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 & Governor)) |
| Deputy Headteacher & KS1 Phase Leader | Miss Claire McIllroy (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead & Staff Governor) |
| KS2 Phase Leader | Mr Simon Godber |
| 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, Assessment and Trips & Visits Lead) |
| Early Years | Mrs Suney Phillpot (Personal, Social, Health & Relationships, 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, PTA, Parents & Communication, SCITT Lead ) |
| Year 2 Teacher | Mrs Helen Holloway (PE & Sports Lead) |
| Year 3 Teacher | Mr Simon Godber (Mathematics, Computing and Junior Leadership Team Lead) |
| Year 4 Teacher | Mrs Louise Dorman (Religious Education, English as an Additional Language and Modern Foreign Languages Lead) |
| Year 5 Teacher | Mrs Justine Grant (Geography, History and Eco Team Lead) |
| Year 6 Teacher | Mrs Sarah Howard (Art, Design & Technology Lead) |
| SCITT | Miss Holly Wells |
| Teaching Assistants | |
| KS1 | Mrs Fiona Campbell-Bell |
| Ms Christina Kelly | |
| Ms Lisa Wilde | |
| KS2 | Mrs Laura Di Marco |
| Ms Christina Kelly | |
| Mrs Kate Oliver | |
| Mrs Joanne Davey (Music Lead) |
| Administration Staff | |
| Finance Manager | Miss Becky Hart |
| PA to the SLT & Assistant School Business Manager | Mrs Lindsey Donnithorne |
| Assistant School Business Manager | Mrs Helen Elliott |
| Administration & Finance Assistant | Mrs Thabie Mabindha |
| Learning Support Assistants | Mrs Jennie March |
| Mrs Laura Parker | |
| Mrs Nedeesha Perera | |
| Mrs Elwira Piwonska | |
| Mrs Jean Sherwin | |
| Mr Gary Tozer | |
| Midday Supervisor | Ms Bukurie Mehana |
| Forest Schools | Mr Lee Davis |
| Premises Staff | |
| Premises Manager | Mr Tom Carroll |
| Caretaker | Mr Neil Osmand |
| Mr Nigel Notley |
| Catering Team | |
| Head Cook | Ms Sofia Akinuwi |
| Catering Assistants | Mrs Sadanah Sadanah |
| Mrs Karolina Staron |