Teaching and Learning Team

Miss H. Mitchem

Strategic Oversight and Direction; Quality Assurance, Inset & Academy Days, CPD & Professional Development

Miss Mitchem is the Deputy Headteacher at Townley and oversees Teaching & Learning at Townley. She manages a team that all engage critically with a range of innovative research-informed practice, immersing themselves in current and emerging pedagogy in order to consider how it best fits within the context of our own school setting.

With an outward facing approach, Miss Mitchem has been responsible for facilitating many innovative national and international partnerships to guide the future development of education alongside in-house CPD, harnessing experts in their field to help drive standards and address national priorities in the educational sector. She recognises the valuable opportunities these collaborations offer for CPD and school improvement; our links with industry, all phases in the educational sector and highly distinguished individuals allow us to draw on fields of additional expertise when designing CPD and school improvement models for the school and beyond.

K. Mair

Ed Tech

Miss K. A. Reid

Student Mentoring; EDGE

Mrs Reid has worked at Townley for five academic years, focusing particularly on student mentoring and coaching. She also coordinates the Townley Mentoring Programme, a conduit which peer and academic mentors are provided with the opportunity to contribute to the life of the school while developing leadership skills and attributes while embarking on a shared learning experience with their mentees.

Mrs Reid has worked alongside pastoral leaders and external providers to provide a range of opportunities for pupils to engage in workshops and participate in programmes with a view to ensuring that our students are equipped with effective learning strategies to help them become independent and resilient learners and improve their outcomes. Programme and workshop offerings have included special focus on: (i)Independent Learning, Organisation and Procrastination Avoidance; (ii) Recall and Retention Techniques; (ii) Research Skills, Note-taking and Effective Reading; (iv) Stress Management and Self-motivation.

Mrs Reid is an accredited Pedagogical Coach and had conducted pedagogical coaching sessions for colleagues who want to practise and build confidence in coaching skills in order to support colleagues' development. Miss Reid is also the coordinator of the EDGE programme and Head of Economics.

H. Ronan

Curriculum

Mr F. De Fabiani

Intervention & Mastery

D. Venuso

Induction Tutor; ITT and ECT

Miss Venuso has worked at Townley for several years, focusing particularly on mentoring and coaching. She has been Professional Coordinating Mentor for a number of years, coordinating ITT training and collaborating with the Bexley Alliance to provide Professional Studies training for ITT in the borough. Miss Venuso has established links with a considerable number of providers across a range of programmes including PGCE, School Direct, SCITT and Assessment Only routes. As Townley’s Induction Tutor, Miss Venuso also coordinates the ECT programme with Thames South Teaching School Hub and runs the Induction Programme for new members of staff. As a fully trained Coach, Miss Venuso also provides professional development training and support for middle leaders on pedagogical coaching 

Mr J. Mallison

Oracy

Miss S. Steadman

EDGE

Mrs S. Perfect

Raising Standards Lead (PiXL); Directed Time; National College

ALL

Quality Assurance; Sharing Best Practice Initiatives; New Staff Induction; Visitors; T & L Communication