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) |
| Deputy Headteacher & KS1 Phase Leader | Miss Claire McIllroy (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and Staff Governor) |
| KS2 Phase Leaders | Mrs Justine Grant and Mrs Sarah Howard |
| Inclusion Team | |
| SENDCo | Mrs Laura Kennedy |
| Home School Link Worker | Mrs Lucy Lidstrom (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) |
| Teachers | |
| PPA Cover | Mrs Kate Collins (Child Protection, Maths, Computing, Assessment and Trips & Visits Lead) |
| Early Years | Mrs Suney Phillpot (Personal, Social, Health & Citizenship, British Values and Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Lead) |
| Year 1 Teacher | Mrs Nelly Payne (Science Lead) |
| Year 2 Teacher | Miss Claire McIllroy (Looked After Children, English, Computing, English as an Additional Language, PTA, Parents & Communication, SCITT Lead ) |
| Year 2 Teacher | Mr Chris Ney |
| Year 3 Teacher | Mrs Saiqa Malik (PE & Sports Lead) |
| Year 3 Teacher | Mrs Carolyn Ledger |
| Year 4 Teacher | Mrs Louise Dorman (Religious Education and Modern Foreign Languages) |
| Year 5 Teacher | Mrs Justine Grant (Geography, History and Eco Team Lead) |
| Year 6 Teacher | Mrs Sarah Howard (Art and Design & Technology Lead) |
| Teaching Assistants | Mrs Belle Arguelles Hosking |
| Mrs Fiona Campbell-Bell | |
| Mrs Joanne Davey (Music Lead) | |
| Mrs Laura Di Marco | |
| Ms Christina Kelly | |
| Mrs Kate Oliver | |
| Ms Lisa Wilde | |
| Administration Staff | |
| Head of Finance | Mrs Kirsty Morris |
| Admissions Officer, HR Operations and PA to the SLT | Mrs Lindsey Donnithorne |
| Lettings, Data and Finance Officer | Mrs Helen Elliott |
| Attendance and Finance Assistant | Mrs Thabie Mabindha |
| Learning Support Assistants | Miss Renata Kaczmarek |
| Mrs Linda Parker | |
| Mrs Elwira Piwonska | |
| Mrs Jean Sherwin | |
| Mrs Nina Thomas | |
| Lunchtime Team | |
| Play Leader | Miss Kayla McCrae |
| Midday Supervisor | Mrs Bukurie Mehana |
| Site Team | |
| Premises Manager | Mr Derek Trawber |
| Caretaker | Mr Neil Osmand |
| Mr Nigel Notley |
| Catering Team | |
| Chef Manager | Miss Michelle Coates |
| Catering Assistants | Mrs Sadanah Sadanah |
| Mrs Karolina Staron |
