Our staff are our most valuable resource. Each one of them appreciates the privileged position they have in being entrusted with your child. They take very seriously the shared responsibility they have in ensuring that your child is happy, safe and developing the skills they need for life. At The Orchard’s we truly believe that every child needs a champion and work very hard to build highly trusting and mutually respectful relationships with all our children. The success of our focus on relationship building between children and staff is evident in the calm, respectful and enaged learning which happens across the school.
Our staff team are highly trained and are able to deliver a bespoke, child focused curriculum for each individual. Our classroom teams have training in a wide range of communication systems such as: Signalong, PECs, alternative communication, objects of reference and touch cues. They are also trained to manage a wide range of medical needs such as gastrostomy feeds and the management of epilepsy and have regular first aid, safeguarding and positive relationship training.
Helen O’Brien | Head of School |
Jane Cawood | Assistant Head for Quality of Education |
Imogen Bosmith | Assistant Head for Personal Development and well being |
Naomi Shin | EYFS Leader |
Amy Tatton | Communication Leader |
Sophie Lane | Complex Needs Leader |
Dawn Layfield (Outdoor learning lead) | Nikki Caley (Medical lead) |
Rabia Ali | Geri Foley (maternity cover) |
Naomi Shin (EYFS leader) | Gemma Marshall (My care lead) |
Lauren McGarry | Emily Irlam (Play lead) / Amber Watson (My world lead) |
Amy Tatton (Communication leader) | Naomi Anderson (My thinking – reading & phonics lead) |
Lauren Price | Claire Graham (My Body Lead) |
Antigoni Mastrogianni (ASD / transition lead) | Caitlin Barker |
Sophie Lane (Complex Needs / My thinking – maths lead) | Emily Gardiner |
Maternity Leave – Emma Davies, Emily Frost, Olivia Barker, Abbie Williams
Michelle Fletcher Emma Parsonage Justine Alegado Lynda Cawley Hilary Lonergan Harriet Langford Jamie – Leigh Davies Jack Meredith Sophie Singleton Victoria Furio Lex Iliuta | Sarah Douglas Aisha Shaikh Olly Gray Sidra Riaz Amy Hawley Olivia Weston Mia Oliver Amy Routledge Manisha Anand George Amponsah Diana Patterson | Claire Wilson Lavina Best Tanya Gasmi Stephen Tomlinson Pui Fong Grace Cooke Georgia Glynn Keosha Lewis Kieran Sherlock Caitlin McHugh Rebecca Tighe |
Maternity Leave: Sophie Singleton
Amanda Lee | Tahmina Sayed | Nicole Watson |
Rachel Watts | Office Manager |
Christne Adshead | Admin Support |
Sebastian Vinood | Caretaker |
Ian Maitland | Manchester United SEND Foundation Officer |
Steph Clemmet | Georgia Marrow | Hayley Smith |