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 (2020-21)
Head Teacher: Mrs D Dudt (Deputy Designated Senior Lead for Safeguarding/SPOC)
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: Mr A Rotherham
Y2 Cherry: Miss J Whitehouse
Y2 Cedar: Mrs C Beesley (Key Stage One Leader)
Key Stage Two:
Y3 Elm: Mrs C Leadbetter / Mrs I Troupe
Y3 Elder: Miss K Johnson
Y4 Holly: Miss V Cunningham (Lower Key Stage Two Leader - Y3 & 4)
Y4 Hazel: Mr M Hamilton
Y5 Larch: Mr T Bentley (Upper Key Stage Two Leader - Y5 & 6 and Assistant Head Teacher)
Y5 Lime: Mrs H Fleming/Mrs J Andrews
Y6 Oak: Mrs J Gallagher
Computing Teacher: Mrs P Milligan
Learning Support Assistants:
Acorn: Mrs N Workman and Mrs N Bridgen
Key Stage 1: Mr R Taylor, Mrs D Brown, Mrs J Ashmore and Mrs G Unwin
Key Stage 2: Mr S Kelly (HLTA), Mrs M Dowen (HLTA) and Miss L Killilea (HLTA)
IT Manager: Mr H Janjua
Sports Coach: Mr C O'Hanlon
Lunchtime Supervisors: Mrs S Henn, 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,
Ms L Newman (Relief) and Mrs J Soar (Relief)
Breakfast Club Supervisors: Mrs S Henn, Ms L Aizlewood, Mrs F Zammit and Mrs A Trevis
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 (2019-20)
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; Outstanding Teaching and Learning; Behaviour; Leadership and Management; Reading Comprehension;Talk for Writing; Grammar Teaching; Mastery in Maths; PSHE (SCARF); History; Paediatric First Aid; Forest School; Food Hygiene - Level 2; Fire Marshall training etc.