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 Team | |
| Dani Sive |
Headteacher |
| Katherine O'Grady-Bray | Deputy Headteacher |
| Angela Scheffer | Business Manager |
| Catherine Drew | KS1 and KS2 Team Leader |
| Katie Johnston | SENCO |
| Business Team | |
| Michele Gordon | Assistant Business Manager |
| Pamela Trace-Gardner | Bilingual Receptionist |
| Andrea Noguera | Receptionist |
| Vacant | Finance Manager |
| Louise Lee | Finance Assistant |
| Sean Gilbert | Facilities Manager |
| Max Crisera | Facilities Assistant |
| Teachers | |
| Claire Sloan | Early Years Class Teacher |
| Ashley Hodgkinson | Reception Class Teacher |
| Jodie Griffiths | Key Stage 1 Class Teacher |
| Claire Dowdican |
Lower Key Stage 2 Class Teacher |
| Catherine Drew | Upper Key Stage 2 Class Teacher |
| Katie Johnston | SENCO |
| Teaching Assistants/Support Staff | |
| Bhavna Badiyani | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Eleni Botonaki | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Elizabeth Manrique-Cordeje | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Samrawit Ghebremedhin | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Sheyana Harewood | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Abien Hassan | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Minara Khan | Teaching Assistant |
| Grisha Malik | Teaching Assistant |
| Samira Mohamed | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Beverley Nisbett | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Vanessa Nkosi | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Seval Ordek-Vasant | Teaching Assistant |
| Hiral Shah | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Debbie Slayford | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Lee Smith | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Mandy Tobin | Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
| Fahmida Akther | Teaching Assistant |
| Mischa Cooke | Deaf Instructor/HLTA |
| Lisa Smith | Deaf Instructor |
| Louise Wilks | In-house BSL Interpreter |
| Emma Gorman | Librarian |
| Professional Partners | |
| Wendy Martin | Speech and Language Therapist |
| Sian Kelly | Speech and Language Therapist |
| Claire Elliott-Purdy | Speech and Language Therapist |
| Amanda Witham | Physiotherapist |
| Patricia Terrer-Perez | Occupational Therapist |
| Ruth Montgomery | Music Teacher |
| Eloise Garland | Music Teacher |
| Tony Gillies | Educational Audiologist |
| Natalie Emmett | School Nurse |
| Barbara Flintham | BSL Teacher |