I’m Alex and I am a HLTA in Lavender class, I work alongside Callum and Libbie.

My role allows me to work with children individually during interventions as well as in groups and as a whole class. I have worked at Chaigeley for 18 months and stayed within the lower school area. This gives me a great opportunity to watch the start of the pupils’ Chaigeley journey and watch them and develop into young adults.

I love how each day is varied, I offer the children speech and language interventions, Maths and English interventions and life skills lessons. My favourite part of working at Chaigeley is creating amazing bonds with pupils and seeing how the staff and pupil rapport is outstanding across the school.

I joined the Chaigeley team in January 2024, and in my first term at school I have built some fantastic, strong relationships with staff and pupils.

I qualified as an Early Years Teacher in 2016, and after a career break to travel and live in Australia, I have returned to a school setting to be one piece of the jigsaw puzzle that makes the incredible staff team here at Chaigeley.

I recently became a mummy to my beautiful daughter Matilda, and I love musicals and singing. I am known to be slightly annoying, especially at lunch time in the canteen when I say “mmm” to all the yummy food!

My name is Jessica Bates. I have been working at Chaigeley School for just over two years now.

I have worked 1:1 with some students and whilst taking part with the children doing PE and forest school, I have developed positive relationships with the children through playing different sports with them as well as having nice conversation whilst making a willow tree tunnel during forest school.

My name is Jill. I’ve worked at Chaigeley for 8 years now, working with children from all of the different key stages. I initially came to Chaigeley to support children who were on outreach.

I am currently with the Year 9 students in Bonsai Class. As well as the amazing learning that takes place, we have great fun with the students and every day is different.

My most memorable trip with the students was when we recently went to Bonn in Germany to experience a new culture. We spent time exploring historical sites, sampling the local cuisine and thrill seeking in a theme park!

My name is Leanne; I have worked as a Teaching Assistant at Chaigeley School since September 2023. I work with pupils in Beech class, which I thoroughly enjoy.

I support the children in the classroom to get their work done, as well as working on a 1:1 basis. I enjoy being outdoors with my class, taking part in forest school and being taught by the students how to play football. I have developed positive relationships with students across the school.

Hi, I’m Nicky and I’ve worked at Chaigeley for 6 years now. I’m currently based in Bonsai’s year 9 class but have worked with all secondary year groups. My favourite subjects are Math and English and my most memorable moment was Halloween week of 2021 when we were watching spooky movies, making Jill jump out of her skin and dissecting organs. I’m also still studying myself, with aims to be an Educational Psychologist one day!

My name is Paulina and I started to work in Chaigeley school 4 years ago. I mainly work at KS3. I started as a TA. Now I am HLTA in Beech class where I am applying my expertise in supporting students with diverse learning needs. I am Passionate about supporting our students, and thrive on nurturing positive growth and building meaningful relationships.