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 2021.
Senior Management Team
| Name |
Job Title |
| Dr Paul Owen, MA (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) |
Headmaster |
| 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 |
| Mrs Rachel Grey, MChem (Oxford) |
Head of Fifth Year |
| 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 (Lasel, 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 |
| Miss Jessica Berry and Mr Ollie Johnson |
Heads of Vernon House |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson and Mr Anton Hanson |
Heads of Warren House |
Form Tutors
| Name |
Form |
| Miss Jessica Berry |
1P |
| Miss Lauren McAllister |
1Q |
| Mr Chris Wright |
1R |
| Mr Kieran Prudham |
1S |
| Mr Ollie Johnson |
1T |
| Mrs Ann Mulholland |
1U |
| Mr Thomas Quinn |
1W |
| Dr Kirsten Owen |
1Y |
| Miss Annabel Cole |
2P |
| Miss Sarah Nichols |
2Q |
| Mr Patrick Clear |
2R |
| Ms Rebecca Walsh |
2S |
| Mr Matthew King-Sayce |
2T |
| Mrs Ali Hicks |
2U |
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
2W |
| Miss Charlie Mills |
2Y |
| Mr Thomas Leng |
3P |
| Miss Laura Chandler |
3Q |
| Mr Paul Allen |
3R |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
3S |
| Mrs Mia Foulkes |
3T |
| Miss Sharon Withington |
3U |
| Mr David Lorentz |
3W |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton |
4C |
| Ms Helen Roberts |
4H |
| Mrs Alexia Marsden |
4M |
| Mrs Anna Neale |
4N |
| Mrs Katherine Psaila |
4P |
| Mrs Rebecca Reevell |
4R |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
4W |
| Mr Neil Young |
4Y |
| Mrs Kerstin Christmann |
5C |
| Mr Greig Frankland |
5F |
| Mr Alex Phillips |
5H |
| Mr Daniel Thomson |
5K |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
5M |
| Mr Matthew Eeckelaers |
5S |
| Mr Graeme McKinna-Whitby |
5T |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
5U |
| Mrs Michelle Whitton |
5W |
Mr Tom Buxton-Cope
|
L1 |
Mrs Laura Goddard
|
L2 |
Mrs Carol Marshall
|
L3 |
Mrs George Cope
|
L4 |
Mr Richard Davies
|
L5 |
Mr Richard Heyes
|
L6 |
Mr Alistair Thorley
|
L7 |
Mrs Heather Fenton
|
L8 |
Dr Martin Hamilton
|
L9 |
| Mr Craig Shaw |
L10 |
Mr Robert Bowden
|
L11 |
| Miss Carrie Stevenson/Dr Thekla Kampelmann |
L12 |
| Mr Jamie Swann |
U1 |
| Mr Samuel Olsson |
U2 |
| Mrs Lucy Lammas/Miss Maggie Higgins |
U3 |
| Mr James Wilson |
U4 |
| Mr Alex Cooke |
U5 |
| Dr Anne-Louise Glarvey |
U6 |
| Mr Peter Grant |
U7 |
| Miss Leanne Curl |
U8 |
| Miss Sylvia Gibson |
U9 |
| Mrs Ruth Beare |
U10 |
Teaching Staff
Art
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Richard Davies (Head of Department) |
BA (Lancs), MA (York), MSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan), MA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Dr Thekla Kampelmann |
MA (Dortmund), PhD (Dortmund) |
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) |
Design Technology
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Miss Sarah Hodkinson |
BSc (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Mr Graeme McKinna-Whitby |
BSc (Open University) |
| Mrs Helen Tadman |
BEng (Birmingham) |
| Mrs Katy Gate |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mr Neil Young (Head of Department) |
BA (Manchester), MA (Open University) |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
BA (Salford) |
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) |
Mr Tom Quinn
|
BA (Liverpool) |
| 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) |
| Miss Sarah Nichols |
BA (Manchester) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
History
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Heather Ashton |
BA (UWE Bristol) |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton |
BA, MA (Manchester) |
| Mr Tom Leng (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds) |
| Mr Stuart Moore |
BA (Warwick) |
| 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) |
| Ms Dawn Meers |
BA (Hull), MEd (Birmingham),
Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association |
Mrs Laura Montgomery, Teaching Assistant
|
HNC (Liverpool John Moores) |
| Mrs Saima Ullah, Teaching Assistant |
LLB (UCLAN) |
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) |
| 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 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) |
| Mr Stephen Newlove |
BA (Hons) (Hull) |
| Mrs Joanne Matthews |
BA (Hons) (RSAMD) |
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 Ruth Beare, Physics
|
MSci (Queen’s Belfast) |
| Miss Jessica Berry, Chemistry |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mrs Katrina Britton, Chemistry |
BSc (Salford) |
| Miss Laura Chandler, Biology/Physics |
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 (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) |
| Mr Ian McGeough, Chemistry |
BSc (Liverpool), MA (Bristol) |
| 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) |
Sport, PE, Health and Fitness
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Rob Bowden |
BA (Leeds) |
Mr Martin Cooke
|
|
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
BA (Staffordshire) |
| Mrs Abigail Downing |
MA (Cambridge) |
Mr Mike Elstone
|
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| 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 |
Mr Dave Judson
|
|
| Mr Rick Kenefick |
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Miss Paige Kindred |
BA, MA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
Mr Adam Longshaw
|
|
| 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 Matt Sturgess
|
Level 2 (Rugby Football Union) |
| 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 |
| Miss Joanne Clague, FCA, CTA |
Bursar and Clerk to the Governors |
| 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 Administration Manager |
| Mrs Pam Ward, RGN Dip HE Com/Health |
School Nurse |
| Mrs Christine Kenny, RGN/RSCN |
School Nurse |
| Mrs Mags Edwards |
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 |
