Our Staff

Teaching Staff

Andrew Chaplin

Head Teacher

Sue Butcher

Deputy Head and Year 4 Class Teacher

Connor Brown

Assistant Head for Inclusion and the Early Years, Year 6 Teacher

Catherine Thompson

SENDCo and Year 4 Teacher



Dannielle Sadiq

Nursery Class Teacher

Chris Brown

Reception Class Teacher and Performing Arts and MFL Lead

Sharon Smart

Reception Class Teacher

Simon Codling

Year 2 Class Teacher

Peter Baldwin

Year 1 Class Teacher and RE/PSHE Lead

Aimee Murray

Year 1 Class Teacher and Science Lead

Ana Lopez

Year 2 Class Teacher

Emma Pullenger

 Year 5 Class Teacher and Computing Lead

Stephanie Moore

Year 3 Class Teacher

Shuhana Begum

Year 3 Class Teacher

Joanne Hay

Year 4 Class Teacher

Tilly Williams

Year 5 Class Teacher and Maths Lead

Sam Chhokar-Hyde

Art and DT Teacher/Lead and Y5 Teacher

Charles Carter

SEN and Reading Support Teacher

Rebecca Coulson

Maths Intervention Teacher

Daniel Aparicio

Music and Spanish Teacher

Del Blake

Music Teacher

Sue Lynch

Music Teacher

Emanuela Pagliei

Dance Teacher

Billy Thrower

Sports Coach


Support Staff

Gardner Chalmers

Drama Therapist

Alicia Marku

Teaching Assistant and Wellbeing Mentor

Alexa Ortiz

Teaching Assistant including Phonics Interventions

Susan Harrington

Speech and Language Teaching Assistant, Breakfast and After School Club Supervisor

Miranda Karafili

Teaching Assistant, Breakfast and After School Club Supervisor

Nicola Hall

Teaching Assistant and After School Club Supervisor

Sharon Withers

Teaching Assistant and After School Club Supervisor

Serena Beyene

Teaching Assistant and After School Club Supervisor

Charmaine Tomlinson

Teaching Assistant

Shifa Begum

Teaching Assistant

Leah Bone

Teaching Assistant

Grace Osunde

Teaching Assistant and After School Club Supervisor

Antonia Benjamin

Teaching Assistant

Kassandra Loaiza

Teaching Assistant

Gino Meeajaun

Teaching Assistant

Amandla Kihoro

Early Years Educator

Aj Welch

Teaching Assistant and After School Club Supervisor

Aurora Prisciano

Teaching Assistant



Admin and Premises

Sharon Hall

Senior Admin Officer

Nicole Lightfoot-James

Admin Officer, After School Club Supervisor

Arlette Wells 

School Business Manager

Larry Balogun

Premises Officer

If you would like to find out more about Walnut Tree Walk, then click the buttons here to either read our new school prospectus, or  contact us directly to arrange a visit. We look forward to meeting you.