Meet the Team
Senior Leadership Team
Mrs Finula Farr
Headteacher
Mrs Rachel Clough
Deputy Headteacher / SENCO
Religious Education and PE leader
Mrs Claire Muller
School Business Manager
Teachers
Miss Alice Miles
Reception Class Teacher
EYFS phase leader, PSHE/RESPECT leader, phonics and early reading leader
Miss Kerry Beckwith
Year One Class Teacher
History leader
Miss Lisa Honey
Year Two Class Teacher
Art and DT leader
Mrs Lana Christmas
Year Three Class Teacher
Music leader
Miss Katie Marett
Year Three Class Teacher
Maths leader
Mr Richard Lane
Year Four Class Teacher
Science and Geography leader
Mr Jamie Mccurrah
Year Five Class Teacher
Computing and Reading leader
Mrs Lisa Weeks
Year 6 Class Teacher
English leader
Mrs Martine Batchelor
PPA Teacher
Mrs Sophie Curtis
PPA Teacher
EAL, Languages leader
Learning Assistants
Mrs Karen Burke
Health and Wellbeing Mentor and ELSA
Mrs Corrina Towes
Learning Assistant
Mrs Agnieszka Lepsza-Grochulska
Learning Assistant
Mrs Kelly Smith
Learning Assistant
Mrs Leyla Carrington
Learning Assistant
Mrs Sonjy Lee
Learning Assistant
Mrs Sarah Brooks
Learning Assistant
Mrs Sarah Gent
Learning Assistant
Ms Alice King
Learning Assistant
Mr Tad Kowal
Learning Assistant
Miss Lily-Ann Adams
Learning Assistant
Miss Michelle Daniels
Learning Assistant
Office
Mrs Annette Brewster
School Office Manager
Mrs Emma Charlton
School Office Manager
Mr Dan Scott
School Premises Officer
Governors
Mrs Lorraine Vinall
Chair of Governors
Mrs Veronica Peppaitt
Vice Chair
Mrs Holly Green
SEND Governor
Mrs Nicola Trumpess
Foundation Governor
Mr Matthew Laird
Parent Governor
Mrs. Elizabeth Graham
Parent Governor
Mr Stephen Barnett
LA Governor
Mr Joseph Kelly
Foundation Governor
Ms Amy Slater-Beadell
Clerk to Governors
Miss Alice Miles
Staff Governor
Miss Nicole Tytler
Foundation Governor
If you wish to contact the Governing Body, please email clerk@stjohnshorsham.school.
Staff Champion
October 2025
Congratulations!
Staff Champion this month is Mrs Brooks for her hard work in maintaining all the school medical information and packs for the new year.
School News
St. John’s Catholic Primary School Newsletter 32 – 19th June 2026
Adapted from Matthew 10:26-33, The 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A Jesus instructed the twelve as follows: “Do not be afraid. For everything...
St. John’s Catholic Primary School Newsletter 31 – 15th June 2026
Adapted from Matthew 9:36-10:8, The 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A When Jesus saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed...
St. John’s Catholic Primary School Newsletter 30 – 5th June 2026
Taken from the Gospel of Sunday 24th May 2026. John 20:19-23 (Pentecost Sunday, Year A) In the evening, the disciples were gathered in a room. They...