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
  • Miss Vincent 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 P Costello – 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:

Miss Horsfall

Mrs Akroyd

Miss Vincent

Mr Baker

Mrs Midgley

Mrs McNamee

Mrs Lynch

Mrs Hemsworth

Mrs Clarke

Mrs Barnes

Mrs Broadbent

Mrs Burgin

Miss Holden

Miss Moses

Mrs Bean

Mrs Emmott

Mrs Beever

Mrs Oldfield

Mr Galloway

Miss Kelliher

Miss Bird Metcalfe

Our Staff

Leadership

Principal: Miss L Horsfall
Vice Principal & SENCo: Mrs C Akroyd

Personal Development and Senior Mental Health Lead: Miss J Vincent

Curriculum Responsibility

Miss L Horsfall – Phonics, Art & DT, Assessment, ECT Mentor
Mrs C Akroyd – SEND, Pupil Premium, Maths, Science
Mrs Midgley – PE and RE
– Computing, Music, History
Miss J Vincent – English, Reading, PSHE, Geography, Wellbeing, ECT Mentor

Teachers:

Mandela: Miss Vincent
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
Mrs J Bean

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.