Meet the Team

Hovingham Primary Team 2025-2026 (updated 07/11/2025)

Strategic Leadership Team

Principal (DSL):   Kellie Halliday

Vice Principal (Business):   Kim Lowe

Vice Principal (DDSL):   Victoria Thompson

Co-Vice Principal (DDSL):   Donna Kane

Assistant Principal:   Laura Martin

Assistant Principal (DDSL): Charlotte Butterworth

Assistant Principal: Sarah Makepeace

Assistant Principal-SEND: Helen Squires

 EYFS Leader: Donna Kane

   Nursery

Teachers

Lucie Hutton (Cover teacher for EYFS and Enrichment and Family Engagement Lead)

Freya McIntosh

Early Years Practitioners

Ranjeet Wilkhu

Romana Shereen

Early Years Supervisor (Supernumerary member of staff across EYFS providing additional support for children with high and complex needs)

Cynthia Wiredu

Reception

Teachers

Dorset: Katherine Mason

Chatsworth: Tayiba Hussain

Early Years Practitioners

Karla Rivers

Meja Jowitt

Tanya Lewis

Year 1 Leader: Donna Kane

Year 1

Teachers

Gledhow: John Parker-Ormsby

Newsam: Tyba Kalsoom

Roundhay: Clare Southern

Teaching Assistants

Nav Kaur (Job share - 3 days) 

Belbinder Bansal

Sabrina Khan

Phase 2 Leader (Year 2 & 3): Laura Martin

Year 2

Teachers

Ouse: Natalie Irving

Aire: Georgia Roche

Wharfe: Kerrie Heszelgraves/Nav Kaur

Teaching Assistants

Miruna - Apprentice 

Satnam Digpal/Zanhib Hussain (Job Share)

Samra Sadique

Year 3

Teachers

Thackray: Claire Jenkins 

City: Erin Brewster

Armouries: Kelly Read

 Abbey: Steff Thompson

Teaching Assistants

Zahra Miah

Asrar Anwar

Debbie Scampton

Phase 3 Leader (Year 4 – 6): Victoria Thompson

Year 4

Teachers

Carriageworks: Sarah Sayedi

Playhouse: Amanda Johnson

Grand: Zara Jaffary

Teaching Assistants

Naz Ayub

Alisha Sheikh

Ripna Begum

Year 5

Teachers

Elland: Carly Walker/Sarah Makepeace (1 day)

Carnegie: Sam Hill

Arena: Nikhita Raju

Headingley: Amy Huntley

Teaching Assistants

Ripna Begum

Taranpreet Kaur

Ianis Tiuga (Apprentice)

Year 6

Teachers

Parkinson: Katie Robertshaw

Trinity: Rob Mason

Beckett: Georgia Carr

Teaching Assistants

Ianis Tiuga (Apprentice)

Specialist Teachers

Helen Squires (SENDCO)

Simon Lowe (PE & Sports)

HLTAs & Specialist Areas

HLTAs

Julie Haigh

Kiran Jahangir

Noreen Liaquat

Khoyrun Nessa

Tom Shaw (PE & Sports)

SEND

Collette Speight (Assistant SENDCO)

(Tues-Fri) 

SEND Teaching Assistant Support

Ana Maria Da Viega

Sajda Bibi

Jennifer McDonnell

Lana Burke

Lola Akingbemila

Behaviour

Tracey Aveyard

Laura Brown

Ravinder Sidhu

Safeguarding

Alex Hirst (Safeguarding Officer) (DDSL)

                                                                                                                Business Team

Business Leadership Team

Kim Lowe – Vice Principal (Business)

Anna Lattimer – Business Manager (Tues-Fri)

Reeshka Adams – PA to Principal/Office Manager

Office Team

Jill Ledgeway – Administrator

Shaheen Sajawal – Administrator

Wendy Beaumont – Administrator

Attendance Team

Keeley Davison – Attendance Lead

Irena Cisarova – Attendance Caseworker

Martina Mikova – Attendance Caseworker

Facilities Team

Holly Springthorpe – Superintendent

Alex Shaw – Facilities Assistant

Lunchtime Team Assistants

Fadumo Adan

Shaheen Akhtar

Nargis Bi

Tabassum Bi

David Procter

Amareen Hussain

Syeda Begum

Amal Daud

Sabera Walizadeh

Cleaning Team

Vicky Ash

Angela Burke

Halima Abdullahi

Sandra Johnson

Jade Kirton

David Procter

Michael Rae

Sudi Sharif

Hodon Nur