KEY STAFF

A summary of the transition team

Your child will have a wealth of support at IGS. Below is our core 2025 team who will guide the green tie cohort through their first academic year at IGS and beyond! Students will have the chance to meet many of the key pastoral staff multiple times through the transition programme and parents/carers will have the first opportunity to meet some of them at the parent/carer transition launch evening on Thursday 20^th March.

The core transition team:

• Dedicated Head of Year: Mrs Hessey
• Student Support and Transition Manager: Mrs Varley
• Transition Lead: Mr Ewbank
• Progress and Experience Leader (PrExL): Miss Allen
• Assistant Headteacher: Student Experience: KS3 Mr Carr
• Assistant Headteacher: Attendance and Safeguarding: Mr Calvert
• Deputy Headteacher: Behaviour and Attitudes: Mr Ford
• KS3 Inclusive Learning Manager: Mrs Iliff

Beyond the core team:

Beyond the core 2025 transition team, there are multiple stakeholders involved with your child at IGS and the support for helping students to grow in wisdom and stature is wide ranging.

• SENDCo, Deputy SENDCos and the Inclusive Learning Team
• Form tutor/s
• Mental Health Lead
• School counsellors
• Safeguarding Officers
• Nurture Lead
• 100 trained staff mental health first aiders