Our Classes
Classes
At West Vale Academy the children are organised into mixed year groups. We have created a bespoke curriculum for each year group to ensure full coverage of ‘The National Curriculum’ objectives and progression of skills.
Our Classes
- Mrs Midgley is the teacher for Reception/Year 1/Year 2 – Nightingale Class
- Mrs Rylands is the teacher for Year 3/Year 4- Rowling Class
- Mrs Travers is the teacher for Year 5/Year 6 – Mandela Class
Pastoral:
Mrs E Burgin – Learning Support & Wellbeing Mentor
Office Staff:
Mrs N Broadbent – School Administrator
Site Manager:
Mr A Kay – Caretaker
Kitchen staff:
Miss A Beevers
Mrs A Emmott
School Teams
The children are placed into a team when they join school. The teams are:
Calder Stainland Saddleworth Rochdale
Every year the children vote to select Captains and Vice-Captains for their House Teams.
Meet The Team:
Mrs Akroyd
Mrs Midgley
Mrs Lynch
Mrs Hemsworth
Mrs Clarke
Mrs Barnes
Mrs Broadbent
Mrs Burgin
Miss Holden
Miss Moses
Mrs Emmott
Mrs Beever
Mrs Oldfield
Miss Kelliher
Miss Bird Metcalfe
Our Staff
Leadership
Executive Headteacher: Mrs Helen Crowther
Head of School & SENCo: Mrs C Akroyd
Senior Teacher: Mrs S Travers
Curriculum Responsibility
Mrs C Akroyd – SEND, Pupil Premium, Maths, Science
Mrs Midgley – Computing, RE, Art and DT
Mrs Rylands- PE, Music, History, ECT Mentor
Mrs Travers – English, Phonics, Reading, PSHE, Geography, Wellbeing,
Teachers:
Mandela: Mrs Travers
Rowling: Mrs Rylands
Nightingale: Mrs Midgley
Support Staff:
Mrs S Lynch
Miss T Holden
Mrs Hemsworth
Mrs L Clarke
Mrs A Barnes
Miss L Oldfield
Mrs M Moses
Miss D Kelliher
Miss H Bird-Metcalfe
Lunchtime supervisors:
Miss L Oldfield
Miss D Kelliher
Miss H Bird-Metcalfe
Out of School Club staff:
Mrs A Emmott
Miss A Beevers
Always in our memory:
Remembering with a smile our wonderful Mrs Warner. Her humour, warmth and love will be with us always.
We are blessed to have known, worked and been educated by her. An inspiration to us all and a true friend of West Vale.