Leadership
Principal
Tam Mckernan
Assistant Headteacher & SEND Coordinator & Head of Early Years
Joseph Townsend
j.townsend@arkatwoodprimary.org
Interim Assistant Headteacher – Teaching & Learning
Emma Helliwell
Deputy Headteacher & Head of Early Years (Maternity)
Laura Thomson
Teaching Team
Nursery (Globe) Class Teacher
Maria Andra-Benitez
Year R India Class Teacher
Carmen Alcazar
Year 1 Italy Class Teacher
James Bowden
Year 1 France Class Teacher
Yeli Gbeworo
Year 1 ATT France Class Teacher
Annabel Mansfield
Year 2 China Class Teacher
Eleanor Harris
Year 2 Barbados Class Teacher
Amandeep Uppal
Year 3 Belgium Class Teacher
Alex Peckham
Year 3 Norway Class Teacher
Mahaut Fournier
Year 4 Brazil Class Teacher
Sampras Lee
Year 4 Ghana Class Teacher
Isaiah Duah
Year 5 Spain Class Teacher
Devonte Alcendor
Year 5 Greece Class Teacher
Laura Johnson
Year 6 Canada Class Teacher
Puja Nair
Year 6 Australia Class Teacher
Lara Brown
Cover Teacher
Paige Mujica-Villarroel
PE Teacher
Sinead Mcloughlin
Atlas Class Teacher
Heidi Gallina
Cover Teacher (Maternity)
Monica Pop
Teaching Assistants
Lead TA & Year 6 TA
Eleanor Vidal
Pastoral & TA
Kerisha Devonish
Nursery TA
Aysha Herman
Nursery TA
Emily Noske
Reception TA
Sema Turan
Reception TA
Safia Ahmed
Reception TA
Ana Pestana
Year 1 TA
Simone Christensen
Year 1 TA (Maternity)
Yazmin Begum
Year 1 TA
Sabah Abay
Year 2 TA
Samira Mohamed
Year 2 TA
Lorna Sherlock
Year 2 TA
Zhana Goginashvili
Year 3 TA
Jeki Ajid
Year 3 TA
Gemma Barker
Year 3 TA
Elliot Thomas
Year 4 TA
Razna Begum
Year 4 TA
Camara Davis
Year 4 TA
Gemma Smith
Year 5 TA
Jumoke Agbetoba
Year 5 TA
Devonte Alcendor
Year 6 TA
Jade Wellington
Year 6 TA
Krupa Pandya
MFL Lead Teacher & Year 6 TA
Ana Sofia Alvarez Borrego
Admin & Premises Teams
Operations Manager
Sherina Sinclair
Receptionist/Administrator
Shirley Mahoney
Receptionist/Administrator
Maria Hall
Premises Manager
Kemar Cumberbatch
Librarian
Fiona Dalu-Chandu
Cleaner
Diane Fullerton
Kitchen & Lunchtime Teams
Chef Manager
Chris Yordanova
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