Meet our Staff
The quality of our staff is the main reason that Newington Green has improved so rapidly over the past few years. Our staff are recruited through highly rigorous processes that ensure they are of a standard we expect at Newington Green.
You will find our staff to be warm, friendly and committed when you visit our school. Don’t be surprised to see us being very strict, or laughing out loud! Both these elements fit firmly within our values of aiming high, accepting no excuses, but also caring and having fun!
Carmel Old
Assistant Headteacher (Y1, Y2, Y5, Y6 and English Lead across the school), Deputy DSL
Carmel has a BA honours degree in Primary Education from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff. After moving to London in 2010, Carmel started her teaching career at Gainsborough Primary School in Hackney where she worked as a class teacher, a Phase Leader and English Leader. During this time, Carmel developed her knowledge of teaching literacy skills across the different year groups and used it to write an engaging curriculum for her school. After 5 years she made the move to Newington Green Primary School where she took on her current post as English Leader.