School Staff

SCHOOL STAFF

2025/2026

Acting Head Teacher – Mr Stephen Duffy

The Head Teacher has overall responsibility to manage the school to the benefit of the pupils and wider community, within the framework of the council’s policies. This includes the management of staff, curriculum, resources and communication in the school.  In addition the Head Teacher is responsible for managing the corporate life of the school by creating a good school ethos, ensuring positive school discipline and liaising with parents, the local community and the outside agencies which come into contact with the school.  The Head Teacher is professional adviser to the Parent Council.

Acting Depute Head Teacher – Mrs Mhairi McCallum

  • Responsibility for the Language and Communication Support Centre and Pre-School Assessment Class
  • Quality Assurance of Teaching and Learning
  • School Improvement Priorities 1 & 2 – close the attainment gap in literacy and numeracy
  • Child Protection responsibility and Pastoral Care
  • Responsibility for whole school planning of Support for Learning
  • Management and Implementation of GIRFEC including GIRFME Plans and CSP’s
  • School Link with Outside Agencies
  • Increasing Parental/Community Engagement
  • Data Champion (ACEL, SIMD 1 & 2 v 3-10)
  • Assessment Co-ordinator (CEM, SNSA, SDQ)
  • Deputising for the Head Teacher

Principal Teacher – Mrs Marie McGregor (currently on maternity leave)

 Principal Teacher – Mrs Deborah Dempsey (0.8 FTE)

  • Medical Protocols
  • Community events e.g. Christmas Fayre
  • Out of School Hours Learning Co-ordinator
  • Developing the Young Workforce e.g. World of Work Event
  • Staff CPD Co-ordinator
  • Assist SMT with Pastoral and Positive Behaviour

Acting Principal Teacher – Mrs Nadia Bowman (0.6 FTE)

  • Class Teaching Commitment
  • Literacy Coach
  • Religious Education Co-ordinator
  • Digital Leader
  • Twitter Administrator
  • Languages 1 plus 2 Co-ordinator
  • P7 to S1 high school transition
  • Assemblies – Assist SMT with whole school assemblies.
  • Pastoral/Positive Behaviour

Acting Principal Teacher – Mrs Shona Watt (0.6 FTE)

  • Class Teaching Commitment
  • Pastoral/Positive Behaviour
  • Health & Wellbeing Champion
  • Promise Champion
  • Rights Respecting School Co-ordinator
  • Nurture Group
  • Assemblies – Assist SMT with whole school assemblies.

LCSC Lead – Mrs Shirley Williams 

  • Class Teaching Commitment
  • Outdoor Learning Co-ordinator
  • Lead LCSC Transition and Induction Programmes
  • GIRFMe Plan Administrator
  • Communicator Friendly Co-ordinator
  • Assist SMT with Quality Assurance Process

Class Teachers

Primary 1 Mrs Julie Mason/ Mrs Shona Watt
Primary 1a (LCSC) Miss Keighley Frew
Primary 1/2 Miss Megan McAuley
Primary 1/2a (LCSC) Mrs Lisa Bell
Primary 2a (LCSC) Mrs Shirley McWarren
Primary 2/3 Mrs Marianne Johnstone
Primary 2/3a (LCSC) Mrs Shirley Williams/ Mrs Janice Magee
Primary 2/3b (LCSC) Miss Michelle Sneddon
Primary 3 Miss Rebecca Donaldson
Primary 3/4a (LCSC) Mr Jack Anderson
Primary 4 Mrs Claire Blair
Primary 4/5 Mr Jordan Graham
Primary 5/6

Primary 6

Primary 7

NCCT (Mainstream)

NCCT (LCSC)

Numeracy Support Teacher

 Miss Erin Mallon

Mrs Nadia Bowman

Miss Danielle McGurk

Miss Amy McCabe (Mainstream)

Miss Lyndsay Barchi

Mrs Grace McMahon

Language and Communication Support Centre Assessment Class (Pre-school)

Mrs Susan Diack (Early Years Lead Practitioner)

Miss Lynsey Bonar (Early Years Support Assistant)

 

Nursery Class                             

Mrs Laura-Jane McGrath (Early Years Lead Practitioner)

Ms Lauren Arthur (Early Years Practitioner)

Miss Kerryanne O’Connor (Early Years Support Assistant)

Miss Beth Mattear (Early Years Support Assistant)

Miss Debbie Russell (Early Years Support Assistant)

 

Visiting Specialiasts

Support for pupils with English as an additional language           Michelle Haswell

Cluster Support Teacher                                                              Colette Currie

Speech & Language Therapy                                                       Pauline Fallon and Kristine Collins

Achieve More Coaches

 

Additional Support Needs Assistants

Mrs Hazel Paterson Mrs Elaine Beard Miss Samantha Taylor
Miss Lesley Watson Mrs Judith Ferrie Mrs Michelle Whelehan
Mrs Claire Thompson

 

 Miss Louise Gordon Mrs Nirosha Gamage Dara

Clerical Assistants

Mrs Clare Brown Mrs Eileen Cooper

 

 Catering Manager

 School Janitor

 Ms Julie Gibson

Mr Matthew Stewart