Senior Leadership Team
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Principal
Natalie Rankin
Natalie is a Governor on the Ark Hastings Primary Academies LGB by virtue of her role as Principal of Ark Blacklands Primary Academy.
Deputy Headteacher and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
Mary Quinn
Assistant Headteacher-Teaching and Learning and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Darren Regnier
Assistant Headteacher Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), SENCo
Adam Higgins-Gooch
A.Higgins-Gooch@arkblacklandsprimary.org
Business Manager
Gill Hulls
Middle Leadership Team
EYFS Lead & EYFS Class teacher
Nicola Bartlett
Lower School Phase Lead & Year 1 Class teacher
Diana Jones
Year 6 Class teacher & Upper School Phase Leader
Dan Barton
Leader of Learning - Maths & Year 6 Class teacher
Jack Green
Leader of Learning - Phonics & EYFS Class teacher
Nicky Caush
Leader of Learning - Reading & Year 5 Class teacher
Beth Tooze
Leader of Learning - Writing & Class teacher
Orla Emary
Regional Lead
Regional Lead for Maths
Louvaine Shore
Class Teachers
EYFS Lead & EYFS Class teacher
Nicola Bartlett
EYFS Class teacher
Jenna Smith
Leader of Learning - Phonics & EYFS Class teacher
Nicky Caush
EYFS Class teacher and Curriculum Lead
Charlotte Russell
Lower School Phase Lead & Year 1 Class teacher
Diana Jones
Year 1 Class teacher
Jack Evans
Year 1 Class teacher
Ellie Buontempo
Year 1 & 2 Class teacher
Nicole Bradbury
Year 2 Class teacher
Kim Bates
Year 2 Class teacher
Natasha Lozada
Year 2 Class teacher
Karen Meek
Year 2 Co teacher
Amy Hart
Year 3 Class teacher
Lucy Adams
Year 3 Class teacher (PE and Outdoor Learning)
Meagan Cruttwell
Year 3 Class teacher
James McManus
Year 4 Class teacher
Amy Mitchell
Year 4 Class teacher
Alyssa Bridge
Year 4 Class Teacher
Hannah Jenkins
Leader of Learning - Reading & Year 5 Class teacher
Beth Tooze
Year 5 Class Teacher (Computing Digital Lead)
Robert Blackwell
Year 5 Class teacher
Paris Hyett
Upper School Phase Lead & Year 6 Class teacher
Dan Barton
Year 6 Class teacher
Tom Smith
Leader of Learning - Maths & Year 6 Class teacher
Jack Green
Leader of Learning - Writing & Class teacher
Orla Emary
Support Staff – Higher Level and Graduate Teaching Assistants
EYFS HLTA
Kate Hood
Year 1 Teaching Assistant/HLTA
Jacqueline Warden
Lower KS2 HLTA
Janet Jarvis
Year 5 Teaching Assistant/HLTA
Letitia Banford
Graduate TA
Andrew Lott
Support Staff – Teaching Assistants
RWI Support Assistant & LPEL
Deana Coleman
Speech & Language Support Assistant
Gemma Luxford
EYFS Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Claire Gasson
EYFS Teaching Assistant
Sarah Peters
EYFS Teaching Assistant
Georgina Crabbe
EYFS HLTA
Kate Hood
Year 1 Teaching Assistant/HLTA
Jacqueline Warden
Year 1 Teaching Assistant
Nikki Burgess
Year 1 Teaching Assistant
Marie Paine
Year 2 Co teacher
Amy Hart
Year 2 Teaching Assistant
Zoe Dunstall
Year 2 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Jodi Torrance
Year 3 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Inga Pretorius
Year 3 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Davidson Jayaranasingham
Year 3 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Kayleigh Skelton
Lower KS2 HLTA
Janet Jarvis
Year 4 Teaching Assistant
Amanda Turnball
Year 4 Teaching Assistant
Hayley Skinner
Year 5 Teaching Assistant/HLTA
Letitia Banford
Year 5 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Sophie Ellis-Gilchrist
Year 5 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Ruth Anderson
Year 6 Teaching Assistant
Ruth Pettit
Year 6 Teaching Assistant
Karen Osmond
Year 6 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Chris Vaughan
Lunchtime Play and Engagement Leaders
Senior Leader - Lunchtime Play & Engagement
Sarah Kingshott
Year 5 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Ruth Anderson
Inclusion Support Assistant / Assistant – Breakfast Club / LPEL
Steph Bartel
Cleaner & LPEL
Juliet Batstone
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Tracey Brown
RWI Support Assistant & LPEL
Deana Coleman
Year 5 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Sophie Ellis-Gilchrist
Inclusion Support Assistant / Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Simone Emerson
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Emma Fitzgerald
Assistant – both clubs
Loraine Fuller
EYFS Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Claire Gasson
Attendance & Admissions Officer & LPEL
Rachel Hines
Year 3 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Davidson Jayaranasingham
Supervisor – After-School Club & LPEL
Sue O'Kane
Year 3 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Inga Pretorius
Year 3 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Kayleigh Skelton
Year 2 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Jodi Torrance
Year 6 Teaching Assistant & LPEL
Chris Vaughan
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Debbie Charman
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Catherine Foot
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Misha Hitchman
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Emma Parkes
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Grace Quinnell
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Georgia Spowart
Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Kevin Boon
Inclusion Team
Pastoral Lead & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
Michele Cook
Attendance & Admissions Officer & LPEL
Rachel Hines
Inclusion Support Officer
Kim Evans
Inclusion Support Assistant/Learning & Engagement Mentors
Learning & Engagement Mentor & Assistant After School Club
Toria Frost
Learning & Engagement Mentor
Jen Morris
Learning & Engagement Mentor / Supervisor – Breakfast Club / Assistant After School Club
Shellesse Shields
Learning & Engagement Mentor
Peter Vandenberg
Inclusion Support Assistant / Assistant – Breakfast Club / LPEL
Steph Bartel
Inclusion Support Assistant & After School Club Assistant
Pollyanna De Meza
Inclusion Support Assistant / Lunchtime Play & Engagement Leader
Simone Emerson
Inclusion Support Assistant
Emily-May Greenfields
Inclusion Support Assistant
Jenn Harrington
Inclusion Support Assistant
Sarah Paton
Breakfast/After-School Club
Learning & Engagement Mentor / Supervisor – Breakfast Club / Assistant After School Club
Shellesse Shields
Inclusion Support Assistant / Assistant – Breakfast Club / LPEL
Steph Bartel
Assistant – both clubs
Loraine Fuller
Supervisor – After-School Club & LPEL
Sue O'Kane
Inclusion Support Assistant & After School Club Assistant
Pollyanna De Meza
Learning & Engagement Mentor & Assistant After School Club
Toria Frost
Office/Site Supervision Staff
Business Manager
Gill Hulls
Finance Assistant/School Secretary
Emma Gasson
Receptionist
Yasha Bialeska
Admin Assistant
Donna Howell
Site Manager
David Haines
Assistant Site Manager
Ian Varrow
Cleaner
Cheryl Pook
Cleaner
Emma Quickenden
Cleaner & LPEL
Juliet Batstone
Cleaner
Richard Harvey-Sharp
Cleaner