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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
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 Jenny Jermain
English/ Literacy Nadia Martin

Maths/ Numeracy Sameer Patel
Science

Mairead Ulamoleka

 

Farah Khan (From September)

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 Sarah Blinco

RE/ Geography/ Vocational Studies Sylwia Wieliczko
PE/ Parent Partnership Leader

Joseph Entwistle

Transition Leader Sonal Hirani

KS4 Nurture Teacher

Sarah Winskell

 

 

 

 

 

Computing/ STEM Oluwatobiloba Anunlopo 

History

Hannah Ryall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Teaching Team

Admin and Finance

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

Receptionist/ Administration Assistant

Tina Miller

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 Spanish

Lamha Suriya (Apprentice)

 

 

Nurture KS3

 

 

 

 

 

Reece Summers Nurture KS3/ Key Worker

Zach Foxall Maths

Georgina Herman

Humanities

 

 

 

 

Leo Knight 

PE/ Transition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan Rollock Science

 

 

 

 

 

Debbie Watkins Specialist TA - Careers Advisor/ PSCHE

Susan Jackson History

Bilal Ansari Key Worker

Amanda Smith  English

Molly Berentson O'Donnell  Key Worker - Travel & Independence Trainer

Rhys Andrew

 

 

 

 

 

KS3 Nurture

 

Saliha Belarbaoui Djebbar Transition

Tanzin Norbu KS4 Nurture/ Key Worker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracey Tuitt

Key Worker

Leah McMahon (Apprentice)

Key Worker

 

 

 

 

 

 
Ana Drummond Key Worker
Samira Begum

Nurture KS3

 

 

 

 

 

Wesley Ponting (Apprentice)

Key Worker

 

 

 

 

 

Support Agency Partnership

Department Name  
Occupational Therapist    

Hannah Vine

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

Speech and Language Therapist Lucy Hinds

 

 

 

 

 

Speech and Language Therapist

 

 

 

Ciara O'Reilly

 

 

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