Meet the staff
The Leadership team
Director of Special Schools - Mr Lee Harris
Head of School Thackley - David Prosho
Interim Head of School Keighley - Michelle Nichols
Assistant Head Keighley - Laura Bownass
Assistant Head Keighley- Rob Slater
Assistant Head Keighley - Aimee Humphreys
Deputy Head Thackley - Richard Senior
Assistant Head Thackley- Stephen Billcliff
Assistant Head Thackley - Will Pacey
Assistant Head Thackley - Rebecca Hindle
Keighley Site Middle Leaders TLR Key Stage 3 - TLR Key Stage 4 - Heather Mullarkey TLR English/Maths - Laura Prost TLR English/Maths - Fiona Ingham TLR Communication - Margaret Allwood |
Class Teachers Key Stage 3
Qasar Hussain - TLR Lead
Katherine Charlton
Mehrose Fahzi
Anne Hargreaves
Katie Beaumont
Katherine Keogh
Heleemah Javed
Gail Rushton
Class Teachers Key Stage 4
Heather Mullarkey (Key stage Lead)
Sajid Ali
Laura Prost
Natalie Eastwood
Class Teachers Key Stage 5
David Sorenson
Simon Jones
Charlotte Edmondson
Andy Schofield
Fiona Ingham
Specialist intervention class teachers
Emily Pearson
Music lead
Clare Tiffany
Higher Level Teaching Assistants & Lead Professionals
Lesley Fahy
Adriarna Cracknell Whitney
Raminder Chawla
Rebecca Harding
Mohammed Abbas
The Admin & IT Support Team
Katherine Ashley - HR Manager
Dawn Robertson - School Operations Manager
Sophie Robinson - Finance Manager
Nicola Poole - Office Manager
Amy Brewster - Finance Assistant
Jessica Mitchell - EHCP Review Officer
Emily Bridge - Administrative Assistant
Thackley Site
Class Teachers Key Stage 3
Fiona Clifford
Sami Pearce
Joanna Douglas
Keith Dudley
Cassandra Radcliffe
Leroy McDonald
Class Teachers Key Stage 4
Rebecca Hindle
Andy Galley
Stacey Kennedy
PE Teacher
Robert Mason
Pastoral and Safeguarding Team
Interventions Director - Matthew Hawthorn
Operational Designated Safeguarding Lead - Michelle O'Neill
Pastoral Interventions and Mental Health Support Manager - Caroline Walker-Staveley
Outreach Team
Gemma Tilley
Kayleigh Roe
The Admin & Support Team
Helen Rainford - School Office and Operations Manager
Emma Morris - Administrative Assistant
Jemma Hinnells - Administrative Assistant
Paul Barber - Site Manager
There are also many Special Needs Teaching Assistants with varying additional skills, such as Mental health practitioners, are rebound trained or offer swimming and forest schools sessions. They all play an invaluable part within our amazing team.