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Staff List

Academic Year 2023/2024

We operate an open-door policy at Long Close, which means that you are always welcome to come in and talk to any member of staff about your child’s education. We also make sure that our teachers, in particular, are a highly visible presence at the beginning and end of the school day.

At drop-off and pick-up time, for example, you will often find the Headteacher at the school gate ready to field any questions or simply have a chat.

Leadership Team

Name
Role
Email
Mrs J StrawHeadteacherjane.straw@cognita.com
Mr A BowdenAssistant Head, Head of Senior School, Teacher of Computingandy.bowden@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mr I PowellHead of Prep School, Assistant Teacherian.powell@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs M CarpenterHead of Early Years, Reception & DSLmilly.carpenter@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mr N LeeDesignated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) & Head of Humanitiesnick.lee@longcloseschool.co.uk

EYFS (Nursery & Reception) Staff

Name
Role
Email address
Mrs M CarpenterHead of Early Years, Reception & EY DSLmilly.carpenter@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs L DawberReception Teacherlauren.dawber@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs A NazirEarly Years Practitioneraalia.nazir@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs S KaurEarly Years Practitionersukhwinder.kaur@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs M SandhuEarly Years Practitionermanpreet.sandhu@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs R SadhwaniEarly Years Practitionerrenu.sadwani@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs Karmveer DeolLearning Support Assistantkarmveer.deol@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs Luxstella Anton WilsonEarly Years Assisstantluxstella.antonwilson@longcloseschool.co.uk

Prep School Staff

Name
Role
Email address
Mr I PowellHead of Prep School, Assistant Teacher, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)ian.powell@longcloseschool.co.uk
Miss A StanifordYear 1 Teacheramy.staniford@longcloseschool.co.uk
Miss J AllenYear 2 Teacherjessica.allen@longcloseschool.co.uk
Miss N ChambersKS2 Lead & Year 3 Teachernatashia.chambers@longcloseschool.co.uk
Miss A BluckYear 4 Teacheralice.bluck@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mr A LopezYear 5 Teacheralex.lopez@longcloseschool.co.uk
Miss L PearcyYear 6lucinda.pearcy@longcloseschool.co.uk
Ms Jessica MellingSENCO and Year 6 Teacherjessica.melling@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mr Thomas HollidayDirector of sportthomas.holliday@longcloseschool.co.uk

Senior School Staff

Name
Role
Email address
Mr A BowdenAssistant Head, Head of Senior School, Teacher of Computingandy.bowden@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mr N LeeHead of Humanities and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)nick.lee@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs P ChimutwiHead of KS3 and Science Teacherpamela.chimutwi@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs H LambertHead of Englishheather.lambert@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs R BalHead of Mathsranjit.bal@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs M McCauleyHead of KS4 and Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)maria.mccauley@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs P NunesHead of Musicpaula.nunes@longcloseschool.co.uk
Miss T RogersTeacher of Mathsteiddwen.rogers@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs HarrisHead of Art & DTsarahlouise.harris@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mr O CairnsTeacher of Geography & Sportoliver.cairns@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mr Adrian ChittockTeacher of Humanities (Business & History)adrian.chittock@longcloseschool.co.uk
Miss L HannTeacher of English
Ms Camilia Shambayati-GhajarTeacher of ScienceCamilia.Shambayati-Ghajar@cognita.com

Administrative Staff

Name
Role
Email address
Mrs I LaiOperations Manager idy.lai@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs K HandaAdministratorkavaljit.handa@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs Karine BurbridgeFinance Assistantkarine.burbridge@longcloseschool.co.uk
Ramandeep KaurSchool Receptionistramandeep.kaur@longcloseschool.co.uk
Rakhee DesouraAdmissions Managerrakhee.desoura@longcloseschool.co.uk

Grounds and General Staff

Name
Role
Email address
Mr R JordanSite Managerrickie.jordan@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mr C GracaSite Assistantcris.graca@cognita.com

Learning Support Staff

Name
Role
Email address
Mrs E OwenLearning Support Assistanteve.owen@longcloseschool.co.uk

Teaching Assistants

Name
Role
Email address
Mrs K DeolTeaching Assistantkarmveer.deol@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs H SidhuTeaching Assistantharskinder.sidhu@longcloseschool.co.uk
Mrs R AhmadTeaching Assistantrafia.ahmad@longcloseschool.co.uk

After School Care

Name
Role
Email address
Mrs J RuperelliaAfter School Carejayshree.ruparelia@longcloseschool.co.uk

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