Our Team

Senior Leadership Team

Headteacher

Rob O'Hara 

Deputy Headteacher

Farzana Shah

Assistant Headteacher

Annie Williams

Assistant Headteacher

Laura Whittaker

Assistant Headteacher

Dani March

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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

Anna Skolik-Wieczniak

Tina Daly

Will Rostron

Charlotte Barlow

Laura Pickering

Alice Hamilton

Natalie Scott

Molly Betts Emily Spiers  

 

     

Specialist Staff

 

Support Staff

 

Consultant Paediatrician

Dr Lisa Kauffmann

School Administrator

Julie Hallett

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 Linzi Knowles

Parent Support Advisor

Peggy Parker

School Doctor

Dr Suryasatya Dhulipala

Safeguarding Officer

 

Physiotherapy Team

Paula Johnson

Lindsay Stanfield

Caretakers

Lynne Hackland

John Hackland

   

Cook 

Janine Humphreys

Speech Therapist

Siobhan Jeffrey

Catering Assistant

Linda Banks

Speech Therapist

Holly Standish

ICT Support

James Lynford

Orthoptist 

Mags Hancock

 

 

Teaching Assistant 3

Teaching Assistant 4

Sean Cusack

Dawn Riley

Christine Hallworth

 

Maria Tomlinson

Amanda Brooks

Sarah Watkins (Student/Placement Coordinator)

Jill Corbishley

Mandy Moore

Victoria Lygo

 

Joely Hodgkins

   

 

Olivia Bell

 

 

 

   

 

 

Teaching Assistant 2

Teaching Assistant 1

Karen Hewitt

Angela Corrigan

Jenny Ryan

Anna-Sofi Vidnes

Fozia Ul Haq

Bryn Knowles (Driver)

Michelle Morrissey

Chandni Batool

Gill Field

Lynn Marsden

Nipa Begum

Aseel Abdulghani

Natalie Matthews

Julie Mellis

Clayton Doyle

Nicola McDermott

Yvonne Davies

Anne O'Donoghue

Kirsty Stafford

Edith Thompson

Nancy Whiston

Shumzan Goodwin

Shagufta Alam

Reham Hamouda

Jill Dartington

Anne-Marie Prendergast

Ireen Perven

Wendy Brown

Karen Savo

Yvonne Biggs

Natalie Greig

Samuel Gooch

 

 

Kelly Norman

Natacha Bell

 

 

Michelle Hackland

Steph Simmons

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

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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