Blossom House School

Staff

Principal

• Joanna Burgess Dip.CST, MRCSLT, Dip.RSA, SpLD, PGCE

Teaching Staff 

• Jumi Awomosu BA (Textiles), PGCE (D&T)
• Pru Ballard Cert. Ed. (qual 1973), Unicorn Maths
• Matt Barker BA Hons, PGCE (Secondary English), OCR 7 Cert SpLD, Irlen Cert
• Sophie Bazell B Ed Hons (Camb), Unicorn Maths 
• Juliette Burgess BA Hons, PGCE, Unicorn Maths, OCR 5 SpLD
• Nigel Cavell MA, PGCE (KS2 and 3, Maths)
• Gemma Chapple BSc Hons, MSc (Joint Professional Practice), PGCE, Dip SpLD, AMBDA, APC, Unicorn Maths, Irlen Cert. 
• Brenda Davies Primary Art Coordinator,teacher, attended OCR 5 Cert SpLD lectures 
• Nathan Dawe BSc Hons, Dip Pop Mus Perf
• Julie De Quintal B Ed (specialising in Early Years), Unicorn Maths
• Ian Forde BSc Hons, PGCE (Secondary Science), C&G Computer aided engineering, C&G Teacher training 
• Lucinda Fowler BSc Hons, MRCSLT, HPC, QTS, OCR 5 cert SpLD
• Victor Gilder LTCL (TD) LRSM 
• Claire Howard BA, Secondary PGCE (History)
• Sonia Kerslake NNEB, Touchtyping
• Helen King BSc, AMI trained
• Sarah Marshall B Ed (specialising in Early Years), OCR 5 Cert SpLD, Unicorn Maths 
• Nicola Masefield BSc Hons QTS, OCR 5 Cert SpLD, PgCert (Asperger Syndrome), Irlen Cert 
• Jeanne Milstein BA Hons,QTS, Unicorn Maths, OCR 5 SpLD
• Liza Quintal BA, PGCE (English and History)
• Tom Richards BA, PGCE (Secondary Art and Design) 
• Tim Shephard BA Hons, PGCE, MA, Unicorn Maths
• Val Smith QTS (Secondary ICT) 
• Helen Van Hoogstraten BA Hons, PGCE (Secondary Art and Design and History of Art)
• Juan Vercher BSc Hons, QTS (Secondary Maths and Modern Languages), Unicorn Maths 
• Ben Walsh BA Hons,QTS, Unicorn Maths
• Roger White BSc, QTS, Unicorn Maths
• Wendy White BSc Hons, QTS, Unicorn Maths, OCR 5 SpLD
• Niki Winterbottom BA Hons,QTS, Unicorn Maths, OCR 5 Cert SpLD
  (*Unicorn Maths course is accredited by the BDA and therefore a recognised course in teaching those with SpLD. All our Maths teachers have this qualification)

Speech and Language Therapists

• Joanne Butlin BSc Hons SLT
• Katrina Chapman BSc Hons SLT, MRCSLT, HPC, OCR 5 cert SpLD
• Phoebe Cheshire BA Hons, MSc, MRCSLT
• Amalia Gray BSc (Speech Science), MRCSLT, HPC
• Anna Hewitt BA Hons PGDipSLT, MRCSLT, HPC
• Beth Howland BSc, MSc
• Ruth Lo MRCSLT, PGDP, HPC 
• Tamsin Lotter B Comm Pathology
• Frances O'Garro BSc Hons SLT, MSc (Joint Professional Practice), MRCSLT, HPC
• Camilla Pittam PGCE, PgDpSLT, MRCSLT, HPC 
• Catherine Powell BSc Hons, PgDipSLT, MRCSLT, HPC
• Katie Ramshaw BSc (Speech Science), RCSLT
• Glena Rodriguez SLT assistant, OCR 5 cert SpLD
• Charlotte Stevens BSc Hons SLT, MRCSLT, HPC
• Emma Sturgess BSc (Hons), MSc (Speech Sciences)
• Debbie Zagoria BA Hons (Speech and Hearing Therapy)

Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists

• Jessica Bridge OT assistant, OCR 5 Cert SpLD
• Lucy Ditson BSc Hons Occupational Therapy
• Nicky Ford BSc MA Occupational Therapy
• Leanne Gardner BSc Hons Physiotherapy, OCR Cert SpLD
• Carmen Pavon BSc (Occupational Therapy)
• Annerie Smit B.OccupationalTherapy, OCR 5 Cert SpLD

Arts Therapists and Psychotherapists

• Eleanor Chasser BSc
• Rosie Emanuel BA Hons, MA (Drama and Movement Therapy)
• Polly Essex BA Hons, PG Dip Art Psychotherapy, SRAT
• Kirsten Halliday BMus Hons,  Pg.Dip (Music Therapy) ATCL
• Peter McGowan ARCM dip (Music), Pg.dm (Music Therapy), SRAST(M) (Music Therapy)
• Susan Sandler B.Ed, Cert Integrated Arts Therapy
• Louise Stone SRAST(M)

Teaching Assistants

• Lucy Allen
• Trish Almlof
• Claudia Bello
• Bonny Brown
• Jo Byrne
• Alice Campbell
• Gilza Ferreira
• Rebecca Gospage
• Polly Griffiths
• Wendy Hartley
• Jessica Hagar
• Charlotte Hogg
• Jessie Huckin
• Ruth Hutchinson
• Lindsey Kelly
• Tiffany Kyte
• Nick Lo
• Amy McDannell
• Jack Morgan
• Alison Raggett
• Emma Smith 
• Michael Stevenson
• Piotr Warmowski
• Joanna Winter
• Emma Yearwood
• Leo Yearwood
• Harriet Ziegler

Administrative Staff

• John Blackburn (Bursar) ACIB
• Michael Dupree IT Manager
• Helen Kriston (Office)
• Sarah Lynch MA Hons
• Liz Mayo (Admissions) BA Hons
• Joanna Rowan BSc Hons
• James Stavert (Operations Manager) BSc Hons, QTS
• Anthony Taylor-Rose (Deputy bursar) ACIB