Meet the Team
About Sandfield Primary School
Guildford was established as a small town by Saxon settlers shortly after Roman authority had been removed from Britain. The town was the location of the Royal Mint from 978 until part-way through the reign of William the Conqueror.
Guildford Castle is of Norman design, and its situation overlooks the pass through the hills taken by the Pilgrims’ Way, and also once overlooked the ancient ford across the Wey.
The school is based in the heart of Guildford town centre and families travel from far and near to attend Sandfield. The school was built in 1901 and was originally a boys school connected to the Nursery in York Road by a bridge. The school later became Sandfield Infant School and Sandfield Girls School, when at aged 11 pupils moved on to Stoke C of E Secondary Modern in Markenfield Road, now houses and flats.
| HEADTEACHER | Mrs Kate Collins (Designated Safeguarding Lead and Governor) |
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| Deputy Headteacher | Miss Claire McIllroy (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and Staff Governor) |
| Early Years and Key Stage 1 Leader | Mrs Suney Phillpot |
| Lower Key Stage 2 | Mrs Justine Grant |
| Upper Key Stage 2 | Mrs Sarah Howard |
| Inclusion Team – SENDCo & Home School Link Worker | Mrs Laura Kennedy Mrs Lucy Lidstrom (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and Pupil Premium) |
| Teachers | |
| PPA Cover | Mrs Kate Collins (Child Protection, Mathematics, Pupil Premium and Trips & Visits Lead) |
| Early Years | Mrs Suney Phillpot (Reading and Phonics Lead) |
| Year 1 | Mrs Nelly Payne (Science Lead) |
| Year 2 | Miss Claire McIllroy (Looked After Children, Writing, English as an Additional Language, PTA, Parents & Communication, SCITT Lead) |
| Mrs Izzy Pepper (Personal, Social, Health Education and British Values Lead) | |
| Year 3 | Miss Robyn Hendrie (Physical Education Lead) |
| Year 4 | Mrs Louise Dorman (Religious Education and Modern Foreign Languages Lead) |
| Year 5 | Mrs Justine Grant (Geography, History and Eco Team Lead) |
| Year 6 | Mrs Sarah Howard (Computing Lead) |
| Teaching Assistants | |
| Mrs Belle Arguelles Hosking (Art and Design & Technology Co-Lead) | |
| Ms Fiona Campbell Bell | |
| Mrs Jo Davey (Music Lead) | |
| Mrs Laura Di Marco (Art and Design & Technology Co-Lead) | |
| Mrs Jody Inwood-Pells | |
| Ms Christina Kelly | |
| Miss Lisa Wilde | |
| Learning Support Assistants | Mrs Aislinn Haw (Speech & Language Champion) |
| Miss Renata Kaczmarek | |
| Miss Linda Parker | |
| Mrs Elwira Piwonska | |
| Miss Calla Simpson | |
| Administration Staff | |
| Head of Finance | Mrs Kirsty Morris |
| PA to the Senior Leaders | Mrs Lindsey Donnithorne (Admissions Officer, HR and Social Media) |
| Finance Officer | Mrs Helen Elliott (Data and Lettings) |
| School Office Assistant | Mrs Thabie Mabinda (Attendance and Finance) |
| Site Team | |
| Premises Manager | Mr Derek Trawber |
| Caretakers | Mr Neil Osmand |
| Mr Nigel Notley | |
| Lunchtime Team | |
| Play Leader | Miss Kayla McCrae |
| Midday Supervisors | Mrs Jainaba Jallow |
| Miss Bukurie Mehana | |
| Catering Team- Cleverchef | |
| Chef Manager | Mrs Michelle Coates |
| Catering Assistants | Mrs Purva Harmalkar |
| Mrs Sadhana Sadhana |
