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Dixons McMillan Academy

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Our staff

Senior Leadership Team

Kat LangPrincipalKLA
Kellie WilbySenior Vice Principal & DSLKWI
Paul MurrayVice Principal - Data & ExamsPMU
Lydia GayleVice Principal - ExperienceLGA
Alexander ConlonVice Principal - Quality of EducationACO
Raja AliAssistant Vice Principal - CultureRAL
Chloe SwainAssociate Assistant Vice Principal & Senior Head of Year (KS3)CSW
Benish AshruffAssociate Assistant Vice Principal & Head of ScienceBAF
Salma SharifAssociate Senior Pastoral LeaderSSA

Behaviour & Attendance Team

Raja AliAssistant Vice PrincipalRAL
Salma SharifAssociate Senior Pastoral LeaderSSA
Stephanie JordonSenior Head of Year (KS4) - maternity leaveSJO
Chloe SwainAssociate Assistant Vice Principal & Senior Head of Year (KS3)CSW
Ammaarah PatelHead of Year 11AMM
Sabah HaleemHead of Year 9SHL
Vicky CahillPastoral Lead (KS4)VCA
Tawheed ShahAssistant Pastoral Lead (KS3)TSH
Mariyah SohailAttendance OfficerMSO

Mountain Rescue

Jonathan WilsonSENCOJWI
Laura JowettMountain Rescue MentorLJO
Noor ShaffiMountain Rescue MentorNSH
Wahaab MunirMountain Rescue MentorWMU
Alice ButterfieldAcademy NurseABU

DSLs and Safeguarding Team

Kellie WilbySenior Vice Principal & Designated Safeguarding LeadKWI
Patricia KingWellbeing Officer & Deputy Designated Safeguarding LeadPKI
Kat LangPrincipalKLA
Alice ButterfieldAcademy NurseABU
Jonathan WilsonSENCOJWI

Teaching Staff - English

Rebecca WoodwardHead of EnglishRWO
Laura KitsonAssistant Head of EnglishLKI
Kat LangPrincipalKLA
Kellie WilbySenior Vice PrincipalKWI
Lydia GayleVice PrincipalLGA
Suratun NessaTeacher of EnglishSNE
Areeba KhanECT CoordinatorARK
Saddaf WaheedTeacher of EnglishSAW
Ammaarah PatelHead of Year 11AMM
Amaar BukhariTeacher of English, IT and HumanitiesABK

Teaching Staff - Mathematics

Safeena AzizHead of MathematicsSAZ
Nasreen HussainAssistant Head of MathematicsNHU
Raja AliAssistant Vice PrincipalRAL
Abubakar SulemanaTeacher of MathematicsASU
Binish AhmedTeacher of MathematicsBAH
Kayleigh DavannaTeacher of MathematicsKDA

Teaching Staff - Science

Benish AshruffAssociate Assistant Vice Principal & Head of ScienceBAF
Saiqa SharifAssistant Head of Science - maternity leaveSSH
Jacek MleczkoActing Assistant Head of ScienceJML
Jonathan HernVocational Qualifications LeadJHE
Kiran RehmanTeacher of ScienceKRE
Haider AliTeacher of ScienceHAA
Fatima BasserTeacher of ScienceFBA
Tanzeela BatoolTeacher of ScienceTBA

Teaching Staff - Modern Foreign Languages

Amanda BowleyHead of Modern Foreign Languages - Trinity RoadABO
Lucy CavaleiroAssistant Head of Modern Foreign LanguagesLCA
Leah ScottTeacher of Modern Foreign LanguagesLSC

Teaching Staff - Humanities

David GilderoyHead of HumanitiesDGI
Paul ConboyAssistant Head of HumanitiesPCO
Alexander ConlonVice PrincipalACO
Sabah HaleemHead of Year 9SHL
Samah ShirazTeacher of HumanitiesSSZ
Antonia MugaluTeacher of HumanitiesAMU
Chloe SwainAssociate Assistant Vice Principal & Senior Head of Year (KS3) CSW
Amaar BukhariTeacher of English, IT and HumanitiesABK

Teaching Staff - Physical Education

Rachel WatkinsHead of Physical EducationRWA
Christopher HellewellHead of Outdoor EducationCHE
Jonathan WilsonSENCOJWI
Kellie WilbySenior Vice PrincipalKWI

Teaching Staff - Vocational Subjects

Jonathan HernVocational Qualifications LeadJHE
Nichola LawsHead of Art & DesignNLA
Stephanie JordonSenior Head of Year (KS4)SJO
Taaeba AliTeacher of Art & DesignTEA
Anaïs IrvingTeacher of Art & DesignAIR
Yasmin RosserAssistant Head of Performing Arts - Trinity RoadYRO
Paul MurrayVice Principal PMU
Amaar BukhariTeacher of English, IT and HumanitiesABK

Cover Supervisors

Shabnam AkhtarCover SupervisorSAH
Inderpal SinghCover SupervisorISA

Academy Administration

Katherine RatcliffeAcademy Administration ManagerKRA
Phemie YatesAcademy AdministratorPYA
Khizar HussainAcademy AdministatorKHU
Isma LatifAcademy AdministratorILA
Samina AkhtarLibrarianSAK
Carl LieveseyIT Support Desk AnalystCLI
Carrie ExleyData & Examinations OfficerCEX

Catering Team

Panagiotis PapamavroudisCatering ManagerPPA
Alpesh MistryAssistant Catering ManagerAMI
Thomas HelyarCatering AssistantTHE
Asma MayatCatering AssistantAMA
Linda CalvertCatering AssistantLCV
Rashida SaddiqueCleaning & Catering AssistantRSQ

Site and Cleaning Team

Graham TaskerSite and Cleaning SupervisorGTA
Melissa EyreSite AssistantMEY
Sylwia GustabCleaning AssistantSGU
Deeqa AliCleaning AssistantDAL
Patricia JonesCleaning AssistantPKO
Rashida SaddiqueCleaning & Catering AssistantRSQ
Sharon PinderCleaning AssistantSPI
Maria EvangelistaCleaning AssistantMEV