Senior School Staff
Here at Stockport Grammar School our staff are passionate, highly qualified, dynamic and enthusiastic about helping our pupils reach their full potential. With class sizes at a minimum, our teachers can truly get to know each child, and help them with their individual needs.
The teaching doesn’t stop outside of the classroom either, with many of our teachers running clubs, competitions and co-curricular events that help pupils become their very best in academia, sports and music.
All details are correct as of August 2020.
Senior Management Team
| Name |
Job Title |
| Dr Paul Owen, MA (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) |
Headmaster |
| Mrs Donna Harris, BSc (Nottingham) |
Senior Deputy Head (Academic) |
| Mrs Jo White, BA, MA (Oxford) |
Deputy Head (Pastoral) |
| Mrs Jackie Smith, BA (Queen’s Belfast) |
Deputy Head (Staffing and Co-Curriculum) |
| Mr David Stone, BA (Southampton), MEd (Buckingham) |
Head of Sixth Form |
| Mrs Jackie Smith, BA (Queen’s Belfast) |
Head of Middle School |
| Mrs Helen Lawson, MA (Cambridge) |
Head of Lower School |
| Mr Chris Watson, MA (Edinburgh) |
Bursar |
Mrs Rachel Horsford, MA (Cambridge),
MSc (Manchester Metropolitan), MCIM |
Director of External Relations |
Heads of Year
| Name |
Job Title |
| Mr David Stone, BA (Southampton), MEd (Buckingham) |
Head of Sixth Form |
| Mrs Katrina Britton, BSc (Salford) |
Head of Upper Sixth |
| Mrs Heather Ashton, BA (UWE Bristol) |
Head of Lower Sixth |
| Mrs Jackie Smith, BA (Queen’s Belfast) |
Head of Middle School |
| Mr Niall Clarke, BA (Queen’s Belfast), MA (Leeds) |
Head of Fifth Year |
| Mrs Rebecca Reevell, BSc (Durham), MEd (Manchester) |
Head of Fourth Year |
| Mrs Helen Lawson, MA (Cambridge) |
Head of Lower School |
| Dr Emanuela Zanda, BA, PhD (Manchester) |
Head of Third Year |
| Mr Anton Hanson, BEd (Sheffield) |
Head of Second Year |
| Mrs Esther Suttle, BA (Warwick) |
Head of First Year |
Heads of House
| Name |
Job Title |
| Mrs Heather Ashton and Dr Wally Krywonos |
Heads of Arden House |
| Mr Alex Ehegartner and Mr Michael Sallabank |
Heads of Nicholson House |
| Miss Jessica Berry and Mr Ollie Johnson |
Heads of Vernon House |
| Mr Anton Hanson and Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
Heads of Warren House |
Form Tutors
| Name |
Form |
| Miss Jessica Berry |
1P |
| Miss Sarah Hodkinson |
1Q |
| Mr Chris Wright |
1R |
| Mr Kieran Prudham |
1S |
| Mr Ollie Johnson |
1T |
| Mr Michael Sallabank |
1U |
| Miss Heather Morgan |
1W |
| Dr Kirsten Owen |
1Y |
| Mr Christopher Percy |
2P |
| Miss Laura Chandler |
2Q |
| Mr Paul Allen |
2R |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
2S |
| Mr Alex Ehegartner |
2T |
| Miss Sharon Withington |
2U |
| Mr David Lorentz |
2W |
| Miss Annabel Cole |
3P |
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
3Q |
| Ms Rachel Jones/Miss Lauren McAllister |
3R |
| Miss Charlie Mills |
3S |
| Mr Matthew King-Sayce |
3T |
| Mrs Jessica Pass |
3U |
| Mr Rob Bowden |
3W |
| Mrs Kerstin Christmann |
4C |
| Mr Greig Frankland |
4F |
| Mr Alex Phillips |
4H |
| Mr Samuel Olsson |
4K |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
4M |
| Mr Matthew Eeckelaers |
4S |
| Mr Graeme McKinna-Whitby |
4T |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
4U |
| Mrs Michelle Whitton |
4W |
| Mr Stuart Moore |
5H |
| Mr Daniel Thomson |
5K |
| Mrs Katherine Psaila |
5M |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton |
5P |
| Mrs Alexia Marsden |
5S |
| Mrs Hannah Larkin |
5T |
| Ms Helen Roberts |
5U |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
5W |
| Mr Neil Young |
5Y |
| Mrs Anna Neale |
5Z |
| Mr Jamie Swann |
L1 |
| Dr Stephen Smith |
L2 |
| Mrs Lucy Lammas/Miss Maggie Higgins |
L3 |
| Mr James Wilson |
L4 |
| Mr Alex Cooke |
L5 |
| Dr Anne-Louise Glarvey |
L6 |
| Mr Peter Grant |
L7 |
| Miss Leanne Curl |
L8 |
| Miss Sylvia Gibson |
L9 |
| Miss Ruth Moore |
L10 |
| Mr Tom Buxton-Cope |
U1 |
| Mrs Laura Goddard |
U2 |
| Mrs Carol Marshall |
U3 |
| Mrs George Cope |
U4 |
| Mr Richard Davies |
U5 |
| Mr Richard Heyes |
U6 |
| Mr Alistair Thorley |
U7 |
| Mrs Heather Fenton |
U8 |
| Dr Martin Hamilton |
U9 |
| Mr Craig Shaw |
U10 |
Teaching Staff
Art, Design and Technology
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Richard Davies (Head of Department) |
BA (Lancs), MA (York), MSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Miss Sarah Hodkinson |
BSc (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Mr Graeme McKinna-Whitby |
BSc (Open University) |
| Mrs Helen Tadman |
BEng (Birmingham) |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan), MA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Dr Thekla Kampelmann |
MA (Dortmund), PhD (Dortmund) |
| Mrs Katy Gate |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mr Neil Young (Assistant Head of Department) |
BA (Manchester), MA (Open University) |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
BA (Salford) |
Classics
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Miss Lauren McAlister |
BA (Birmingham) |
| Mr Alastair Thorley (Head of Department) |
MA (Oxford) |
| Ms Rachel Jones |
BA (Nottingham) |
| Dr Emanuela Zanda |
BA, PhD (Manchester) |
Computer Science
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Niall Clarke |
BA (Queen’s Belfast), MA (Leeds) |
| Mr Mick Flaherty (Head of Department) |
BSc (Staffordshire) |
Drama
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Matt King-Sayce (Head of Department) |
BA (Loughborough), MSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Alison Moffatt |
BA (Leeds) |
Economics and Business Studies
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Miss Leanne Curl (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds Metropolitan) |
| Mr Alex Phillips |
BA (Manchester) |
| Mrs Ann-Marie Thomson |
BA (Leeds) |
English
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Georgina Cope (Head of Department) |
BA (Kent) |
| Mrs Rachael Cross |
BA (Manchester) |
| Mr Ollie Johnson |
BA (Oxford) |
| Mrs Helen Roberts |
BA (Birmingham) |
| Mrs Helen Lawson |
MA (Cambridge) |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
BA (Warwick), MA (Leeds) |
| Mrs Siobhan Moore |
BA (Leeds) |
| Mrs Ann Mulholland |
BA (Lancaster) |
| Mr Mike Sallabank |
BA (Loughborough), MA (Manchester) |
| Mrs Esther Suttle |
BA (Warwick) |
Geography
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Alex Cooke (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Hayley Crowley |
BSc (Durham) |
| Mrs Gita Miles |
BA (Leeds) |
| Dr Kirsten Owen |
Dipl Higher Education (Heriot-Watt),
BSc (Edinburgh), MA (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield) |
| Mrs Jessica Pass |
BSc (Liverpool) |
| Mrs Jackie Smith |
BA (Queen’s Belfast) |
| Mrs Alison Hicks |
BA (Durham) |
History
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Heather Ashton |
BA (UWE Bristol) |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton |
BA, MA (Manchester) |
| Mr Stuart Moore |
BA (Warwick) |
| Dr Stephen Smith (Head of Department) |
BA, PhD (Swansea) |
| Mr David Stone |
BA (Southampton), MEd (Buckingham) |
Learning Support
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Sarah Boardman |
BA (Salford) |
| Mrs Claire Claymore, Teaching Assistant |
MA (St Andrews), BSc (Open University) |
| Mrs Katy Harmer, Teaching Assistant |
BA (Sheffield) |
| Ms Dawn Meers |
BA (Hull), MEd (Birmingham),
Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association |
Life Studies
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Alex Ehegartner (Head of Department) |
BA (Lasel, USA) |
| Rev Liz Leaver |
BA, (Cambridge) |
| Miss Heather Morgan |
BA (Newcastle) |
Mathematics
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Greig Frankland (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Dr Martin Hamilton |
MSc (Queen’s Belfast), PhD (Glasgow) |
| Mrs Donna Harris |
BSc (Nottingham) |
| Miss Maggie Higgins |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mrs Lucy Lammas |
BA (York) |
| Mrs Anne Larkin |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Rev Liz Leaver |
MA, Bth (Cambridge) |
| Mrs Alexia Marsden |
BSc (Edinburgh) |
| Mrs Carol Marshall |
BSc (Hull), MSc (Manchester) |
| Miss Charlie Mills |
BSc (Newcastle) |
Mr Sam Olsson
|
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mr Kieran Prudham |
BSc (Newcastle) |
| Mrs Rebecca Reevell |
BSc (Durham), MEd (Manchester) |
| Mrs Rhian Taylor |
BSc (Manchester) |
Mr Chris Wright
|
BA (Liverpool) |
Modern Foreign Languages
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Suzanne Belshaw, French and German |
BA (Leeds) |
| Mrs Kerstin Christmann, German |
Dip (Leipzig) |
| Mrs Annabel Cole, Spanish and French |
BA (Leeds) |
| Miss Sylvia Gibson, French and German (Head of Department) |
BA (Queen’s Belfast), MA (Nottingham) |
| Mr David Lorentz, French |
MPhil (Nancy) |
| Mrs Katherine Psaila, Spanish and French |
BA (Nottingham Trent) |
| Miss Carrie Stevenson, French and German |
BA (Oxford) |
| Mr James Wilson, French and German |
BA (Hull) |
Music
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Michael Dow (Head of Department) |
MA (Cambridge) |
| Mr Stephen Newlove |
BA (Hons) (Hull) |
| Mrs Joanne Matthews |
BA (Hons) (RSAMD) |
| Mrs Elena Short |
MA (Cambridge) |
Mr David Moore
|
BMus (Hons) (RNCM) |
Psychology
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Hannah Larkin (Head of Department) |
BSc (Cardiff) |
| Mr Tom Buxton-Cope |
BSc (Manchester), MA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Rev Liz Leaver |
MA, Bth (Cambridge) |
| Mrs Anna Neale |
BA (University College London) |
| Mr Jamie Swann (Head of Department) |
BA (Durham), MA (Sheffield) |
Sciences
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Paul Allen, Biology |
BSc (Leicester) |
| Miss Jessica Berry, Chemistry |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mrs Katrina Britton, Chemistry |
BSc (Salford) |
| Miss Laura Chandler, Biology/Physics |
BSc (Edinburgh) |
| Miss Abigail Curtis, Physics |
MEng (Oxford) |
| Mrs Zoe Dawson, Physics |
MSci (Durham) |
| Mr Matthew Eeckelaers, Chemistry |
BSc (Durham), MA (London) |
| Mrs Heather Fenton, Physics (Head of Department) |
BSc (Durham) |
| Dr Anne-Louise Glarvey, Chemistry (Head of Department) |
MChem, PhD (Sheffield) |
| Mr Peter Grant, Biology (Head of Department) |
BSc (Stirling) |
| Mrs Rachel Grey, Chemistry |
MChem (Oxford) |
| Mr Richard Heyes, Chemistry |
BSc (Sheffield) |
| Mrs Claire Hird, Physics |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mr Ian Killey, Physics |
BEng, BSc (Sheffield) |
| Dr Wally Krywonos, Chemistry |
MSc, PhD (Manchester) |
| Miss Ruth Moore, Physics |
MSci (Queen’s Belfast) |
| Mrs Elizabeth Niven, Biology |
BSc (Birmingham) |
| Dr Paul Owen, Physics |
MA (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) |
Mr Chris Percy, Chemistry
|
MChem (Durham) |
| Mrs Angela Reid, Biology |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mr Craig Shaw, Physics |
MPhys (Durham) |
| Mrs Jo White, Biology |
MA (Oxford) |
| Mrs Michelle Whitton, Biology |
BSc (Leeds) |
| Mrs Lindsey Withers, Biology |
BA (Cambridge) |
Sport, PE, Health and Fitness
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Rob Bowden |
BA (Leeds) |
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
BA (Staffordshire) |
| Mrs Abigail Downing |
MA (Cambridge) |
| Mrs Laura Goddard |
BSc (Leeds) |
| Mr Anton Hanson |
BEd (Sheffield) |
| Mrs Angie Jones |
BEd (Leeds Metropolitan), MEd (Leeds Metropolitan) |
| Mr David Jones |
ASA Level 2 |
| Mrs Jo Maskery |
BEd (Cheltenham) |
| Miss Jo Pepper |
BA (Lancaster), ASA Level 2 |
| Mr Mike Pinder |
BA (Birmingham) |
| Mr Wayne Pybus |
Cert Ed (Huddersfield) |
| Mr Danny Thomson (Head of Department) |
BA (Liverpool) |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
BA (Liverpool) |
| Miss Sharon Withington |
BEd (Sheffield) |
Mr Chris Wright
|
BA (Liverpool) |
Key Non-teaching Staff
| Name |
Job Title |
| Mr Chris Watson, MA |
Bursar |
| Mrs Rachel Horsford, MA, MSc, MCIM |
Director of External Relations |
| Mrs Judy Baker |
Headmaster’s Secretary |
| Mr Chris Wright |
Admissions Co-ordinator |
| Mrs Margaret Connor |
Admissions Officer |
| Mrs Sandra Gaffney |
School Administrator |
| Mrs Pam Ward, RGN Dip HE Com/Health |
School Nurse |
| Mrs Christine Kenny, RGN/RSCN |
School Nurse |
| Mrs Sarah Robinson |
Examinations Officer |
| Mr Simon Brandt |
Network Manager |
| Ms Josephine Pazos |
Librarian |
| Mr Steve Markham |
Maintenance Foreman |
| Mr Paul Croft |
Site Services Manager |
| Mr Phil Chatwood |
Head Groundsman |
| Mrs Julie Holt |
Bookshop |
| Mrs Sarah Johnson |
Music Administrator |
| Miss Laura Turner |
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Co-ordinator |
| Mrs Kathy Gosling |
Catering Manager |
| Mrs Sarah Gulson |
School Support Secretary (pastoral) |
| Mrs Angela Horne |
School Support Secretary (academic) |
| Mr Adam Hughes |
Outdoor Education Co-ordinator |
