St John’s Meads C of E Primary School01323 730255 | 26 Rowsley Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 7XS | office@meads.e-sussex.sch.uk
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Business and Community Governor
I am a retired Deputy Headteacher. I have a long association with St John’s Meads starting when my children started at the school in 1986. During the ‘90s I organised residential trips to France with my school and St John’s Meads for a number of years. Continue reading “Joan Wilson”
Staff Governor
I am excited and privileged to take on the role of Deputy Headteacher and Year 6 teacher as the class move into the final part of their journey through the school. After teaching in London for six years, I moved back to Sussex and feel honoured to have joined the friendly Continue reading “Jo Barfield”
Business and Community Governor
I have spent most of my life in Business and over the last 10 years have been actively involved in providing Alternative Energy solutions that make for a more sustainable planet. I also have a keen interest in the local Community and hope to bring the positive Continue reading “Daniel Huff”
Parent Governor
I have spent the majority of my working life involved in different roles and capacities as part of the team around the child to Looked After Children. I am social work trained and my roles have crossed over into the Private and Voluntary Sector, as well as the Local Authority. Continue reading “Susanne Beesley”
Ex Officio
Ben spent most of his working life as an actor and writer before training for the ministry in 2013. He studied at Ridley, Cambridge before moving to Eastbourne for his curacy in 2018 with his wife Continue reading “Revd. Ben Sleep – Curate”
I am excited to have recently joined the team at St John’s Meads Primary School. Prior to this I have been teaching for 5 years throughout Kent and East Sussex, across both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. I love visiting new places, both in the UK and abroad, and have spent a lot of time travelling, particularly around Africa.
I am super excited to join the St John’s Meads School community after working in a primary school in St Leonard’s for the past two years, where I taught in Key Stage 1. I am thrilled to be teaching Year 3 and am looking forward to being a part of the children’s journey through their school years and helping them to flourish and grow. I have received such a wonderful warm welcome from the children, parents and staff at St John’s Meads and I already feel so much a part of this very special community and team.
I enjoy all the subjects that I teach but I especially enjoy English, Mathematics, PE and Art. In my spare time I enjoy the gym and fitness classes and challenging myself with charity runs. I love spending time with my family and taking our two very cute dogs for walks across the beautiful South Downs. I love baking sweet treats from cupcakes and cookies to giant celebration cakes, I also love my arts and crafts and always have a knitting or cross stitch project on the go. I very much look forward to sharing my hobbies with the lovely St John’s Meads community and team!
I am very excited to be Year Two teacher at St John’s Meads, a year group which is new to me this year! I have enjoyed five years teaching at St John’s, with experience across Key Stage One and Two, giving me a great range of knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning through the primary school.
St John’s Meads is a fantastic place to work, with a dedicated and creative staff team who inspire and encourage every child and foster a love of learning. I particularly enjoy teaching Maths and Art. The schools location is perfect for outdoor learning too, with the wonderful beach and South Downs just around the corner.
In my spare time, I enjoy running, walking in the countryside and watching football matches!
