Staff and Leadership

Find out about the staff behind the school.

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SENIOR AND SIXTH-FORM TEACHING STAFF

 

ART
  • Mrs Geraldine Clark BA Kent
  • Mrs Charlotte Wirdnam BA Wimbledon School of Art
  • Mrs Anna Adams MA Wales
  • Mrs Nicci Peck
  • Mrs Nina Rindfuss BA Loughborough
CAREERS/HESQ
  • Mr Tim Dixon BSc Exeter
CLASSICs
  • Dr Liza Martin MA PhD Cantab
  • Mrs Pippa Giles BA Birmingham
  • Mr Charlie Hammel AB Princeton MLitt St Andrews
  • Mrs Alex Komar MA Cantab
  • Mrs Cristina Tarantino-Hind BA IULM University, Milan
COMPUTING
  • Mr Callum Butcher BA Exeter
  • Ms Pam Hearsum BEng Nottingham Trent
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Mrs Hilary Mitchener BEng Exeter
  • Mrs Mana Trebess MA Kingston Uni
  • Mrs Gina Baker BSc Southampton
DRAMA
  • Mr Jose Gudiño-Reséndiz BA National School of Theatre Mexico
  • Mrs Jo Moroney BA Manchester Metropolitan
  • Mrs Tamzin Mason BA Winchester
ECONOMICS
  • Mr Nick Fyfe BA York
  • Mrs Naomi Cansdale BA Oxon
ENGLISH
  • Mrs Naomi Anson MA Mtcg London
  • Ms Caroline Howard BA Leicester
  • Mrs Katy Barnett BA Leeds
  • Miss Abigail Bartholomew BA King Alfred's
  • Mrs Louisa Bird MA Oxon
  • Ms Claire Goymour BA London
  • Miss Alice Ludlow MA Nottingham
  • Mrs Victoria Taylor MA Cantab
ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
  • Miss Suzanne Goodwin BA Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Ms Shelley Carter BA University of Otago, New Zealand
VISITING LANGUAGE TEACHERS
  • Ms Xin Cao (Mandarin)
  • Mrs Irina Nekhlyudova (Russian)
  • Ms Jacqui McGinn (Japanese)
FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND TEXTILES
  • Ms Rachel Memery BA Manchester
  • Mrs Dawn Tyson Hall BSc Nottingham Trent
  • Mrs Denise Westbrook
  • Mrs Polina Hofmann BSc Exeter
GEOGRAPHY
  • Mr Jonathon Brown BA Birmingham
  • Mr Tim Dixon BSc Exeter
  • Ms Emily Hartley BA Leeds
  • Miss Laura Wilson BSc Dunelm
  • Mr Graham Yates MA Brunel
HISTORY
  • Dr David Filtness MA MPhil PhD Cantab
  • Mr Charles Hammel AB Princeton, MLitt St Andrews
  • Ms Georgina Manville BA MA Bristol
  • Ms Alex Wilson BA York
HISTORY OF ART
  • Dr Rachel Sanders PhD University College London
MATHEMATICS
  • Mrs Vicky Walker BA Liverpool John Moores
  • Mrs Seema Amin MA Warwick
  • Mr Phil Butler MEng Bath
  • Mr Paul Debont MSc Essex
  • Mrs Cindy Thompson BSc(Ed) Exeter
  • Mrs Sophie Russell MEng Bristol
  • Mr Stephen Power MSc Colorado State, USA
  • Mrs Shivangi Chitra MSc MS University, India 
MODERN LANGUAGES
  • Mr Anton Kendall BA Exeter
  • Mrs Nelly Porter Maîtrise Strasbourg
  • Ms Stephanie Stratford BA Warwick
  • Mrs Jen Butler BA Bath
  • Mrs Laura Camba BA OU
  • Dr Catherine Dey PhD Birmingham
  • Ms Jane Gandee MA Cantab
  • Miss Aoife Gray BA Dunelm
  • Mrs Laurence Jackaman Licence Angers
MUSIC
  • Mrs YiRu Hall MA Cantab
  • Mr Iain Sansom MA Oxon
  • Mr James Belassie MA Cantab
  • Ms Natasha Wright BMus, PPRNCM, MMus, PGDipGSMD
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Mr Jon Riley BSc Loughborough
  • Mrs Sara Heffernan BA Chichester
  • Mrs Leonie Campbell BA Chichester
  • Miss Kelly Drew BSc Brunel
  • Mrs Zoe Enticknap BSc Chichester
  • Mrs Patricia Francis BA National Teaching University Colombia
  • Miss Tia Hislop BSc University of St Mark and St John
  • Mrs Justine Mackenzie BSc Temple University USA
  • Miss Kate Nelson-Lee BA Swarthmore College
  • Mrs Asha Riley BA Loughborough
  • Miss Nikki Lloyd
  • Miss Mia Ritchie BSc Bath
  • Miss Isabel Zealley MSc Oxford Brookes
POLITICS
  • Ms Alex Wilson BA York
  • Dr David Filtness MA MPhil PhD Cantab
PSYCHOLOGY
  • Mrs Lucy Tipp BA Winchester
  • Mrs Amanda McAllister MSc King’s College London
RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS
  • Mrs Rachel Carnay MA Cantab
  • Mr Jeremy Young BA Bristol
SCIENCE
  • Mr James Copley MSc Imperial College London
  • Dr Rebecca Topley, BSc King's College London, PhD University of the West Indies
  • Mrs Nikki Cahillane BSc Imperial College London
  • Mr James Chilsholm BSc Bristol
  • Ms Sarah Coggan MA OU
  • Mr Ryan Coutts MA University of Technology Sydney
  • Mrs Catherine Elkins BSc Reading
  • Mr Bruce Hansen MSc Canterbury New Zealand, GradDipTchLn Christchurch New Zealand
  • Mrs Clemmie Holtum BSc Uni of Durham, PGCE Canterbury Christ Church Uni
  • Mrs Ruth Lavelle BSc Manchester
  • Mrs Lauren Woodcock BSc Sheffield
  • Mr Adam Kaplonek
  • Mrs Gill Quelch
  • Mr Thomas Kilminster BSc Bristol
  • Mrs Blessing Oleleme MSc Portsmouth
LEARNING SUPPORT
  • Mrs Julie Stickland Dip Southampton
  • Mrs Catherine Whittaker BA Southampton
  • Miss Samantha Willes MA West Dean College
  • Mrs Laura Young BSc Bristol
  • Mrs Carola Bell BA Newcastle

BOARDING HOUSE STAFF

 

Miss Alice Ludlow - Head of boarding and digital wellbeing

 

BOARDING HOUSE HOUSEMISTRESS/HEADMASTER
Finlay Mr Bruce Hansen and Mrs Rachel Hansen
High House Ms Judy Parshall
Hyde Abbey Mrs Pam Hearsum
Earlsdown Mrs Geraldine Clark
Hillcroft Mrs Felicity Lewington
Le Roy Mrs Cristina Tarantino-Hind

 

DAY HOUSE STAFF

 

DAY HOUSE HOUSEMISTRESS/HEADMASTER
Caer Gwent Mrs Jo Moroney/Mrs Emily Hartley
Venta Mrs Hilary Mitchener/Miss Vicky Mitchell
Davies Mrs Jen Butler/Mrs Becca Hills
Mowbray Mrs Amanda McAllister/Mrs Rachel Nicholls

 

PREP SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF
  • Miss Caroline Albin BA Leeds - Head of Outdoor Learning
  • Mrs Karen Brown BSc Reading - Head of Science
  • Mrs Fiona Camfield BA Nottingham - Head of Humanities
  • Mrs Louise Caldwell BA Cardiff - Teacher
  • Mrs Joanne Copley BA King Alfred's - Head of Learning Support
  • Mrs Jenny Davies BSc OU - Head of HPL and Head of Flourish
  • Mrs Nicola Dixon BA Exeter - Teacher
  • Miss Rosie Fellows BSc Uni of Exeter, PGCE Uni of Winchester - Teacher
  • Mrs Allison Greenfield BA Bristol PGCE Winchester - Head of Assessment and Transition
  • Mr Rob Havercroft MEng Manchester - Head of Mathematics
  • Mr Mike Hopwood BEd Chichester - Head of Sport
  • Mrs Jo Hunter BA Nottingham - Teacher
  • Miss Sian Ivey BA Winchester - Teacher
  • Mrs Rebecca Jackson BA BEd Queen's University Ontario - Preschool Lead
  • Miss Kathryn Jones BEd St Martin's College - Early Years Foundation Stage Teacher
  • Mr Joshua Maguire BA Cardiff - Head of French
  • Miss Victoria Meinel BA Kent - Head of Visual Arts
  • Mrs Nicole Miller BA Gloucestershire - Teacher
  • Mrs Emma Munt BSc Southampton - Teacher
  • Mrs Sue Powell BEd Reading - Head of EYFS
  • Miss Angela Roberts BA London - Music Specialist Teacher
  • Miss Caroline Silvester BMus London Dip RCM, LTCL, ALCM - Head of Performing Arts
  • Mrs Alice Taylor BA Bath Spa - Head of English
  • Mrs Alice Harvey Tuff BA Falmouth PGCE Exeter - Head of Computing
  • Miss Freya Webb BA Hull - Head of PSHEE
  • Mr James West BSc Portsmouth PGCE Southampton - More Able & Talented Coordinator
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANTS
  • Mrs Stephanie Biggerstaff NVQ4
  • Mrs Christine Colgrave NVQ3
  • Miss Danielle Cullen NVQ3
  • Mrs Paula Cullen NVQ3
  • Mrs Bex Daley BA Hons Primary Ed
  • Mrs Penny Gibson NNEB
  • Mrs Kimberley Goddard
  • Mrs Alexandra Henshaw NVQ3 ELSA
  • Mrs Jo Hodge NNEB
  • Mrs Tanya Ritchie Diploma SpLD
  • Mrs Jane Watmough
  • Mrs Isabel Winward BSc Cardiff Msc LSHTM
  • Mrs Sonja Yeatman
  • Mrs Emma Young City and Guilds Certificate
after school leads
  • Mrs Xanthi Beck (PgDip Birmingham City)
  • Mrs Kirstin White (Diploma)

SUPPORT STAFF

ADMISSIONS
  • Mrs Kate Cairns, registrar, senior and sixth-form
  • Miss Vicky Mitchell, deputy registrar, senior and sixth-form
  • Mrs Liz Turner, assistant registrar, senior and sixth-form
  • Mrs Sara Mathieson, registrar (Prep School)
  • Mrs Emma Forson, data and admissions administrator
BURSARY
  • Mrs Karolina Rickard, head of finance
  • Mr Jim Ewing, estates manager
  • Mrs Lorna Gale, accounts supervisor
  • Mrs Sally Warden, payroll
  • Mr Curtis Gale, accounts assistant
CLINICAL COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGIST
  • Dr Helen O'Connor
DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNAE
  • Mrs Kate Lewis, director of development & alumnae
  • Mrs Rosy Oscroft, development & alumnae co-ordinator
  • Mrs Sarah Layzell, events and engagement officer
  • Mrs Gwen Heywood-Waddington, data and research officer
DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD PROGRAMME MANAGER
  • Mr Dan Rollings
EXAMS OFFICE
  • Mrs Victoria Fraher, Exams officer
  • Mrs Kate Raven, Exams assistant
HARVEY HALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
  • Mr Simon Freakley
  • Mrs Polly Perry
HR
  • Miss Sarah Longman, HR manager
  • Mrs Rebecca Tarry, HR advisor
  • Mrs Sorrel Chivers, HR administrator 
  • Ms Anna Truong, HR advisor (on Maternity leave)
IT
  • Mr Andy Healy, head of IT services
  • Mr Ross Madderson, information systems manager
  • Mr Phil Hughes, IT senior engineer
  • Mrs Helen Woodland, IT support technician
  • Mr Tomasz Jedrzejak, IT support assistant
LIBRARY
  • Ms Nancy Broadfoot, senior
  • Mrs Joanna Tomkins, senior
MARKETING
  • Mr Ben Walker, head of marketing and communications
  • Mrs Amelia Locke, marketing and communications officer
  • Miss Anya Nice, marketing events officer
  • Miss Isabelle Ross, marketing assistant
MEDICAL STAFF
  • Ms Caroline Weeks BSc Bournemouth BSc Southampton
  • Miss Nicole Moyo BSc Anglia Ruskin
  • Mrs Laura Pate BSC Kings College London
  • Mrs Hannah Stevens BSc Southampton
MUSIC OFFICE
  • Mrs Aisling Marsh
  • Ms Ishka Ness
OPERATIONS
  • Mrs Sarah Culley, operations bursar
  • Mr Paul Watmough, commercial manager
  • Mrs Sandra Kelly, domestic manager
  • Mrs Barbara Niklas, domestic supervisor
  • Mr Matthew Harrison, evening domestic coordinator
  • Mrs Francesca Oosthuizen, operations administrator
OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS
  • Mr Simon Mayes
PREP SCHOOL EA & OFFICE MANAGER
  • Mrs Andrea Ford
SCHOOL CHAPLAIN
  • Revd Paul Wallington
SCHOOL OFFICE
  • Mrs Barbara Tyler-Smith, school office manager
  • Mrs Laura Slaney-Sharpe, school office assistant
  • Ms Cathy Crawley, school office assistant
  • Miss Hannah Raynsford, school office senior administrator
  • Miss Beth Wallington (Prep school)
SLT SUPPORT OFFICE
  • Mrs Rachel Nicholls, executive assistant
  • Mrs Becca Hills, SLT and student guidance assistant
SWIMMING POOL
  • Mrs Louise Greenway
  • Mr Jamie Brown
  • Mr Max Costley

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