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Our Wessex family of schools

Our Staff

Please find information about our staff below.

Leadership Team

  • Mrs Clare Moore

    Mrs Clare Moore

    Head of School

    Mrs Moore is a caring and warm Head of School. She plays the violin and loves music. She is always proud of our school and wants us to do our best.

  • Miss Rachel Dixon

    Miss Rachel Dixon

    SENDCO

    Miss Dixon is the SENDCO for the school. She makes sure that children with additional needs are looked after. She meets with teachers to talk about the children in their class

Teaching Team

  • Mrs Sophie Robins

    Mrs Sophie Robins

    Reception Teacher

    Mrs Robins is the Reception class teacher. She is funny, kind and teaches us lots. Mrs Robins is a trained Trauma Informed Schools practitioner. She also teaches her class Forest Schools. She works Monday-Wednesday.

  • Mrs Bronwyn Croft

    Mrs Bronwyn Croft

    Reception and Year 1 Teacher

    Mrs Croft teaches in Reception on a Thursday -Friday and in Year 1 on a Monday. Mrs Croft is sweet and kind and helps us learn.

  • Miss Rachel Dixon

    Miss Rachel Dixon

    Year 1 Teacher

    Miss Dixon teaches Year 1. She has a pet bird called Crow. Crow helps us learn. She teaches us maths and lots of other things. Miss Dixon is funny. Miss Dixon is also the SENDCO for the school. She also teaches Forest Schools to lots of classes.

  • Mrs Nicola Ashby

    Mrs Nicola Ashby

    Year 2 Teacher

    Mrs Ashby teaches Year 2. She is very kind and caring. Mrs Ashby loves PE and dance. Mrs Ashby works Monday-Thursday. She leads Phonics and Early Reading at Frome Valley. 

  • Mrs Natasha Johnstone

    Mrs Natasha Johnstone

    Year 2 & 4 Teacher

    Mrs Johnstone teaches in both Year 2 and Year 4. She is very creative. Johnstone leads music in the school including leading the school choir. She teaches Year 4 on Monday-Tuesday and Year 2 on a Friday.

  • Mrs Catherine Elwes-Varma

    Mrs Catherine Elwes-Varma

    Year 3 Teacher

    Mrs Elwes -Varma teaches Year 3. She is excellent at computing and technology. She leads School Council and Computer.

  • Mrs Amber Schoorens

    Mrs Amber Schoorens

    Year 4 Teacher

    Mrs Schoorens teaches Year 4. She helps us learn. She helps people at French. She is the best at French. She is kind and caring to everyone. Mrs Schoorens is the best teacher in the world. She works Wednesday - Friday.

Teaching Assistants

  • Mrs Sharon Freeman

    Mrs Sharon Freeman

    HLTA

    Mrs Freeman helps us with our learning. She helps us read and write. She also teaches some of the classes. Mrs Freeman is the HLTA for our school. She works on speech and language with children in the school. Mrs Freeman works Wednesday-Friday.

  • Mrs Teresa Trent

    Mrs Teresa Trent

    Teaching Assistant

    Mrs Trent helps the Year 2 children. She is very kind. She is really funny and loves to play. Mrs Trent leads our Hamish & Milo Wellbeing Intervention. Mrs Trent works Monday-Thursday.

  • Mrs Kelly Brown

    Mrs Kelly Brown

    Teaching Assistant

    Mrs Brown is really nice. She helps us with learning and smiles a lot. She works in Reception. Mrs Brown is the ELSA for our school.

  • Mrs Karen Norris

    Mrs Karen Norris

    Teaching Assistant

    Mrs Norris works in lots of different classes. She works Wednesday-Friday. Mrs Norris coordinates our Learn To Move programme. She is also a HLTA for the school.

  • Mrs Lisa Smith

    Mrs Lisa Smith

    Teaching Assistant

    Mrs Smith helps all of us with our learning. She is very kind. Mrs Smith works in Year 1 and Year 2 on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

  • Mrs Niki Bolton

    Mrs Niki Bolton

    Teaching Assistant

    Mrs Bolton works in Year 1 and Year 2 on a Monday and Tuesday. She is kind, helpful and supportive. She smiles a lot and helps us with our work.

Our Lunch Team

  • Mrs Trina Barker

    Mrs Trina Barker

    Cook

    Mrs Barker cooks our lunch for us. She is a very good cook! On a Friday, she cooks fish and chips - we all love it!

Our Lunchtime Team

  • Mrs Sian Gray

    Mrs Sian Gray

    Lunchtime Supervisor

    Mrs Gray is very kind and helps us with our games at lunch time. She helps us in the hall too.

  • Miss Sarah Trickey

    Miss Sarah Trickey

    Lunchtime Supervisor

     Miss Trickey looks after us and is very nice. She helps us at lunchtime. If we put our hand up, she always comes to us.

  • Miss May McDonald

    Miss May McDonald

    Lunchtime Supervisor

    Miss May looks after us well and is very caring. She helps us at lunchtime and is always ready to help when we need her.

Our Office Staff

  • Mrs Sian Gray

    Mrs Sian Gray

    Mrs Gray works in the office. She answers the phone and helps count out the money.

  • Mrs Karen Norris

    Mrs Karen Norris

    Mrs Norris works in the school office. She answers the phone and buys things for the school.

Happy Valley Team

  • Mrs Amanda-Jayne Cox-Newman

    Mrs Amanda-Jayne Cox-Newman

    Supervisor

  • Miss Jessica Jordan

    Miss Jessica Jordan

    Supervisor

  • Mrs Chloe Heggs

    Mrs Chloe Heggs

    Supervisor

  • Mrs Tina Dutton

    Mrs Tina Dutton

    Supervisor

Our Cleaners

  • Mrs Rees

    Mrs Rees

    Mrs Rees is the cleaner for our school. She helps keep the school clean and tidy.

Our Caretaker

  • Mr Matthews

    Mr Matthews

    School Caretaker

    Mr Matthews is our school Caretaker. He is employed by the Wessex Trust and works in many schools in the Trust. He helps mend things when they are broken.