Our Staff

• Mrs Bate
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Bate

  Likes - walking and animals

  Dislikes - Liver! uurgh!

  Favourite Film - Beauty and the Beast

  Favourite food - Roast beef + Yorkshire puddings

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - VE Day celebrations

• Mrs Brewer
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Brewer

  Likes - Art/Crafts, Zumba, Walking and Meditation

  Dislikes - Rudeness and Bullying

  Favourite Book - Jane Eyre

  Favourite Music - Conner Reeves and Gary Moore

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - When the whole school fell silent on Armistice

• Mrs Burbidge
  Office Manager
  Mrs Burbidge

  Likes - Reading, Rugby and Charity Work

  Dislikes - Spiders and Snakes

  Favourite Food - Seafood (Not Oysters)

  Favourite Sport - Rugby Union

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Celebrating 70 years of the current school

• Mrs Butler
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Butler

  Likes - Walking and Yoga

  Dislikes - Litter

  Favourite Film - Gone with the Wind

  Favourite Song - September by Earth, Wind & Fire

  Favourite Moment - when a pupil climbed a tree for the first time at Forest School and conquered their fear of heights

• Mrs Cade
  Extended Schools Assistant
  Mrs Cade

• Mrs Charlton
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Charlton

  Likes - Chocolate, pasta, running and walking my sausage dog

  Dislikes - spicy food and sweets

  Favourite TV programme - Friends

  Favourite Food - dairy milk buttons or Twirl

• 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 Coleman
  Extended Schools Assistant
  Mrs Coleman

• Mrs Crozier
  Teacher
  Mrs Crozier

  Likes - Hockey, Swimming

  Dislikes - Wet Break

  Favourite Book - Wind in the Willows

  Favourite Film - A Few Good Men

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Going on the Y5 Residential to Swattenden

• Mrs Eames
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Eames

  Likes - Dancing, Art and Davina Workout

  Favourite TV - Strictly

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Every Day; I love my Job

• Mrs Everson
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Everson

  Likes -Working out, shopping, eating out and fun things with my children

  Dislikes - Selfishness and cold wet weather

  Favourite Dance Music - Ultra Nate- Free

  Favourite Ryarsh moment - getting a preview of the nativity

• Miss Foxell
  Teacher
  Miss Foxell

  Likes - Rugby, walking and chocolate

  Dislikes - spiders and scary films

  Favourite food - cake and chocolate biscuits

  Favourite author - Roald Dahl

  Favourite Ryarsh moment - meeting my class for the first time

• Mrs Garrett
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Garrett

  Likes - food(cooking and eating), holidays especially in the sunshine, spending time with my husband and girls

  Dislikes - brussel sprouts, mood hoovers and letting people down

  Favourite food - salt and vinegar crisps

  Favourite colour - green

  Favourite Ryarsh moment - attending my first celebration assembly and realising how lovely the children, adults and school really is at Ryarsh

• Mrs Harris
  Deputy Headteacher
  Mrs Harris

  Likes - Baking, walking, spending time with my family and friends

  Dislikes - Baked beans!

  Favourite Book - The Twits by Roald Dahl

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Every morning, seeing smiley children coming into school

• Mrs Howman
  Teacher
  Mrs Howman

  Likes - Good manners, laughing

  Dislikes - birds, trifle

  Favourite Book - Alice in Wonderland

  Favourite Film - The Lion King/Miracle on 34th Street

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - receiving letters from the dinosaurs - we were so excited

• Mrs Jennings
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Jennings

  Likes - Cooking and walking my dogs (Teddy and Ralph)

  Dislikes - Spiders

  Favourite Film - Mamma Mia and Dirty Dancing

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment -Going back in time to 1940s week in school

• Mrs McMulkin
  Key Stage Two Leader
  Mrs McMulkin

  Likes - Spending time with my family, cooking and reading

  Dislikes - Spiders

  Favourite book - The girl of ink and stars

  Favourite film - Jurassic Park

  Favourite Ryarsh moment - Watching the Fantastic Fred performance with Leopard class and Mrs Parker. We laughed a lot!

• Mrs Morgan
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Morgan

  Likes - Walks with my family and spaniel, afternoon tea and the beach

  Dislikes - Watching my sons play ruby in the rain

  Favourite Film - Mary Poppins

  Favourite Food - Anything with cheese!

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Watching Year 4 children learn the opening dance from the Lion King

• Mrs Morris
  Key Stage One Leader
  Mrs Morris

  Likes - Running, creating things and making people smile

  Dislikes - Mushrooms, rude people and snakes

  Favourite Books - The Tiger that came to Tea, Tadpole's Promise and Little Women

  Favourite Foods - Macaroni cheese, any chocolate and Magnum ice-creams

• Mr Steenkamp
  Caretaker
  Mr Steenkamp

• Mrs Baldock
  Play Coordinator
  Mrs Baldock

• Mrs Parfitt
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Parfitt

  I like walking, running (especially early in the morning) kayaking and days out with my family.

  I dislike tomatoes and big spiders!

  My favourite TV series are police or crime dramas and period dramas.

  My favourite food is pasta!

• 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

• Miss Snow
  Teacher
  Miss Snow

  Likes - Spending time with my family, walking Bella, running and lovely manners!

  Dislikes - Bad manners and cold weather

  Favourite food - Roast dinner

  Favourite Film - Home Alone

  Favourite Ryarsh moment - working with such lovely children and parents, I feel very lucky! And meeting Mrs Jennings !

• Mrs Tait
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Tait

  Likes - Long walks in the country, keeping fit and having fun with my family

  Dislikes - Feet!

  Favourite Film - Mary Poppins and the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  Favourite Food - Italian

  Favourite Ryarsh Moment - Meeting Dolphin class for the first time

• Mrs Taplin
  Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
  Mrs Taplin

  Likes - Languages, music and reading

  Dislikes - Bad spelling

  Favourite food - poached eggs on toast

  Favourite actor - Colin Firth

  Favourite Ryarsh moment - I love the Excellence Awards assemblies

• Mrs Walsh
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Walsh

  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

• 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

• Miss Lucas
  Teaching Assistant
  Miss Lucas

• Mrs Wildish
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Wildish

  Likes - meals out

  Dislikes - Windy days

  Favourite food - Indian

  Favourite music - George Benson

  Favourite Ryarsh moment - Getting Kelly Holmes to visit Ryarsh Primary School

• Mr Yates
  Teaching Assistant
  Mr Yates

• Mrs Wadman
  Office Administrator
  Mrs Wadman

• Mrs Watts
  Teacher
  Mrs Watts

• Mrs Malins
  Teacher
  Mrs Malins

• Mrs Howlett
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Howlett

• Mrs Oborne
  Mrs Oborne

• Mrs Pope
  Cleaner
  Mrs Pope

• Mrs Jenner
  Cleaner
  Mrs Jenner

• Mrs Maloney
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Maloney

• Mrs Walker
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Walker

• Mrs Salvidge
  Teaching Assistant
  Mrs Salvidge