School Leadership Team
Headteacher
Mrs Rebecca Thompson
Deputy Headteacher
Mrs Anna Bates (DSL)
Assistant Headteachers
Mr Lee McAvoy (Assistant Headteacher – SCERTS pathway)
Mrs Angela Andrews (Assistant Headteacher for Semi-Formal pathway)
Mrs Jude Hickey (Assistant Headteacher – Formal Pathway Lead) (DSL) (Careers Lead)
School Business Manager
Ms Pam Sayle
School SENCO
SENCo – Mrs Rebecca Thompson – senco@highfield.wakefield.sch.uk
Assistant SENCO – Sally Holmes – sholmes@highfield.wakefield.sch.uk
SEN Administrator Jenny Ablett – jablett@highfield.wakefield.sch.uk
Teaching Staff
SCERTS Pathway
- 8/9/10TTr – Tara Travis
- 8/9NT – Natalie Heighton / Pauline Whitley
- 8/9ETh – Emma Thompson
- 8/9/10NC – Natalie Heighton / Claire Adams
Semi-Formal Pathway
- 7JGr – Jane Grace
- 7RBa – Rebecca Backhouse
- 8KLu – Katie Lunn
- 9ABu – Alice Burns
- 9SF –
- 10/11SF –
- 10/11ST – Stacey Bibby / Twinkle Bhalla
Formal Pathway
- 7RMa – Rebecca Mason
- 8NMo – Nicola Moffat
- 8LBr – Laura Brown
- 9JRa – Jack Radford
- 10CGu – Catherine Gunn
- 11TNe – Tim Newman
- 11SHu – Sarah Hughes
Subject Teachers
- Animal Care & Land based studies – Samantha Harwood
- Physical Education – Lucy Harrison
- Careers – Jack Edwards
Post 16
Moving On (Highfield Site)
- P16KWo—Kirsty Woffinden (nee Shires)
- P16LTw—Leanne Tweddle
Futures (Thornes Site)
- P16MWa—Michael Warren
- P16RGS—Richard—Godman Sharples
- P16SSt—Sharon Stobbs/Patrizia Ronchetti
City Futures (Wakefield City Centre)
- Lead Tutor—Vicky Mangham
Higher Level Teaching Assistants
Learning Mentor Lead
Mr Daniel Andersson
Communication Specialist
Mrs Sangita Sharma
VI Specialist
Miss Rebecca Talbot
Fitness
Mrs Milda Kankeviciute
Outdoor Learning
Mr Bob Blackburn
Mrs Emma Dixon
In-Class
Mrs Twinkle Bhalla
Miss Laura Ashworth (nee Fisher)
Mrs Patrizia Ronchetti(Post 16)
Mrs Tracey Warren
Pauline Whitley
Parent Support Advisers
Our Parent Support Advisers are also Designated Safeguarding Officers. They have up to date Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) training.
Mrs Kirsty Barr
Faye Taylor
School Based Learning Mentors
Our Child Welfare & Safeguarding Lead is also a Designated Safeguarding Lead. She has up to date Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) training.
Child Welfare and Safeguarding Lead
Tracy Marsh
Behaviour for Learning Mentors
Alison Shaw
Sue Atherton (Post 16)
Sam Marsh
Kathryn Longdon
Lead Learning Mentor
Daniel Andersson (HLTA)
Specialist Teaching Assistants
Claire Adams
Umaira Ansar
Samantha Barker
Kayley Beddoes
Twinkle Bhalla
Sally Brown
Michelle Burden
Cody Chadwick
Penny Clement
Louise Day
Michelle Driver
Adrianna Dziuba
Michelle Elsworthy
Julie Empsall
Helen Greenborough
Claire Grice
Jacki Guest
Clare Gunson
William Haigh
Penny Heaton
Nicola Hubbard
Rebecca Hudson
Jess Judd
Sarah Krasniqi
Inese Lapinska
Kia Lloyd
Bethany Milner
Katie McDerby
Jess McGinn
Jodie McLaughlin
Caroline Oldfield
Louise Ramsey
Kerrie Raymond
Amie Ridge
Sonya Rhodes
Angela Ryan
Katie Sellers
Cora Smith
Adele Smith Martin
Kerry Stafford
Suzanne Stead
Alice Steele
Emma Shore
Andleeb Tauseef
Karen Treloar
Victor Violet
Kerry Walker
Tracey Warren
Jayne Waters
Stacey Wiggins
Tracey Wilde
Leigh Woodhouse
Sanam Zafar
Admin Team
Sara Fryer
Jen Ablett (SEN Admin)
Sally Holmes (Assistant SENCO & DSL)
Fiona Jackson (Clerical Officer)
Amanda Cook (Thornes Park Site)
Medical Team
Julie Bonson (Medical Officer)
Emma Knight (OT & Physio Assistant)
Emma Woodhead (Medical Officer at Thornes)
Premises Team
Jonathan Bond
Debbie Black
