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
Finance Manager Mrs Kirsty Morris
Admissions Officer and PA to the SLT Mrs Lindsey Donnithorne
Finance & Data Officer Mrs Helen Elliott
Administration & 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