Long-serving staff leave Doncaster school

It was parties and presentations for all children and staff at Auckley Primary School, Doncaster, as school closed down for the summer.
Val Cumbor, school cook is retiring after 19 years on the right and Sue Kirk, Teaching Assistant retiring after 20 years, on the left with several children at Auckley School.Val Cumbor, school cook is retiring after 19 years on the right and Sue Kirk, Teaching Assistant retiring after 20 years, on the left with several children at Auckley School.
Val Cumbor, school cook is retiring after 19 years on the right and Sue Kirk, Teaching Assistant retiring after 20 years, on the left with several children at Auckley School.

But the holiday farewells were tinged with sadness as two of the school’s staff members will not return in the autumn term.

Pictured with some of the school’s pupils above (left) are teaching assistant Sue Kirk, who retired after 20 years at Auckley, and (right) Val Cumbor, school cook, who hung up her apron after 19 years. A school spokeswoman said they will both be much missed.

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