Khatun (mat leave), Lina Begum, Runa Bibi, Hayley Cotter, Jayda Ali, Shanara Begum, Fardauus Begum, Alea Khanom, Shantell Lucey, Kushba Begum, Nilufar Umme Salma, Sultana Begum, Sheli Begum, Shaila Hussain,

Pastoral Team

Learning Mentors: Reha Bibi Art Therapist: Carina Wyatt. School Counsellor: Gill Staley

Operations Team

Business Manager: Emer O’Driscoll

Office Manager: Heidi Dickman. Admin Officer: Tahmina Begum

Resource and Communications Leader: Julia Pinto

Midday Meals and Kitchen Team

Senior Meal Supervisor: Hayley Cotter

Midday Meal Supervisors: Gulshanara Khan, Sheley Begum, Amina Choudhury, Farzana Rahman, Nazma Ahmed,, Shanara Begum, Khulsuma Begum

Cook: Afusat Ibrahim

Kitchen staff:        Veronica Oscar, Sarah Morgan, Susan Tye, Kehinde Aizebamwan, Cecilia Falusi, Lorraine Gray,

Premises Team

Premises Manager: Tony Sipiano

Cleaners: Abdeslam El Aaziri, Yasmin Sheikh

Subject Leaders

Curriculum Leader: Lesley Reynolds

English - Vicky Wright, Maths - Lesley Reynolds and Holly Macentee Creighon, Science - Shannon Wheeler, ICT and computing - Amy Scott, Humanities - Emily Sharman, Music - Janine Swan, PE - Lee Huckle, PSCHE - Yusuf Ali, MFL, Art and DT - Philippa Jordan

Assistant leaders

English - Deana Clarke, Science - Reema Ali, Maths - Rabia Begum,