Staff and Leadership

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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 Birminghan
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

 

SLT SUPPORT OFFICE
Mrs Rachel Nicholls, executive assistant
Mrs Becca Hills, SLT and student guidance assistant
PREP SCHOOL EA & OFFICE MANAGER
Mrs Andrea Ford
SCHOOL CHAPLAIN

Revd Paul Wallington

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
LIBRARY
Ms Nancy Broadfoot, senior
Mrs Joanna Tomkins, senior
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
CLINICAL COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGIST
Dr Helen O'Connor
DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD PROGRAMME MANAGER
Mr Dan Rollings
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
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
OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS
Mr Simon Mayes
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
OPERATIONS
Mrs Sarah Culley, operations bursar
Mr Paul Watmough, lettings officer
Mrs Sandra Kelly, domestic manager
Mrs Barbara Niklas, domestic supervisor
Mr Matthew Harrison, evening domestic coordinator
Mrs Francesca Oosthuizen, operations administrator
HR
Miss Sarah Longman, HR manager
Mrs Rebecca Tarry, HR advisor
Mrs Sorrel Chivers, HR administrator 
Ms Anna Truong, HR advisor (on Maternity leave)
SCHOOL OFFICE
Mrs Barbara Tyler-Smith
Mrs Laura Slaney-Sharpe
Ms Cathy Crawley
Miss Hannah Raynsford
Miss Beth Wallington (Prep school)
EXAMS OFFICE
Mrs Victoria Fraher, Exams officer
Mrs Kate Raven, Exams assistant
MUSIC OFFICE
Mrs Aisling Marsh
Ms Ishka Ness
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
SWIMMING POOL
Mrs Louise Greenway
Mr Jamie Brown
Mr Max Costley
HARVEY HALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

Mr Simon Freakley

Mrs Polly Perry

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