Woodlands School

Our Staff Team



Woodlands School is committed to a team approach in meeting all our learners’ needs. Our specialist and experienced staff work together with our multi-agency teams, including educational psychologist, psychotherapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, doctors and nurses.

These teams work seamlessly with our staff to enable all learners to access the curriculum as fully as possible with as little time loss as possible. 


School Leadership Team

Headteacher - Karen Haworth

Deputy Headteacher - Sarah Peachey

Teaching Team

Ashleigh Alcock

Carly Aspden

Natalie Cairns

Julie Charnock 

Emma Craig

Paul Davison

Ashlea Ellis

Sandra Gilchrist

Aimee Green 

Hannah Macleod

Joanne McConnell

Nicole McEvoy-Kerr

Carolyn Mills

Teaching Assistant Team

Ellie Amos

Claire Ayres

Vicky Bailey

Nicola Baker

Kathryn Berry

Fiona Bebbington

Kath Brown

Tracey Bushell

Carrie Butters

Rachael Callaway

Chloe Chaplin

Karen Coates

Caroline Cooke

Kathryn Cullinane

Gillian Deighton

Caitlin Dickinson

Nicola Dowling

Diane Fenwick

Danielle Graves

Luis Gray

Rebecca Harrison

Julia Heyes

Lynda Inglis

Marta Jaszczyk

Tim Kirton

Sarah Lawson

Samantha Leach

Helen Lindsay

Jade Malia

Sam Mayor

Suzanne McCumiskey

Rachel McDowell

Vicki McNicholas

Sarah Mears

Emma Neve

Sarah Oakley

Lydia Pennington

Lisa Roberts

Kirsty Shepherd

Wendy Slavin

Scarlett Thomson

Beverley Walch

Gina Whiteley

Jenny Wilson

Rachel Wilkinson

Agnieszka Wolanik-Burnat

Anna Woods

Leah Woods 

School and Family Liaison Officer

Charlotte Weber

Administrative Team

Sean Ellison

Georgia Wharrier 

Katie Brookes

Toni Fairholm

Site Supervisors

Andy Cox
Jacob Nkuah

Lunchtime Supervisor

Stacey Souter