I have been teaching since 1999, where I started my career in a coastal school in North Wales. Eight years later, I moved to live and teach in Devon and have taught in a number of schools, mostly small rural schools. 

I am very passionate about ensuing that the pupils at Bow Community Primary School have the best opportunities possible so that they can become the best versions of themselves. 

I feel very privileged to be Headteacher at Bow Community Primary School and can honestly say that I enjoy coming to school every day! No day is ever the same! I am very fortunate to work alongside a superb team of governors, staff and amazing pupils. 

I have been working in education since 1993 as a class teacher (where I have taught all ages from nursery through to year 6), a Head of School and a SENDCo in a number of schools in North and Mid-Devon.

I really enjoy working at Bow Community Primary School as the SENDCo and feel privileged to be part of such a great team - the children, staff, governors and parents.

I am Stags' Class teacher and have been for over five years.  With over a decade of teaching experience across key stage two, I have been happiest in the important role of preparing the pupils at Bow for their next big educational step into secondary school, whilst helping them to get the most out of their final years in school and building some great memories to take away with them.

My class would likely associate me with: ties, music listening, Exeter City, bad dancing and my 'wonderful' singing.  I would characterise myself as all the above but mainly as a family man with a wonderful wife and two Primary-school-age children.

After a 10 year career in hair and make-up – predominantly in the London Theatres, I moved to Devon and started my teaching career in 1995. In the past 27 years, I have taught every year group in primary and have also taught as a specialist art teacher in The West of England School for the Blind and Partially Sighted.

I have been teaching at Bow Community Primary School for 3 years and have recently taken on a new role as Art Teacher for the whole school and PSHE teacher.

I have a real passion for art and I am really excited to share this passion with the children and inspire them to explore and experiment with many techniques and skills. I am looking forward to sharing all the children’s achievements in our termly Art Exhibition.

As PSHE lead for the school, I am also passionate for our children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of a society.

I enjoy gardening, painting and spending time with my family and friends.

I started my teaching career in 1995. I worked mainly in two small schools in Somerset and North Devon.  In 2000, I left teaching to start a family. 11 years and three amazing children later, I decided it was time to return to work. I started back as a one-to-one TA in North Tawton Primary School and then moved to Bow Community Primary School to cover teachers’ PPA time in September 2012.

I love the fact that I see the children grow and develop throughout the school. I enjoy teaching all ages – which surprised me at first, as I originally only taught Reception/Year 1.

Out of school, I enjoy the outdoors with my family (when they are home) and two dogs. We love the beach – you’ll find the dogs and I on the sand, the rest of the family surfing. Afterwards, we’ll be enjoying a cup of tea in our camper van. I also enjoy pilates, church and I help out in our local amateur dramatics group.

I grew up in Reading and studied Biology at Staffordshire University, before moving to Devon in 2002, where I worked as a Microbiologist for 10 years. After my son started school, I volunteered as a parent helper, became an MTA and then trained to become a TA. I moved to Bow Community Primary School in 2019, where I have worked in every class and been lucky enough to have completed my HLTA qualification so can also teach, if required. I have started an after school KS2 netball club.

Away from work, I love spending time with my two children, watching my son play football and my daughter compete at trampolining and tumbling. 

Known in school as Mrs Sweetland, I am a qualified nursery nurse and started my career in early years working in a nursery with 2 - 4 year olds, after working there for 9 years I moved to Ireland for a year with my partner for an adventure, we moved back to Devon when we started our family.

I have been a teaching assistant in KS1 since 2015 and have worked in Otters and Foxcubs. I currently work in Foxcubs and love working with the younger children and seeing them grow and develop as they prepare to continue their educational journey into Key Stage 2.

   I have been working in school administration for over 31 years and have been Senior Administrator at Bow Community Primary School for 9 years.  I have seen many, many changes in Education over the years, but still find the job very rewarding and know how important the contribution of the office staff is to ensure the smooth running of the school, which in turn provides an effective education for the pupils.

 I have worked at Bow Community Primary School for over ten years. I have previously worked in the Foxcubs class. My favourite activity is creating Excel Spreadsheets!