The site manager at Alleyne’s Academy in Stone is a real school star – he’s won an award in a competition that recognises the vital role played by support staff in schools.
Dave Buckley – the site manager at Alleyne’s Academy and the sports centre – has been unveiled as the first winner of Staffordshire Unison’s ‘Stars in our schools’ competition.
[box type=”shadow” ]Jan Atkinson, business manager at Alleyne’s Academy, said: “Dave is the most committed and dependable colleague anyone could ever wish for. He will tackle any job from litter picking to presenting at a governors’ meeting. Everyone in school likes him as he is constantly jolly but also the utmost professional. Over the summer holidays we had a large project for new windows going on and he didn’t take a foreign holiday so that he could ensure his availability should a problem arise and he be needed.
“He is passionate about the success of our school and is often the first to arrive in a morning and the last to leave at night. Dave is one of those members of staff that every organisation would like to have.”[/box]
Unison asked headteachers across the county to nominate support staff for the award – and Dave, who has worked at the school for the last 14 years, came out on top. He won a weekend away to Croyde Bay and the school received £300 to be used for the benefit of the students.
Big congratulations to Dave!
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Alleyne’s is holding a sixth form taster day on 15th December for current Year 11 students and for students not currently at the school but who are looking to start in the sixth form in September 2016. More information HERE
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