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Staff

Woodlane High School has a dedicated team of specialist staff who hold appropriate qualifications relevant to their roles. Many have years of experience teaching or supporting within an SEND environment and are eager to work with the pupils and the range of needs within the school. All staff, regardless of role have completed an enhanced DBS check, have an understanding of safeguarding and are eligible to work within Woodlane. Safer recruitment processes ensure this information is verified prior to appointment. 

All staff are supported to enable pupils, this is done by ongoing training, monitoring and guidance. View current staff through the areas of responsibility below.

School Leadership Team

Role Name  
Co-Headteacher/ DSL Claire Maynard
Co-Headteacher Tim Heapy
Deputy Head (KS3)/ DSL Robert Morgan
Assistant Head (KS4)      Stephanie Corless
Senior School Business Manager    Brigid Simmons

Teaching Staff

Department Name  
Lead Practitioner/ SENDCo/ EHCP Coordinator/ Intervention Teacher Jenny Jermain
English/ Literacy

Carl Alexandersson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maths/ Numeracy Sameer Patel
Science

Farah Khan 

Computing/ Virtual Learning Leader Shamima Islam
Art and Design Richard Freitas
Lead Practitioner/ Reading/ Design Technology/ TA Leader

Alison Hall 

Nurture Leader Emma Davey

French

Catherine Till

PSCHE

Kanimozhi Karuppaiah 

(Maternity Cover)

 

 

 

 

RE/ Geography/ Vocational Studies & Sustainability Lead Sylwia Wieliczko
PE/ Parent Partnership Leader

Joseph Entwistle

Transition Leader Sonal Hirani

KS4 Nurture Teacher

Amanda Killman

 

 

 

 

 

 
History

Hannah Ryall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Teaching Team

Admin and Finance

Department Name  
Senior School Business Manager     Brigid Simmons
Administration Officer/ Exams Officer Billie Branson

Admin Apprentice

Nicole Neaves

 

 

 

 

IT Consultant (TurnItOn) Angel Angelov

Premises Staff

Name Department  
Daniel Busby Site & Facilities Manager

Senior Teaching Assistant  

Name    
Lucy Farrell Senior TA

Teaching Assistants

Name Subject Specialism  
Peter Opiyo Lamolony

HLTA / Cover Supervisor

Rebecca Russell

HLTA/ Cover Supervisor/ EHCPs

Chloe Ponciano HLTA / Mental Health

Demi Bolton HLTA / Medical and Personal and Intimate Care

Meriel Carmona Teaching Assistant

Lamha Suriya (Apprentice)

 

 

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

Georgina Herman Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leo Knight 

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

Debbie Watkins Teaching Assistant & Careers Advisor

Susan Jackson Teaching Assistant

Bilal Ansari Teaching Assistant

Amanda Smith  Teaching Assistant

Molly Berentson O'Donnell Teaching Assistant  - Travel & Independence Trainer

Saliha Belarbaoui Djebbar Teaching Assistant

Tanzin Norbu Teaching Assistant

Tracey Tuitt

Teaching Assistant

Samira Begum

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

Joel Mvita (Apprentice)

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

Wesley Ponting

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

Rachelle Carmona

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Assistant
Mulki Abdulkadir

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

    
Michael Kantares

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 
Suzanne Mohammed

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 
Nikita Sapkota (Apprentice)

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

    

Support Agency Partnership

Department Name  
Occupational Therapist    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physiotherapist   

Joanne Gullick/ Marcia Mohammed

 

 

 

 

School Nurse   Saffi Nantwi

RESPOND Therapist Lead

Shanice Richards

MIND Therapist Lead

Havva Yilmaz 

Lead Speech and Language Therapist 

Anna Carey

Therapy Dogs - Volunteers

Day Name  
Visits on Monday and Thursday Otis

Visits Monday - Friday Pandora

 

 

SENDCo

The SENDCo has the following responsibilities:

  • Lead Practitioner
  • Staff training and INSET
  • External support/training
  • Targeted interventions
  • EHCPs
  • Newsletters and advice to parents
Role Name  
SENDCo   Jenny Jermain