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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  
Headteacher/ DSL Claire Maynard
Head of School/Deputy Head 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/KS4 English Jenny Jermain
Lead Practitioner/ Reading/ Design Technology/ KS3 English

Alison Hall 

Maths/ Numeracy Sameer Patel
Science

Farah Khan 

Computing/ Virtual Learning Leader Shamima Islam
Art and Design Richard Freitas
Nurture Leader Emma Davey

Spanish

Catherine Till

PSCHE

Sarah Blinco

 

 

 

 

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

Joseph Entwistle

Transition Leader Sonal Hirani

KS4 Nurture Teacher

Kanimozhi Karuppaiah

 

 

 

 

 

 
History

Mhairi Potts-Wyatt

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Chloe Ponciano HLTA / Mental Health

Emma Byrne

HLTA / Medical and Personal and Intimate Care

 

 

 

 

Meriel Carmona Teaching Assistant

Lamha Suriya 

 

 

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

Georgina Herman Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leo Knight 

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

Debbie Watkins Teaching Assistant & Careers Advisor

Susan Jackson Teaching Assistant

Meghana Mohan

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saliha Belarbaoui Djebbar

Teaching Assistant

Tracey Tuitt

Teaching Assistant

Samira Begum

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

Rachelle Carmona

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Assistant
Mulki Abdulkadir

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

    
Michael Kantares

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

Suzanne Mohammed

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

Leah McMahon

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Assistant  
Nikita Sapkota (Apprentice)

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

    
Chingwei Wang Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

Presley Collard (Apprentice) Teaching Assistant

  

Aries Padulla

 

 

 

 

Teaching Assistant  
Haydn Burwood-Morris Teaching Assistant/Independent Travel Trainer  

Lynda Keddouh

 

 

 

 

Teaching Assistant  
Aliya Malik (Apprentice)

Teaching Assistant

 

 

Support Agency Partnership

Department Name  
Occupational Therapist    

Ann Watkyns/Amiel Lynch

 

 

 

 

 

School Nurse  

Lamlat Shabi

 

 

 

MIND Therapist Lead

Havva Yilmaz 

Lead Speech and Language Therapist 

Anna Carey

Speech and Language Therapist Abigail Thomson

Speech and Language Therapist

Lily Chappell

 

 

 

 

 

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