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.

NameGovernor typeTerm fromTerm to
Joe EgglestonCommunity31/08/202330/08/2027
Emma EssexHeadteacher01/09/19n/a
Dawn GrabowskiCommunity28/02/202227/02/2026
David MaddisonCommunity01/12/202031/11/2024
Deepa VasudevanCommunity27/06/202326/06/2027
Lucy FosterParent03/10/202302/10/2027
Louise SalisburyCommunity21/03/202120/03/2025Resigned 2nd February 2023
Andrew HoltCommunity22/01/201921/01/2023Resigned 12th January 2023