Senior School Staff
Our staff are 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 September 2024.
Senior Management Team
| Name |
Job Title |
| Mrs Sarah Capewell, MA (Edinburgh) |
Head |
| Mr Ian Kendrick, BA, MA (Leeds) |
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 Jude Fitzgerald, BSc (Glasgow) |
Head of Middle School |
| Mrs Helen Lawson, MA (Cambridge) |
Head of Lower School |
| Miss Joanne Clague, FCA, CTA (Hull) |
Bursar and Clerk to the Governors |
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 Jude Fitzgerald, BSc (Glasgow) |
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 |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton, BA, MA (Manchester) |
Head of Second Year |
| Mr Alex Ehegartner, BA (Lasell, USA) |
Head of First Year |
Heads of House
| Name |
Job Title |
| Mrs Heather Ashton and Miss Claire Hockaday |
Heads of Arden House |
| Miss Sharon Withington and Mr Alex Phillips |
Heads of Nicholson House |
| Mr Tom Quinn and Mr Josh Talbot |
Heads of Vernon House |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson and Mr Anton Hanson |
Heads of Warren House |
Form Tutors
| Name |
Form |
| Mrs Alison Smith/Mrs Jessica Pass |
1P |
| Miss Rosie Read/Mrs Abi Downing |
1Q |
| Mr Chris Wright/Mrs Angela Reid |
1R |
| Mr Joshua Talbot/Mrs Maria Oates |
1S |
| Mr Patrick Clear/Mrs Zoe Dawson |
1T |
| Miss Claire Hockaday/Mrs Jessica Plowright |
1U |
| Miss Heather Morgan/Mrs Katy Gate |
1W |
| Mr Anton Hanson/Miss Sarah Hodkinson |
1Y |
| Mr Thomas Leng |
2P |
| Mr David Lorentz |
2Q |
| Mr Paul Allen |
2R |
| Miss Sharon Withington |
2S |
| Mr Andy Kershaw |
2T |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
2U |
| Ms Rachel Jones |
2W |
| Mr Matthew Dixon |
2Y |
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
3P |
| Mr David Shingler |
3Q |
| Miss Sarah Nichols/Mrs Jo Maskery |
3R |
| Mrs Sarah O’Brien |
3S |
| Ms Rebecca Walsh |
3T |
| Miss Lucy Mitchell |
3U |
| Mr Michael Schofield |
3W |
| Mr Daniel Cere |
3Y |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
4D |
| Mrs Hayley Crosby |
4F |
| Mr Ian McGeough |
4G |
| Miss Hannah Longley |
4L |
| Mr Stuart Moore |
4M |
| Mrs Eleanor Lomas |
4P |
| Mr Tom Quinn |
4Q |
| Mr Jack Stone |
4S |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
4U |
| Mrs Michelle Whitton |
4W |
| Miss Charlie Mills |
5A |
| Mrs Rhian Taylor |
5C |
| Mrs Kate Jenner/Mrs Claire Hird |
5J |
| Miss Kate Easby |
5K |
| Mrs Hannah Larkin/Ms Charlotte Le Gresley |
5L |
| Mrs Alexia Marsden |
5M |
| Mrs Anna Neale/Mrs Zara Shah |
5N |
| Dr Kirsten Owen |
5O |
| Mrs Katherine Psaila |
5P |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
5W |
Mr Jamie Swann
|
L1 |
| Mr Matthew Eeckelaers |
L2 |
| Miss Lauren McAllister/Mrs Alison Moffat |
L3 |
| Mr James Wilson |
L4 |
Mr Alex Cooke
|
L5 |
| Dr Anne-Louise Glarvey |
L6 |
| Mr Euan McClafferty |
L7 |
| Miss Leanne Curl/Mr Nick Serifin |
L8 |
Miss Sylvia Gibson
|
L9 |
| Mr Craig Shaw |
L10 |
| Mr Tom Buxton-Cope |
U1 |
| Ms Laura Bowden |
U2 |
| Mrs Carol Marshall/Mr James Crowther |
U3 |
| Mrs George Cope |
U4 |
| Mr Richard Davies |
U5 |
| Mrs Annabel Cole |
U6 |
| Mrs Helen Roberts |
U7 |
| Mrs Heather Fenton |
U8 |
| Dr Martin Hamilton |
U9 |
| Miss Carrie Stevenson |
U10 |
Teaching Staff
Art
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Richard Davies (Head of Department) |
BA (Lancs), MA (York), MSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Dr Thekla Kampelmann |
MA (Dortmund), PhD (Dortmund) |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan), MA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
Classics
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
Miss Kate Easby
|
BA, MA (Manchester) |
| Ms Rachel Jones (Head of Department) |
BA (Nottingham) |
| Miss Lauren McAllister |
BA (Birmingham) |
| Dr Emanuela Zanda |
BA, PhD (Manchester) |
Computer Science
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Niall Clarke |
BA (Queen’s Belfast), MA (Leeds) |
| Mrs Sarah O’Brien (Head of Department) |
BSc (Edge Hill) |
Design Technology
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Hayley Crosby (Head of Department) |
BA (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Mrs Katy Gate |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Miss Sarah Hodkinson |
BSc (Sheffield Hallam) |
Mr Andy Kershaw
|
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
BA (Salford) |
| Mr Michael Schofield |
BEng (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Mrs Helen Tadman |
BEng (Birmingham) |
Drama
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Matt King-Sayce (Head of Department) |
BA (Loughborough), MSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Miss Lucy Mitchell |
BA (Chester) |
| Mrs Alison Moffatt |
BA (Leeds) |
Economics and Business Studies
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Curtis Brown |
BSc (Ulster) |
| Miss Leanne Curl (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds Metropolitan) |
| Mr Alex Phillips |
BA (Manchester) |
Mr Tom Quinn
|
BA (Liverpool) |
English
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
Miss Elizabeth Cartwright
|
BA (Lancaster) |
| Mr Daniel Cere |
BA (York) |
| Mrs Georgina Cope (Head of Department) |
BA (Kent) |
| Mrs Rachael Cross |
BA (Manchester) |
| Mrs Helen Lawson |
MA (Cambridge) |
Ms Charlotte Le Gresley
|
BA (Edinburgh), MSc (Edinburgh) |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
BA (Warwick), MA (Leeds) |
| Mrs Siobhan Moore |
BA (Leeds) |
| Miss Sarah Nichols |
BA (Manchester) |
Mrs Helen Roberts
|
BA (Birmingham), MA (Manchester) |
Mrs Zara Shah
|
BA (Hull) |
| Ms Rebecca Walsh |
BA, ME (Dublin) |
Geography
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Alex Cooke (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Hayley Crowley |
BSc (Durham) |
Mrs Jude Fitzgerald
|
BSc (Glasgow) |
| Dr Kirsten Owen |
Dipl Higher Education (Heriot-Watt), BSc (Edinburgh), MA (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield) |
| Mrs Jessica Pass |
BSc (Liverpool) |
Mrs Alison Smith
|
BSc (University College Chester) |
| Mrs Jackie Smith |
BA (Queen’s Belfast) |
History
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Heather Ashton |
BA (UWE Bristol) |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton |
BA, MA (Manchester) |
| Mr Tom Leng (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds) |
Mrs Eleanor Lomas
|
BA (Newcastle) |
| Mr Stuart Moore |
BA (Warwick) |
| Mr David Stone |
BA (Southampton), MEd (Buckingham) |
Learning Support
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
Mrs Claire Claymore
|
MA (St Andrews), BSc (Open University) |
| Mrs Catherine Harvey (Head of Department) |
BSc (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 (Lasell, USA) |
| Miss Heather Morgan |
BA (Newcastle) |
Mathematics
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Greig Frankland-Wilkinson (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Dr Martin Hamilton |
MSc (Queen’s Belfast), PhD (Glasgow) |
| Rev Liz Leaver |
MA, Bth (Cambridge) |
| Mrs Alexia Marsden |
BSc (Edinburgh) |
| Mrs Carol Marshall |
BSc (Hull), MSc (Manchester) |
| Miss Charlie Mills |
BSc (Newcastle) |
Mrs Maria Oates
|
BSc (Manchester) |
Miss Rosie Read
|
MMath (Manchester) |
| Mrs Rebecca Reevell |
BSc (Durham), MEd (Manchester) |
Mr David Shingler
|
BSc (Manchester) |
Mr Joshua Talbot
|
BSc (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 Ian Kendrick, French and Spanish
|
BA, MA (Leeds) |
| Mr David Lorentz, French |
MPhil (Nancy) |
Mr Euan McClafferty, French and Spanish
|
BA (Newcastle) |
| 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) |
| Mrs Joanne Matthews |
BA (Hons) (RSAMD) |
| Mr Stephen Newlove |
BA (Hons) (Huddersfield), M Mus (Hull) |
Psychology
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Tom Buxton-Cope (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester), MA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Hannah Larkin |
BSc (Cardiff) |
| Mr Nick Serifin |
BSc (Staffordshire) |
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) |
| Ms Laura Bowden, Biology (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mrs Katrina Britton, Chemistry |
BSc (Salford) |
| Mrs Natasha Caldwell, Physics |
BSc (Dalhousie) |
| Mr Patrick Clear, Chemistry |
MChem (York), MSc (Strasbourg) |
| Mr James Crowther, Physics |
MPhys (Manchester) |
| 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 |
MChem, PhD (Sheffield) |
| Mr Richard Heyes, Chemistry (Head of Department) |
BSc (Sheffield) |
| Mrs Claire Hird, Physics |
BSc (Manchester) |
Miss Claire Hockaday, Chemistry
|
BSc (Lancaster) |
Mrs Kate Jenner, Biology
|
BSc (London) |
| Miss Hannah Longley, Biology |
BSc (Leeds) |
| Mr Ian McGeough, Chemistry |
BSc (Liverpool), MSc (Bristol), MA (London) |
| Mrs Jessica Plowright, Chemistry |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mrs Angela Reid, Biology |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mr Craig Shaw, Physics |
MPhys (Durham) |
| Mrs Jo White, Biology |
MA (Oxford) |
| Mrs Michelle Whitton, Biology |
BSc (Leeds) |
Sport, PE, Health and Fitness
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Matt Anderson-Delahoy |
BSc (Bangor) |
| Mr Rob Bowden |
BA (Leeds) |
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
BA (Staffordshire) |
Mrs Ashleigh Coster
|
Coaching Netball Level 1 and 2 |
| Mr Matthew Dixon |
BA (Loughborough) |
| Mrs Abigail Downing |
MA (Cambridge) |
Mr Mike Elstone
|
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mr Anton Hanson |
BEd (Sheffield) |
| Mr David Jones |
ASA Level 2 |
Mr Andrew Marsh (Head of Department)
|
BA, M.Ed (Edge Hill), NPQSL |
| Mrs Jo Maskery |
BEd (Cheltenham) |
Mr Tim Niemand
|
Sport Diploma (South Africa) |
| Miss Jo Pepper |
BA (Lancaster), ASA Level 2 |
| Mr Mike Pinder |
BA (Birmingham) |
Mr Jack Stone
|
BSc (Bangor), MA (Roehampton Institute of Higher Education) |
Mr Matt Sturgess
|
Level 2 (Rugby Football Union) |
Miss Rachel Towell
|
BA and MSc (Manchester Metro) |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
BA (Liverpool) |
| Miss Sharon Withington |
BEd (Sheffield) |
Mr Chris Wright
|
BA (Liverpool) |
Mr Francis Yates
|
Multi-skills Development in Sport Level 2, Coaching Children’s Cricket Level 2 |
Key Non-teaching Staff
| Name |
Job Title |
| Miss Joanne Clague, FCA, CTA |
Bursar and Clerk to the Governors |
| Mrs Rachel Horsford, MA, MSc, MCIM |
Director of External Relations |
| Mrs Vanessa Deans |
Head’s Secretary |
Mr Chris Wright
|
Admissions Co-ordinator |
| Mrs Margaret Connor |
Admissions Officer |
| Mrs Sandra Gaffney |
School Administration Manager |
| Mrs Pam Ward, RGN Dip HE Com/Health |
School Nurse |
| Mrs Christine Kenny, RGN/RSCN |
School Nurse |
| Mrs Val Anderton |
Examinations Officer |
| Mr Jonathon Quinn |
Head of Digital Services |
| Ms Josephine Pazos |
Librarian |
| Mr Robert Coups |
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 |
