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.
