The pupil support structure at James Gillespie’s consists of four communities of learners with Pupil Support Leaders overseeing each one.
Mrs Nikki Graham
Acting Depute Head Teacher – Pupil Support
Child Protection Co-ordinator
Darach Community
Lauder Community
Roslin Community
Spylaw Community
Inclusion X Collaborative
Mrs Chelsea Ewing
Curriculum Leader – Inclusion X
Wellbeing Hub Staff:
| Jacque Swartz Pupil Support Officer | Suzanne Quinnan Pupil Support Assistant | Andrew Whyte Pupil Support Assistant |
SNUG Staff:
| Mrs Anna Kirkwood Teacher – Inclusion | Matilda White Pupil Support Officer | Max Stephenson Pupil Support Assistant |
PEF
| Mr James Gunn Development Officer – Raising Attainment | João Reis Pupil Support Officer – Attendance |
Mental Health Support
| Sharon McAree Thomas School Counsellor | Sarah Fraser School Counsellor |
Primary Cluster
| Anita Sharkey Transition Teacher | Tori Wright Teacher – Inclusion |
EAL (English as an Additional Language)
| Catherine Piper Teacher – EAL | Agnieszka Orchowska Pupil Support Officer |
Support for Learning
Mr Rob Cockroft
Support for Learning Leader
Teaching Staff
| Dr Robin Andrews Teacher – Support for Learning | Ms Fiona Oatman Teacher – Support for Learning |
| Mrs Leesa Fallon Teacher – Support for Learning | Ms Maria Moreno Teacher – Support for Learning |
Pupil Support Assistants
| Sharon Leung | Barbara Vall | Andrew Briggs |
| Yeuk Lam Choi | Sarah MacLeod | Evelyn Tong |
| Zander Donaldson | Austin Savill |
This school, as a community, will provide a welcoming and secure learning environment in which individuals can fully realise their potential in a climate of mutual respect.
- To ensure that each pupil knows and is known personally and in some depth by a least one member of staff.
- To help the pupil be aware of his/her own development and to accept responsibility for it.
- To identify and respond quickly to the specific needs of the individual.
- To foster the development of good relations between teachers and pupils.
- To work well with the home in all aspects of pupil development.
- To liaise with support and welfare services.
- To systematise and make effective the recording and communication of information relevant to the welfare of individual pupils.
We have a responsibility to provide each pupil with personal, curricular and vocational pupil support, and look after their progress and welfare.
We believe that all staff have a major role to play in the support and personal development of pupils.