Our Team
Leadership Team
Kevin Wildrianne
Headteacher
headteacher@esteemvalley.co.uk
Ben Taylor
Assistant Headteacher
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Emma Beresford
Assistant Headteacher
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Susan Gadsby
Pastoral Lead (DSL - Safeguarding and Attendance)
Grace Vivian
Head of Primary: Bennerley
Imani Lockhart-Davis
Head of Centre: Bennerley
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Connor Bartle
Head of Centre: Sawley
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I’m Connor Bartle. Sports have been a huge part of my life since I was young. I’ve played multiple sports at various levels, and currently, I’m proud to compete in the Southern Premier League in football, which is at step 6 in the pyramid. One of my most memorable moments was playing in the First Round of the FA Cup – a dream come true for any footballer.
Bennerley Site Team
Kerry Day
Core Teacher (KS3)
Cheryl Ancliff
Core Teacher (KS3)
Calum Miller
Engagement Team
Sarah Dawson
STLA
Nathan Fletcher
STLA
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Emily Jenkins
Engagement Team
Will Parker
Engagement Team
Inigo Garbett
Core Teacher / Engagement Team
Lindsey Fox
BSA
Sawley Site Team
Stevie Greaves
Music Teacher
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Rebecca Hale
Intervention Coordinator / English Teacher
Helena Gibson
STLA
Rosie Frost
Engagement Team
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Lewis Macrae
Engagement Team
Karen Fletcher
BSA
Matt Murphy
Media Teacher
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Mark Smithson
Science Teacher
Sian McDermott-Hughes
Head of Maths
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Nick Preston
Engagement Team
Alternative Provision Team
Helena Burgess
STLA
Richard Myers
STLA
Emma Pye
APT Lead Teacher
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Since studying childcare at college, I have had the opportunity to work in a wide range of educational settings. My first job was in a local secondary school where I worked for over 10 years teaching alternative pathways to KS4. Before joining the APT team, I worked at Derby College as a job coach supporting young people aged 16-24 to experience the world of work. My favourite part of my job is that no day is ever the same, I love the variety the role has to offer especially visiting our young people at their provisions.
Emma Farrow
HR & Finance Officer
Ellen Richardson
HR & Finance Officer
Denise Waters
STLA
Iain Hambling
STLA
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Not many people will know that outside of school, I am the Historian & Archivist for Derbyshire pottery T.G.Green & Co Ltd, once based in Church Gresley, near Swadlincote. Famous for its Blue & White striped ‘Cornish Kitchen Ware’. (My mission is to convert all the Esteem Valley Academy crockery to Cornishware !). I spend a lot of time up on Ynys Môn (Isle of Anglesey) and have been learning to speak Cymraeg (Welsh) for three years. Diolch yn fawr i pawb ! 🙂
Chelsea Butcher
STLA
Melissa Rayes-Woodward
STLA