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 September 2018.
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) |
| Mr Ben Bowles, MEng (Oxford) |
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 Rachel Grey, Mchem |
Head of Fourth Year |
| Mrs Helen Lawson, MA (Cambridge) |
Head of Lower School |
| Dr Emanuela Zanda, BA, PhD (Manchester) |
Head of Third Year |
| Mr Dominic Breffit, BA (Manchester) |
Assistant Head of Third Year |
| Miss Sharon Withington, BEd (Sheffield) |
Head of Second Year |
| Mrs Esther Suttle, BA (Warwick) |
Head of First Year |
Heads of House
| Name |
Job Title |
| Dr Wally Krywonos and Mrs Heather Ashton |
Heads of Arden House |
| Mr Alex Ehegartner and Mr Michael Sallabank |
Heads of Nicholson House |
| Mr Dominic Breffit and Miss Jessica Berry |
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 Joseph Davies |
1S |
| Mr Ollie Johnson |
1T |
| Mr Michael Sallabank |
1U |
| Mrs Anne Larkin |
1W |
| Mr Matthew Eeckelaers |
2P |
| Miss Laura Chandler |
2Q |
| Mr Craig Shaw |
2R |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
2S |
| Mr Alex Ehegartner |
2T |
| Ms Catherine Giffiths |
2U |
| Mr David Lorentz |
2W |
| Mrs Elizabeth Niven |
3P |
| Miss Charlie Mills |
3Q |
| Miss Lauren McAllister |
3R |
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
3S |
| Mr Rob Jones |
3T |
| Miss Jess Perkins |
3U |
| Mr Rob Bowden |
3W |
| Mrs Annabel Cole |
3Y |
| Mrs Kerstin Christmann |
4C |
| Mr Greig Frankland |
4F |
| Mr Alex Phillips |
4H |
| Dr Wally Krywonos |
4K |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
4M |
| Mrs Zoe Vernon |
4S |
| Mr Graeme McKinna-Whitby |
4T |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
4U |
| Mrs Michelle Whitton |
4W |
| Mrs Ali Hicks |
5H |
| Mr Anton Hanson |
5K |
| Mrs Katherine Psaila |
5M |
| Mrs Rebecca Reevell |
5P |
| Mr Kieran Prudham |
5S |
| Miss Hannah Barton |
5T |
| Mr Pete Urwin |
5U |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
5W |
| Mr Neil Young |
5Y |
| Mr Jamie Swann |
L1 |
| Dr Stephen Smith |
L2 |
| Mrs Lucy Lammas |
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 |
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 Zoe Vernon |
BEd (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) |
| Mr Pete Urwin |
BA (Southampton) |
| Dr Emanuela Zanda |
BA, PhD (Manchester) |
Drama
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Alison Moffatt (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds) |
Economics and Business Studies
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Miss Leanne Curl (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Sara Balfour |
BA (Stirling) |
| Mr Alex Phillips |
BA (Manchester) |
English
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Georgina Cope (Head of Department) |
BA (Kent) |
| Mrs Rachael Cross |
BA (Manchester) |
| Mr Ollie Johnson |
BA (Oxford) |
| Mr Robert Jones |
BA (Oxford) |
| 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) |
| Miss Jessica Perkins |
BSc (Liverpool) |
| Mrs Jackie Smith |
BA (Queen’s Belfast) |
History
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Heather Ashton |
BA (UWE Bristol) |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton |
BA, MA (Manchester) |
| Miss Catherine Griffiths |
BA (Manchester), MA (Manchester) |
| Mr Stuart Moore |
BA (Warwick) |
| Dr Stephen Smith (Head of Department) |
BA, PhD (Swansea) |
| Mr David Stone |
BA (Southampton), MEd (Buckingham) |
Computer Science
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Niall Clarke |
BA (Queen’s Belfast), MA (Leeds) |
| Mr Mick Flaherty (Head of Department) |
BSc (Staffordshire) |
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) |
| Mrs Judith Griffith (Supply Teacher) |
BA (Bangor) |
| Mr David Lorentz, French |
MPhil (Nancy) |
| Mrs Linda Morgan, French and German |
BA (Nottingham), PGCE (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Katherine Psaila-Harris, Spanish and French |
BA (Nottingham Trent) |
| Miss Carrie Stevenson, French and German |
BA (Oxford) |
| Mr James Wilson, French and German |
BA (Hull) |
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 Ben Bowles |
MEng (Oxford) |
| Mrs Molly Evans |
BA (Manchester) |
| 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 Carol Marshall |
BSc (Hull), MSc (Manchester) |
| Miss Charlie Mills |
BSc (Newcastle) |
| Mr Kieran Prudham |
BSc (Newcastle) |
| Mrs Rebecca Reevell |
BSc (Durham), MEd (Manchester) |
| Mrs Rhian Taylor |
BSc (Manchester) |
Music
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Michael Dow (Head of Department) |
MA (Cambridge) |
| Mr Philip Kennedy |
BMus (Manchester), MEd (Edge Hill), NPQML |
| Mrs Joanne Matthews |
BA (Hons) (RSAMD) |
| Mrs Elena Short |
MA (Cambridge) |
PE
| 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) |
| Mrs Jo Maskery |
BEd (Cheltenham) |
| Miss Amanda Partington |
BA (Leeds), MSc (Liverpool) |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
BA (Liverpool) |
| Miss Sharon Withington |
BEd (Sheffield) |
| Mr Chris Wright (Head of Department) |
BA (Liverpool) |
Philosophy and Religious Studies
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Dominic Breffit |
BA (Manchester) |
| Mr Jamie Swann (Head of Department) |
BA (Durham), MA (Sheffield) |
| Rev Liz Leaver |
MA, Bth (Cambridge) |
Psychology
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Miss Hannah Barton (Head of Department) |
BSc (Cardiff) |
| Mr Tom Buxton-Cope |
BSc (Manchester),
Diploma in Education (Manchester Metropolitan) |
Sciences
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| 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) |
| Mr Joseph Davies, Biology |
BA (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) |
| 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) |
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 |
| Mrs Margaret Connor |
Admissions Officer |
| Mrs Sandra Gaffney |
School Administrator |
| Mrs Pam Ward, RGN Dip HE Com/Health |
School Nurse |
| Mrs Christine Kenny |
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 |
