We have a team of around 180 staff working for ASL Service, working with learners aged 0-18 who have a wide range of additional needs. Below you can find information on our Senior Management Team, our ASL Service Leaders and our administrators. You can download this info as a PDF.
The service has recently gone through a redesign and has moved to a locality model with cluster based teams. For more information on the restructure please click here.
Head Teacher
Kirsty Spence
Depute Head Teachers
Anna Gray
Responsible for
- medical outreach, including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- quality assurance of support for learning
- literacy and dyslexia.
Kate Varona
South East Locality
Responsible for
- Learning, Language and Communication support
- ASAP/CMRG (primary)
- Bright Start
- Early Years Team
Annemarie Procter
South West Locality
Responsible for
- English as an Additional Language (EAL) Support
- support for Gypsy, Traveller and Roma.
- Secondary Support Teams and Groups
Iona Brockway
North West Locality
Responsible for
- Learning and Wellbeing
- ICT ASL
- Highly Able
- ASAP/CMRG (secondary)
- Groups
- Child Protection
- TIP
- LAC
David Fox
North East Locality
Responsible for
- ASL Nurse, Moving and Handling Team
- Sensory Team
- ASAP/CMRG
Business Manager
Ann Grant
Service Leaders
Service leaders cover clusters of schools and also lead individual specialist teams.
| Locality | Secondary | Primary | Service Leader |
| NW | Broughton | Ferryhill, Flora Stevenson, Granton, Stockbridge | Fiona Calder |
| Trinity | Trinity, Victoria, Wardie | ||
| Craigroyston | Craigroyston, Forthview, Holy Cross, Pirniehall, St David’s | ||
| Forrester, St Augustine’s | Broomhouse, Carrick Knowe, Gylemuire, Murrayburn, St Joseph’s | Sarah Neary and Andrew Foster | |
| Craigmount | Corstorphine, East Craigs, Fox Covert, Hillwood, Roseburn, St Andrew’s Fox Covert | ||
| Royal High | Blackhall, Clermiston, Cramond, Davidson’s Mains | Julie Wood | |
| Queensferry | Dalmeny, Echline, Kirkliston, Queensferry, St Margaret’s | ||
| NE | Portobello | Brunstane, Duddingston, Parson’s Green, Royal High, Towerbank, St John’s | Gary Boyd |
| Castlebrae, Holy Rood | Castleview, Newcraighall, Niddrie Mill, St Francis’ | ||
| Drummond | Abbeyhill, Broughton, Leith Walk, St Mary’s Edin, Bun-Sgoil Taobh na Pairce | David Fox | |
| Leith Academy | Craigentinny, Hermitage Park, Leith, Lorne, St Mary’s Leith, St Ninian’s | ||
| SW | WHEC | Canal View, Clovenstone, Sighthill | Lynsey Robinson and Colleen Reeve |
| Firrhill | Bonaly, Colinton, Longstone, Oxgangs, Pentland, St Mark’s | ||
| Tynecastle | Balgreen, Craiglockhart, Dalry, Stenhouse, St Cuthbert’s | Lisa Oliver | |
| Balerno | Dean Park, Ratho | ||
| Currie | Currie, Juniper Green, Nether Currie | ||
| SE | Liberton | Craigour Park, Gilmerton, Liberton, Prestonfield, St John Vianney | Anne Davidson |
| Gracemount | Gracemount, St Catherine’s | ||
| James Gillespie’s, St Thomas of Aquin’s | James Gillespie’s, Preston Street, Royal Mile, Sciennes, Tollcross | Nicola Hammond-Evans and Jodie Morrison | |
| Boroughmuir | Bruntsfield, Buckstone, South Morningside, St Peter’s |
City Wide
Juliet McCann – Medical
Lorna Johnston and Nicola Hammond-Evans – Early Years Support
Lynsey Robinson – Sensory Team
Tessa Humby – EAL Development
Margaret Gray – Audit/Training
Lorna Johnston and Jilly Catlow – LLC, SRP, Special
Lead Teachers for Support and Development Work
Hilary Aitken – Literacy Dyslexia Support Service
Sheena Lowes – Partner-provider nurseries
Administration Team
Linda Cochrane – Service Administrator
Irene Keenan – Support Assistant
Aleksandra Williams – Support Assistant
Heather Meikle – Support Assistant
