Staff

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