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Our People

Teaching and Support Staff at Holy Trinity Pewley Down.

  • Vicky Ellis

    Headteacher

    Vicky joins as headteacher in September 2024.

  • Helen Pronger

    Deputy Head

    Helen is based at the junior school but leads assessment across both schools in her role as Deputy Head.

  • Tom Everard

    Deputy Head

    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.

  • Lilja Helgadottir

    Deputy Head

    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.

  • Georgie Furlonger

    SENDCO

    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!

  • Hayley Esselen

    Reception Teacher

    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.

  • Beccy Davison

    Reception Teacher

    Beccy teaches Reception in Willow class. 

  • Jo White

    Year 6 Teacher

    Jo is a class teacher in Year 6 and she leads English across the school.

  • Emily Russell

    Year 1 Teacher

    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!).

  • Laura Hanley

    Year 3 & Art Teacher at HT

    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.

  • Emma Williams

    Year 2 Teacher

    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.

  • Toby Strutt

    Year 2 Teacher

    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.

  • Nick Walker

    Year 6 Teacher

    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.

  • Lydia Pope

    Year 3 Teacher

    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.

  • Kayleigh Ashraf

    Year 5 Teacher

    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.

  • Sarah Jackson

    Year 4 Teacher

    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.

  • Sheena Preston

    Year 1 Teacher

    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.

  • Ben Stackhouse

    Year 4 Teacher

    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.

  • Abigail Allen

    Year 3 Teacher

    Abigail teaches in 3AL on Monday and Tuesday.

  • Helen Campbell

    Year 5 Teacher

    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.

  • Scarlett Close

    Year 5 Teacher

    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.

  • Jo Pillay

    Year 6 Teacher

    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.

  • Danni Weston

    Year 3 Teacher

    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!

  • Kathryn Thomas

    Year 4 Teacher

    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.

  • Julia Grocott

    Teacher

    Julia teaches part-time across HT.

  • Frances Clixby

    Year 1 Teacher

    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.

  • Geraldine Tame

    Librarian

    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.

  • Ginnie Gregory

    Year 1 PPA Teacher

    Ginnie has taught at HTPD for many years and is presently a PPA teacher at the infants, which she loves!

  • Catherine Finniear

    Teacher

    Catherine is currently on maternity leave.

  • JJ Walker

    Teacher

    JJ teaches in Year 5 and shares a class with Helen.

  • Julie Batt

    Site Manager

    Julie is one of our longest serving members of staff. She is Site Manager of both the Infant and Junior school and is based at the Junior school. Julie also runs breakfast club at the Junior school.

  • Jane Bennett

    Admin at Pewley

    Jane is our Admissions Secretary and is also Clerk to the Holy Trinity Pewley Down Governing Body. Work days: Monday, Thursday and Friday.

  • Flora Bevan

    Finance Officer

    Flora works with Bev and the Admin Team in the Finance Department. She manages ParentPay among her other responsibilities.

  • Danielle Buckett

    School Business Manager

    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.

  • Ruth Busby

    Admin at Pewley

    You can find Ruth smiling at you from the office. She has an uncanny knack of knowing every child and all of their needs and problems! Ruth offers a warm welcome to all as you step into Pewley.

  • Natalia Cadman

    Admin Team at HT

    Natalia is enjoying her bigger role at HT. She works Monday - Thursday each week.

  • Sue Ellis

    Admin HT Site

    You will see lovely Sue at HT Reception Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

  • Carol Andrews

    Admin at HTPD

    Carol can be found at Pewley on a Monday and at HT on Wednesdays and Fridays.

  • Donna Milsum

    SEND Admin -Infant & Junior

    Donna works in SEND on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

  • Lucy Cray

    Home School Link Worker

    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.

  • James Peers

    Technical Support

    James is our IT Manager and keeps our servers and PC's up and running.

  • Sue Bradley

    Reception TA

    Sue works in Reception on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

  • Claire Katmeh

    Reception TA

    Claire works in Reception.

  • Misa Kethero

    Reception TA

    Misa works in Reception.

  • Julie Everitt

    Year 1 TA and Clubs+ Support

    Julie works as a Teaching Assistant in Year 1 and is one of the Clubs+ Support staff.

  • Amanda Moon

    Maths Teaching Assistant

    Amanda is a Specialist Maths TA. She works to support and enrich the maths teaching in Year 6, and runs maths activities across HT.

  • Carolyn Ganski

    Class TA in Year 4

    Carolyn is a TA in Year 4.

  • Laura Sutton

    Sports Co-Ordinator at HT

    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.

  • Paul Horsfield

    Woodcraft Leader

    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.

  • Julie Williams

    TA at HT

  • Linda Britain

    HLTA Music Teacher and EAL at HT

    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.

  • Kendra Jones

    Maths Teaching Assistant

    Maths TA and support in Year 5.

  • Parul Patel

    Class TA in Reception

    Class TA in Reception. Parul also looks after children at PUPS, our after-school care at Pewley.

  • Marketa Chester

    SEN TA in Year 4

  • Martina Hayter

    TA in Year 4

  • Saptadipa Banerjee

    Year 2 TA

  • Carla Berry

    TA in Year 6

    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.

  • Lucy Babbage

    Specialist PE TA

  • Eva Press

    TA in Year 3

  • Mel Beskin-Byrne

    1:1 TA in Year 6

  • Cat Allen

    SEN Teacher

    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.

  • Kim Phillips

    TA at PD

  • Banu Konyali Imam

    TA in Year 3

  • Hajera Siddique

    TA at HT

  • Laura Morris

    TA in Year 1

  • Caroline Shilton

    TA year 2

  • Jo Matysiak

    SEN TA

  • Jan Appleton

    SEN TA at Pewley

    Jan is a SEN TA in Year 1. She has 2 sons, and is a dab hand at Lego and talking about Pokémon. In her spare time, she plays tennis and football and coaches at a local football club. 

  • Theresa Sherry

    SEN TA

    Theresa started with us in Sept 2025.