Our People
Teaching and Support Staff at Holy Trinity Pewley Down.
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Vicky joins as headteacher in September 2024.
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Helen is based at the junior school but leads assessment across both schools in her role as Deputy Head.
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Tom works across both school sites and teaches in a variety of classrooms during the week. He leads maths and assessment across the school, as well as running the school council and house events. Tom is a deputy DSL. When not in his classroom, he is usually hitting the trails on his mountain bike.
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Lilja works across both school sites and teaches in a variety of classrooms during the week. She leads English, early reading and music across both schools. Lilja is a deputy DSL and designated teacher for LAC. In her spare time, Lilja enjoys sport and any opportunity to be outdoors as well as playing the clarinet and being surrounded by music.
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Georgie is the SENDCo for both the Infants and Juniors. Before Georgie’s training to become a teacher, she worked in settings for children and adults with autism and other special needs. Georgie loves being outdoors for long walks, sports and gardening. She is also very passionate about football and music!
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Hayley has always worked with young children. She was part of the Special Needs team before moving to a class teacher. Hayley loves reading, pottering in her garden and walking in the Surrey Hills with her friends, family and little dog Max.
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Beccy teaches Reception in Willow class.
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Jo is a class teacher in Year 6 and she leads English across the school.
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Emily teaches Oak class in Year 1 (Monday to Thursday lunchtime) and job shares with Frances. She organises house events at the infants with the help of the fabulous house captains. Emily loves being outside - gardening, walking, running and swimming at the lido (when it's not too cold!).
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Laura teaches in Year 3, sharing with Abigail and teaches Art at HT. Having specialised in Art at university, Laura particularly loves teaching this subject. She enjoys being creative and reading a good book, especially during story time at school.
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Emma teaches in Year 2 and leads phonics and early reading across the infants. Emma loves being outside and going for long walks. She also enjoys running, singing, painting, and baking in her free time.
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Toby teaches Walnut class in Year 2 and leads maths across the school. He spends his spare time out on his mountain bike, running in the hills or planning his next trip to the mountains or the beach.
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Nick is Head of Sport and Head of House. He loves getting involved in all aspects of school life can normally be found outside with his class or one of HTPD's many sports teams.
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Lydia joined us at HTPD after teaching in Brighton, where she previously lived. She loves teaching Year 3 and especially enjoys welcoming new faces to our school community. Outside of the classroom, Lydia spends most of her spare time travelling, hiking and walking her dog, Winston.
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Kayleigh teaches in year 5 and leads science across the school. She loves baking, reading and can often be found at the side of a cricket pitch cheering on her sons.
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Sarah is a Year 4 teacher and leads History. Her drama background means she is never happier than when dressing-up, either as an historical figure, an assembly character or for reading stories. She also has the fun of directing the Christmas play! Sarah loves to immerse herself in the world of sci-fi and fantasy and can usually be found practising her lightsaber skills, whipping up a potion or day-dreaming about Middle-earth.
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Sheena has taught in years across the year groups in the infants and juniors. She has now moved to Year 1. Sheena lived in Texas for 6 years. In her spare time she likes to walk her dog and watch cookery shows. Sheena is a Deputy DSL.
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Ben teaches in Year 4. He loves being out and about. He enjoys watching his beloved Burnley FC, finding new places to eat or in his campervan trying to find the best waves.
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Abigail teaches in 3AL on Monday and Tuesday.
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Helen is a Year 5 class teacher, specialising in Drama. When not looking after her 2 children and performing in assemblies, Helen enjoys nothing more than creating dances for shows and for fun. She also loves reading books out to the class and following Reading FC in the championship.
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Scarlett joins the Year 5 team this year, returning to her old primary school as a teacher! Outside of school, she loves all things artsy - especially music, reading and singing! She can often be spotted performing with her choir, or enjoying Guildford’s green spaces with her dog, Buddy.
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Jo moves from the infants to the juniors this year. She enjoys running (very slowly!) around the beautiful Surrey Hills. She also loves all things crafty, and always has a creative project or two on the go. With a background in Geography, she enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for the subject with the children.
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Danni teaches in Year 3. She enjoys cooking and experimenting with different recipes, chocolate cake being a favourite. She likes to be creative by drawing, painting and sometimes writing. She has travelled here and there and enjoys learning about different cultures. Her travelling highlight of last year was walking along The Great Wall of China. She also loves a good animation movie, Madagascar being top!
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Kathryn relocated from London last year, where she taught for many years. Outside of school, she loves the great outdoors and is at her happiest when walking in the countryside or along the sea shore with her young family.
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Julia teaches part-time across HT.
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Frances shares Beech class in Year 1 with Emily. She has a tendency to invent a song for everything, from lining up, to remembering book bags and water bottles! Frances enjoys running, walking her dog, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.
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Geraldine is our wonderful librarian who is a wealth of information about all things literary and so much more! Her enthusiasm spills over to us all. She goes beyond the realms of librarian offering us some great opportunies and clubs.
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Ginnie has taught at HTPD for many years and is presently a PPA teacher at the infants, which she loves!
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Catherine is currently on maternity leave.
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JJ teaches in Year 5 and shares a class with Helen.
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Danielle has recently joined us as School Business Manager, having worked as an SBM for 9 years in another Surrey school. In her spare time she enjoys walking her dog; going to gym classes; reading and watching films and plays.
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Lucy is our Home School Link Worker, our DDSL (deputy safeguarding lead) and young carers' champion. She is available to provide support for children, parents and carers and runs parent groups and coffee mornings. She is a link between home and school and can make supporting referrals to outside organisations such as local charities and is an ongoing contact as children move from school to school.
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Laura's the enthusiastic Sports Co-Ordinator at Holy Trinity and works closely with Nick and other sports teachers arranging and co-ordinating matches and events with other schools.
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Paul moved to Guildford after working as a Outdoor Education tutor in Scotland for many years. He now looks forward to supporting PE lessons with the use of some additional physical training and a holistic view of sport health and well-being. Working in smaller groups Paul is able to focus more on the needs of the individual.
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Linda enjoys sharing her passion for music in Y3,4 and 5 and runs school music clubs, playing the piano with the children at every opportunity! She also works with Y3-6, helping our children who speak English as an additional language. Amidst her travel adventures, Linda has lived, studied and worked in France so understands the challenges of speaking a different language in a new country! In school Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
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Carla is a TA in Year 6. She has taken to working in school like a duck to water and her cheery smile brings out the best in everyone she works with. She says she's not sporty but she loves getting stuck in with all our lessons including PE and the extra curricular activities. She's already got involved with sports events and residentials.
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Cat is a specialist teacher working in our SEN team. She provides focused support for children individually or in small groups focused on reading, spelling and also maths. Currently, she is working in Y5. Cat has a particular interest in dyslexia. Cat has lived in New York and Tokyo but more recently you are likely to find her travelling down the river Wey in her kayak or walking the family dog on the Downs.
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