SCHOOL STAFF
2024/2025
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 Deborah Dempsey (0.8 FTE)
- Class Teaching Commitment
- Medical Protocols
- Community events e.g. Christmas Fayre
- Out of School Hours Learning Co-ordinator
- Assist SMT with Pastoral & Positive Behaviour
- 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
- 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 Chloe O’Neill |
Primary 1a (LCSC) | Mrs Lisa Bell |
Primary 1b (LCSC) | Miss Keighley Frew |
Primary 1/2 | Mrs Julie Mason/ Mrs Shona Watt |
Primary 1/2a (LCSC) | Mrs Shirley Williams/ Mrs Janice Magee |
Primary 1/2b (LCSC) | Miss Michelle Sneddon |
Primary 2/3a (LCSC) | Mrs Shirley MacWarren |
Primary 2/3 | Miss Megan McAuley |
Primary 3a (LCSC) | Mrs Janie Reddick |
Primary 3 | Mrs Marianne Johnstone |
Primary 4 | Mrs Claire Blair |
Primary 5 | Miss Rebecca Donaldson |
Primary 5/6
Primary 6/7 Primary 7 NCCT (Mainstream) NCCT (LCSC) Attainment Coach Nurture Teacher |
Mrs Deborah Dempsey/ Mrs Louisa Binning
Mrs Nadia Bowman Miss Danielle McGurk Mr Jack Anderson (Mainstream) Miss Lyndsay Barchi Mrs Janie Reddick Mrs Shona Watt |
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 Yolanda Griffin | Mrs Elaine Beard | Miss Samantha Taylor |
Miss Lesley Watson | Mrs Judith Ferrie | Mrs Michelle Whelehan |
Mrs Hazel Paterson
Mrs Claire Thompson
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Mrs Aisha Azeez
Miss Louise Gordon |
Miss Charlene Andres
Mrs Nirosha Gamage Dara |
Classroom Assistant
Mrs Alison Murray
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Clerical Assistants
Mrs Clare Brown | Mrs Eileen Cooper |
Catering Manager
School Janitor |
Ms Julie Gibson
Mr Matthew Stewart |