Meet the SEND Team
Meet the SEND Team
All of our staff have a responsibility to educate and support all students; including those
with SEND. There is an additional dedicated team of staff who support students with
SEND who work across the Academy when required, they each bring with them their
own specialisms but have a skillset across all areas of need:
Team across the Academy
Mr A D’Onofrio (Vice Principal)
Miss A O’Leary (Special Educational Needs Coordinator, SENCO)
Team based in the Primary Phase
Mrs K Grewal (SEN Learning Support Assistant - Child Protection Officer and Speech
Language and Communication)
Ms G Rai (SEN Learning Support Assistant - Social, Emotional Health and Physical
Needs)
This is in addition to an allocated Learning Support Assistant for each class who receive
regular training and advice from the SEND Team, through sharing or strategies,
resources and modelling of interventions.
Team based in the Secondary Phase
Mrs J Deol (Learning Support Assistant – Autism / Speech Language and
Communication)
Mrs J White (Learning Support Assistant – Visual Impairment / Cognition and Learning)
Miss S Gidhare (Learning Support Assistant – Social, Emotional and Mental Health and
Trainee Play Therapist)
Mrs N Kular (Learning Support Assistant – Cognition and Learning)
Mr H Sangha (Learning Support Assistant - Physical Needs)