Rowan Class
Post 16 provision at The Mendip School takes place in our purpose built wing of the School. This area of the school has a more college like feel to it. The curriculum compromises a mixture of Life Skills, Employability Skills, Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHEE) as well as Functional Skills qualifications in Maths and English.
To complement their time in the classroom, students’ have the opportunity to attend weekly work placements or spend time working alongside our catering team in the Greenfield café.
Jen Morfey
Class Teaching Assistant
Jen has been working with children in Somerset for over 10 years. She began as a Play worker in the local Children Centres running groups before then moving to Strode College Nursery.
Jen’s first role at the Mendip School was to support in Primary classes but since then has spent time supporting in secondary too. Jen joined the Post 16 team in 2020.
She describes her role as “being a joy and amazing to watch the young adults gain the skills and confidence to move on to bigger better things”.
Grant Williams
Class Teacher
Grant has been teaching for 18 years. He started his career in a B&NES mainstream Secondary school, where he taught Life Skills and Citizenship to students in Key stage 4. A move to Wiltshire in 2010 gave him his first management role. When he left the school in 2018, he had responsibilities for behaviour management and alternative curriculums.
Grant is in his 7th year at the Mendip School. As Senior teacher and Post 16 Lead he also forms part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), with additional responsibilities for site management and health & safety across the school.
Before working in education, Grant enjoyed a brief career as a Royal Marines Bugler/Drummer (cut short due to injury) He then Spent 16 years working as a Firefighter for both Devon & Somerset, and the British Airports Authority (BAA). Grant is also a qualified Butcher.
Philippa Reynolds
Class Teaching Assistant
Philippa has been working at The Mendip School since 2016. Where she worked in the reception class. Over the years Philippa has worked with all the age groups in the school now being able to work in Post-16.
Philippa has a good understanding and knowledge of the GCSE process and also enjoys helping pupils with the process of moving on to their next setting.
Philippa was a chef in a previous lifetime and loves to see our pupils learn to cook for themselves, as it is a skill that stays with you for ever. She is looking forward to see our class become more independent in the kitchen.
