Meet our Team
Our staff are our greatest resource, they are passionate about school, highly trained, able to provide a bespoke curriculum for our pupils and responsive to the needs of individual children. Our classroom staff have training in a wide range of communication systems, such as: Signalong, PECS, alternative communication systems, objects of reference and touch cues. They are also trained to manage pupil medical needs such as gastrostomy feeds and the management of epilepsy and have regular first aid and emotional regulation and support training. .
Senior Leadership Team
Head Teacher |
Rachel Kay |
Deputy Head Teacher |
Ian Dickson |
Assistant Head Teachers |
Carole Hodgson / Helen Smith |
School Business Manager |
Claire Crabtree |
Rainbow Class
Kirsten Dewsnap – Teacher Middle Leader: Moving and Handling / Physical Development |
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Emma Ormshaw |
Lucy Bretherton |
Georgia Locke |
Amy Masterson |
Rachel Partington |
Zak Hussain |
Red Class
Kate Thomas – Teacher |
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Cathy Houston |
Dorota Rebis-Witowska |
Siobhan Holmes |
Cathy Houston |
Marie Hughes |
Annie Corney |
Orange Class
Claire Bradford / Jon Daynes – Teachers |
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Callum Fletcher |
Claire McCrone |
Lynnette Hall |
Karen Wilson |
Leigh Parkinson |
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Yellow Class
Julie Nicholson – Teacher |
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Becky Caunce |
Jo Fletcher |
Diane Welch |
Julie Shaw |
Rosie Bentley |
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Green Class
Ben Collinge – Teacher |
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Michaela Dawson |
Steve Jones |
Santosha Boatswain |
Cora Flemming-Saunby |
Zoe Sankey |
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Blue Class
Claire Tuasikal - Teacher |
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Paula Booth |
Karen Darragh |
Lindsey Eltman |
Michelle Sheridan-Wood |
Grant Chalk |
Carol Butterworth |
Indigo Class
Kate Clipston – Teacher |
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Julie Denver |
Kathryn Loan |
Emma Powell |
Paula Case |
Charmaine Vas |
Sam Roberts |
Violet Class
Emiley McCoy – Teacher |
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Tanya Nightingale |
Lindsey Beesley |
Teagan Feldman |
Donna Mercer |
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College
Angela Coates / Mick Appleton – Teachers |
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Karen Taylor |
Shirley White |
Laura Halton |
Phil Rowse |
Kat Mackie |
Gillian Prosser |
Rachel Lancaster |
Matt Makin |
HLTA’s
Julie Hurst |
Transition |
Kat Trego |
MOVE |
Amy Wright-Johnston |
Multi-Sensory Learners / EYFS |
Vicky Booker |
Teaching and Learning |
Carl Foster |
Behaviour and Regulation |
Welfare Assistants
Kim Brome |
Ana Martins |
Swimming Team
Debbie Kirby – Swimming Teacher |
Cheryl Marshall |
Pastoral
Jackie Johnson – Safeguarding / Family Support |
Specialist Provision
Terri Chester – Communication Consultant |
Office Staff
Alison Marsh – Office Manager |
Samantha Burke |
Claire Rawcliffe |
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Site Supervisor
Graham Sandham |
School Nurse
Sue Dixon |