Our Staff

Everyone who works at Little Lever is part of a team whose purpose is to ‘help every person achieve things they never thought they could’. Everyone has their part to play and every part is important and valued. We recognise that people make the biggest difference to helping us achieve our core purpose!

Meet our fantastic team of teaching, support, admin and site staff who help person achieve things they never thought they could…

Meet the Team

  • Trustees

     

    Sally McFarlane:

    I am Chair of the Trust. I attend the Full Trust meeting and sit on the Resources Committee. I am Link Trustee for Leadership & Management and SEND. I am a National Leader of Education.


    John Cornally:

    I am Vice Chair of the Trust. I sit on the Standards Committee and also attend Trust Board meetings. I have recently retired form my role as Executive Headteacher at Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College. I have been a headteacher for 20 years. I am a National Leader in Education working with other schools across Greater Manchester.


    Jane Jones:

    I am a parent trustee at Lever Academy Trust. I attend the Full Trust meetings and I Chair the Standards Committee. I am Link Trustee for Quality of Education and Community. In my previous role I was an Assistant Headteacher of a secondary school.


     

    David Webb:

    I am a trustee at Lever Academy Trust.  I attend the Full Trust meetings and I Chair the Resources Committee. I currently work at Manchester Airport as a Business Analyst working with the operations to introduce new technologies and improve business processes.


    Victoria Gavin:

    I am a trustee.  I sit on the Resources Committee and attend Full Trust meetings. I am also Link Trustee for Wellbeing. I am Business Development Manager at Bolton Impact Trust.


    Rachel Foster:

    I am a trustee and attend the Risk and Audit Committee and Full Trust meetings. I am also Link Trustee for Human Resources. I am Director of HR and Education Strategy at One Education.


     

    Alyson Middlemass:

    I am a trustee and attend the Risk and Audit Committee and Full Trust meetings. I am also Link Trustee for safeguarding.

     


     

     

    Andrea O’Callaghan

    I am a trustee at Lever Academy Trust. I attend the Full Trust meetings and I sit on the Standards Committee. In my previous role I was Headteacher of a secondary school.

  • Members

     

    Anthony Connell:

    I am a Member of Lever Academy Trust I attend the Members meetings.


    Edward Mellor:

    I am a Member of Lever Academy Trust and I attend the Members meetings.


    Paul Philbin:

    I am a Member of Lever Academy Trust and I attend the Members meetings.

Meet The Team

  • Senior Leaders

    Principal: Mr D Mckeon

    Associate Vice Principal: Mr S Cordwell

    Assistant Principals: Ms G Hutchinson, Mr K Wilson, Ms M Moore, Ms S Hargreaves

       

    Assistant Principal/Head of Inclusion (SENDCo): Ms J Calvert

     

    Assistant Principal/Director of SCITT: Mr M Leathert

    Associate Assistant Principal: Mr M Lish (2 days)

  • Designated Safeguarding Leads

    Designated Safeguarding Leader: Ms G Hutchinson

    Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms S Leigh

  • Subject Teams

    English

    Leader of English: Ms H Crook

    Assistant Leader of English: Ms A Hughes

    Teachers of English: Mr D Seddon, Ms C Preston, Ms A Birley, Ms K McCarten, Ms E Croft, Ms M Khan, Ms A Clement


    Mathematics

    Leader of Mathematics: Ms Liebling-Davis

    Assistant Leader of Mathematics: Mr S Harrison

    Teachers of Mathematics: Ms A Riley, Ms K Gilbert, Ms L Golding, Mr J Court, Ms A Gillis, Ms G Hammond, Ms A Alvarez (Trainee), Ms J Morton (Trainee)


    Science

    Leader of Science: Mr I Rowlinson

    Associate Assistant Leader of Science: Mr S Harte

    Teachers of Science: Mr C Woodward, Ms J Rawstron, Ms S Craven, Ms T Mistry, Ms Z Akhtar, Mr O Akbar,Mr M Nicholls, Ms C Lovatt, Mr R Osuoha, Ms S Khan (Trainee), Ms S Bajwa (Trainee)


    MFL

    Leader of MFL: Ms J Rogers

    Teachers of MFL: Ms I Boussadaka, Ms E Lowe, Mr P Thomas (Trainee)


    Computing

    Leader of Computing, Business & Media: Ms S Farrimond

    Teachers of Computing: Mr J Bell, Mr J Atkinson


    Geography

    Leader of Geography: Ms R Sutcliffe

    Teachers of Geography: Ms J Banks, Ms M Bennett, Mr B Aduomahor (Trainee)


    History

    Leader of History: Ms H Winrow

    Teachers of History: Mr M Sale, Mr S Morrison


     

    Technology

    Leader of Technology: Ms L Ward

    Teachers of Technology: Ms A Hopkinson, Ms L Ferns


    PE

    Leader of PE: Mr M Welch

    Teachers of PE: Ms J Bannister, Ms H Riding, Mr M Nield, Ms E Harwood (Maternity Cover), Ms E Fitton (Trainee)


     

    The Arts

    Faculty Leader of The Arts: Mr R Poole

    Teachers of Art: Ms A Struthers, Mr J Bluer (Maternity Cover)

    Teacher of Drama: Ms M Buckley

    Teacher of Dance and Drance: Ms S Taylor

    Teacher of Music: Mr M Hulme


    Leader of Life, Theology & Religion: Ms K Halliwell

    Teacher of RE: Ms S Morris, Ms S Nazir

  • Support Staff

    Deep Support Team

    Learning Leaders: M H Kowalski (Yr 7), Ms G Davies (Yr 8), Ms V Parish (Yr 9), Ms K Wilson (Yr 10), Ms N Devaney (Yr 11)

    Education Welfare Officer: Ms A Ibrahim

    Attendance Coordinator: Ms L Yogunali

    Attendance Officer: Ms H Vining

    Behaviour Key Worker: Ms S Flannigan

    PLB Coordinator (Mountain Rescue): Ms D Leigh

    Inclusion Key Worker (Mountain Rescue): Ms J Lockett

    Inclusion Key Worker: Ms J Jeffrey

    Pupil Welfare: Ms S Taylor-Jones


    SEND

    SEND Centre Lead: Ms G Kendall

    SEND Administrator: Ms A Beatty

    Hub Key Worker: Mr A Campbell

    HLTA: Ms J May, Ms A Marothi, Ms N Marothi, Ms M Leader-Entwistle

    TA2: Ms D Lawson (3 days), Ms K Walker (3 days), Ms D Ainsworth, Ms S Beaumont, Ms C Buchanan, Ms S Matador, Ms P Vij, Mr R Hughes, Ms N Gascoyne, Mr T Ellis, Ms R Jones, Mr C Cullen, Ms E Calderbank, Ms S Kanwal


    Cover

    Cover Supervisors: Ms K Calderbank, Ms I Tariq, Mr G True


    Business & Administration

    Business Manager: Ms G McFadden

    PA to the Principal and Secretary to the Trust: Ms M Kelly

    Finance Manager: Ms N Harrison

    Finance Assistant: Ms A Santos

    Office Manager: Ms J Rothwell

    Systems Manager: Ms J Lord

    HR Advisor: Ms L Holt

    Librarian: Ms V Gee

    Marketing and Communications Lead: Ms K Coope

    Data Manager: Mr G Westhead


    Site

    Operations Manager: Mr P Donnelly

    Assistant Site Managers: Mr A Turner, Mr D Heslop


    ICT

    ICT Network Manager: Mr S Kay

    ICT Technician: Mr P Whittaker


    Technicians

    Technology Technician: Mr L Disley

    Science Technician: Mr G Poon

    Food Technology Technician: Ms D Rothwell


    Midday Supervisors

    Midday Supervisors: Ms H Ozard, Ms A Makowska