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 |
| Jodie Griffiths-Er | Early Years Team Leader |
| Katie Johnston | SENCO |
| Business Team | |
| Michele Gordon | Assistant Business Manager |
| Elvira Brenya | Receptionist |
| Vacant | Finance Manager |
| Louise Lee | Finance Assistant |
| Sean Gilbert | Facilities Manager |
| Max Crisera | Facilities Assistant |
| Teachers | |
| Ashley Hodgkinson | Early Years Class Teacher |
| Jodie Giffiths-Er | Reception Class Teacher |
| Claire Dowdican | Key Stage 1/2 Class Teacher |
| Claire Sloan | Lower Key Stage 2 Class Teacher |
| AJ Miller | Upper Key Stage 2 Class Teacher |
| Teaching Assistants/Support Staff | |
| Eleni Botonaki | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Sheyana Harewood | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Abien Hassan | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Minara Begum | Teaching Assistant |
| Grisha Malik | Teaching Assistant |
| Beverley Nisbett | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Hiral Shah | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Lee Smith | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Mandy Tobin | Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
| Fahmida Akther | Teaching Assistant |
| Emily Crowe | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Janet Payne | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Chiara Bianchini | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Bengi-Sue Sirin | 1:1 Teaching Assistant |
| Mischa Cooke | Deaf Instructor/HLTA |
| Lisa Smith | Deaf Instructor |
| Louise Wilks | In-house BSL Interpreter |
| Emma Gorman | Librarian |
| Barbara Flintham | BSL Teacher |
| Amjit Worrell | BSL Teacher |
| 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 |