LEAP Staff Team
A full list of staff members working at each of our three schools can be found on each school's website. Below you will find lists of key individuals who work across the LEAP Federation including our Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Specialist Leaders of Education (SLEs), Subject and Phase Leads and other cross federation roles, the LEAP Governing Body members and Hackney School of Food steering group members.
Head Teachers
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Marc Thompson
Mandeville Headteacher
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Karen Pedro
Gayhurst Headteacher
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Evelyn Deeney
Kingsmead Headteacher
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Louise Nichols
Executive Head
LEAP SLT
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Louise Nichols
Executive Headteacher
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Evelyn Deeney
Kingsmead Headteacher
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Karen Pedro
Gayhurst Headteacher
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Marc Thompson
Mandeville Headteacher
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Meret Stokes
LEAP Associate Deputy Head for Curriculum (& Mandeville Deputy Head)
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Fran Slot
Mandeville Deputy Head & SENDCo
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Katherine Turley
Mandeville Assistant Head (+ SLE for Humanities)
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Kaltum Yusuf
Mandeville Assistant Head
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Lisa Clarke
Gayhurst Deputy Head & Inclusion Manager (+ LEAPs Initial Teacher Training Lead & SLE for ITT)
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Ella Jones
Gayhurst Deputy Head
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Jacqueline Thornton
Gayhurst Assistant Head
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Ruth Mackintosh
Kingsmead Deputy Headteacher & SENDCo
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Sarah Betney
Kingsmead Assistant Head (+ LEAP MFL & Maths Lead and SLE for Maths)
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Janne Cornish
LEAP English Lead (+ SLE for English)
LEAP SLEs
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Lisa Clarke
SLE ITT
Lisa is also LEAP's ITT lead and Gayhurst's Deputy Headteacher & Inclusion Manager
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Katherine Turley
SLE Humanities
Katherine is also an Assistant Head at Mandeville
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Lucy Michael
SLE EYFS
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Sarah Betney
SLE MATHS
Sarah is also an Assistant Head at Kingsmead & LEAP's lead for Maths and MFL
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Janne Cornish
SLE English
Janne is also LEAP's English lead
LEAP Subject Leads
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Daniel Turner
LEAP Geography Lead
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Katherine Turley
LEAP History Lead
Katherine is also an Assistant Head at Mandeville and SLE for Humanities
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Sophie Hinchliffe
LEAP Art Lead
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Sarah Betney
LEAP Maths and MFL Lead
Sarah is also an Assistant Head at Kingsmead school and an SLE for Maths
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Janne Cornish
LEAP English Lead
Janne is also SLE for English
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Stan Colomb
LEAP PE Lead
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Ally Weston
LEAP Design & Technology Lead
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David Burdett
LEAP Science Lead
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Ben de Sausmarez
LEAP Music Lead
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Shenaz Begum
LEAP RE Lead
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Jack Moody
LEAP Computing lead
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Rachel Townsend
LEAP PHSE Lead
School Phase Leads
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Alice Lloyd
EYFS & KS1 phase lead Kingsmead
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Stan Colomb
KS2 Phase Lead Kingsmead
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Samantha Fennel
EYFS phase lead Mandeville
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Bianca Willer-Smith
Yr 1, 2 & 3 phase lead Mandeville
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Ellie Abel
Yr 4, 5 & 6 phase lead Mandeville
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Rachael O'Sullivan
EYFS phase lead Gayhurst
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Sonya Forte
Yr 1 & 2 phase lead Gayhurst
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Marsha Speede
Yr 3 & 4 phase lead Gayhurst
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Winnie Prince
Yr 5 & 6 phase lead Gayhurst
LEAP Cross Federation Roles
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Louise Nichols
Executive Headteacher
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Meret Stokes
LEAP Associate Deputy Head for Curriculum
Meret is also a Deputy Headteacher at Mandeville
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Lisa Clarke
LEAP's ITT lead
Lisa is also Gayhurst's Deputy Headteacher
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Thomas Walker
HSoF Head Food Educator
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Lidka D'Agostino
LEAP Gardener & HSoF Garden Educator
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Paul Taylor
LEAP Behaviour Support
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Jon D'Agostino
LEAP School Counsellor
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Dorinia Harley
LEAP Dance teacher
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Aaron Tanice
LEAP Drumming teacher
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Aran Thomas
LEAP Steel Pans teacher
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Cyrilene Malcolm
LEAP Business Manager
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Joanna Makaruk
LEAP Human Resources
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Emma de Sausmarez
LEAP Communications & Community Liaison
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Parveen Razzaque
LEAP Attainment & Attendance Data Manager
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Michelle Smith
LEAP Finance Officer
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Mary Straw
Deputy SENDCo at Mandeville & Gayhurst
LEAP Governing Body
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Gill Brady
Chair of LEAP Governing Body
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Michelle Salerno
Governor
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Ian Mullaney
Vice Chair of LEAP Governing Body
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Sophie Lejeune
Governor
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Sami Tatar
Governor
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Louise Nichols
Governor
Louise is LEAP's Executive Headteacher
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Oliver Elgie
Governor
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Kaltum Yusuf
Governor
Kaltum is Mandeville's Assistant Head
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Kemi Owolabi
Governor
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Shanielle Shrouder
Governor
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Anna Schabel
Associate Governor
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Marc Thompson
Associate Governor
Marc is Mandeville's Headteacher
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Evelyn Deeney
Associate Governor
Evelyn is Kingsmead's Headteacher
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Karen Pedro
Associate Governor
Karen is Gayhurst's Headteacher
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Cyrilene Malcolm
Associate Governor
Cyrilene is LEAP's Business Manager
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Susan Moyse
Clerk to Governing Body
HSoF Staff & Steering Group
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Louise Nichols
Steering Group member
Louise is LEAP's Executive Headteacher
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Miranda Cochrane
Project Manager
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Thomas Walker
HSoF Head Food Educator
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Lidka D'Agostino
HSoF Garden Educator & Head Gardener
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Coral Cuthbertson
Deputy Food Educator
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Anna Schabel
Steering Group member
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Marc Thompson
Steering Group member
Marc is Mandeville's Headteacher
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Nicole Pisani
Steering Group member
Nicole is Executive Chef with the charity Chefs in Schools
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Naomi Duncan
Steering Group member
Naomi is Chief Executive of the charity Chefs in Schools
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Ian Mullaney
Steering Group member
Ian is also a LEAP Governor