School Leadership Team
Headteacher
Mrs Rebecca Thompson
Deputy Headteacher
Mrs Nicola Hirst (DSL)
Assistant Headteachers
Mrs Amanda Sheppard (Assistant Headteacher – Post 16) (DSL)
Mrs Jude Hickey (Assistant Headteacher – Formal Pathway Lead) (DSL) (Careers Lead)
Mrs Anna Bates (Assistant Headteacher – Semi-Formal Pathway Lead) (DSL)
School Business Manager
Ms Pam Pickles
School SENCO
Year 7 to 11 – Rebecca Thompson – rthompson@highfield.wakefield.sch.uk
Years 12 to 14 – Amanda Sheppard – asheppard@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
7/8NHe—Natalie Heighton (ńee Huntingdon)
7ETh—Emma Thompson
8TTr—Tara Travis
Semi-Formal Pathway
7SHu—Sarah Hughes
7AAn—Angela Andrews
8JGr—Jane Grace
8/9RDe—Rachael Dean
8/11RBa—Rebecca Backhouse
10/11ES—Liz Daniszewiski & Stacey Chalkley (Part-Time)
Formal Pathway
7SGS—Sarah Godman-Sharples (ńee Skidmore)
8NMo—Nicola Moffatt
9RBe—Rowanne Beachill
9JKa—Vacant
10TNe—Tim Newman
10SNi—Sam Nicholls
11AWh—Amanda Whitwood
11JHo—Joe Hodgson
Other:
Outdoor Learning—Lee McAvoy
Living Skills—Catherine Gunn
Horticulture—Jack Radford
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
City Futures (Wakefield City Centre)
Lead Tutor—Vicky Mangham
Tutor—Emma Shore
Higher Level Teaching Assistants
Learning Mentor Lead
Mr Daniel Andersson
Communication Specialist
Mrs Sangita Sharma
VI Specialist
Miss Rebecca Talbot
Fitness
Mr Markos Apostolakis
In-Class
Mrs Sam Barker
Mrs Twinkle Bhalla
Mrs Edwina Duce
Miss Laura Ashworth (nee Fisher)
Mrs Samanatha Harwood
Mrs Patrizia Middleton
Mrs Tracey Warren
Parent Support Advisers
Our Parent Support Advisers are also Designated Safeguarding Officers. They have up to date Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) training.
Mrs Lynn Catchpole (Yrs 10/11)
Mrs Kirsty Barr (Yrs 7-9)
Mrs Emma Kitchener (Post 16)
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
Rachel Chalkley
Sue Atherton (Post 16)
Lead Learning Mentor
Daniel Andersson (HLTA)
Specialist Teaching Assistants
Claire Adams
Bob Blackburn
Chris Brennan
Michelle Burden
Katey Butler
Cody Chadwick
Cora Clark
Penny Clement
Emma Dixon
Michelle Driver
Edwina Duce
Michelle Elsworth
Julie Empsall
Angela Gibson
Joan Goodridge
Claire Grice
Clare Gunson
Emma Hammond
Zoe Holmes
Nicola Hubbard
Rebecca Hudson
Claire Jones
Jess Judd
Milda Kankeviciute
Lesley Kitchingman
Saimira Krasiniqi
Lorraine Larkin
Lorraine Larkin-Upton
Rachel Liu
Jodie Mcloughlin
Caroline Oldfield
Kerrie Raymond
Sonya Rhodes
Amie Ridge
Angela Ryan
Jackie Sharpe-Guest
Carol Shaw
Kerry Stafford
Suzanne Stead
Andleeb Tauseef
Gemma Taylor
Jayne Waters
Karen Treloar
Victor Violet
Kerry Walker
Sue Ward
Pauline Whitley
Stacey Wiggins
Tracey Wilde
Leigh Woodhouse
Samantha Marsh
Helen Greenhough
Jessica McGinn
Admin Team
Jen Ablett (Admin Officer)
Sara Fryer
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 Woodhouse
Premises Team
Roman Parkes
Debbie Black
