Our Whittle Team
Our Senior Leadership Team
No member of staff is paid over £100,000 at this school
Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Metcalfe BEd (Hons) QTS NPQH Cambridge University
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs Jackie Haughin BA (Hons) PGCE NPQH Edge Hill University
Key Stage 2 Leader: Mrs Tracey Holmes BA (Hons) UCLAN PGCE
Key Stage 1 Leader: Mrs Rebecca Ruffley BA (Hons) PGCE Liverpool
Our Teaching Teams
Definitions:
QTS means Qualified Teacher Status
HLTA means Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Reception Class: Early Years Leader-Miss Molly Grecic BA (Hons) QTS Leeds Trinity University
Mrs Emma Boden BA (Hons) QTS Edge Hill University
Year 1 Team Mr Neil Moysey BSC Cumbria University PGCE Cumbria QTS
Mrs Claire Fleming BA (Hons) QTS MMU
Year 2 Team: Mrs Rebecca Ruffley BA (Hons) PGCE Liverpool QTS
Mrs Jennifer Bertwistle BA (Hons) QTS University of Lancaster
Year 3 Team: Miss Kate Dillon BSC Manchester University PGCE Cumbria University QTS
Miss Kayley Fillingham (Hons) QTS Edgehill University
Year 4 Team: Mr Lewis Brennan BA (Hons) QTS
Mrs Julie McGreavy HLTA
Year 5 Team: Mrs Jackie Haughin BA (Hons) PGCE NPQH Edge Hill University
Mr Dan Porter HLTA Studying part-time BA Primary Education with QTS Edgehill University
Year 6 Team: Mrs Tracey Holmes Edge Hill University BA (Hons) PGCE Edge Hill University QTS
Mr Michael Cummins BA (Hons) QTS Lancaster University
SENCO: Mrs Lindsey Bidder BA (Hons) QTS Lancaster University (and Pod teacher)
Our Teaching Assistants
Mrs Adele Ball NNEB
Mrs Amy Farrow
Ms Sam Killick
Mr Dan Porter HLTA Studying part-time BA Primary Education with QTS Edgehill University
Miss Rosie Mansfield BA (Hons) QTS Edge Hill University
Mrs Julie McGreavy HLTA
Mrs Leanne Saumtally
Mrs Patricia Sumner
Our Pre-School Team
Pre-school Lead: Miss Molly Grecic BA (Hons) QTS Leeds Trinity University,
Pre-school Manager: Mrs Emma Steele BA (Hons) Education and Professional Studies UCLAN
Mrs Emma Sanderson L3 Early Years Educator
Our welfare team
Mrs J Bertwistle, Mr M Cummins, Mrs A Farrow, Ms S Killick, Miss R Mansfield, Mrs J McGreavy, Mrs L Saumtally, Mrs T Sumner
Our Office Team
Office Assistant: Mrs Gillian Chamberlain
Bursar: Mrs Janet Hanrahan
Our Extended Services Team
Mrs A Ball (Manager), Mr C Cummins, Mrs A Farrow, Miss K Fillingham, Miss R Mansfield, Miss J Shacklady, Mrs P Sumner, Ms S Killick, Mr D Porter, Mrs C Fleming
Site Supervisor: Mr G Eccleston
The Gallery
Mrs Ball
Role Favourite Book Favourite Film Favourite Food Favourite Fact |
Reception Teaching Assistant Hairy McLairy from Donaldson’s Dairy Pretty Woman Cheese and Tomato Pizza Hippos have pink milk |
Miss Bertwistle
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Year 2 Teaching Team The Hungry Caterpillar The Lion King Steak with blue cheese sauce A snail can sleep for 3 years at a time! |
Mrs Bidder
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Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Coordinator The Island Luca Couscous Salad The pirate Anne Bonny dressed in men’s clothes to make fighting easier. |
Miss Boden
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EYFS Teacher The Twits Matilda Pancakes! Sea Otters hold hands while sleeping so that they don’t drift apart. |
Mr Brennan
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Year 4 Teacher Of Mice and Men The Green Mile Sunday Roast Golf is the only sport to be played on the moon |
Mrs Chamberlain
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School Secretary Alice in Wonderland Prince of Egypt Chilli & Jacket Potato The left lung is smaller than the right one to make room for the heart. |
Mr M Cummins
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Year 6 Teaching Team The 13th Valley. J M Del Vecchio Once Upon A Time in America Sunday Lamb Roast Lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun! |
Miss Dillon
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Year 3 Teacher The Great Gatsby Aladdin Toy Story Chicken skewers with salt and pepper chips Only 5% of the ocean has been explored – the rest is uncovered & unseen by humans. |
Mr Eccleston
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School Caretaker A New Earth The Shift Curry If the sun was made out of bananas, it would still be as hot |
Mrs Farrow
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SEND Teaching Assistant Dream A Little Dream Mamma Mia Indian Chicken Tikka You have more bones in your body as a baby than an adult |
Miss Fillingham
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Year 3 Teaching Team |
Mrs Fleming
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Year 1 Teaching Team Autobiographies Greatest Showman Curry People say ‘bless you’ because when you sneeze your heart stops for a millisecond |
Miss Grecic
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Reception Teacher and Early Years Leader Old Bear (Children’s book) Notting Hill/When Harry Met Sally – gorgeous films Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate … It rains diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn |
Mrs Hanrahan
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School Bursar Little Women Cheaper By The Dozen Chocolate Snails can sleep up to 3 years |
Mrs Haughin
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Deputy Headteacher & Year 5 Teacher Anything by Lynda La Plante Pretty Woman Lamb Roast Dinner Liverpool used to play in blue and Everton played in red |
Mrs Holmes
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Year 6 Teacher & Key Stage 2 Leader Sashenka (Historical Fiction) Grease Roast chicken dinner Volcanoes were erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed the Earth |
Miss Killick
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SEND Teaching Assistant The Stars Are Tennis Balls Avengers’ End Game Mushroom Stroganoff It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. |
Miss Mansfield
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SEND & Reception Teaching Assistant Percy the Park Keeper Brother Bear Gyros A group of rabbits is called a fluffle. |
Mrs McGreavy
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Year 4 Teaching Assistant The Da Vinci Code Pretty Woman Pasta There are 206 bones in the human body |
Mrs Metcalfe
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Head Teacher Pride and Prejudice A Room With A View Curry We stop growing after our teenage years, but ears and noses continue to grow |
Mr Moysey
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Year 1 Teacher Seven Years in Tibet The Hunt for Red October Pizza The collected noun for ladybirds is loveliness |
Mr Porter
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Year 5 Teaching Team The Girl On The Train The Lion King Hash Browns The tallest mountain is under the sea |
Mrs Ruffley
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Year 2 Teacher and KS 1 Leader To Kill a Mockingbird The Shawshank Redemption Full English Breakfast The word facetious has all of the vowels included and in alphabetical order |
Mrs Sanderson
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Pre-school Teaching Team Pride & Prejudice Notting Hill Lasagne A white horse is actually grey |
Mrs Saumtally
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SEND Support Assistant Dirty Dancing Chinese A group of butterflies is a kaleidoscope |
Mrs Shacklady
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Reception and Nursery Teaching Assistant Harry Potter Step Up Roast Dinner Penguins can swim up to 22 mph |
Mrs Steele
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Pre-school Teaching Team The Secret Garden Snow White Pizza A baby shark is called a pup |
Mrs Sumner
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SEND Teaching Assistant Secret Garden True Romance Sushi Bees sleep for 8 hours a day |
Cara
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School Welfare Assistant Harry Potter The Holiday Roast dinner The oldest cat ever on record was 38 years old |
Celia
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School Cook Black Beauty Bridget Jones Curry People can swim with dolphins |