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Our School:
On behalf of the governors and staff, I am delighted to welcome you and your child to Mansel Park Primary School. We are sure that your time with us will be a positive and successful one.
At Mansel Park Primary we are committed to ensuring that each child is valued, cared for and given every opportunity to achieve their potential. We are keen to promote excellent standards of learning and behaviour through high quality teaching and a broad and exciting curriculum. We ensure that every pupil is challenged and developed in every aspect of their learning. Everyone who visits our school comments on the wonderful atmosphere. They say ‘there is a real sense of learning, behaviour is good and the children are polite and friendly’.
Mansel Park Primary is a rapidly improving school in Southampton and everyone associated with it is committed to ensuring the children enjoy the highest quality of educational opportunities. Parents are an important part of this work and we recognise that children learn best when their families are involved. We hope that you will take advantage of the opportunities to participate in the many different aspects of school life.
Our website is intended to give you some useful information about our school. If you would like to discuss anything else, please contact us using the details at the bottom of each page. We will be pleased to help you in any way we can and are always delighted to show visitors around our school.
If you would like to apply for a place then please contact the school and we will either advise whether year group spaces are available, or for Year R entrance explain the admission procedure. Alternatively, the admission arrangements can be found by clicking here.
Kind Regards,
Gerida Montague | Executive Headteacher, Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools.
Mansel Park Primary is part of a wider family of six schools called The Learning Federation. Under the leadership of a hugely experienced team, we take the strengths of our school partnership to provide the most enriching and diverse curriculum and wellbeing focused school journey for all of our children. Our Executive Headteacher is a National Leader in Education as well as an inspector for Ofsted. She is well supported by a strong executive board and heads of school. Our teams of staff regularly support other schools.
Executive Board:
Gerida Montague - Learning Federation Executive Headteacher
Sarah Hendricks - Co-Headteacher, Director of Safeguarding & Vulnerable Children
Caroline Firman - Co-Headteacher, Director of Curriculum & Management Systems
Ian Prince - Director of Quality of Education
Jo McNicholas - Chief Business, Finance and Compliance Officer
Mansel Park Team:
Executive Headteacher – Mrs Gerida Montague
Co-Headteacher- Miss Caroline Firman
Principal – Mr Paul Lodge
Vice-Principal – Miss Hollie Calton
Deputy Director of Vulnerable Children - Mrs KatherineOlney
Partnership SENCO – Mrs Kate Knott and Mrs Nikki Grace
Partnership SENCO Admin - Hayley Wells
Partnership Office and Finance Manager – Mrs Rachel Morey
Partnership Finance Assistant – Miss Kim Hamilton
Admin Assistant – Miss Rebecca Penny and Mrs Katie Roberts
Partnership Estates Manager – Mr Andrew McNicholas
Site Manager – Mr Jon Powell
Site Assistant – Mr Shaun Hawkins
Teaching Team:
Nursery – Jennifer Squires and Samantha Deacon
Year R – Maria Cassar, Grace Hale, Molly Triffitt
Year 1 – Florrie Hoile, Lauren Maxwell, Hannah Williamson
Year 2 – Abi Osborne, Chloe Carter
Year 3 – Faye Draper, Laura Halls
Year 4 – Rachael Pickersgill, Faye Colwell, Scarlett Steward
Year 5 – Jenny Moeller, Ben Lax, Charlotte Terry
Year 6 – Sabrina Bass-Cooper, Rachael Boe, Rob Peters
Support Staff – Natasha Smyth, Katie McNeill, Becky Gauntlett, Laura Fry, Steph Luke (1-2-1), Natalie Gale, Julie Purchase, Jacie Dafter (2-1), Sharon Le Carpentier, Jack Ferguson (1-2-1), Tina Davies (1-2-1), Stacie Taylor, Debbie Whitmarsh, Mary Hurst (3d), Sue Hotham
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