Lynnette Johnson is a very experienced special needs teacher. She joined Lakeside as Assistant Head to lead our Autism Team and is a specialist in behaviour support. She later took on the role as deputy head and our autism provision continued to grow and improve., Her passon is for supporting families and working directly with parents. She has been the school's Headteacher since September 2018.

Lynne Frewin joined us in Sept 2015. She has a great deal of experience working in SLD schools and has worked as an Assistant Head at another local special school. Lynne took on the role of Assessment Manager and has made a huge impact on our assessment practices. She became Deputy Headteacher in September 2018. 

Toni is the class lead as well as being the school's Intensive Interaction Coordinator.

Phred is the class lead as well as being one of the school's Herts STEPS trainers.

Sarah completed her teacher training at Lakeside and currently teaches in the Middle School department. 

Charli has the responsibility for leading the Middle School this year.  

Claire is class lead in M3.

Lucy is class teacher for M4 and a member of the Autism Team.

Tamsin has a background in performance arts, music and dance. She runs the Expressive Arts department and supports groups of children to obtain their Arts Award.

Sue is passionate about her work with our pupils with the most complex needs. She teaches small groups and individuals in the Sensory Zone. She oversees the education of our pupils with PMLD including those with visual and hearing impairments. She also leads the Assisted Eating team. Sue is our Moving and Handling and Elklan trainer.

 Sue works closely with her TA Karen Dinnage who is a lead practitioner for Moving and Handling. 

Jenny teaches all lessons in the school swimming pool and assesses pupils to be able move on to Hartham Pool swimming lessons. Jenny is also a trainer for Herts Steps and a member of the Behaviour Support team.

Karen Wake works with Lynnette, our Headteacher, to ensure appropriate education for our pupils with autism. Karen ensures classes have the appropriate resources and environment for their pupils with autism. She supports these pupils in class and on a one to one basis. Karen trains our school staff with Lynnette and offers training to other schools and establishments.

Lucy McMillan works alongside Karen and Lynnette suporting staff and pupils in school but has a special remit to support families. She attends Friday Parent Group and works individually with families. 

Hannah teaches functional movement across the whole school and works within the Extended Learning Department 2 days a week. She is also one of our Deputy DSPs for safeguarding.

Toni is our Intesive Interaction trainer and is responsible for Intensive Interaction throughout the school. 

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Our two nurses work 6 days between them to ensure we have constant nursing cover. 

Linda supports the OT and Physio. 

Toni leads our work on Intensive Interaction throughout school.