
Katie Archer
Occupational Therapist

Natasha Harrison
Speech & Language Therapist
Natasha trained as a speech and language therapist at Newcastle University and has had various experiences working with children with special needs. At The Dales School, Natasha supports pupils with speech, language and communication difficulties. She also works alongside class teams and therapy staff to ensure that the environment encourages every child to communicate.

Jeni Mosley
Speech & Language Therapist

Anna Ging
SaLTA
B.A. (Hons) Children and Families: Child, Young People and Family Studies.
Anna worked in early years settings before joining The Dales School in 2019. Anna has recently moved into a speech and language support role and has completed specialist training in the picture exchange communication system (PECS).

Deborah Hill
Occupational Therapist
B.Sc. (Hons) Occupational Therapy, PgCert. Sensory Integration.
Deborah joined The Dales School in 2019 as an OT with interest in Children's Mental Health. She has worked as an OT for 23 years, 19 of these years in specialist Children & Adolescent Mental Health Service/Children & Young People Service. Experiences and interests: working with parents around managing sensory issues, ASD, ADHD presentations, anxiety, and managing challenging behaviour.

Donna Godsmark
Speech and Language Teaching Assistant

Jackie Herron
Occupational Therapist
B.A. (Hons) Childhood Studies, M.Sc. Occupational Therapy

Ranelle Denholm
Speech and Language Therapist
Ranelle works in school to meet the needs of pupils with speech and language difficulties. She works closely with other therapy staff and class teams to support The Dales School to be a communication friendly school for all children.

Sarah Donnelly
SaLTA
Sarah completed a Level 4 Foundation Degree in Children and Young People and has worked in a number of school settings, however, her passion is working with children with additional needs, especially focusing on speech and language skills. She works with Speech and Language therapists in school to ensure that a child's individual speech and language needs are being met. She has also set up focus groups to meet pupils shared targets and develop social communication throughout the school. She has completed a number of training courses which include; PECS, SCERTS, Tacpac, Attention Autism, Portage Workshop, Autism Awareness and Moving and Handling. Sarah is also trained in First Aid and is able to administer medication.