Our Team

Senior Leadership Team

Headteacher

Rob O'Hara 

 

Deputy Headteacher

Annie Williams

Deputy Headteacher

Dani March

Assistant Headteacher

Laura Whittaker

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Assistant Headteacher

Anna Skolik-Wieczniak

 

Business Manager

Adel White

Teaching Staff

     

Isobel Davies (Outreach Lead)

Heather Mitchell

Cat Shaw

Elizabeth Thorne

Mary Yarnell

Beth Clifford

Hannah Crowther

Joanne Watson

Sarah Harper

Jackie Gregson

Beth Jameson

Tina Daly

Will Rostron

Charlotte Barlow

Gemma Randall

Alice Hamilton

Anabel Thomas

Molly Betts Andrew Smith Dawn Riley
       

Specialist Staff

 

Support Staff

 

Consultant Paediatrician

Dr Lisa Kauffmann

School Administrator

Anna Grove

Special Needs School Nurse (Resident)

Kelly Williamson

School Administrator

Marie Shaw

Special Needs School Nurse (Assistant)

Becky Scott

School Administrator

Helen Conner-Jones

School Doctor

Dr Sunanda Sudarsanan

Parent Support Advisor

Panisha Mistry

School Doctor

Dr Suryasatya Dhulipala

Safeguarding Officer

Shannon Reynolds

Physiotherapy Team

Paula Johnson

Lindsay Stanfield

Caretakers

Lynne Hackland

John Hackland

   

Cook 

Janine Humphreys

Speech Therapist

Siobhan Jeffrey

Staffing Manager

Nichola Berry

Speech Therapist

Molly McCabe

ICT Support

James Lynford

Occupational Therapist

Sophie Cresswell

 

 

Orthoptist 

Mags Hancock

 

 

Teaching Assistant 3

Teaching Assistant 4

Mandy Moore

Shanel Carleton

Christine Hallworth

 

Steph Simmons

Amanda Brooks

Sarah Watkins (Student/Placement Coordinator)

Jessica Leggat

Joely Hodgekins

Victoria Lygo

Shug Alam

Olivia Bell

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Assistant 2

Teaching Assistant 1 & Personal Care Assistants

Karen Hewitt

Angela Corrigan

Jenny Ryan

Anna-Sofi Vidnes

Fozia Ul Haq

Yvonne Biggs

Michelle Morrissey

Chandni Batool

Karen Savo

Lynn Marsden

Nipa Begum

Aseel Abdulghani

Natalie Matthews

Julie Mellis

Clayton Doyle

Nicola McDermott

Yvonne Davies

Anne-Marie Prendergast

Daniel Ryan

Edith Thompson

Nancy Whiston

Shumzan Goodwin

Roda Farah

Reham Hamouda

 

 

Ireen Perven

Wendy Brown

 

 

Natalie Greig

Samuel Gooch

 

 

Kelly Norman

Natacha Bell

 

 

Michelle Hackland

Leisa Gray

 

 

Vicky Caveney

Eleanor Hazley

 

 

Saika Mirza

Denise Wilson

 

 

Steph Thomas O'Flaherty

Sabina Yeasmin

 

 

Martha Richardson

Kirsty Stafford

 

 

Jasmine Hamilton

Antonio Gonzales Bailey

 

 

Zakia Ghani

Iqbal Talukdar

 

Working Together
Achieving Together

Contact us at The Birches Specialist Support Primary School

Main Contact: Adel White
Newholme Road
West Didsbury
Manchester
M20 2XZ
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