Our Staff

Mrs Baillie

Office Manager

Mrs Baillie

Likes – Spicy food, music, spending time with family and Cadbury's chocolate
Dislikes – Brussel sprouts and spiders
Favourite Film – Pride & Prejudice
Favourite Musical Artist – Craig David
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Ryfest
Mrs Bate

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Bate

Likes - spending time with my family, going for walks, watching my children horse ride/ play football, chocolate
Dislikes - liver, uurgh!!! Trying to wear high heels, ouch!! Technology ðŸ™ˆ
Favourite film - Dirty Dancing, Top Gun, Matilda
Favourite musical artist - Ed Sheeran, Robbie Williams, Adele, Abba
Favourite Ryarsh moment - - Mrs Sutton playing the part of Betty O'Barley during VE Day celebrations
Miss Butters

Play Co-ordinator

Miss Butters
Mr Childs

Headteacher

Mr Childs

Likes - Cooking, sport and reading
Dislikes - Cheese & cauliflower (cauliflower cheese is my worst culinary nightmare!)
Favourite Film - Back to the Future, The Karate Kid, The Goonies and The Mighty Ducks
Favourite Musical Artist - Counting Crows & Tom McRae
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Becoming Headteacher of this amazing school!
Mrs Connell

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Connell

Likes - Sunny days and meeting friends
Dislikes - mashed potato!
Favourite Film - any scary movie!
Favourite Musical Artist - Guns n' Roses
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Ryfest - I love watching all the children perform and shine
Mrs Crozier

Teacher

Mrs Crozier

Likes -Water - swimming, paddle boarding, surfing
Dislikes - bananas and wobbly teeth!
Favourite Film - Footloose
Favourite Musical Artist - Jon Bon Jovi
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Creating the whole school poppy display for VE Day
Mrs Fiander

Teacher

Mrs Fiander

Likes - Cooking....and eating! Drawing, dancing, history, escape rooms, Halloween and horror films
Dislikes - Celery, running and unkindness
Favourite film - Casino Royale
Favourite place - Whitstable, Norwich and my home
Favourite food - Too much to choose from! Anything spicy and interesting
Favourite book - Anne of Green Gables
Favourite TV show - Task Master
Miss Fisher

Teacher (currently on Maturnity Leave)

Miss Fisher

Likes - Cats, patterns, sewing, knitting, book, museums, art, gardening, yoga, cheese, cows, old things
Dislikes - Snakes, lies, injustice
Favourite film - The Horse Whisperer or Lord of the Rings
Favourite place - On top of a hill, preferably in Umbria and surrounded by olive groves
Favourite musical artist - Joni Mitchell
Favourite book - Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Favourite TV show - The West Wing
Mrs Harris

SENCo

Mrs Harris

Likes - chocolate, baking, walking, guinea pigs and (bongo) cats
Dislikes - baked beans, brussel sprouts and scary films!
Favourite Film - Muppets Christmas Carol!
Favourite Musical Artist - As the children will tell you I love the bongo cats versions of new songs!
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Seeing children smile when they see the Easter bunny on the playground!
Mrs Howe

Teacher

Mrs Howe

Likes - Walking my sausage dog, napping and chocolate
Dislikes - Spicy food and coriandar
Favourite Film - The Greatest Showman
Favourite Musical Artist - I don't have one, this changes regularly!
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Going from teaching assistant to trainee teacher to ECT to fully qualified teacher in the same school!
Mrs Howlett

Midday Supervisor

Mrs Howlett

Favourite film - Any rom-coms
Favourite place - Paris
Favourite food - Pie, roast veg and anything with gravy!
Favourite TV show - Master Chef Australia
Mrs Howman

Teacher

Mrs Howman

Likes - anything maths/ science related, nature and mountain walks
Dislikes - birds. Trifle and tiramisu (so mushy!)
Favourite Film - Interstellar, Hidden Figures
Favourite Musical Artist - Taking Back Sunday, Radiohead, Nirvana, Paramore (aging myself here!)
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - any time I can lead a science/ maths assembly - seeing the children's excited faces, knowing I will make some kind of mess, is the best!
Mrs Jenner

Cleaner

Mrs Jenner

Likes: Family Meals, Baking
Dislikes: Chicken Nuggets (disgusting)
Favourite Film: The Breakfast Club
Favourite Musical Artist: Phil Collins
Favourite Ryarsh Moment: Watching Mr Childs dancing to "Perfect" by Fairground Attraction down the corridor! (Hilarious)
Mr Jeavons

Caretaker

Mr Jeavons

Likes - curry, history and playing Pickleball
Dislikes - leaves
My favourite films are Zulu, Green Mile and Saving Private Ryan
My favourite musical group is UB40, and Lovers Rock reggae
My favourite Ryarsh Moment is when one of the reception children told me a visitor was 500 years old!
Mrs Jennings

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Jennings

Likes - Finding new recipes and experimenting in the kitchen
Dislikes - Walking the dog in the rain
Favourite Film - Grease
Favourite Musical Artist - Whitney Houston
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Organising Macmillan cake sale every year
Miss Johnstone

Teaching Assistant

Miss Johnstone
Mrs Kemp

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Kemp

Likes: Anything Disney related, I also love a good hug and a chat! I love a dance and good music!
Dislikes: Bad manners and rudeness. I love the quote 'Good manners cost nothing, kindness means everything'. An original Mrs Walker quote!
Favourite film: I love watching films and love a musical, being a Disney fan there are lots but my all time favourite is Beauty and the Beast!
Favourite musical artist: has to be Kylie Minogue (yes I am old enough to remember the 80's!)

Favourite ryarsh moment: I love to see the children's faces when they achieve what they set out to do! Going swimming with koalas last year and seeing their growth and confidence in the water was an absolute high and will always be a core memory for me.
Mrs Loveday

Teacher

Mrs Loveday

Likes - chocolate, chocolate and some chocolate added on top
Dislikes - sprouts, corned beef
Favourite Film - Harry Potter films
Favourite Musical Artist - Depends on the day and how I am feeling
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Seeing the overwhelming commitment and generosity of Ryarsh families supporting a School Council cake sale. The School Councillors were amazing tackling the crowds of cake lovers!
Miss Lucas

Teaching Assistant

Miss Lucas
Miss McMulkin

Assistant Headteacher

Miss McMulkin

Likes - Reading, spending time with my friends, being Rubie's Mummy
Dislikes - Spiders!
Favourite Film - Jurassic Park
Favourite Musical Artist - Luke Combs
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Dancing with the teachers and children on the field on Hello Yellow Day
Mrs Mills

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Mills

Likes - Anything arty or creative (especially making celebration cakes) music, and sunsets.
Dislikes - Mushrooms!! (they are a fungus, after all) and eggs.
Favourite Film - Notting Hill or Love Actually
Favourite Musical Artist - Too many to list but best ever live concert has to be Coldplay.
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - My first ever bushcraft trip. Loved seeing the kids so carefree, out enjoying nature.
Mrs Moloney

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Moloney

Likes - kindness, spending time with my friends and family and being in the sunshine.
Dislikes - bad manners, putting laundry away and peas....eughh!
Favourite Film - Miracle on 34th street
Favourite Musical Artist - Coldplay
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - There are so many but at the top is watching the Ryarsh Class Of 2025 performing Waka Waka together on the stage at Ryfest.
Mrs Morris

Deputy Headteacher

Mrs Morris

Likes - my family, reading in a hammock in the sunshine, chatting (I have lots to say!), making things, solving problems, winning (I'm enormously competitive even at things I'm not good at!)
Dislikes - mushrooms, cleaning, going to Gravity (not to jump, just to supervise, the noise and the heat are truly awful!)
Favourite Film - Sabrina and Aladdin
Favourite Musical Artist - Ed Sheeran or Lewis Capaldi
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - SO many wonderful moments every day! A favourite was a child drawing a map of his journey to school and including the 'huge house we drive past every day that Mummy loves and wants to own someday' in his map.
Mrs Morrison

Class Teacher

Mrs Morrison

Likes - changes in season, chocolate, long dog walks
Dislikes - cheese, unkind choices
Favourite Film - Jurassic world
Favourite Musical Artist - All sorts - I enjoy music that makes me smile and move my body!
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Watching our little learners 'grow their brains'
Mrs Oborne

Lunchtime Supervisor, Teaching Assistant

Mrs Oborne

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Likes - Family time and trips to the seaside
Dislikes - Ironing
Favourite Film - The Greatest Showman and the new Cinderella
Favourite Food - Cake! I love cake! Who doesn't
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Our recent Ryarts Day
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Mrs Parfitt

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Parfitt

Likes - Sailing, Gardening, Walking in the Countryside, Family Time
Dislikes - Fresh tomatoes
Favourite Film - The Holiday
Favourite Musical Artist - Queen - Freddie Mercury
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - in 2011 when the entire school went back to 1940s for the week to celebrate the school's 70th anniversary.
Mr Payne

Teacher

Mr Payne

Likes - Battenberg cake, reading and days out with my family
Dislikes - White chocolate
Favourite food - Chilli Con Carne
Favourite film - any of the Marvel or James Bond series
Favourite Ryarsh moment - Our socially distanced dance-off on the field with the Year 6 leavers
Mrs Pope

Cleaner

Mrs Pope
Mrs Saxty

Extended Schools Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisor

Mrs Saxty

Likes - spending time with my family, Reading , Cooking and going to my Caravan.
Dislikes- Rain, Prawns, and Rudeness !
Favourite Film- The Grinch ( original version )
Favourite Musical Artist - Anything from the 70's and 80's
Favourite Ryarsh Moment- Being welcomed by everyone, getting to know all the lovely staff and children. Also attending the fantastic Firework Display.
Mrs Stamford

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Stamford

Likes - Spa days, afternoon tea and turning up the music for a kitchen disco!
Dislikes - Snakes and unkindness
Favourite Film - Grease (1&2) and Santa Clause the Movie
Favourite musical artist - Take That!
Best Ryarsh moment - I have two….the first is sports day - just like the olympics but better! It's heartwarming to see every child showing all of the school values, cheering each other on, trying hard and most importantly having fun! My other favourite moment was Ryfest - what a show! So much hard work, dedication, talent and again (there is a theme!)….FUN!!!
Mrs Tait

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Tait

Likes - Family walks, travelling and animals (especially orangutans)
Dislikes - Feet!
Favourite Film - Mary Poppins, Miracle on 34th Street and Home Alone
Favourite Musical Artist - Faithless & Madonna
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Watching the whole school join together to form a spontaneous Conga line during lunchtime. Pure Magic!
Mrs Taplin

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Mrs Taplin

Likes – languages, music and poached eggs on toast
Dislikes - bad manners, traffic jams
Favourite Film – Aladdin (the animated version)
Favourite Musical Artist – Too tricky to answer! I listen to all types of music (except jazz)
Favourite Ryarsh Moment(s) – Seeing the children that I have taught since Dolphin Class start in Orang-utan Class
Miss Tye

Extended Schools Supervisor

Miss Tye

Likes - Walking and keep fit
Dislikes - Bad manners
Favourite food - Anything that contains garlic
Favourite film - Pretty Woman
Favourite Ryarsh moment - Being part of the outstanding Ryarsh Team and meeting all the children
Mrs Wadman

Office Administrator

Mrs Wadman

Likes - Making memories with my family and friends, stand up comedy, reading books...not Kindles, Garage music and having fish and chips on the beach
Dislikes - Ironing
Favourite Film - Elf
Favourite Food - Cheese!
Favourite Musical Artist - Hmmm..... a tie between Jamiroquai and Stevie Wonder.
Favourite TV Show - Live at the Apollo
Mrs Walker

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Walker

Likes - Nature, people with "twinkly" eyes and cake with a cup of tea
Dislikes - Bad manners, mean people, spiders and Brussel sprouts
Favourite place - Sitting in my bed drinking a cup of tea with my daughters beside me all cosy
Favourite food - Everything that is bad for you, but especially sausages and chocolate...but not together!
Favourite book - Lark by Anthony McGowan
Mrs Watts

Class Teacher

Mrs Watts

Likes - cooking, long walks with family and friends, Watts Family Movie Night (A Friday night tradition)
Dislikes - slugs, chalk and rudeness
Favourite Film - It depends on the season, Halloween - Hocus Pocus, Christmas - The Holiday, any day - Billy Elliot or Moulin Rouge
Favourite Musical Artist - The Killers or The Stone Roses
Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Putting on a Nativity - the mishaps, the glitter and the proud parents make it my favourite time of year!
Mrs Walsh

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Walsh

Our Staff

Mrs Baillie

Mrs Bate

Miss Butters

Mr Childs

Mrs Connell

Mrs Crozier

Mrs Fiander

Miss Fisher

Mrs Harris

Mrs Howe

Mrs Howlett

Mrs Howman

Mrs Jenner

Mr Jeavons

Mrs Jennings

Miss Johnstone

Mrs Kemp

Mrs Loveday

Miss Lucas

Miss McMulkin

Mrs Mills

Mrs Moloney

Mrs Morris

Mrs Morrison

Mrs Oborne

Mrs Parfitt

Mr Payne

Mrs Pope

Mrs Saxty

Mrs Stamford

Mrs Tait

Mrs Taplin

Miss Tye

Mrs Wadman

Mrs Walker

Mrs Watts

Mrs Walsh