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Our School:
On behalf of the governors and staff, I am delighted to welcome you and your child to Bitterne Park Primary School. We are sure that your time with us will be a positive and successful one.
At Bitterne Park we are committed to ensuring that each child is valued, cared for and given every opportunity to achieve their potential. We are keen to promote excellent standards of learning and behaviour through high quality teaching and a broad and exciting curriculum. We ensure that every pupil is challenged and developed in every aspect of their learning. Everyone who visits our school comments on the wonderful atmosphere. They say ‘there is a real sense of learning, behaviour is good and the children are polite and friendly’.
Bitterne Park Primary School is an outstanding school in Southampton and everyone associated with it is committed to ensuring the children enjoy the highest quality of educational opportunities. Parents are an important part of this work and we recognise that children learn best when their families are involved. We hope that you will take advantage of the opportunities to participate in the many different aspects of school life.
Our website is intended to give you some useful information about our school. If you would like to discuss anything else, please contact us using the details at the bottom of each page. We will be pleased to help you in any way we can and are always delighted to show visitors around our school.
If you would like to apply for a place then please contact the school and we will either advise whether year group spaces are available, or for Year R entrance explain the admission procedure. Alternatively, the admission arrangements can be found by clicking here.
Kind Regards,
Gerida Montague | Executive Headteacher, Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools.
Bitterne Park Primary is part of a wider family of six schools called The Learning Federation. Under the leadership of a hugely experienced team, we take the strengths of our school partnership to provide the most enriching and diverse curriculum and wellbeing focused school journey for all of our children. Our Executive Headteacher is a National Leader in Education as well as an inspector for Ofsted. She is well supported by a strong executive board and heads of school. Our teams of staff regularly support other schools.
Executive Board:
Gerida Montague - Learning Federation Executive Headteacher
Sarah Hendricks - Headteacher, Director of Safeguarding & Vulnerable Children
Caroline Firman - Headteacher, Director of Curriculum & Management Systems
Paul Lodge - Headteacher
Ian Prince - Director of Quality of Education
Jo McNicholas - Chief Business, Finance and Compliance Officer
Bitterne Park Team:
Senior Leadership Team:
Headteacher - Caroline Firman
Acting Principal - Mrs Anna Brooks
Vice Principal - Miss Kelly Chambers
Deputy Director of Vulnerable Children - Mrs Katherine Olney
Deputy Director of Teaching and Learning - Mrs Denise Williams
Director of Early Years - Mrs Jennifer Squires
Lead Practitioner for Early Literacy - Mrs Ellie Prince
SENDco:
Lead Partnership SENDco - Mrs Kate Knott
Assistant Partnership SENDco - Miss Rebecca Thomas
Assistant Partnership SENDco - Mrs Emma Smith
Assistant Partnership SENDco - Miss Lucy Powell
Admin:
Partnership Office and Finance Manager – Mrs Rachel Morey
Partnership Finance Assistant – Miss Kim Hamilton
Partnership Admin Assistant - David Tomkins
Office Lead/Partnership EdVis Co-ord – Mrs Charlene Cousens
Admin Assistants – Mrs Emma Ryder, Jenny Giles, Leah Ford
Estates:
Partnership Estates Manager – Mr Andrew McNicholas
Site Manager – Mr Graham Haynes
Apprentice Site Manager - McKenzie Marshall
Teaching Team:
Year R – Mrs Emma Flooks, Miss Katie Ward, Mrs Laura Wills, Miss Emily Matthews
Year 1 – Mrs Olivia Rennie, Mrs Amy Harknett / Mrs Helen Hodder, Miss Madeline Bohan
Year 2 – Miss Emma Womack, Mr Billy Fear, Miss Evie Fairs, Miss Jen Howard
Year 3 – Miss Bethany Bowie, Miss Megan Mcilorum, Miss Isla Low
Year 4 – Miss Elizabeth Galpin, Miss Eloise Leahy, Miss Jess Williams
Year 5 – Miss Charlotte Pitter, Miss Megan Oliver, Mr Jack Quill
Year 6 –Mrs Carly Hanford, Miss Rianna Leonard, Mrs Nicola Phillips
Support Staff
Jackie Collins, Abbie Whettingsteel, Sally Newport, Carolyne Sayers, Krupa Joshi, Katie Lawton, Lisa Clark, Sophie Holman, Lisa Crook, Sam Wooster, Jodie Coleman, Chelsea Gardner, Gian Montenero and Karen Keyse
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