Who's who

Headteacher: Gail Weir          

Deputy Headteachers : Deniz Oguz (main site), Charlotte Millward  (Honilands and Bell Lane)

Assistant Headteacher: Laura Keating

Schools Business Manager: Helene Bacchus

Site Manager: Simon Hall

Waverley@Bell Lane           

Head of Department: Rebecca Knight 

Teacher:  Paula Hurrill 

Nursery Nurse:  Jennie Tabor

Support staff:   Adriana Albu, Hadjilla Allouani, Michelle Crooks, Jess Mackie, Natalie Maynard,  Maria Nazarek,  Jade Walsh, Julia MacAninch, Charlotte Thompson, Dagmara Dowgird

Playleaders: Dionne Lawson

Waverley@Honilands

Teachers: Jade Rustean, Helena Sullivan, Maria Ingrao

Nursery Nurse: Hannah Oswick, Karen Miles

Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Nikki Dalton

Support staff: Wendy Amos, Chelsea Clarke Worroll,  Nectaria Damaniou, Safiyyah Dilmohamud, Stephanie Dempster, Feride Marqeshi, Olga Rojas Jimenez, Joseph Roberts, Sarah Webster, Monika Piotrowska, Deidre O'Regan,  Victoria Allwright, Wendy Tuansaam

Playleaders: Afua Acheampongaa

Waverley School – Main Site

 Primary 1 

Head of department: Sharon Ross                                              

Teachers: Kaja Niementowska-Chrysostomou, Sanem Salt, Paula Heathman

Support Staff:, Nazire Kuran, , Laura Barnfield, Charmaine Leaback, Andrea Demetriou, Minu Kavia, , Gunay Remzi, Kirsty Protasiewicz, Farzana Butt, Lucy Jenkins,  Beata Rutkowska, Ayesha Geraghty, Shaneka Whiteley, Edona Ahmed, Jodie Skeggs, Danielle Leaback, Sheldon Benson, Cleo Chrissafi

Primary 2                                         

Head of department: Nicki Kemp

Teachers: Vicky Moore, Ella Cove

Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Tosh Ibrahim, Graham Kingsbury

Support Staff: Karen Moss,  Michele Spence, Nadine Daybicharran,  Renata Pazdzior, Kelly Bamforth, Claudia Kabir, Stephanie Laws, Lauren Saffrey, Gosia Rodak, Bernadette Palache, Julie Webster, Kayleigh England

 Lesley Curtis, Koulla Georgiou,  Jo Hickman,  Gemma O’Brien

Secondary 3                                        

Head of department: Laura Keating  

Teachers Angela Burnett, Teresa Assado, Deborah Marshall (TWTh)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Dawn Reynolds, Kate Philpott

Support Staff: Katie Norbury, Lisa Jayne Turner, Natalie Bluffield, Alice Floyd, Shafinaz Jiagoo, Lucy Jinks, Feven Kiflemariam, Rachel Winter, Ayesha Siddiqa, Asma Moallim, Jasmin Thompson, Fatma Eroglu, Nikolett Benke, Eleanor Bennett

Secondary 4                                     

Head of department: Gary Smith and Tracy Walker 

Teachers: Deborah Marshall (MF), Jenny Buck, Lorraine Roberts (staff governor)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant: Rowena Thompson,     

Intervenor: Eden Lai Kit                        

Support Staff:

 Hayley Reader, Karen Atkins,  Raheem Crosbourne, Mandy Kempton,  Glen Warby, Emma Wheeler

 Lynn Osborn,  Dee Scarlett, Barry Stewart, Alex Tryfonos, Lorraine Howard, Angela Lassetta, Lynne Miles

 Ayse Belber, Rosie France, Nashida Kawsar, Lisa Wall, Lesley West, Latoya Haughton

Playleaders

 Guylene Laheye, Pauline Hull, Sue McLean Middleton,  Stella Stephens, Jeannie Webb

Waverley Outreach: Lorraine Bennett, Ella Cove, Angela Burnett

Non-class-based staff

Care Coordinator: Sara Hassan

Art Technician: Elvan Ismail

Medical care assistant: Nelly Chamoun

Lifeguards: Rachel Winter, Kevin McElligott

Music Therapy: Jenny Small 

Our music therapist works 2 days supporting students in 1:1 or small group sessions.

Office manager 

Sheniz Gregory,

Admin staff

Sibel Remzi Dulger, Kate Philpott

Kitchen staff

Esther Hamilton, Angelina Amorosi, Jessica Sorleti, Claudette Souop

Premises

Chris Toolan, Kevin McElligott

Weekend caretaker: Paul Davies

Norse Cleaners: Afua Acheampongmaa, Sandra Dixon,  Emelia Nyarko, Lorena Larrahondo, Memunatu Koroma, Callum Hassan,  Saida Tarabi, George Twumasi Ankrah

School Governors

Headteacher: Gail Weir

Chair of Governors: Lucille Balcombe

Vice-Chair: Michael Artermis

Parent Governor: Michael Artemis, Marcia Andrew,  Simone Barnett, Rupali Bhullar, Lukas Borkowski, Jennifer Waite

Co-opted: Lucille Balcombe, Lorraine Roberts, Sibel Remzi Dulger,  Fiona Jackson

Staff Governor: Ayshe Behic

Local authority Governor: Nick Dines

Associate members: Helene Bacchus and Deniz Oguz

SEN Expertise

All our Teachers are encouraged to further their SEN training with this training  our staff are able to provide training and courses for staff, Professionals and Parents;

• Charlotte Millward; Manual handling trainer, trauma informed practice lead(W@H and W@BL), co-author of The Springboard Curriculum
• Deniz Oguz; Price trainer
• Gail Weir; DSL, Safeguard supervision, manual handling trainer, PODD, special yoga practitioner, trauma informed practice lead
• Gary Smith g.smith@waverley-sch.co.uk ; Transition, PE. Careers leader 
• Helena Sullivan; Masters in Multi-Sensory impairment, manual handling trainer
• Jennie Tabor; Price trainer
• Jenny Buck; Price, CAPBS Positive Behaviour Support Coaches Programme, special yoga practitioner
• Kaja Niementowska Chrysostomou; Curriculum lead pathway 2
• Laura Keating; Safeguarding, manual handling trainer, curriculum lead pathway 3
• Lorraine Roberts; Halliwick, manual handling trainer, cognition lead
• Lorraine Bennett; Makaton trainer, outreach manager, PHSE, student, and volunteers link person
• Nicki Kemp; Manual handling trainer, PODD, supporting pupils with Rett syndrome
• Sara Hassan; Manual handling trainer
• Sharon Ross; Curriculum lead pathway 1
• Tracy Walker, Nikki Dalton; Makaton trainers

Other professionals 

Educational psychology

We purchase educational psychology support from the Enfield Educational Psychology service.  They complete statutory assessments and write reports for Education Health and Care Plans as needed. Claire Collins is currently our allocated EP. 

Teacher for hearing impaired

Katy Clark works with pupils and staff who support pupils with hearing impairments. 

Teacher for the visual impaired

Waverley is supported by Joseph Clark VI service. 

Teacher for the blind and visually impaired 

NHS Staff

Physiotherapy  Sarah Lancaster, Anna Wojcik, Briony Edwards, Rachelle Joyce; physio technicians: Anne Wheeler, Kelly Bamforth

 We have a team of physiotherapists who work with the majority of pupils. Programs are written by the therapists and shared with class teams and parents. The physiotherapists may offer a block of therapy to students which are linked to their Education Health and Care Plan. They advise on standers and walkers.

Occupational therapy Irene Honrade, Jessica Patel

We have a team of occupational therapists. They assess the students for seating to enable correct posture for learning. They support upper limb splinting.

Speech and language therapy Sofia Castiglione, Sophie Spicer, Enia Sofia Sa Ferreira Patricio

We have a speech therapy team who also work closely with staff developing effective communication systems for each student. They coordinate high-tech assessments for communications.

Special School Nursing Team Kathryn Chandler-Board, Angela Pearce, Yvonne Cusker

The SSNT ensures the pupil’s health needs are met while they are at school. They writes care plans and train staff to give non-oral feeds and guide staff in the management of a range of medical needs.

Dieticians

We have a team of specialist community paediatric dieticians who provide a service to the school.  In doing so we have integrated our service and worked closely with the speech and language therapist around aspects of swallowing problems and with the class teachers and teaching assistants around updating feeding regimes and any feeding concerns raised.  They work closely with the parents and carers to ensure they are supported in a timely manner around their child’s feeding and feeding regimes.

Paediatrician 

A paediatrician delivers clinics at school for pupils who have significant health needs.