"Teaching is underpinned by the strong bonds between the children and staff."

ISI Inspection Report, 2023

Our Staff

Highfield Priory School has a dedicated team of passionate and talented staff, ensuring each child achieves their full potential. Our staff members are highly qualified, up to date with the latest teaching strategies and between them they enjoy a wealth of experience of working with young children. We have low staff turnover ensuring continuity and expertise across both the school and nursery. We strongly believe that outstanding staff are essential for an outstanding education; for this reason lots of time and effort goes into recruiting the very best.

Senior Management Team

Mr J Duke

Headmaster

Mrs R Cottom

School Business Manager - Clerk to the Governors

Mrs A Prince

Deputy Head - Year 6 Class Teacher - Mathematics Co-ordinator

Miss C Ryan

Assistant Head - Year 2 Class Teacher - ICT Co-ordinator

Mrs A Morrice

Designated Safeguarding Lead - Year 3 Class Teacher - French Co-ordinator

Mrs E Elstone

Nursery & Preschool Manager

Teaching Staff

Mrs H Bennett

Reception Class Teacher

Mrs H Wilson

Year 1 Class Teacher - PSHE Co-ordinator

Ms C Eccles

Year 1 Class Teacher - Science Co-ordinator

Mrs C Jones

Year 4 Class Teacher - R.E. Co-ordinator - Drama/HPSED Co-ordinator

Ms E Wakefield

Year 5 Class Teacher - English Co-ordinator

Mrs J Street

Learning Support Co-ordinator - Music Teacher

Mrs J Davidson

Humanities Co-ordinator

Miss A Jewitt

Art Co-ordinator

Mrs B Harrison

Music Co-ordinator

Mrs M Parsons

PE & Games Co-ordinator

Mrs M Whorlton-Jones

PE & Games Teacher

Mrs L Martindale

Supply Teacher

Teaching Assistants

Miss S Edwards

Early Years Practitioner - Reception

Mrs N Hayes

Early Years Practitioner - Year 1 

Miss H Catherall

Early Years Practitioner - Year 2

Miss J Kaur

Classroom Assistant

Miss O Duke

Supply Classroom Assistant

Miss E Powell

Supply Classroom Assistant

Mrs C Harris

Lunchtime Supervisor

Early Years Staff

Mrs C Marskell

Forest School Leader - Nursery Deputy Manager

Mrs L Burrows

Nursery Deputy Manager

Miss E Fleming

Early Years Practitioner - Nursery

Miss E Howarth

Early Years Practitioner - Nursery

Miss O Leach

Early Years Practitioner - Nursery

Mrs S Wardley

Early Years Practitioner - Nursery

Miss J Wyllie

Early Years Practitioner - Nursery

Miss L Wright

Preschool Leader

Miss S Carroll

Early Years Practitioner - Preschool

Miss R Crowley

Early Years Practitioner - Preschool

Mrs P Lockwood

Early Years Practitioner - Preschool

Miss Z Dad

Early Years Practitioner - Supply

Mrs Z Barton

Early Years Practitioner - Lunchtime Supervisor

Mrs L Hall

Early Years Practitioner - Lunchtime Supervisor

Support Staff

Mrs A Hughes

Headmaster's PA

Mrs Y Mulla

Assistant School Business Manager

Mr G Bailey

Business Office Co-ordinator

Miss H Field

Business Office Assistant

Mrs A Duke

Communications Advisor

Mr P Cusack

Site Supervisor

Mr V Best

Caretaker

Mrs C Aspey

Chef

Mrs A Berry

Assistant Chef

Mrs S McNicholas

Catering Assistant

Mrs C Graham

Kitchen Assistant

Mrs M Clayton

Kitchen Assistant & Cleaner

Miss A Lonsdale

Cleaner

Mr J Maddock

Cleaner

The latest from Highfield Priory

#ThrowbackThursday โฌ…๏ธ

Highfield proudly celebrated Preston Guild in 1992, were you there?

#ThrowbackThursdays #ThrowbackThursdays๐Ÿ”™ #IndependentSchool #independentschoolsuk #Alumni #HighfieldPriory #highfieldprioryalumni
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#ThrowbackThursday โฌ…๏ธ

Highfield proudly celebrated Preston Guild in 1992, were you there? 

#throwbackthursdays #throwbackthursdays๐Ÿ”™ #independentschool #independentschoolsuk #alumni #HighfieldPriory #highfieldprioryalumni

๐ŸŒŸ Well-being Wednesday in 3M! ๐ŸŒŸ

This morning we kicked off the day with a fun team activity all about community and belonging. We all wrote down a little-known fact about ourselves to keep everyone guessing.

As we shared them and tried to match each fact to the right person, we discovered some amazing things โ€“ from on pupil creating 27 Roblox games ๐ŸŽฎ to another completing a 600m swim ๐ŸŠ, even Mrs Morriceโ€™s love of drawing portraits ๐ŸŽจ.

It was a brilliant way to learn more about each other, practice listening and turn-taking, and most importantly โ€“ remind ourselves that 3M is a team, teacher included! ๐Ÿ’™

#WellbeingWednesday #Team3M #SchoolCommunity #Teamwork #highfieldpriory #InspiringMoments #highfieldprioryschool #LearningBeyondTheClassroom๐ŸŒŸ Well-being Wednesday in 3M! ๐ŸŒŸ

This morning we kicked off the day with a fun team activity all about community and belonging. We all wrote down a little-known fact about ourselves to keep everyone guessing.

As we shared them and tried to match each fact to the right person, we discovered some amazing things – from on pupil creating 27 Roblox games ๐ŸŽฎ to another completing a 600m swim ๐ŸŠ, even Mrs Morrice’s love of drawing portraits ๐ŸŽจ.

It was a brilliant way to learn more about each other, practice listening and turn-taking, and most importantly – remind ourselves that 3M is a team, teacher included! ๐Ÿ’™

#WellbeingWednesday #Team3M #SchoolCommunity #Teamwork #highfieldpriory #InspiringMoments #highfieldprioryschool #LearningBeyondTheClassroom
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๐ŸŒŸ Well-being Wednesday in 3M! ๐ŸŒŸ

This morning we kicked off the day with a fun team activity all about community and belonging. We all wrote down a little-known fact about ourselves to keep everyone guessing.

As we shared them and tried to match each fact to the right person, we discovered some amazing things โ€“ from on pupil creating 27 Roblox games ๐ŸŽฎ to another completing a 600m swim ๐ŸŠ, even Mrs Morriceโ€™s love of drawing portraits ๐ŸŽจ.

It was a brilliant way to learn more about each other, practice listening and turn-taking, and most importantly โ€“ remind ourselves that 3M is a team, teacher included! ๐Ÿ’™

#WellbeingWednesday #Team3M #SchoolCommunity #Teamwork #highfieldpriory #InspiringMoments #highfieldprioryschool #LearningBeyondTheClassroom
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