MTS Staff structure

The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) is made up of the Principal, Associate Principal and the Business Manager. 

Within this team, the Principal, Jessica Hunter, is responsible for overall effectiveness, the direction and strategic overview of the whole provision. She is also currently the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Curriculum Coordinator for KS3 Creative Arts. 

The Associate Principal, (vacant position) has responsibilities for Curriculum, Assessment and Outcomes. and is also the Curriculum Coordinator for Maths and Computing.

The Business and Examinations Manager is Vicky Banks.

The SLT are the leaders in strategic overview of the provision and the vision for teaching and learning, curriculum and safeguarding is created and managed within this team.

Beyond the SLT, as part of the Extended Leadership Team are two Whole Service Leads. Kim Hulme, the Whole Service Lead for Personal development, Wellbeing and Aspirations delivers the vast majority of the Personal Development, Beyond Learning, Citizenship, PSHE and RSE curriculum - subjects at the heart of what MTS does.

Our second Whole Service Lead, Nikki Shuttleworth, holds oversight of SEND, Transitions and Interventions. Nikki is our Whole Service lead for SEND, Safeguarding and Quality Assurance. She oversees our admissions processes and therapeutic offer.

Curriculum Coordination:

All of our Curriculum Coordinators hold Qualified Teacher Status and are experienced mainstream classroom practitioners, with the additional responsibility of SEND Specialism. This ensures that they are confident and well equipped in their roles when advising colleagues in other schools and settings. Each of our teachers is an EBSA (Emotionally Based School Avoidance) Horizons Practitioner with training in Lego Therapy and Draw and Talk.

• Literacy - Caroline Thompson
• Enquiry - Melissa Bauldry
• Healthy Lifestyles (including PE, Food Technology and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award) - Dan Petty. Dan also delivers KS3 computing lessons.
• Visual Arts (including Art & Design, Photography and Fine Art) – Lucy Jones. Lucy also delivers our Draw and Talk offer.
• Reach – Natasa Hawksley. Natasa leads our Reach = Reintegration programme for students, with high levels of anxiety or other conditions that means accessing education is often very difficult. She also teaches in the MTS Hub - a quiet part of the main building more suited to students who may benefit from 1to1 support on site, or who find groups difficult to work in.

These staff members have autonomy to lead on curriculum development, lesson planning and delivery and assessment within their areas, and support ELT and SLT in achieving our overarching goals for the Quality of Education at MTS.

Students are offered Learning Support Assistance in lessons. 

• LSA support and Science Technician - Heather Stone
• LSA – Callum Woodward

Support Staff and Business Support:

All support staff are EBSA (Emotionally Based School Avoidance) Horizons Practitioners and those delivering one to one interventions have training in Lego Therapy and Draw and Talk.

• Pastoral Support Manager - Lucy Sykes  
• Business Support - Anne Carter