Pupil Referral Unit
Management Committee Information
Management Committee Responsibilities 23/24
Management Committee Business Interests 24/25
Sue Sharp - Chair - my background is in teaching and I have taught in both mainstream and specialist provisions working with children from nursery through to year 6. My passion for working with SEND developed from the beginning in particular working with children with ASD and I was fortunate to be chosen to set up set up the first mainstream Autism Resource within Wakefield. I moved over time into advisory work across schools in the district later taking responsibility for Advisory services and specialist resource provisions . I was service manager for Inclusion and assessment and during this time worked with PHPRU on a number of pieces of work to benefit both the school and the provision for the local authority I am currently the Service Manager for SENDSS in Wakefield which allows me to be involved in both managing teams and a range of strategic work related to SEND and continue to work with the Headteacher of the PHPRU within a number of projects Out of work I am a keen trail runner and cyclist… mainly on a variety of tandems, when I am not being active I have 2 small grandsons who also keep me on my toes .
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Fiona Law- Vice Chair - SEND Member - I was appointed to the Management Committee following my retirement from WMDC, where I held the position of Service Manager, Education Psychology and Assessment Services. I have worked as an Educational Psychologist in Wakefield since 1985. During this time I have worked closely with, what was, Pinderfields Hospital School when the base was at Pinderfields General Hospital, through the changes to become a PRU and the change of location. I have three grown up sons who are all very different. I am proud of them all. I enjoy living in Horbury, walking, social activities with friends and foreign travel. I look forward to maintaining my links with Pinderfields Hospital PRU and making a contribution to the Management Committee. |
Helen Mumby - Head teacher, Pinderfields Hospital PRU - I became head teacher at PHPRU in September 2016 after being assistant head for 2 years. Prior to this, I spent 11 years working as head of science and assistant head at Highfield Special Needs High School in Ossett. I therefore possess a vast experience of working with students with a wide range of additional needs. I did not become a teacher until I was 39 which gave me experience of working out of education enabling me to share experiences with students to support them in looking at careers. I was a Senior Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer for the Public Health Laboratory specialising in Virology for 10 years, and I then became a registered child minder during the week and a Scientific Officer on a weekend when my youngest child was born. I have two grown-up children, two dogs and a tortoise. In my spare time I like to sing and go to the cinema. I love bling and sparkle in my life. |
Stephen Kershaw - Community member - Born in Manchester, I moved to Wakefield in 1999 and have made the city my home. I live near the city centre with my wife, and we have four children who are either in secondary school or university. In the last three years, I have been working as part of the site supervision team for a secondary school. and bring my knowledge and experience around site maintenance and health and safety knowledge to my work with the management committee. In my free time, I enjoy working on my late father's classic car, and supporting at local charity events as a driver for a local fleet of American police and film/TV cars.
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Rebecca Dorman - Parent Member - I became a parent governor at PHPRU in October 2016. I am a part-time teaching assistant at a primary school and work with children with a wide range of abilities. I am married with three children, who tend to take up all the rest of my spare time. When I do get some "me time" I enjoy socialising with friends, doing arts and crafts, going to the cinema and taking my border terrier Jake for walks.
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Natalie Jackson - Community member - I became a community member of the management committee in 2023, following close liaison between my current school and Pinderfields Hospital PRU. I started my career in education at Highfield specialist school in 2011 and quickly became dedicated to supporting SEND pupils throughout their secondary education and transition to further education. I completed my teacher training through the graduate teacher programme (GTP) teaching between Highfield, Cathedral Trinity Academy and Ossett academy. I qualified in 2013 and started teaching at Horbury academy. The following year I became head of Psychology and then shortly after, deputy curriculum leader of Science. After nearly 6 years I left to become head of Science and SENCo at High Well Special School, a position which I still hold today. I was seconded to assistant head for a short period during the recruitment for the head teacher and remain a member for the senior leadership team. High Well School is a special school for pupils with a prime/secondary need of social emotional and mental health (SEMH). Many of these pupils also have other needs such as speech, language and communication needs and ASD.
My spare time is spent looking after my two young boys, aged 3 and 4 months - they keep me on my toes! When I do get some spare time, I love to read, travel and spend time with friends.
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Julie Killey - Member - I became a member of the management committee following my retirement from my Head of Service (Inclusion Strategy and Performance) position at Wakefield Local Authority in April 2024. I began working in Wakefield in November 2019, before this I worked in Calderdale Local Authority for 28 years. I have extensive experience in leadership and management of the SEND system and services across both Children and Adults. I continue to be involved in the SEND Change Programme for Wakefield, a national programme to test some of the changes the Government wants to make to the system for supporting children and young people with SEND and those who are in Alternative Provision. I also still undertake work for the Yorkshire and Humber region supporting SEND and AP. I am married with two grown-up daughters, two rescue dogs and one rescue cat. I enjoy travelling, particularly cruising, although my dogs prefer it when we go away with them in our camper van. I have worked closely with PHPRU since joining Wakefield and I am looking forward to my continued involvement with the setting. |
Emily Ashworth - Non Teaching Member |
Pat Marshall - Community Member - I am a retired secondary school teacher with 37 years of varied experience in both mainstream schools and in a specialist setting. I began my career as a PE teacher at Royston Comprehensive School, Barnsley, where I spent 10 happy years, becoming head of department after 3 years. Once I started a family, I worked part time for 4 years in a number of Barnsley and Wakefield schools, teaching PE and French. It was during this time that I developed a passion for working with young people who were experiencing additional challenges in their learning, be it behavioural, social and emotional, severe learning difficulties associated with autistic spectrum conditions, inherited conditions, and most recently, working with growing numbers of individuals with mental health conditions. In 1994, I secured a permanent job at Roundwood Hill School, Wakefield, teaching young people with moderate learning difficulties and behavioural difficulties. The school relocated to Gawthorpe Ossett where it also had a name change at the time to Highfield School. My career ended with 5 very happy years as the head teacher at Highfield School, where my proudest achievements were the re-designation of the school from 11-16 to 11-19, the development of post sixteen education on the school site, and the development of a successful supported internship programme for young people with severe learning difficulties. This programme was developed in partnership with Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, Pinderfields and Project Search, and has provided opportunities for young people with severe learning difficulties to have real, supported work experience placements, leading to opportunities to apply for and gain meaningful, paid employment just like their peers in mainstream settings. I have been a keen sports player for most of my life, representing my county at Netball and Swimming, both as a teenager and an adult. I love walking my now elderly springer spaniel, enjoy coffee with friends where possible these days, gardening , DIY and spending time with family. I also love spending time at our house in Spain where I can relax and unwind in the gorgeous weather. I have been a governor on the local governing board at Accord MAT, Ossett Academy since September 2015, a role I enjoy and continue to fulfil. My motto for life is best summed up in the words of an M People song – “What have you done today to make you feel proud?” |
Leanne Wilkinson - Community Member - I am a dedicated mental health |
James Bradley - Teaching Staff Representative - I have been a teacher at Forest Wood since it opened in September 2018. This is a role I thoroughly enjoy. I work with some of our very complex children helping identify how best to meet their needs and supporting them and their families in many ways. I have worked temporarily as Teacher in Charge and also enjoy my additional roles as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and an ARFID (Avoidant and Restrictive Food Disorder) Champion. Outside of work, I run a Boys' Brigade group and a food bank alongside volunteering as an Independent Visitor for Barnardos. I also enjoy the theatre and amateur dramatics.
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