Staff

A little about us:

Our staff are a fundamental part of our St James Hatcham Family. They are dedicated, warm, enthusiastic, aspirational, kind and embody the school values of love, hope, peace and joy! Turnover and absenteeism is very low, showing the dedication of the wonderful team that help support the children into being the very best that they can in their educational and personal development.

We currently have two Class Teachers who were once pupils here at St James Hatcham themselves!

Our staff:

Ms Sonia McFarlane - Headteacher / DSL
Ms Rebecca Matthews - Deputy Headteacher / DSL
Mrs Vanessa Bekoe - SENDCo
Mr Toby Cutter - School Business Manager
Mrs Greta Preston - School Administrative Assistant
Mr Ramon Sanchez - School Premises Officer
Ms Maria Burnage - School Housekeeper / Midday Meals Supervisor / Breakfast Club

Meet the Staff at SJH

Year Group Staff:

Ms Grace Osborn - Reception Teacher / Oracy
Ms Christine Anslem - Reception Learning Support Assistant / Teaching Assistant / Midday Meal Supervisor

Ms April Haigh - Year 1 Teacher / Key Stage 1 Manager / SMT
Ms Dominique Tulloch - Year 1 Learning Support Assistant / Teaching Assistant / Midday Meal Supervisor / Breakfast Club

Ms Rebecca Matthews - Year 2 Teacher / Deputy Headteacher
Ms Paige Meeks - Year 2 Learning Support Assistant / Teaching Assistant / Early Reading / Phonics/ Treetops Learning Support Assistant and Forest School Lead

Ms Bonny O'Neill- Year 3 Teacher / Geography Lead including UNICEF Rights Respecting & SDG / School Council
Mr Aaron Kelly-Green - Year 3 Teaching Assistant / ELSA / Clubs Lead

Mrs Vanessa Bekoe - Year 4 Teacher / SENDCo / SMT
Mr Aaron Brown - Year 4 Teaching Assistant and PE Lead
Ms Marcia Miller - Year 4 / Treetops Learning Support Assistant

Ms Rianna McFarlane - Year 5 Teacher / SMT / PIXL(RSL) / Deputy DSL / KS2 Manager / STEM / Destination Reader / Global Scholars / Spanish
Ms Helen Mailey-Green - Year 5 Teaching Assistant / PiXL interventions / Reading Diaries.
Ms Marcia Miller - Year 5 / Treetops Learning Support Assistant / Autism Champion

Mrs Rojina Begum - Year 6 Teacher / RE Subject Leader / Art & Design Technology Lead
Ms Kerri Devlin Alce - Year 6 Teaching Assistant / Forest Schools Lead / Edible Playground

Specialist Staff

Miss Kemi Omoniyi - Music and Creativity Specialist
Ms Arianne Stenton - Speech and Language Therapist
Ms Paris Archer - Outreach Inclusion Service Worker
Mr Roy Tomlin - Shotokan Karate Instructor
Mr Remi Uzdras - Drumming Tutor