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 Autumn 2023.
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 Heather Ashton, BA (UWE Bristol) |
Head of Upper Sixth |
| Mrs Katrina Britton, BSc (Salford) |
Head of Lower Sixth |
| Mrs Jude Fitzgerald, BSc (Glasgow) |
Head of Middle School |
| Ms Helen Roberts, BA (Birmingham), MA (Manchester) |
Head of Fifth Year (maternity cover) |
| Mr Niall Clarke, BA (Queen’s Belfast), MA (Leeds) |
Head of Fourth Year |
| Mrs Helen Lawson, MA (Cambridge) |
Head of Lower School |
| Mr Anton Hanson, BEd (Sheffield) |
Head of Third Year |
| Dr Emanuela Zanda, BA, PhD (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 Mr Kieran Prudham |
Heads of Arden House |
| Miss Sharon Withington and Mr Alex Phillips |
Heads of Nicholson House |
| Mrs Jessica Plowright and Mr Tom Quinn |
Heads of Vernon House |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson and Mr Anton Hanson |
Heads of Warren House |
Form Tutors
| Name |
Form |
| Mrs Alison Smith/Mrs Hayley Crowley |
1P |
| Ms Rachel Jones/Mrs Katy Gate |
1Q |
| Mr Chris Wright/Mrs Angela Reid |
1R |
| Mr Joshua Talbot/Mr Kieran Prudham/Mrs Rhian Taylor |
1S |
| Mr Patrick Clear/Mrs Zoe Dawson |
1T |
| Miss Claire Hockaday/Mrs Natasha Caldwell |
1U |
| Miss Heather Morgan/Mrs Catherine Harvey |
1W |
| Mr Matt Sturgess/Miss Sarah Hodkinson |
1Y |
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
2P |
| Mr David Shingler |
2Q |
| Miss Sarah Nichols |
2R |
| Mrs Sarah O’Brien |
2S |
| Ms Rebecca Walsh |
2T |
| Miss Joanne Mitchell/Mrs Rachael Cross |
2U |
| Mr Michael Schofield |
2W |
| Mr Daniel Cere |
2Y |
| Mr Thomas Leng |
3P |
| Miss Laura Chandler |
3Q |
| Mr Paul Allen |
3R |
| Miss Sharon Withington |
3S |
| Mr Andy Kershaw |
3T |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
3U |
| Mr David Lorentz |
3W |
| Mr Matthew Dixon |
3Y |
| Miss Charlotte Mills |
4A |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton |
4C |
| Mrs Katherine Jenner/Mrs Abigail Downing |
4J |
| Ms Sandy Wilson-Knight |
4K |
| Mrs Hannah Larkin/Mr Nicholas Serifin |
4L |
| Mrs Alexia Marsden |
4M |
| Mrs Anna Neale |
4N |
| Mrs Kerstin Owen |
4O |
| Mrs Katherine Psaila |
4P |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
4W |
| Mrs Kerstin Christmann |
5C |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
5D |
| Mr Matthew Eeckelaers |
5E |
| Miss Hayley Reynolds |
5F |
| Mr Ian McGeough |
5G |
| Mr Stuart Moore |
5M |
| Mrs Eleanor Lomas |
5P |
| Mr Tom Quinn |
5Q |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
5U |
| Mrs Michelle Whitton |
5W |
Mr Tom Buxton-Cope
|
L1 |
| Mr Mark Goddard |
L2 |
Mrs Carol Marshall
|
L3 |
| Mrs George Cope |
L4 |
Mr Richard Davies
|
L5 |
Mrs Annabel Cole
|
L6 |
Mr Alistair Thorley
|
L7 |
| Mrs Heather Fenton |
L8 |
Dr Martin Hamilton
|
L9 |
| Miss Carrie Stevenson |
L10 |
| Mr Jamie Swann |
U1 |
| Mrs Laura Goddard/Mr Adam Swift |
U2 |
| Miss Lauren McAllister |
U3 |
| Mr James Wilson |
U4 |
| Mr Alex Cooke |
U5 |
| Dr Anne-Louise Glarvey |
U6 |
| Mr Peter Grant |
U7 |
| Miss Leanne Curl/Mr Adam Swift |
U8 |
| Miss Sylvia Gibson |
U9 |
| Mr Craig Shaw |
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) |
| Ms Rachel Jones (Head of Department) |
BA (Nottingham) |
| Miss Lauren McAllister |
BA (Birmingham) |
| Mr Alistair Thorley |
MA (Oxford) |
| 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 Katy Gate |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Miss Sarah Hodkinson |
BSc (Sheffield Hallam) |
Mr Andy Kershaw
|
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
BA (Salford) |
| Miss Hayley Reynolds (Head of Department) |
BA (Sheffield Hallam) |
| 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) |
| Miss Leanne Curl (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds Metropolitan) |
Mr Brendan Durkan
|
BA (Queens Belfast), MBA (Ulster) |
| Mr Alex Phillips |
BA (Manchester) |
Mr Tom Quinn
|
BA (Liverpool) |
| Mrs Annabel Walker |
BA (Sheffield) |
English
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Daniel Cere |
BA (York) |
| Mrs Georgina Cope (Head of Department) |
BA (Kent) |
| Mrs Rachael Cross |
BA (Manchester) |
| Mrs Helen Lawson |
MA (Cambridge) |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
BA (Warwick), MA (Leeds) |
| Mrs Siobhan Moore |
BA (Leeds) |
| Miss Sarah Nichols |
BA (Manchester) |
Mrs Helen Roberts
|
BA (Birmingham), MA (Manchester) |
| Ms Rebecca Walsh |
BA, ME (Dublin) |
Ms Sandy Wilson-Knight
|
BA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
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 |
BSc (Sheffield) |
| Ms Dawn Meers |
BA (Hull), MEd (Birmingham),
Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association |
| Mr John Ross (Head of Department) |
BA (Sheffield) |
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) |
| Mr Mark Goddard |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| 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) |
| Mr Kieran Prudham |
BSc (Newcastle) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Mrs Katrina Britton, Chemistry |
BSc (Salford) |
| Mrs Natasha Caldwell, Chemistry |
BSc (Dalhousie University) |
| Miss Laura Chandler, Biology/Double Science |
BSc (Edinburgh) |
| Mr Patrick Clear, Chemistry |
MChem (York), MSc (Strasbourg) |
| 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 Peter Grant, Biology (Head of Department) |
BSc (Stirling) |
| 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) |
| Mr Ian Killey, Physics |
BEng, BSc (Sheffield) |
| 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) |
| Mr Adam Swift, Physics |
MSc (Nottingham) |
| Mrs Jo White, Biology |
MA (Oxford) |
| Mrs Michelle Whitton, Biology |
BSc (Leeds) |
Sport, PE, Health and Fitness
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Miss Lauren Alford |
BA (Edge Hill) |
| 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 Kenny Gardiner |
Hockey Level 2 (England Hockey) |
| Mrs Laura Goddard |
BSc (Leeds) |
| 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) |
| Miss Jo Pepper |
BA (Lancaster), ASA Level 2 |
| Mr Mike Pinder |
BA (Birmingham) |
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 Simon Brandt |
Network Manager |
| 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 |
