Our Leadership Team

The Senior Leadership Team meet weekly and are jointly responsible for the entire operational leadership and management of Moorland School, and the members of this exceptionally well qualified and experienced team represent all regulatory areas of the business.

The Senior Leadership Team is led by the Head Teacher, Mr Jonathan Harrison. The other members of the SLT and their areas of responsibility are as follows:

Jonathan Harrison

Headteacher
& Proprietor

Hayley Mosscrop

Office & Boarding Manager - DSP

Lou Harrison

Assistant
Headteacher

Caisha Tyler

Communications Manager

Kristy Jacks

Head of
Juniors

Deborah Frost

Assistant Headteacher
DSL

Sarah Booth

SENDCo

Carl Lightbown

Admissions Manager

Early Years Team

Lou Harrison

Assistant
Headteacher

Christina Barnes

Nursery Manager

Linda Chew

Nursery Deputy
Manager

Juniors Team

Kristy Jacks

Head of Juniors Year 3 & 4

Hannah Hull

Juniors
Year 6 & SENDCo

Philip Ramsbottom

Head of Infants

Isaak Sadiq

Juniors Year 5

Seniors Team

Sarah Booth

SENDCo

Susanne Nolan

Head of
English

Salma Zulfiqar

English
Teacher

Dominica O'Neill

English & Media
Teacher

Justine Pursglove

Head of Mathematics

Claire Clemontson

Science Teacher

Sarah Entwistle

Art
Teacher

Dr DEBORAH BOOTLE

Head of Science
& Sixth Form

Alistair Marshall

Science
Teacher

Sarah Sweeten-Warren

MFL
Teacher

Karen Orr

PE
Teacher

Emma Wilcock

Catering &
Art Teacher

Anila Khan

Computer Science &
Business Teacher

Maria McConnell

Pastoral Manager

Alison Kershaw

Humanities
Teacher

Carl Lightbown

Humanities
Teacher

Carl Kershaw

Humanities
Teacher

Jill Crowhurst

MFL
Teacher

Matthew Mcpherson

Mathematics Teacher

Ballet Faculty

Lynsey Kidd

Artistic
Director

Simon Kidd

Classical Ballet
Director

Kenneth Tindall

Patron &
Guest Teacher

Gillian Hurst

Guest
Teacher

Football Academy Team

Charlie Jackson

Head of
Football

Martin Jones

Head of
BTEC

Giulio Romano

Head of
Goalkeeping

Matthew Baldwin

BTEC Sport Tutor

Boarding Team

Hayley Mosscrop

Boarding Manager DSP

Helen Rouse

Head of Oaks House

Admin Team

Deborah Frost

Assistant Headteacher
DSL

Margaret Haydock

School Bursar

Carl Lightbown

Admissions Manager

Major Michael Owens

Military Liaison Officer

Geoff Simpson

Transport
Manager

Caisha Tyler

Communications Manager

Hayley Mosscrop

Office & Boarding Manager
DSP

Rachel Foote

Office Receptionist

Jonathan Drew

Head of Finance

Catering Team

Adam Worswick

Head Chef

Paul Rouke

Sous Chef

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Our Leadership Team

Jonathan Harrison

Hayley Mosscrop

Lou Harrison

Caisha Tyler

Kristy Jacks

Deborah Frost

Sarah Booth

Carl Lightbown

Early Years Team

Lou Harrison

Christina Barnes

Linda Chew

Juniors Team

Kristy Jacks

Hannah Hull

Philip Ramsbottom

Isaak Sadiq

Seniors Team

Sarah Booth

Susanne Nolan

Salma Zulfiqar

Dominica O'Neill

Justine Pursglove

Claire Clemontson

Sarah Entwistle

Dr DEBORAH BOOTLE

Alistair Marshall

Sarah Sweeten-Warren

Karen Orr

Emma Wilcock

Anila Khan

Maria McConnell

Alison Kershaw

Carl Lightbown

Carl Kershaw

Jill Crowhurst

Matthew Mcpherson

Ballet Faculty

Lynsey Kidd

Simon Kidd

Kenneth Tindall

Gillian Hurst

Football Academy Team

Charlie Jackson

Martin Jones

Giulio Romano

Matthew Baldwin

Boarding Team

Hayley Mosscrop

Helen Rouse

Admin Team

Deborah Frost

Margaret Haydock

Carl Lightbown

Major Michael Owens

Geoff Simpson

Caisha Tyler

Hayley Mosscrop

Rachel Foote

Jonathan Drew

Catering Team

Adam Worswick

Paul Rouke

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