About Us


Aims Statement of Ponteland High School

Our Mission


Is to provide the best education for all learners who attend our school and to help maximise educational achievement and personal success.

Our values are:


  • Focused on being inclusive and caring
  • Focused on having and showing integrity and respect
  • Focused on developing initiative and innovation.

Our Goals are:


  • Focused on developing linguistic, cultural and international awareness in all curriculum areas across the school and our partner schools.

Therefore, we will strive to:


  • Raise aspirations of all who learn and work at school
  • Raise standards of attainment across the age and ability range and so raise standards across all subjects
  • Improve the quality and range of teaching and learning across all subjects
  • Be innovative in our teaching and learning methodologies
  • Provide opportunities for internationalism and related activities within and outside of the formal curriculum including involvement in multi-cultural activities
  • Work with parents and others including the business community to prepare young people for the future
  • Contribute to the lifelong learning of the local community and play our part in the regeneration and re-skilling of the region
  • Develop young people as well behaved, honest, caring and enterprising citizens.

Leadership Team


Headteacher:

Stephen Prandle B.A. M.Ed. FRSA.


Deputy Headteachers:

Anita Brown B.A. (Learning and Curriculum)

Sally Taverner B.Sc. M.Ed. (Achievement and Evaluation)


Assistant Headteachers:

Gordon Baldwin B.A. (Business Manager)

Jim Balkwill B.A. M.A. (Student Wellbeing and Inclusion KS3 and KS4; Director and Language Specialist)

Sarah Herbert B.Ed (Extended Services and Examinations)

Rob Shuttleworth B.Sc (E-Learning)

Jenny Thomas B.Ed (Director, Post-16)