Staff:
Head Teacher: Mrs Emma Essex
Deputy Head Teachers: Mrs Kate Steel, Mrs Barbara Ross, Mrs Juliet Clark
SENDCo: Mrs Juliet Clark
Designated Safeguarding Leaders
Mrs Emma Essex
Mrs Juliet Clark
Miss Jo Parr
Class Teachers
Year 6: Mr Joe Eggleston
Year 5: Mrs Barbara Ross & Mrs Kate Steel
Year 5/6: Mr Andrew Emsley
Year 4: Miss Megan Barber
Year 3/4: Mrs Rachel Eggleston and Mrs Katerina Taylor
Year 3: Mrs Carla King and Mr Paul Raven
Year 2: Mr Joe Gellion
Year 1: Miss Laura May
F2/Year 1: Mrs Marie Harris
Foundation 1: Mrs Juliet Clark
SENDCo: Mrs Juliet Clark
Child & Family Pastoral Support: Miss M Gillespie and Miss Jo Parr
Emotional well-being teacher/School Mental Health lead: Miss Ruth Cumberland
PPA teachers: Mrs Rachel Eggleston
Teaching Assistants
We have a number of teaching assistants who support specific year groups as well as offering extra targeted support across the school.
Foundation Stage: Andy Steele, Rachel Ilett, Julie Marshall, Jennifer Bailey, Sarah Willett, Filomena Walker, Steph Marsh
KS1 and KS2:
Abigail Day, Lindy Clayton, Laura Whittaker, Julie Williams, Louise Salisbury, Michelle Rudkin, Lisa Nicholson, Wendy Alenson-Smith, Zoe Blacknall, Michelle Farrell, Vicki Wood, Dale Waplington, Kristina Field
Office
Office Manager: Hayley Martin
Clerical asst: Julie Bridges
Clerical asst: Miriam Wong
Site
Site Manager: Matt Ward
Governing Body Information
Chair of Governors: Mr David Maddison
To contact the Chair of Governors, please address an email for his attention to: office@robertmellors.org.uk
Governor responsible for Safeguarding: Mr David Maddison
Committee Members
The school has full four full Governing Body meetings each year.
Our Governing Body membership:
Mr David Maddison – Chair of Governors/Safeguarding (appointed by GB/Board)
Mrs Emma Essex – Headteacher (ex-officio by virtue of office as HT)
Mrs Dawn Grabowski – Community governor (appointed by GB/Board)
Mr Joe Eggleston – Community governor (appointed by GB/Board)
Ms Deepa Vasudevan – Community governor (appointed by GB/Board)
Miss Lucy Foster – Parent governor (appointed by GB/Board)
Register of Business Interests:
October 2024: Mr Eggleston is a class teacher at the school
October 2024: Mr Eggleston – wife works in school
Governor Documents
Information regarding terms of office for governing body members for 2024-2025 can be found below.
| Name | Governor type | Term from | Term to | |
| Joe Eggleston | Community | 31/08/2023 | 30/08/2027 | |
| Emma Essex | Headteacher | 01/09/19 | n/a | |
| Dawn Grabowski | Community | 28/02/2022 | 27/02/2026 | |
| David Maddison | Community | 01/12/2020 | 31/11/2024 | |
| Deepa Vasudevan | Community | 27/06/2023 | 26/06/2027 | |
| Lucy Foster | Parent | 03/10/2023 | 02/10/2027 | |
| Louise Salisbury | Community | 21/03/2021 | 20/03/2025 | Resigned 2nd February 2023 |
| Andrew Holt | Community | 22/01/2019 | 21/01/2023 | Resigned 12th January 2023 |
