Year 9 Pastoral Team

The following staff make up the Year 9 Pastoral Team. Together with Year 9 tutors, they will ensure that students receive the support they need to thrive at Sheldon.

Mr Mark Merriman
Head of Year 9

Mr Mark Merriman


Mr Merriman is a teacher of English as well as the Head of Year 9.

Mr Gareth Bowen
Deputy Head of Year 9

Mr Gareth Bowen


Mr Bowen is a teacher of English as well as the Deputy Head of Year 9

Mrs Dee Oxley
Pastoral Support Worker

Mrs Dee Oxley


Mrs Oxley is the Pastoral Support Worker for Year 9

Mr Andy Symes
Deputy Headteacher

Mr Andy Symes


Mr Symes is Deputy Headteacher and the member of the Leadership Team with responsibility for Year 9.

If you have a concern about your child, please contact their tutor. This may include reporting bullying or problems with friendship groups, concerns about overall academic progress, issues occurring during tutor time or between lessons and concerns about wellbeing. If your concern is not adequately addressed, please contact the Head of Year.  

1st Your child's tutor. Your first point of contact should be your child's tutor. You can email call or leave a note in their planner. 2nd Head of Year. If issues are not resolved after contacting your child's tutor, please speak to the Head of Year. 3rd Deputy Head of Year. The Deputy Head of Year can also assist you if the Head of Year is not available. Depending on the situation, you may also be in contact with the Pastoral Worker attached to the year group. 4th Senior Leader. If you feel that your concerns are still not being addressed, please contact the member of the Leadership Team responsible for the Year Group.

Please note: it is helpful to know the name of the you child's tutor group (ie: 9XYZ) when reporting absences. Tutor groups are divided between Right and Left side organising purposes within the school. This helps keep the groups smaller during big events like Year 7 Camp or Parent Evenings. 

You may contact tutors by calling 01249 766020, emailing or leaving a note in your child's planner. All contact details are listed below.

Year 9 Tutor Groups 2023-2024
Tutor Group
Tutor Name
Email
Side
9AVW Miss Amy Waller AWaller@sheldonschool.co.uk Left
9SEF Mr Sam Fawcett  SFawcett@sheldonschool.co.uk Left
9ZXM Mr Zahid Mahmood zmahmood@sheldonschool.co.uk Left
9CIL

Mrs Claire Law (M/T/W/Th)

Mrs Eleanor Besley (F)

claw@sheldonschool.co.uk

ebesley@sheldonschool.co.uk

 Left
9GMB Mr Gareth Bowen gbowen@sheldonschool.co.uk Left
9KLD

Ms Katie Driver (M/T/W/F)

Mrs Elizabeth Wolff (Th)

 ewolff@sheldonschool.co.uk Right
9RES

Mrs Rowena Shapcott (T/W/F)

Mrs Jainine Cheverton (M/Th)

rshapcott@sheldonschool.co.uk

jcheverton@sheldonschool.co.uk

 Right
9JCN Mr James Curtis-Nye JCurtis-Nye@sheldonschool.co.uk Right
9ECD Miss Emily Davis EDavis@sheldonschool.co.uk Right
Other Useful Year 9 Contacts
Name
Job Title
Email
Mr Mark Merriman Head of Year 9 mmerriman@sheldonschool.co.uk
Mr Gareth Bowen Deputy Head of Year 9 gbowen@sheldonschool.co.uk
Mrs Dee Oxley Pastoral Support Worker doxley@sheldonschool.co.uk
Mr Andy Symes Deputy Headteacher ASymes@sheldonschool.co.uk
Mrs Linda Zuanella SENDCo LZuanella@sheldonschool.co.uk

 

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