Who to contact
Your Child’s Learning
You may wish to contact a subject teacher about any of the following:
- Homework issues
- Issues relating to classroom work.
- Concerns about your child’s progress.
- How you may help your child in this subject.
- Detentions
- Awards/Achievements
- Reports/Assessments
Staffing Structure @ Rye College
Subject teachers
Note: The subject teacher's registration group is shown in brackets
English Department
- Miss Chillingworth (Globe 5)
- Mrs Estrada (Globe 1)
- Miss Glen - Curriculum Leader for English
- Mrs Granville (Globe 4)
- Mrs Naylor (Globe 3)
- Mrs Norris (Globe 2)
Mathematics Department
- Mrs Ball (Tate 5)
- Mr Cooper (Tate 1)
- Mr Elder (Tate 2)
- Mr Meltz (Tate 4)
- Mr Morris - Curriculum Leader for Mathematics
- Mrs Whiteman (Tate 3)
Science Department
- Mr Atkinson - KS4 Learning Manager
- Mr Bishop (Barbican 3)Mr Estall - Curriculum Leader for Science
- Mrs Fountain (Barbican 1)
- Mr Wardroper (Barbican 2)
ICT and Business Studies Department
- Mr Cooper (Tate 1)
- Miss Bayley - Curriculum Leader for ICT and Business Studies
- Mr Earl - KS3 Learning Manager
- Mr Kemm - e-Learning Manager
- Mrs Whiting (C5)
PE Department
- Mr Lovell
- Miss Langham - Curriculum Leader for PE (Barbican 7)
- Mr Mountford
- Mrs Naylor (Globe 3)
- Mrs Starkey - 14-19 Pathways Learning Manager
Humanities Department
- Mrs Fraser - Head of RE (Barbican 4)
- Mrs Gasson
- Miss Golledge (Barbican 6)
- Miss Thomas (Barbican 5)
- Mr Turner - Curriculum Leader for Humanities
Modern Foreign Languages Department
- Mrs Clayton - Curriculum Leader for MFL (Globe 6)
- Mr Taillandier (Globe 7)
Technology Department
- Mrs Bate (Tate 7)
- Mr Kemm - e-Learning Manager
- Miss Loveless
- Mr Simmonds - Curriculum Leader for Technology (Tate 6)
- Mrs Whiting (Tate 8)
Art Department
- Ms Crampton - Year 7 Transition Learning Manager
- Ms Townshend - Curriculum Leader for Art
- Mr Watson
- Mrs Whiting (Tate 8)
Dance Department
- Miss Daines - Curriculum Leader for Dance (Globe 8)
Drama Department
- Mrs Wall - Curriculum Leader for Drama (Globe 8)
Music Department
- Mr McGeever - Curriculum Leader for Music (Barbican 8)
H2L / year 7
- Ms Crampton - Year 7 Transition Learning Manager
SEN Department
- Mr Townsend - Additional Needs Assistant Manager
Having spoken with your child’s subject teacher you may wish to seek further advice from a Curriculum Leader.
Learning Managers monitor student progress and achievements across subjects in the College; you may be asked to meet with Learning Managers to discuss issues that relate to more than one subject.
Your Child’s Welfare
You may wish to contact the College for a number of reasons other than those to do with learning.
All teachers in our College are tutors. The tutor group is shown in brackets next to the teacher’s name.
Initial contact should be via your child’s tutor:
this can be a note from you in the student planner or a telephone call to the College reception asking for the tutor to return your call.
You may wish to inform the tutor about:
- Uniform
- Equipment
- Appointments or commitments outside of
- College i.e. doctor, dentist
Student Support Managers
You may wish to contact Student Support Managers about:
- Relationship difficulties that your child is having with students or adults in the College.
- Bullying issues.
- Outside of College concerns.
- Attendance issues.
- Student ‘on-report’ cards or tracking sheets.
- Personal Support Plans (PSP)
- Advice about other support agencies.
- House activities that you would like to support.
- Any other concern other than learning.
Student Support Managers are available throughout the day and can deal with any issues to do with your child’s welfare. Please call the College and press 4 when asked which will put you through to the PA to the Student Support Managers.
Having spoken with your Student Support Managers, you may wish to seek further advice from the Learning Manager for Student Support Managers who oversees their work.
Student Reception
- Attendance Officer (Mrs Ferid)
She has recently been trained as PIC’s (Parent Information Contacts) and First Aiders.
You may wish to contact her about :
- Attendance information
- Bus passes / transports
- School meals
- Purchasing uniform and equipment
- After College Activities
- Lost Property
- General College information
- Getting an urgent message to your child.
Our Leadership Team:
- Mrs Cockerham - Principal
- Ms Coleman - Vice Principal
- Miss Bayley - Assistant Principal – Globe Community
- Mr Mountford - Assistant Principal – Barbican Community
- Ms Townshend – Assistant Principal – Tate Community
Other contacts
- Mrs Bailey - Nursery Manager
- Ms Charlton - Work Experience
- Mr Thomson - Adult Education
- Mrs Lott - Catering Manager
- Mrs Ward - Parent Council
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We are committed to working with parents and carers to support our students’ success. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have a query or concern or even a good idea to share to help improve our work.
