MALTON School has welcomed 11 new members of staff.

Making up the numbers are teachers, support staff and a new senior position.

There are new teachers in the subjects of maths and science, English, art and food technology. Two teaching assistants, a learning manager and a pastoral officer join the support side, and an operations director has been newly appointed.

Chelsea White is a new teaching assistant and has previously worked at York College and the Wilf Ward Family Trust in Pickering. Brian Rahn joins as a new physics teacher, who has worked at Eskdale School, but is originally from Canada, while James Muir, a new maths teacher has just moved to York after six years teaching at Stokesley School.

Martin Windram is another new physics teacher and is looking forward to working with the sixth form. The new food technology teacher, David Gaunt, is most excited about working in a town that has such strong food ties.

The new operations director at Malton School is Tracey Beever and has links with the town. With more than 12 years experience in the education sector and significant school management experience, Tracey has held a similar role to the one here at Malton.

More recently, she has worked with school leaders and governors at City of York Council in an advisory capacity for more than 20 primary and secondary schools.

Headteacher Rob Williams said: “I’d like to say a huge welcome to our new staff and it’s great to see how they have settled in so quickly. They have joined us at a really exciting time.

"We are over-subscribed this year with 120 new Year 7s and our best results on record in the summer.

"We achieved the highest GCSE results in Ryedale for the second year in a row, with 81 per cent of students achieving five A*- C grades including English and maths. It’s fantastic news for the students and a real boost for all the staff and our wider community.”