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PHOENIXPLACE

About Us

Our Staff

Directors

Sophie Nelson - Founder/Managing Director

Kailash Kumari -  Co-Founder/Director


Proprietor/Headteacher

Sophie Nelson


Safeguarding Team

Carl Samuels - Designated  Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Sophie Hallowes - DDSL/Looked After Children (LAC)

Sophie Nelson - DDSL


Director of Policy & Development

Kailash Kumari


HR Team

Kailash Kumari

Jessica Lynch - HR/Administration


SEND Team

Dershna Patel - Director of SEND and Social Value

Carol Lake* (Trainee SENDCo)

Sophie Hallowes (Trainee SENDCo)


Pastoral Team

Carl Samuels - Pastoral Manager

Jahmal Howlett-Mundle

Angenie Henry - Mental Health

Sydney Hanna - Mental Health

Mikael Cohen - Careers/Mentor/inc Outreach


Teachers/Instructors

Shahena Begum

Sophie Hallowes*

Kathleen O'Brien

Errol Jackson

Carol Lake*

Luke Johnson

Lauren Ward

Badewa Lahan

Alina Telabi (Maternity cover)

Emma Kurinsinkle


Teaching & Learning Support Assistants (TLSA):

Jade Daley

Hetal Patel


City Year Mentors/TLSAs

Natalie 

Teni

Seven

Ellie

Aiyanna


Outreach Team

Kathleen O'Brien

Mikael Cohen


Exams Officer & SEN Administration

Emma Kurisinkal


Core Therapeutic Team

Natalie Sargent -  School Counsellor

Dan Sheehan - Child Educational Psychologist

Alexis Steyn -   Speech & Language Therapist 

Erick Kiplagat - Occupational Therapist

(We also have a number of organisations that deliver workshops to our students over the course of the year)


Office & Administration

Cheryl Clarke-James - School Business Manager 

Joanna Clarke - Senior Administration Clerk

Leanne Ward -  PA to Head / Office Administrator / Consultations Admin


Premises & IT

David Haughton - Premises/IT Manager

Danzel Hazine - Premises Assistant

Jermaine French - Premises Assistant

Kenneth Jarrett - Premises Assistant

Thelma Kerr - Lunchtime Supervisor

Louise Mclaren - Lunchtime Supervisor


Social Work Placements     

We have a number of Social Work placements over the course of the year to support teaching & learning as well as the DSL


Tutors

We also at times employ part time tutors to support personalised curriculum pathways.



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