Our Lady's Abingdon - Lower School Staff List

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