The Team at Appleford
Leadership Team
Mrs Lesley Nell is the Headteacher.
Coral Wedd is the Head of Care. Before taking up her appointment at Appleford Coral had been working in a residential setting for twenty years, eight of which were as a Senior Support worker. She and her husband Andy ran one of Appleford's boarding houses for four years prior to taking up this post.
Clive Gutteridge is the Bursar; he served in the Army in the Infantry and Royal Army Pay Corps for 26 years. He joined us 6 years ago having been Bursar at another school. He is a member of the British Institute of Facilities Management.
In the classroom
All morning English lessons are delivered by qualified SpLD teachers supported by LSAs; some of the Maths lessons are supported by LSAs as well. There are 8 LSAs in total, of which 6 have an NVQ2 as a Classroom Assistant.
The remaining National Curriculum lessons are delivered in the afternoons by many of the same teachers who have delivered the English and Maths lessons in the morning reinforced by a number of part-time specialist teachers for Art and Design.
In the Shrewton and Elston (boarding houses)
The care team is lead by Coral Wedd, qualified to NVQ 3 Level 3 but moving towards NVQ Level 4. Coral and her husband Andy are supported by Mary Day the Assistant Houseparent who also lives in Shrewton House. Under the supervision of Coral, the girl's house, Elston is run by Assistant Houseparent, Diane Couchman. Both Houses are suported by 9 other part-time Care staff of which 5 have NVQ Level 3 in Care.
Orcheston (day children’s house)
Orcheston is run by Tom Lynn (Teacher of English) and provides a home for the day pupils at the beginning and end of the school day.
In the kitchen
Wayne Harris leads a team of 6 staff in the kitchen. All the kitchen staff have passed a basic Food Handling Course and 4 of them have an NVQ2 in Catering.
Our cleaning and laundry staff
Zena Bulling leads the cleaning and laundry team that keeps the school and clothing clean and fit for use. Two of the current staff have NVQ2 in Cleaning; a further two staff will be embarking on training in the near future.
Our admin staff
The admin staff provide the accounting, personnel, facilities management and secretarial support, IT management and a school clothing shop function. The management of the grounds is outsourced to a local contractor.