Our Team

Who’s Who

Our Team

To contact a member of our team, please email enquiries@fiveislands.org

Senior Leadership Team

Rachel Gibb

Headteacher

Emily Banfield

Assistant Headteacher: Achievement and Standards 

Maddy Hicks

Deputy Headteacher

Rachel Lewin

Deputy Headteacher

Leading Edge

Kelley Butcher

Chief Executive Officer

David Teasdale

Chief Operating Officer

Helen Peerless

Director of Governance

Sue Mander

Finance Director

Vedette Peaker

Director of People

Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL)

Rachel Gibb

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Rachel Lewin

Deputy Designated Safeguarding lead – St Mary’s 

Maddy Hicks

Deputy Designated Safeguarding lead – St Mary’s & St Agnes

Emily Banfield

Deputy Designated Safeguarding lead – St Mary’s 

Jackie Marshall

Deputy Designated Safeguarding lead – St Martin’s

Abigail Meaton

Deputy Designated Safeguarding lead – Tresco & Bryher 

Off-Island Base Leaders

Abigail Meaton

Tresco & Bryher Base

Maddy Hicks

St Agnes Base 

Jackie Marshall

St Martin’s Base 

Teaching Team

Adam Jewell

Adam May

Alan Craig
(Lead: Creative Partnerships)

Alison Nimmo
(Lead: Primary English)

Clare Simutis

Claire Sandford

Dave Baxter
(Lead: Maths)

Emily Sladen

Leigh Kendrick

Liz Turner

Louise Bloor

Marthe Broadhurst
(Lead: English)

Sam Grossett

Sonia Scott

Tim Garratt
(Lead: Science and Secondary Aspirations)

Cristina Mirabile

Rachel Thornton

Gemma Pearce-Smith

Tim Barrass
(Lead: EYFS and Primary Maths)

Harriet Stromberg

Jane Pender

Verity Branscombe

Sara Symons

Charlie Payne

Ruth Richards

Kerry Hulands

Tamaryn Legg

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCo)

Charlotte Jewell

Teaching Assistants

Ashleigh Lawson

Helen Watts

Jenny Lewin

Jodie Simutis

Karen Kershaw

Kim Smith

Moira Graham

Rosie Tocknell

Sarah Anderton

Tana Rosalez

Armorel Bowker

Tristan Bentley

Layan Harman

Emily Shaw

Cover Supervisors

Georgia Barrs

Administration and Finance

Beth Thomas

Exams and Data Manager

Penny Rogers

Careers Liaison

John Mitchell

Business Manager

Sarah Lock

Finance/Payroll Administrator

IT

Dan Marcus

ICT & Electronic Services Manager

Caretaking, Cleaning and Kitchen

Callum Wild

Sites Manager

Tina Thompson

Cleaner / Caretaker – St Mary’s Base

Graham Walker

Cleaner / Caretaker – St Mary’s Base

Jof Hicks

Cleaner / Caretaker – St Agnes Base

Robert Marshall

Cleaner – St Martin’s Base

Stephen Lowe

Cleaner – Tresco & Bryher Base

Rob Coakley

Cleaner – St. Mary’s Base

Karen Jenkins

Cleaner – Mundesley Boarding House

Rob Furber

Kitchen Manager – St Mary’s Base

JoJo Webb

Kitchen Assistant and Cook – St Mary’s Base

Dom Wild

Kitchen Assistant – St Mary’s Base

Lunch Supervisors

Tina Thompson

Beth Thomas

Residential Staff (Mundesley Boarding House)

Jo & Phil Arnold

Houseparent

Katie Playle

Assistant Houseparent

Rosie Tocknell

Assistant Houseparent

Hattie Stromberg

Assistant Houseparent and bank staff