Staff at Thomas Reade (ID 1142)

• Mrs. Lynsey Day
  Headteacher
  Mrs. Lynsey Day

  Mrs Day joined Thomas Reade in September 2022 after her role as the Deputy Headteacher in another local primary school. Before becoming a teacher, Mrs Day served in the Royal Air Force as a Weapons Systems Operator (Linguist). She has two young children and her time, when not at school, is spent on the side of a football pitch or swimming pool with her son, or at gymnastics with her daughter. Her favourite subjects to teach are PE and English (especially grammar) and she is passionate about reading. She is extremely proud of her role as Headteacher of Thomas Reade Primary School.

• Mrs. Sue Moulster
  Deputy Headteacher
  Mrs. Sue Moulster

  Mrs Moulster joined Thomas Reade in 2005 working three days a week as a specialist PE teacher. In addition to teaching at Thomas Reade she has led the Abingdon Partnership PE network group for 10 years organising all the sports activities and events for the primary schools in Abingdon and the local villages. Mrs. Moulster took on the role of SENCO in 2020 and following successful completion of her Masters in Educational leadership and management in 2022 became Acting Deputy Headteacher from September 2022, before being offered the permanent role in March 2023.

  In her spare time Mrs. Moulster enjoys attending adult dance classes, and has been involved in coaching gymnastics for over 30 years. When not teaching at Thomas Reade Mrs. Moulster looks forward to going skiing with her family or enjoying summer holidays in the mountains or at the beach.

• Mr. Nick Austin
  Year 6 teacher
  Mr. Nick Austin

  Mr Austin is now in his 9^th year at Thomas Reade, and he currently teaches Year 6. He is a member of SLT and is the science lead for the school. Before becoming a teacher, Mr Austin worked on a very small island in Malaysia as a Scuba diving instructor (putting his marine biology degree to good use!). Outside of school, he is the Leader of 7^th Abingdon Air Scouts and enjoy camping, climbing, diving, hiking and kayaking.

• Mrs. Helen Rickard
  Year 5 Teacher (Monday - Wednesday)
  Mrs. Helen Rickard

  Mrs. Rickard is thrilled to be part of the team teaching year 5 for the rest of this school year. She is looking forward to teaching many new and exciting things and getting to know our fabulous year 5 class.

  Mrs. Rickard has been teaching for almost 12 years, she is passionate about teaching all subjects but her absolute favourites are maths, reading, PE and computing. Outside of teaching she runs her own Outside of teaching she runs her own beauty business, enjoys walking and any outdoor exercise.

• Ms. Zoe Parks
  Year 5 Teacher (Thursday and Friday)
  Ms. Zoe Parks

  Ms. Parks loves being a teacher and sharing her enjoyment of learning so she is excited to be teaching a class of such curious minds. She has been teaching for over 12 years in the UK and overseas. Maths and humanities are her favourite subjects to teach. Her dog loves coming to school and she loves talking about books.

• Mrs. Jayne Evans
  Year 4 teacher
  Mrs. Jayne Evans

  Mrs. Evans is currently the Year 4 Teacher and Maths Coordinator. She has worked at Thomas Reade for many years, initially as a teaching assistant in Year 2 when her three children were here. She completed her teaching degree and became the Year 1 teacher, for six years. She has just completed her third year teaching year 4. Mrs Evans loves singing and always starts the morning off with a song, she enjoys living in Abingdon and working at Thomas Reade School.

• Miss. Felicity Cronin
  Year 3 teacher
  Miss. Felicity Cronin

  Miss Cronin is in her 3rd year of teaching at Thomas Reade and she was also lucky enough to do her teacher training here too! Although she's from South Wales, she has now been settled in Oxfordshire for a few years. She loves travelling to new places and reading a good book (when she has time!).

• Mrs. Charlotte Badger
  Year 2 teacher
  Mrs. Charlotte Badger

  Mrs. Badger is now in her fourth year of teaching and her third
  at Thomas Reade. She loves teaching English and Art.

• Miss. Rosie Allott
  Year 1 teacher
  Miss. Rosie Allott

  Miss Allott is in her third year at Thomas Reade. She has the pleasure of teaching in Year 1. She enjoy teaching Science and taking learning outside the classroom.

• Mrs. Ali Blagrove
  Reception class teacher
  Mrs. Ali Blagrove

  Mrs Blagrove is the very proud teacher of a wonderful Reception class. She's been teaching for almost 20 years, and this is her third year at Thomas Reade school. Outside of school she loves being a Mummy, playing Netball and eating ice creams on holiday. She wishes she had more time to bake as she love cupcakes with lots of buttercream!

• Mrs. Lynne Holt
  SENCO and Music Teacher
  Mrs. Lynne Holt