Cofton Primary School

Meet Our Staff

At Cofton, we have a dedicated team of school staff comprised of teachers, learning support assistants, sports coaches, office staff, site staff and breakfast and lunchtime supervisors. We supplement this by buying in specialist providers of Music, Dance, History, Drama etc ...  In addition, we work closely with specialist staff from Pupil and School Support Service (PSS), the Communication and Autism Team (CAT), the Educational Psychology Service, the City of Birmingham School (COBS) and the School Nurse.

Staffing (2021-22)

Head Teacher: Mrs D Dudt  (Deputy Designated Senior Lead for Safeguarding/SPOC/LAC)   

Deputy Head Teacher:  Miss P Poleon (Designated Senior Lead for Safeguarding)

Assistant Head Teacher: Mr T Bentley  (Deputy Designated Senior Lead for Safeguarding)

SENDCo:  Ms H Bray  (Deputy Designated Senior Lead for Safeguarding/Lead for Medical Needs)

Early Years:

Acorn: Mrs M Clayton and Miss R Dutton (EYFS Leaders)

Key Stage One:

Y1 Beech: Mrs R Hanson / Mrs V Moore

Y1 Birch:  Mrs I Troupe / Ms H Bray

Y2 Cherry: Mrs J Hunt

Y2 Cedar: Mrs C Beesley (Key Stage One Leader) 

Key Stage Two:

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Y3 Elm: Mrs C Leadbetter / Mrs K Sedgwick

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Y3 Elder: Miss V Cunningham

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Y4 Holly: Miss K Johnson

Y4 Hazel: Mr T Bentley (Key Stage Two Leader and Assistant Head Teacher)

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Y5 Larch: Mrs S Ridges

Y5 Lime: Mrs H Fleming/Mrs J Andrews

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Y6 Oak A: Mrs J Gallagher

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Y6 Oak B:  Mr G Setchell

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Computing Teacher: Mrs P Milligan   

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Learning Support Assistants:

Acorn: Mrs N Workman and Mrs N Bridgen 

Key Stage 1:  Mr R Taylor, Mrs D Brown, Miss L Killilea Mrs and Mrs G Unwin
Key Stage 2: Mr S Kelly (HLTA), Mrs M Dowen (HLTA), Mrs J Ashmore and Mrs E Wilkes 

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IT Manager: Mr  H Janjua

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Sports Coach: Mr C O'Hanlon

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Lunchtime Supervisors: Mrs K Powell, Ms L Aizlewood, Mrs B Hibbert, Ms T Cox, Mrs F Zammit, Mrs A Trevis, Mrs D Martin,

                                          Mr M Fall, Ms T Harvey, Mrs S Hughes, Mrs S Nash, Ms A Freer, Ms L Haynes (Relief), Mrs T Tonks                                                        (Relief) and Mrs D McQuaide (Relief)

Breakfast Club Supervisors: Mrs F Zammit,  Mrs A Trevis and Mr C O'Hanlon

After School Club Supervisors: Mrs F Zammit and Mrs A Trevis

Senior Office Manager: Mr J Shattock (contact for general enquiries)
Administrative Staff: Miss A O'Hanlon (contact for general enquiries) 

Site Manager: Mr N Hartland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Cleaning Staff: Mrs S Jones & Mrs D Moss

Professional Development of Staff (2020-21)

The Staff were involved in a variety of training sessions last academic year, including:  Safeguarding and Child Protection; Online Safety; PREVENT; Asthma; Epilepsy; Allergies; Special Educational Needs; Teaching and Learning; Behaviour; Leadership and Management;  Reading Comprehension;Talk for Writing; Sounds Write; Mastery in Maths; PSHE (SCARF); History; Paediatric First Aid; Adult First Aid; Forest School; Food Hygiene - Level 2; Fire Marshall training etc.