Leadership
Principal
Tam Mckernan
Deputy Headteacher & Head of Early Years
Laura Thomson
Assistant Headteacher & SEND Coordinator
Joseph Townsend
j.townsend@arkatwoodprimary.org
Senior Leader
Emma Helliwell
Senior Leader
Hannah Schofield-Newton
Teaching Team
Nursery Class Teacher
Vanesa Otero Zamora
Year R India Class Teacher
Maria Andra-Benitez
Year R India Class Teacher
Ana Pestana
Year R Mexico Class Teacher & Early Years Lead
Jacqueline Stewart
Year 1 Italy Class Teacher
Chloe Fisher
Year 1 France Class Teacher
Yeli Gbeworo
Year 2 China Class Teacher
Hannah Schofield-Newton
Year 2 Barbados Class Teacher
Amandeep Uppal
Year 3 Belgium Class Teacher
Eleanor Harris
Year 3 Norway Class Teacher
Kelly Bernstein
Year 4 Brazil Class Teacher
Alex Peckham
Year 4 Ghana Class Teacher
Beverley Hayes
Year 5 Spain Class Teacher
Puja Nair
Year 5 Greece Class Teacher
Laura Johnson
Year 6 Canada Class Teacher
Emma Helliwell
Year 6 Australia Class Teacher
Lara Brown
Trainee Teacher
James Bowden
Cover Teacher
Monica Niste
Atlas Class Teacher
Chas Straub
Teaching Assistants
Lead TA & Year 5 TA
Eleanor Vidal
Pastoral & SEN TA
Kerisha Devonish
Receptionist/Administrator
Kerry Kaur
Nursery TA
Aysha Herman
Year R TA
Sara Alpert
Year R TA
Yazmin Begum
Cover Teacher
Paige Mujica-Villarroel
Year 1 SEN TA
Elliot Thomas
Year 2 TA
Gemma Barker
Year 2 SEN TA
Stamatia Karagiannidou
Year 2 SEN TA
Razna Begum
KS1 Interventions & Y3 TA
Simone Christensen
Year 3 TA
Lorna Sherlock
Year 3 SEN TA
Sema Turan
Year 3 SEN TA
Jeki Ajid
Year 4 TA
Jumoke Agbetoba
Year 4 SEN TA
Camara Davis
Year 4 SEN TA
Zhana Goginashvili
Year 5 SEN TA
Krupa Pandya
Year 5 SEN TA
Devonte Alcendor
Year 6 TA
Ana Sofia Alvarez Borrego
Year 6 SEN TA
Gemma Smith
Admin & Premises Teams
Operations Manager
Sherina Sinclair
Receptionist/Administrator
Maria Hall
Receptionist/Administrator
Shirley Mahoney
Librarian
Fiona Dalu-Chandu
Premises Manager
Kemar Cumberbatch
Cleaner
Diane Fullerton
Kitchen & Lunchtime Teams
Chef Manager
Said Bousennen
Kitchen Assistant
Jennifer Campbell
Kitchen Assistant
Gemma Powell
Kitchen Assistant
Denise Philip
Lunchtime Lead
Jeri Altrudo
Lunchtime Supervisor
Yamna Dahdouh
Lunchtime Supervisor
Veanna Jude
Lunchtime Supervisor
Sevdie Mustafa
Lunchtime Supervisor
Khadeja Dahdouh
Lunchtime Supervisor