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Buxton Community School

Buxton Community School

Staff Team

We are fortunate to have a very dedicated and motivated team of teaching and support staff. Our staff are professional, innovative and committed to the personal and academic development of the students. The school has a very strong community ethos and staff support for students is outstanding.

If you wish to contact individual members of staff , their email addresses are listed below. Alternatively telephone the school Reception on 01298 23122 or email (Contact) . This email address is monitored daily and your enquiry will be forwarded to the most appropriate member of staff. 

 

Senior Leadership Team 

Mrs Samantha Jones

headteacher@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Headteacher

 

Mrs Alex Garner

agarner@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Deputy Headteacher - Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Christina Warrington

cwarrington@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Deputy Headteacher - Outcomes

Mr Simon Gort

sgort@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Assistant Headteacher - Teaching & Learning

Mr Adam Warrington

awarrington@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Assistant Headteacher - Disciplinary Literacy and ICT across the Curriculum

Mr Charlie Holman

cholman@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Assistant Headteacher - Standards, Expectations and Deputy Safeguarding Lead

Mr Nick Bondswell

nbondswell@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Manager

Teaching Staff  

Mr Daniel Allen

dallen@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Science

Mrs Claire Austin

caustin@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Mrs Judith Birtles

jbirtles@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Design & Technology

Mrs Leanne Bothamley

lbothamley@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Mathematics

Mrs Vicki Booth

vbooth@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Mathematics

Ms Joan Carr

jcarr@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Ethics 

Mr Ciaran Buckley

cbuckley@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of English & Teacher of Film Studies

Mr Chris Cooke

CCooke@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Business Studies

Miss Abbie Copley

acopley@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of English

Ms Lorraine Cushnie

Lcushnie@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Drama

Ms Hannah Edwards

hedwards@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of  Food Technology & Child Development

Mrs Laura Flint

lflint@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Psychology & Head of Personal Development

Mr Luke Fowler

lfowler@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Assistant Head of Science

Mr Paul Fowler

pfowler@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Design & Technology and Construction

Ms Claire Gillespie

cgillespie@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of History

Mr Peter Gilliver

PGilliver@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Design & Technology

Miss Louise Grabows

lgrabowski@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Maths

Ms Siobhan Gregory

sgregory@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Science

 

Mr Tom Griffin

tgriffin@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Mathematics 

Ms Abigail Heywood

aheywood@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Geography

Mrs Stephanie Holman

sholman@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Psychology and Sociology

Mrs Anoma Howard

ahoward@buxton.derbyshire.sch.uk

Teacher of English

 

Miss Georgia Hunter

ghunter@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Food Technology

Miss Lucy Ingham

lingham@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of History

Mr Matthew Jackson

mjackson@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Science

Mr Gareth Jones

gjones@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Assistant Head of Mathematics

Mr Edward Kitchen

ekitchen@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages

Mrs Pippa Kitchen

pkitchen@@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Second in English

Mrs Jessica Lomas

jlomas@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Director of Progress & Teacher of Geography 

Mr Michael Moore

mmoore@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Art

Dr Stuart Norris

SNorris@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Science

Mr Christian O’Brien

cobrien@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Physical Education

Mrs Claire O’Brien

cobrien1@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Lead AP & Teacher of Physical Education

Mrs Claire Pickford

cpickford@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of English

Mrs Samantha Priest

spriest@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Music 

Mrs Stephanie Reddy

sreddy@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

SENCo

Mr Greg Smith

gsmithy@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Director of Progress & Teacher of Science 

Mr Algis Sveikutis

asveikutis@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Art 

Miss Sorrel Thomas

sthomas@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of English

Mr James Ward

jward@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Business Studies

Mr Adam Warrington

awarrington@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of History 

Mrs Emma Wentworth

ewentworth@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of IT and Computing

Mr Gary Wentworth

gwentworth@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Physical Education & Transition Co-ordinator

Ms Carina Wood

cwood@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Assistant Head of Science

Mrs Vicky Amos

vamos@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of English

Miss Marie Decadt

mdecadt@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of History

Miss Holly Owen

howen@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of Science

Mrs Sarah Baker

sbaker@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Teacher of MFL

Mr Garry Carlile

gcarlile@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Maths

Support Staff 

Administration

 

Mrs Denise Lowe

dlowe@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Officer & Headteacher’s PA

Ms Dawn Garrett

dgarrett@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Cover & HR Manager

Mrs Helen Dinardo

hdinardo@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Assistant

Mr Tim Shaw

tshaw@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Assistant

Mrs Rachel Swindell

rswindell@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Assistant - Receptionist

Mrs Michelle Fowler

mfowler@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Assistant - Lead First Aider

Mrs Amy Buckley

abuckley@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Assistant - Clerk to Governors

Miss Natasha Valentine

nvalentine@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Attendance Office

Pastoral

 

Mrs Caroline Siddons

csiddons@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Pastoral Care - Year 7

Mrs Amanda Lund

alund@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Pastoral Care - Year 8

Mrs Laura Gale

lgale@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Pastoral Care - Year 9

Please Contact reception (01298 23122)

 

Mrs Debbie Birkin

dbirkin@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Pastoral Care - Year 10

Mrs Jane Walters

jwalters@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Head of Pastoral Care - Year 11

Finance 

 

Mr Nick Bondswell

nbondswell@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Manager

Mrs Amy Buckley

abuckley@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Officer
Cover   

Ms Dawn Garrett

dgarrett@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Cover and HR Manager

Ms Carol Faram

cfaram@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Cover Supervisor

Mrs Louise Hallows

lhallows@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Cover Supervisor

Data/Exams

Mrs Heidi Bryan                      

hbryan@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

 

School Business Officer - Exams Officer

Mrs Nichola Sargeant

nsargeant@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Officer

Careers and EVC  

Miss Stephanie Moss

smoss@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

School Business Assistant

ICT 

 

Mr Tim Gilhooly

tgilhooly@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Lead IT

Mr Henry Riggott

hriggott@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Lead IT

Miss Keara Potter

kpotter@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Lead IT

Post 16 

 

Ms Rebecca Hall

rhall@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Sixth Form Senior Learning Mentor

Ms Elly Wheeldon

ewheeldon@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Pastoral Manager

School Counsellor

 

Mrs Debra McDonald- Webb

dmcdonaldwebb@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

 

Student & Family Support Manager   

Mrs Julie Woods

jwoods@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Deputy Safeguarding Lead

Site and Community

 

Mr Richard Fenton

rfenton@buxtoncommunityschool.co.uk

Facilities Manager

Mr Shane Birchenough

Caretaker

Mr James Hunter

Caretaker

Mr Mark Williams Caretaker

Mr Alex Kitchen

Caretaker (Evenings & Saturday)

Cleaning Team 

 

Mrs Miggie Birchenough

Mr Stuart Donnelly

Ms Rosie Brockman Mrs Cheryl Greenhalgh
Ms Hannah Frith Ms Megan Watmough

Miss Carol O'Dwyer

 

Ms Louise Piper

 

Technicians

 

Mrs Julie Carr

Design Technology 

Curriculum Support Technicians

 
Mr Darren Henderson  
Mr Peter Gilliver  
Miss Stephanie Moss  
Mr Gwyn Pritchard-Williams  

Mrs Deborah Ward 

 

Mrs Polly Da Souza  

Alternative Provision 

 
Mrs Rhian Mitchell-Smith Senior Learning Mentor
Miss Lois Rushworth Senior Learning Mentor

Learning Support 

Learning Support Team

 
Miss Emma Murray Assistant SENCo
Teaching Assistants  
Miss Kirsti Beesley  

Mrs Christine Edge

 
Mrs Emma Eckert  
Ms Kelly Egerton  
Mrs Nicola Hackney  
Ms Kate Harrison  
Miss Rosie Heeney  
Miss Eve Hodgkinson  
Miss Tamzin Jackson  
Mr Joshua Steer  
Ms Kerry Taylor  
Mrs Kimberley Tibbles  

Mrs Tracey Waller

 

Ms Annie Wilmot

 
Mrs Amanda Ward Hub Manager

Catering 

Catering Staff

 
Catering Manager  
Mrs Sarah Law  

Catering Assistants

 

Mrs Donna Barlow

 Mrs Cheryl Greenhalgh

Mrs Nicola Gregory

Mrs Alison Hallows

Mrs Katie Scholes Mrs Sandra Todd