Lucy started teaching at The Beacon in 2015. She taught Year 1 and became Deputy Head of Pre-Prep in 2018.

Lucy is particularly interested in the way boys learn and prior to joining the school she conducted a research based Masters of Education degree concerning boys opinions of writing. This was a fascinating insight and showed the benefits of creating a curriculum specifically for boys.

Lucy thoroughly enjoys reading and is looking forward to becoming the Pre-Prep Librarian, having the opportunity to share a range of books, genres and authors with the Little Beacon boys.

In her spare time, Lucy enjoys reading books, baking and going to the theatre.

Jenny has been working in Early Years for over 20 years now, and she loves working with Nursery children specifically as they have such an infectious and inquisitive love for life and learning. She truly believes that we should all look at the world through the eyes of a 3-year old!

Jenny genuinely enjoys everything about her job! From helping our Little Beacons explore and learn about the world to supporting them to become independent. Hearing the words "Mrs Grubb, I did it myself!" is extremely joyful! She is proud to have been part of the set-up, launch and ongoing success of our Little Beacons Nursery.

Jenny loves being outside - her favourite place to be is by the sea, and she enjoys going on long walks and hiking with her family.

Lisa has always had a passion for teaching in Early Years. Now with 17 years’ experience, she was delighted to embark on working with young children in Early Years as soon as she finished her education at school. She believes these years are very important in laying down the foundations for the future development of every child.

Her favourite part of the job is seeing the world through the eyes of a child, helping them to use their imagination to turn everyday objects into whatever the child chooses them to be.

Outside of work, Lisa enjoys spending time with her three children who are 12, 10 and 8 years old. She loves going to parks and visiting museums with her family.

Carrie-Anne qualified in 1994 and since then she has worked in various Early Years settings for 28 years, starting her career as a Teaching Assistant at The Beacon in 2021.

Carrie-Anne loves caring and educating young children because they are like ‘sponges’ and soak up every activity, experience and opportunity presented to them. She finds it such a pleasure to be part of our Little Beacons young lives. Carrie-Anne is extremely passionate about each individual she teaches to become independent and unique at their own pace.

She is a mother of four boys ranging from aged 22 down to 15 years. She adores family-time and enjoys baking (sometimes her boys still offer to help!)

Carrie-Anne enjoys travelling and having Summer holidays with family and friends.

LLB (Hons) Law.

Mel started working at The Beacon in July 2021 in the Admissions Department and has recently moved roles to join the Early Years team in Little Beacons. She is thoroughly enjoying getting to know and help support the youngest members of our school community as they begin their Beacon journey.

Mel will tell you that no two days are the same and there is never a dull moment in Nursery. The boys are always busy, busy, busy, and a favourite aspect of her new role is being able to share in all the experiences they have as they learn and play in their new environment.

Mel is a mother to a 15-year-old son and loves spending time with her family. She also likes to travel, ski and enjoy time with friends in her spare time.

Lisa has worked in the education and childcare sector for over 20 years, working with children of ages ranging from birth to 11 years old (Year 6).

Each role has enabled Lisa to develop her skills, knowledge and experience, which was always her dream from leaving school.

Lisa has worked closely with families who require childcare after school hours and has also worked as a one-to-one Teacher with children with SEN, which was challenging yet very rewarding and a great achievement seeing her pupils thrive at school.

In her free time, Lisa enjoys spending time with her family and friends, going to a spa, the theatre and reading books.

Nanny Qualification – Common Core skills & Training (level 3)

Elena started working at The Beacon in 2011, she has had various roles in the School over the last 11 years. Helping in the school office, covering break and lunch time duties, accompany students on school trips.

From 2013 she has been a classroom support from Reception to Year 3 and provided one to one support for pupils with special needs and really enjoyed helping them to achieve their full potential.

Following maternity leave in 2021 Elena has returned to work with the Little Beacons Nursery, encouraging them to express their imagination in play and finds it a great pleasure to see them gain confidence and engage in all their activities.

Elena enjoys time with her daughter of 16 months, loves family time and friends, also enjoys UK holidays and Reading.

Marcus has recently moved from Primary School teaching to teaching his true passion: Sport and PE. His love of Sport fuelled him to make the change and it has been a huge pleasure to be part of the lives of Little Beacon boys.

Marcus adores encouraging children to participate in Sport and exercise. He feels that his work is paid off when he sees children enjoying themselves moving and keeping healthy. He believes that there is a talent within all pupils that can be nurtured and is passionate about each and every one of the boys he teaches at The Beacon.

Outside of work, Marcus enjoys playing football and spending time with family and friends - particularly his little boy!

Peter started teaching PE and Games at The Beacon in 2022. He teaches all age groups from Little Beacons up to Year 8, across all sports. 

Peter enjoys seeing the vast amounts of progress that the Little Beacons make throughout the course of their early years at The Beacon. He believes that the pupils grow and progress so much from enjoying sport and PE through a variety of different games, activities and sports. He feels strongly that the pupils develop so much more than just an enjoyable and healthy lifestyle through playing sport. That it is also leads to the pupils learning and practicing sportsmanship, respect and courage.

In his spare time, Peter enjoys running, swimming and generally anything that keeps him active and moving. He hopes to share his love of physical activity with the pupils!

Jane has been teaching Music at The Beacon for 4 years. She takes a special interest in teaching our younger boys, and particularly loves coming into Little Beacons Nursery.

She has a creative and imaginative approach to teaching and uses innovative strategies and activities to encourage the boys to develop a keen interest in Music, ensuring they have fun and make good progress. Jane uses body percussion, rhythm sticks and other percussion instruments to help our Little Beacons develop awareness of rhythm patterns. She uses listening-games and activities to explore pitch and dynamics and selects lively songs with actions to develop confidence, posture, coordination, and diction to develop a love of singing! Jane loves seeing the boys' progression in Music and is passionate about encouraging the boys to enjoy the subject.

Her favourite hobbies are playing the violin in orchestra, going for walks, seeing musicals and exploring new places!

Karine is a specialist native-speaking French Teacher and this is a huge asset for our Little Beacon Nursery boys. She has been teaching languages at The Beacon since 2014 teaching from Nursery to Year 8.

Karine, also known as Madame Cook, has a passion in Modern Foreign Languages pedagogy and has a particular interest in teaching French Phonics and pronunciation.

Karine provides a warm, safe and stimulating environment for our boys with her calm and caring demeanour as well as modelling excellent behaviour and attitudes. Nurturing Little Beacons by making language lots of fun has given them a wonderful start to learning Modern Foreign Languages.

In her spare time, Karine enjoys spending time with her family. She has two bilingual children who are 14 and 12 years old. She loves going back to Bordeaux in south-western France to visit her family.

Paula started at The Beacon in 2022. She is a fully qualified level 2 teacher with over 15 years experience. She also teaches outside of school hours.

Paula is very passionate about swimming and always tries to make every lesson fun, even after all these years, she believes there is no better feeling than seeing a child swim on their own for the first time without any help, or overcoming a fear they may have of water.

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her 5 year old son who is also a very keen swimmer.

Paula enjoys walking and is taking on a few charity walks and swims. In her spare time, she loves socialising with her friends.