Birkenhead Locality Team Information
Below you will find the details of confirmed team members in the Birkenhead Locality. There may still be some vacancies. Details will be updated as and when new staff join the team or roles are confirmed.
If this is the locality your school or setting is in please use this email address for any requests or enquiries. Please indicate clearly in the subject box what your email is about.
birkenheadsend@wirral.gov.uk
Locality Manager - Dawn Taylor
Personal expertise Children Looked After (CLA)
Caseworkers
Claire Mcdermott
Chris Hadfield
Hannah O’Neill
Rachael Kearney
Stacey Price
Thomas Bromley
Support Officers
Josh Parker
Joanne Robinson
Specialist Business Support Officer - Leigh Roberts
All Education Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) Requests or general enquires should be sent to your localities new email address.
Settings in this locality and named Caseworker
Early Years Settings
Bidston Avenue Pre-School - Hannah O’Neill
Building Blocks Day Nursery and Pre-School, Prenton - Claire McDermott
Busy Bees, Beechwood - Claire McDermott
Butterflies’ Day Nursery, Oxton - Hannah O’Neill
Cosy Corner Day Nursery, Oxton - Hannah O’Neill
Daisy and Jake Day Nursery, Prenton - Hannah O’Neill
Essential Early Years Nursery, Birkenhead - Claire McDermott
First Class Nursery School, Prenton - Claire McDermott
Funtrain Day Nursery, Birkenhead - Rachael Kearney
Jack and Jill Day Nursery, Oxton - Hannah O’Neill
Jack and Jill Day Nursery, Upton - Rachael Kearney
Ladybird Pre-School, Oxton - Hannah O’Neill
Little Learners Nursery, Prenton - Hannah O’Neill
Little Robins Nursery, Upton - Chris Hadfield
Little World Nursery - Chris Hadfield
Miriam Day Nursery, Birkenhead - Claire McDermott
Overton Nursery and Pre-School, Upton - Chris Hadfield
Park Wood Nursery, Bidston - Hannah O’Neill
Prenton Penguins Nursery - Hannah O’Neill
See Saw Pre-School, Upton - Louise Thompson
The Learning Tree, Prenton - Chris Hadfield
The Priory Pre-School, Birkenhead - Hannah O’Neill
Upton St Mary’s Pre-School - Rachael Kearney
Winston’s Place, Oxton - Rachael Kearney
Wirral Montessori Nursery, Oxton - Rachael Kearney
Primary Mainstream Settings
Bedford Drive Primary - Rachael Kearney
Bidston Avenue Primary - Hannah O’Neill
Bidston Village Primary - Chris Hadfield
Birkenhead High School Academy - Stacey Price
Cathcart Street Primary - Chris Hadfield
Christ Church CE, Birkenhead - Rachael Kearney
Co-op Academy Hillside - Claire Mcdermott
Co-op Academy Portland - Claire McDermott
Devonshire Park Primary - Claire McDermott
Holy Cross RC Primary - Claire McDermott
Manor Primary - Claire McDermott
Mersey Park Primary - Rachael Kearney
Our Lady & St Edwards Primary - Chris Hadfield
Overchurch Infants - Chris Hadfield
Overchurch Juniors - Chris Hadfield
Oxton St Saviours - Hannah O’Neill
Prenton Primary - Hannah O’Neill
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Birkenhead - Rachael Kearney
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Upton - Rachael Kearney
St Paul’s Catholic Primary - Claire McDermott
St Peter’s Catholic Primary, Noctorum - Claire McDermott
St Werburgh’s Primary - Rachael Kearney
The Priory Parish CE Primary - Hannah O’Neill
Townfield Primary - Hannah O’Neill
Well Lane Primary - Hannah O’Neill
Woodchurch Road Primary - Hannah O’Neill
Woodlands Primary - Rachael Kearney
Secondary Mainstream Settings
Birkenhead High School Academy - Stacey Price
Prenton High School - Stacey Price
Ridgeway High School - named caseworker to follow
St Anselm’s College & Sixth Form - named caseworker to follow
The Birkenhead Park School Academy - Thomas Bromley
Specialist Settings
Hayfield School - Chris Hadfield
Kilgarth School - Stacey Price
The Observatory School (Vyner Site) - Thomas Bromley
Wirral Hospital School/Joseph Paxton - Stacey Price
Specialist Bases
Bidston Village (Moderate Learning Disability/Social Communication Needs) - Chris Hadfield
Devonshire Park (KS1/KS2 Autistic Spectrum Condition) - Claire McDermott
Manor Base (KS1 Social Emotional Mental Health specialism from Jan 2025) - Claire McDermott
Manor Base (KS2 Social Emotional Mental Health specialism from Sept 2025) - Claire McDermott