Staff

Headteacher
Mrs Rebecca Thompson

Deputy Headteacher
Mrs Anna Bates (DSL)

Assistant Headteachers
Mrs Amanda Sheppard (Assistant Headteacher – Post 16) (DSL)

Mrs Jude Hickey (Assistant Headteacher – Formal Pathway Lead) (DSL) (Careers Lead)

School Business Manager
Ms Pam Sayles

School SENCO

SENCo – Mrs Nicola Hirst – nhirst@highfield.wakefield.sch.uk

Assistant SENCO – Sally Holmes – sholmes@highfield.wakefield.sch.uk

SEN Administrator Jenny Ablett – jablett@highfield.wakefield.sch.uk

SCERTS Pathway

• • 7/8TTr – Tara Travis
  • 7/8SC – Pauline Whitley
  • 7/9ETh – Emma Thompson
  • 8/9SC – Claire Adams

Semi-Formal Pathway

• • 7AAn – Angela Andrews
  • 8RBac – Rebecca Backhouse
  • 8JGr – Jane Grace
  • 9KLu – Katie Lunn
  • 9/10RDe – Rachel Dean
  • 10/11SL – Stacey Chalkley/Elizabeth Daniszewski

Formal Pathway

• • 7RMa – Rebecca Mason
  • 7SGs – Sarah Godman-Sharples (Nee Skidmore)
  • 8FP – Laura Brown
  • 9NMo – Nicola Moffatt
  • 10JEd – Jack Edwards
  • 10FP – Lucy Harrison
  • 11SA – Sam Nicholls/Amanda Whitwood
  • 11TNe – Tim Newman

Subject Teachers

• • Living Skills – Catherine Gunn
  • Music – Tim Newman
  • Horticulture – Jack Radford
  • 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
  • Tutor—Emma Shore

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 Sam Barker
Mrs Twinkle Bhalla
Miss Laura Ashworth (nee Fisher)
Mrs Samanatha Harwood
Mrs Patrizia Middleton (Post 16)
Mrs Tracey Warren

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)

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

Rachel Chalkley
Alison Shaw
Faye Taylor
Sue Atherton (Post 16)

Lead Learning Mentor

Daniel Andersson (HLTA)

Samantha Barker
Twinkle Bhalla
Sally Brown
Michelle Burden
Cody Chadwick
Penny Clement
Louise Day
Michelle Driver
Michelle Elsworthy
Julie Empsall
Nichola Forrest
Helen Greenborough
Claire Grice
Jacki Guest
Clare Gunson
Zoe Holmes
Nicola Hubbard
Rebecca Hudson
Jess Judd
Nicole Kelly
Sarah Krasniqi
Lorraine Larkin
Lorraine Larkin-Upton
Kia Lloyd
Sam Marsh
Katie McDerby
Jess McGinn
Jodie McLaughlin
Caroline Oldfield
Louise Ramsey
Kerrie Raymond
Sonya Rhodes
Stacey Robinson
Emma Rose
Angela Ryan
Katie Sellers
Carol Shaw
Cora Smith
Adele Smith Martin
Kerry Stafford
Suzanne Stead
Alice Steele
Andleeb Tauseef
Karen Treloar
Victor Violet
Kerry Walker
Sue Ward
Tracey Warren
Jayne Waters
Gemma Weaver
Stacey Wiggins
Tracey Wilde
Leigh Woodhouse

Sara Fryer

Jen Ablett (SEN Admin)
Sally Holmes (Assistant SENCO & DSL)

Amiee Ridge (Exams Officer)
Fiona Jackson (Clerical Officer)

Amanda Cook (Thornes Park Site)

Julie Bonson (Medical Officer)
Emma Knight (OT & Physio Assistant)

Emma Woodhead (Medical Officer at Thornes)

Roman Parkes

Debbie Black