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Leadership Team

Senior Leaders

Ms K Cunningham

Ms K Cunningham

Headteacher
  • All operational activity and strategic direction of the school
  • Success and reputation of Neston High School
  • Quality and standards of the whole school
  • Appraisal
  • School Partnership Programme
  • Governor Links
  • All students and staff
  • Year 11
Mrs J Vossebeld

Mrs J Vossebeld

Deputy Headteacher
  • Responsible for all aspects of curriculum development, delivery and quality assurance for all students
  • School timetable
  • Oversight of external examinations
  • Overall responsibility for all disadvantaged students 7-11
Oversight of: 
  • Maths
  • Business and Computing
     
Mr S Nuttall

Mr S Nuttall

Deputy Headteacher
Strategic leadership of all aspects of Pastoral Care and Inclusion, including:
  • School Admissions, Appeals and Fair Access
  • Personal Development
  • Safeguarding
  • Student and Staff Well-Being
  • SEND
  • Attendance and Punctuality
  • Behaviour and Standards
 Oversight of:
  • English
Mr L Burton

Mr L Burton

Assistant Headteacher
  • All aspects of Sixth Form relating to targets, quality, standards, recruitment, attendance, behaviour and destinations
  • University application success
  • Easter and May half term revision programme Yr 13
  • Sixth Form more able programme
  • Year 12 Work Experience
  • Careers Education and Future Aspirations
  • EPQ
Oversight of: 
  • KS5 – Years 12 and 13
  • Art and Design
Mr L Cray

Mr L Cray

Assistant Headteacher
Strategic Leadership of the Head of Year Team, including:
  • Behaviour and Standards
  • Rewards and Sanctions
  • Attendance and Punctuality
  • Attitude to Learning and Progress
Oversight of:
  • Year 7
Mrs F Mannix

Mrs F Mannix

Assistant Headteacher
  • Whole school Teaching and learning and staff training/CPD
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
  • Classroom standards and expectations
  • Primary curriculum links and projects
  • Homework
  • Induction tutor of ECTs and new staff support programmes 
  • SSAT and embedding formative Assessment Programme Lead
Oversight of:
  • Year 6 – 7 Transition
  • Year 8
  • Whole School Literacy
  • PE
  • Performing Arts
Mr J Millington

Mr J Millington

Assistant Headteacher
Strategic Leadership of Personal Development, including:
  • PSHE
  • Student Leadership
  • British Values
  • Careers
  • Learning Outside the Classroom
Oversight of:
  • Duties and Rotas
  • Science
  • Year 11
  • Health and Safety
Mr K Smith

Mr K Smith

Assistant Headteacher
  • Curriculum intent and implementation 
  • Quality assurance and monitoring of classroom standards 
  • Alternative Provision
  • Timetable support 
  • Remote Education and student technology
  • Cross-curricular projects across the curriculum to include STEM
  • Information Evenings 
  • ITT programme 
Oversight of:
  • Criminology and Law
  • Languages
  • Psychology
  • Year 10
     
Mrs H Waites

Mrs H Waites

Assistant Headteacher
  • Progress 7-13
  • Assessment, reporting and data
  • Year 9 Options Programme
  • External and Internal examinations 
  • Whole school academic intervention programme
  • Data review
  • Go4schools
  • Parents’ Evenings
Oversight of:
  • The Year teams – linked with progress
  • Oversight of Most Able provision
  • Exams and Data team
  • Business and Computing
  • BTEC and Vocational Courses
  • Humanities
     
Mrs F Nisbet

Mrs F Nisbet

SEND Lead
  • SENDCo
  • Inclusion
Mrs E Metcalf

Mrs E Metcalf

  • Head of Maths
  • Data and Curriculum Design and Development
Mr R Orme

Mr R Orme

  • Head of Physics
  • Inclusion support
Mr C Scutter

Mr C Scutter

Associate Assistant Headteacher
  • Head of Chemistry
  • Disadvantaged students
     
Mrs T Phillips

Mrs T Phillips

Business Manager
  • Chief finance officer
  • Strategic and operational management of finance, resources and facilities
  • Marketing and communications
  • Line management of support staff
  • Alumni

Oversight of: 

  • Health and Safety
Mr T Cairney

Mr T Cairney

Designated Safeguarding Lead
  • Safeguarding

Oversight of:

  • Year 9
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