Meet Our Team

Meet our talented team.  The below staff have been carefully recruited in line with our safeguarding policy and stringent background and employment checks.


Leadership Team


Mike Marshall   - Principal / Designated Safeguarding Lead / Nominated Individual

Tracy Douglas - Deputy Principal (Teaching, Learning & Curriculum) / SENCO / Designated Teacher for Looked After Children / Dyslexia & SpLD Lead, Curriculum Block Lead / Overall Curriculum Lead / Teacher development

Anthony Riley - Deputy Principal (Pastoral and Welfare) / Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead / Educational Visits Co-ordinator / Transport / Allergy management

Claire Hand - Assistant Principal (Key Stage 4) - Years 10 and 11) / Examinations Officer / English lead) / Curriculum Block Lead / Assessment & Progress

Hannah Griffiths  - Assistant Principal (KS2, Year 7, Nurture & HIVE provisions) /  HIVE provision lead / Maths lead, PSHCE lead / Curriculum Block Lead / Assessment & Progress

Lisa Hesketh - Assistant Principal (Years 8 and 9), Computing Lead / Curriculum Block Lead / Assessment & Progress / 6th form development / AI / Online safety incl. filtering & monitoring / Enrichment


Teachers


John Jones - Teacher ( Class 11J  form tutor ) PE / Health & Fitness.

Sharon Brewer - Teacher ( Primary class teacher ) General subjects / Reading lead

Abby Causer - Teacher ( Class 7C for tutor ) General subjects

Robert Gorst - Teacher ( Class 8G form tutor )  Humanities lead / general subjects

Paul Jones - Teacher ( Class 10J form tutor )  Design technology lead / NCFE & BTEC lead

Alex Kennedy - Teacher ( Class 10K form tutor ) Food technology lead/ Photography lead 

Hafiza Brepotra - Teacher ( Class 8B form tutor ), General subjects / Assistant SENCO

Andrew Fallows - Teacher ( Class 9F form tutor )  Music lead

Teacher / SENCO - (Class 9M form tutor), Maths and Science

Rena Wright - Teacher - (Nurture Base) Science lead / General subjects

Lisa Hesketh - Teacher (Computing lead, DoE lead)

Anne Wilde - Teacher (Part time - 0.6) Art and art and design lead

Nikki Stewart - Associate Teacher (Food technology)

Helen Tong - Associate Teacher (Primary)

Lisa Morris - Associate Teacher (Secondary - computing)


Learning Support Professionals


Suzanne O'Loughlin  - Lead LSP / 10J

Jan Crawford - Lead LSP / 11J

Ian Brownbill - Nurture Base Manager

Luke Marsden-Rafferty

Louise Hayes  (Nurture)

Katie Dolan (7C)

Connie Earle (9F)

Tracey Newport (8G)

Sarah Henshaw (9M)

Elle Crowley (10K)

Olivia Hincks (HIVE)

Sally Gordon (11J)

School Support Services


WISH TEAM (Wellbeing, Inclusion, Support & Help)


Ryan Wray - Operational Team Manager / Clinical, complex needs and risk lead  - specialist interventions

Mike Nickeas - Relational Practice Lead - Targeted interventions

Antony Shinks  - Emotional wellbeing & regulation lead - Targeted interventions

Emily Parr - Emotional wellbeing & regulation lead - Targeted interventions

Rachel Clarke - Associate WISH team member - Family Liaison, referrals and attendance lead - Targeted interventions

Marc Williams - Associate WISH team member - Safeguarding & Vulnerability lead - Specialist & targeted interventions

Steve Grierson - Associate WISH team member - Thriving Futures Lead - Universal & targeted interventions


School Support Team - 


Michelle Yates - Apprentice Degree Speech & Language Therapist

Tracy Ball  - Office Manager & PA to Principal

Zoey Campbell - Accounts Manager

Carolyn Barton - Admin Support Officer

David Salter - Premises Officer

Lynsey Rimmer - School Cook

Ruth Brownbill - School Cook in Charge

Katie Wright - Assistant Cook


Commissioned staff / services -


David Brewis - Careers Advisor from Career Connect

Christopher Gerring - Speech & Language Therapist

Samantha O'Loughlin - Unicorn Cleaning Services

Adam Wright - Unicorn Cleaning Services



The TPA Team - Our Talent Pool!

Turning Point Academy is a small school, with a small but perfectly formed staff team.  Our teachers are multi-talented and able to deliver a range of subjects to a wide age range, as well as leading on subject areas.  Our learning support professionals expertly support the learning and pastoral needs of our pupils. They also deliver aspects of the curriculum in small groups, under the direction of a teacher and they take a lead role on aspects of school life.

We are fortunate to employ our own School Guidance Counsellor who delivers a range of interventions to meet the holistic needs of our pupils, designed to remove or reduce any barriers to learning.  They are able to deliver interventions such as cognitive behaviour therapy, solution focussed counselling, anger management programmes, crisis intervention programmes, play therapy, draw and talk therapy – these are just some of the range of interventions we are able to deliver ourselves.  

Our 'Referrals, Attendance and Family Liaison Lead' ensures that children have a good quality transition into our school, and she liaises with families on a whole range of matters.  She is a useful bridge between home and school, who creates a number of opportunities for parents/carers to get involved with our school throughout the year.

We commission an Educational Psychologist and specialist therapy based staff, to work alongside TPA staff to assess the needs of pupils and help put together tailored plans.  They work directly with pupils and also provide professional advice and guidance to our staff in order to meet the wide range of needs we cater for.

All our staff deliver a range of learning experiences aimed at making sure that our pupils can reach their full potential, both educationally and socially.  We are a dedicated team whose work is not restricted to the school day.  We offer a range of services / activities outside of the school day and in school holidays as part of our enrichment curriculum.  

Our staff go that extra mile to ensure the holistic needs of our pupils are well met.

Leadership & Governance at TPA
Day to day leadership of Turning Point Academy sits with the Principal, ably assisted by the schools Deputy Principal.  The Proprietor has overarching responsibility for regulatory compliance.  The Proprietor at TPA is Mr Stefan Campbell.

TPA has established a Proprietal Board, which consists of the Proprietor, Principal, Trustees of the school, co-opted members with particular expertise, staff and parent/carer representatives.  This board help to make important strategic decisions about our school, like finance and budgets, resources and staffing.  They monitor the schools performance and hold the school to account.

Contact details –
Mr Mike Marshall (Principal) -  Contact via school office
Mr Stefan Campbell (Proprietor) -  Contact via school office or on 0151 523 9851