Staff
School Community
Meet our staff
We have a strong and diverse team of deaf and hearing professionals who work closely together to meet our children’s needs. These include qualified Teachers of the Deaf (TOD’s), a Deaf Instructor, Teaching Assistants (TA’s), British Sign Language Interpreters, an Educational Audiologist, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. We also work closely with other professionals to ensure every child’s needs are fully met.
Our staff are experts in their field and are committed to sharing best practice and constantly learning, developing and innovating so that our school continues to offer the very best education to deaf children.
If you are interested in working at Frank Barnes, please click below for our latest vacancies.
| Leadership/Senior Management Team | |
| Dani Sive |
Headteacher |
| Catherine Drew | Deputy Headteacher; KS1 and KS2 Team Leader |
| Angela Scheffer | Business Manager |
| Chloe Fordham | Early Years Team Leader |
| Simon Herdman | KS1 & KS2 Team Leader |
| Katie Johnston | SENCO |
| Business Team | |
| Michele Gordon | Assistant Business Manager |
| Elvira Brenya | Receptionist (PT) |
| Fahmida Akther | Receptionist (PT) |
| Sophia Foucher | Receptionist |
| Max Crisera | Facilities Manager |
| Baffour Koranteng | Facilities Assistant |
| Teachers | |
| Habiba Alli | Early Years Foundation Stage Class Teacher |
| Mairead Harley | SEN Class Teacher |
| Leyla Jeilani | Key Stage1/2 Class Teacher |
| Simon Herdman | Key Stage1/2 Class Teacher |
| Samira Mohamed | Key Stage 2 Class Teacher |
| Hiral Shah | Key Stage 2 Class Teacher |
| Teaching Assistants/Support Staff | |
| Janet Payne | Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) |
| Nimco Hersi | Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) |
| Minara Khan | Teaching Assistant |
| Grisha Malik | Teaching Assistant |
| Sheyana Harewood | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Ciaran McCarthy | Teaching Assistant |
| Georgia Dimopoulou | Teaching Assistant |
| Emily Crowe | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Tanja Braithwaite | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Chiara Bianchini | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Sonny O'Neill | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Regena Williams | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Heidi Ellich-Beasley | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Sharon Stanford | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Eleni Botonaki | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Musummath Anisa | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Masuma Aktar | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Kim Page | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Sally Welton | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Daniel Wyatt | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Lisa Smith | Deaf Instructor |
| Olga Miceli | In-house BSL Interpreter |
| Emma Gorman | Librarian |
| Amjit Worrell | BSL Tutor |
| Professional Partners | |
| Wendy Martin | Speech and Language Therapist |
| Sian Kelly | Speech and Language Therapist |
| Amanda Witham | Physiotherapist |
| Hussein Omar | Occupational Therapist |
| Ruth Montgomery | Music Teacher |
| Tony Gillies | Educational Audiologist |
| Carla Wasilonek | Educational Psychologist |
| Natalie Emmett | School Nurse |