About Our School

Welcome to Parkdale. All are welcome here. Our Prospectus and the remainder of this website will give you a comprehensive picture of life in our school. On this page, you can meet the staff and learn of any vacancies.

Current Vacancies

Headteacher, SLT and Pastoral

Meet the team! Here are our staff with a brief ‘pen portrait’ of their roles.

Mr Peter Hillier

Responsible for the strategic development, management and administration of the school. He is a Designated Person for Safeguarding and line manager to the Senior Leadership Team. Teaches PE to Y5 on a Thursday afternoon and coaches our football, table tennis and cricket teams. Transform Trust Sustainable Development Lead

Mrs Jenny Hinton

Key Stage Two Lead. Teaching and Learning Lead, Staff Development, Digital & Computing Lead. Work pattern is Wednesday to Friday inclusive

Mr Jason Pattison

Deputy Head Teacher – Assessment and Data, Numeracy Lead, Appraiser, First Aider and Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Miss Louisa Desborough

Early Years Lead until January 2026), Numeracy Team

Mrs Jenny Walker

Pastoral Care, Family Support, Attendance Officer, Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Hayley Rippon

Key Stage One Lead. Early Years Lead from January 2026) 1 Palm Class Teacher, PE, Creating Active Schools

Mrs Alex Taylor

Special Needs and Disability Co-ordinator (SENDCo), Pupil Premium Lead, Designated Safeguarding Lead

The Early Years Team

Mrs Ruth Ward

R Holly Class teacher, Forest School Lead

Miss Charlotte Hutsby

R Bay teacher

Miss Darcie Parkin

Nursery (Blossoms) Class Teacher, English as an Addiitional Language Lead

Key Stage 1 – Years 1 & 2

Mrs Hayley Rippon

Key Stage One Lead, 1 Palm Class Teacher, Communication & Language, PE

Miss Eleanor Harris

Year 1 Class Teacher (Chestnut)

Mrs Caroline Garrett

Year 2 (Willow) Class Teacher (Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays) Joint Identity Team Lead & History Lead

Mrs April Troop

Year 2 (Sycamore) Class Teacher & Design Technology and Mental Health Lead

Mrs Caroline Mason

Year 2 (Willow) Class Teacher (Thursdays & Fridays) Phonics Lead & Joint Identity Team Lead

Key Stage 2 – Years 3-6

Mrs Fiona Carter

5 Oak class teacher, Art & Design leader, KS2 Lead

Mrs Jennie Chalmers

3 Elm Class Teacher, Music Team Member

Mrs Angie Cooper

Year 3 (Rowan) Class Teacher, RE Lead and Science Team member, FOP link Teacher, Charities Team.

Mrs Tracey Carlisle

Year 4 (Poplar) Class Teacher, Science Lead & Digital Team

Mrs Imogen Miller-Orme

Year 5 (Maple) Class Teacher, Digital & Geography Lead

Miss Gabriella Imrie

5 Maple Teacher, Maternity Cover for Mrs Miller-Orme until Easter 2026

Mrs Victoria Stafford

Year 4 (Ash) Class Teacher

Mrs Pippa Blatherwick

6 Cedar Class Teacher

Mrs Louisa James

Year 6 Class Teacher & Maths Team

Mrs Rebecca Hayes

Year 6 (Beech) Class Teacher & MFL Lead

Other Teaching Staff and Our Support Team

Mrs Donna Selby

PPA and Other Cover

Mrs Jayne Skeet

Teaching Assistant & ASN/AFN SEN Support

Mrs Gemma Batchford

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Andrea Ellis

Teaching Assistant & ASN/AFN SEN support

Mrs Lisa Hutchins

Teaching Assistant & ASN/AFN SEN Support

Mrs Shelley John

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Sofia Sardar-Niaz

Teaching Assistant & HLN SEN support

Mrs Dionne Thomas

1:1 and general TA in Year 3 and general TA in Year 1

Miss Kate Adams

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Gina Roper

Teaching Assistant & HLN SEN support

Mrs Karen Drury

Teaching Assistant & ASN/AFN SEN support

Sue

Our crossing patrol

Mrs Carolyn Hallam

Teaching Assistant & ASN/AFN SEN support, PPA cover

Mrs Gemma Carlin

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Holly Harris

Speech Communication and Language Therapist (Thursdays)

Miss Nicky Brooks

Teaching Assistant & ASN/AFN SEN Support

Mr Clayton Wilson

Apprentice Teaching Assistant

The Office

The Site

Miss Katherine Howe

Office Manager – Financial/Budget control, administrative and clerical support. Maintenance of pupil/staff database

Mrs Anisa Jawaid

Administrative Assistant – School Fund income, clerical support, school dinners and class trips

Mrs Jenny Scott

Administrative Assistant – Clerical support, attendance and stationery stock control

Mr Andy Chell

Site Manager – Maintenance, security, co-ordination of projects, management of cleaning staff

Miss Rachel Osborne

Cleaner Extraordinaire

The Kitchen – Aspens

Miss Laura Garfield

Kitchen Assistant – Preparation & serving of school meals

Mrs Janine Leighton

Kitchen Assistant – Preparation & serving of school meals

The Middays

Mrs Yvonne Wright

Senior Lunchtime Supervisor – Dining/Playground Supervision, 1st Aid, Line Manager of Assistants