How to contact Lower School staff
To contact any member of staff, use their first initial plus surname, followed by @ola.org.uk. For example, the email address for Dr Anonymous Teacher, would be ateacher@ola.org.uk.
Lower School Staff List
Head of OLA – Mr D Gibbons MBA, BA Hons Leeds, PGCE MMU
Head of KS2 & Year 6 Teacher – Mr Joseph Robins
Year 5 Teacher – Mr Tim Collis PGCE Oxf Brookes BA Hons (Environmental Biology) Oxf Brookes
Years 3 & 4 Teacher – Miss Danielle Byers
Teaching Assistant – Mrs Johanna Castello
Teaching Assistant – Mrs Georgina Holt
Specialist Teachers
- Mrs Tozer (Senior School Humanities Teacher) will continue to teach specialist Science to all pupils, and also Geography and History to Year 6.
- Mr Paul Ballard-Whyte (Senior School History Teacher) will teach History to Years 3-5.
- Mrs Horne (Senior School Modern Languages Teacher) will be delivering French to all pupils.
- Mrs Jhalli (Senior School Head of Digital Learning) will be teaching ICT to Year 6.
- Mrs Didcock will continue to teach swimming to all pupils.
- Some PSHEE lessons will be delivered by Mrs Cimas (Senior School teacher).
- Design Technology, Art and Music will be delivered by the classroom teacher, with specialist input from Senior School staff during clubs.
- Design Technology:
- Years 3-5 – combined class with Miss Byers
- Year 6 – Mr Collis
- Music:
- Years 3-5 – combined class with Miss Byers
- Year 6 – Mr Collis
- The PE curriculum will be led by a member of the PE Senior School team, and will be taught as follows:
- Years 3-5 – classroom teacher
- Year 6 – a Senior School PE Teacher
- Design Technology: