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
Mrs 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 1/2: Mr Joe Gellion
Year 1/2: Miss Laura May
Year 1: Mrs Marie Harris
Foundation 2: Mrs Katie Heathcote
Foundation 1: Mrs Juliet Clark
SENDCo: Mrs Juliet Clark
Child & Family Pastoral Support: Miss M Gillespie
Emotional well-being teacher: 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
KS1 and KS2:
Abigail Day, Lindy Clayton, Laura Whittaker, James Ross, Julie Williams, Louise Salisbury, Michelle Rudkin, Jo Parr, Lisa Nicholson, Wendy Alenson, Zoe Blacknall, Michelle Farrell, Vicki Wood, Dale Waplington
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 |