Teaching Staff List
Executive Leadership Team
| Headmistress | Mrs Jo Duncan MA (St Andrews) |
| Bursar | Mr Mark Mackenzie Crooks BSc (Oxford Brookes), MSc (Cranfield), MBA (Cranfield) |
| Deputy Head (Academic) | Miss Emily Boswell MA (Oxon) |
| Deputy Head (Pupils) | Mr James Jones BA (Sheffield), MA (Sheffield) |
| Deputy Head (Strategy and Operations) | Mr Nick Woods MA, MEng (Cantab) |
| Director of Sixth Form | Dr Neal Carrier BA (UCL), MPhil (Oxon), PhD (Cantab) |
| Director of Safeguarding and Pupil Welfare | Mrs Vicky Fawkes BA (Swansea) |
| Director of People | Mrs Sophie Harle MA (Cantab), MSc (University of London) |
| Senior Researcher – International Schools | Mrs Jacky Tidbury MA (Cantab), NPQSL |
Wider Leadership Team
| Director of Admissions | Ms Laura Chell |
| Director of Curriculum Management | Mr Matthew Welch MEng (Cantab) |
| Director of Development and External Relations | Ms Clare Flynn-Scarcelli BA (Dunelm), MSc (Bayes Business School) [Maternity Leave] |
| Director of Digital Learning | Mr John Doherty BSc (MMU), MA (Nottingham), MA (Liverpool) [September 2023] |
| Director of Finance | Mr Jon Chatterton BSc (Hull) |
| Director of International | Mr Jason Gregory BSc (London Guildhall), MA (UCL) |
| Director of Learning and Innovation | Mr David Vaccaro MA (Cantab) |
Housemistresses
| Head of Junior House: | Miss Lucy Crampton MEng (Hull) |
| Airlie | Miss Claire Flynn BSc (Anglia Ruskin) |
| Barry | Ms Avani Hurribunce BSc (South Africa) |
| Butler | Miss Hannah Lowther BA (Dunelm) |
| Campbell | Ms Charlotte Dorme |
| Cloister | Mrs Lucy Akers BA (Dunelm), MEd (Cantab) |
| Pitt (Senior Housemistress) | Miss Helen Allen BA (Brunel) |
| Rubens | Miss Cat Hoyle MA (Edinburgh), MEd (Cantab) |
| Shelburne | Miss Sarah Phillips BMus (Royal Northern College of Music) |
| Wendover (DDSL) | Miss Sophie Blunt BA (Kent), MSc (Bucks New) |
| Clarence | Ms Rebecca Sparks MA (Cantab) |
Heads of Year
| Director of Sixth Form | Dr Neal Carrier BA (UCL), MPhil (Oxon), PhD (Cantab) |
| Deputy Head of Sixth Form | Dr Stephen Goward BA (Surrey), MA (North London), MSc (Wales), PhD (Oxford Brookes) |
| Deputy Head of Sixth Form | Miss Hollie-Ann Jeans BA (Dunelm) |
| Deputy Head of Sixth Form (Enrichment) | Ms Emma Bowen MA (Oxon), MA (London) |
| Deputy Head of Sixth Form (Clarence Housemistress) | Ms Rebecca Sparks MA (Cantab) |
| Head of Upper School (UIV-UV) | Mr Luke Wildgoose BA (York) |
| Deputy Head of Upper School (UIV-UV) | Mrs Margot Wood BA (Sydney), MNatRes (New England, Australia) |
| Deputy Head of Upper School (UIV-UV) | Miss Ricki Stevens BEd (Plymouth Marjon) |
| Head of Lower School (UIII-LIV) | Mrs Sally-Ann Harbour BSc (UCL), MSc (UCL) |
| Deputy Head of Lower School (UIII-LIV) | Mr Alexander Howells BSc (LSE), MSc (UCL) |
Departments
*Part Time
Art
| Head of Department: Miss Kay Williams BEd (Leeds) |
| Mrs Claudia Phipps BA (Sunderland), MA (Sunderland) |
| Mrs Harriet Spence BA (Chelsea School of Art), PGDip (Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee) |
Classics
| Head of Department: Mrs Jacky Tidbury MA (Cantab), NPQSL |
| Miss Emily Boswell MA (Oxon) |
| Miss Rachel Franks MA (Cantab), MA (Manchester) |
| Miss Tara Strange BA (Leeds) |
| Mr Oliver Murphy MA (Oxon) |
| Dr Christina Tsaknaki BA (National and Kapodistrian, Greece), MSt (Oxon), PhD (Cantab) |
| *Mrs Katharine Harrison MA (Oxon) |
Computer Science
| Head of Department: Mr Adrian Porter BSc (East Anglia), MA (Reading) |
| Mr Alexander Howells BSc (LSE), MSc (UCL) |
| Mr David Vaccaro MA (Cantab) |
| Mr Ka Ho Wong BSc (Hong Kong) |
Cookery
| Head of Department: Miss Kay Williams BEd (Leeds) |
| *Mrs Marion Bonnefoy Dip (Institut Paul Bocuse, France) |
| *Mrs Hilary Horne |
Design and Technology
| Head of Department: Mr Richard Simonot BA (Middlesex) |
| Miss Helen Allen BA (Brunel) |
| Miss Lucy Crampton MEng (Hull) |
| Mrs Catherine Dowdall MMathPhys (Warwick) |
| *Mr Howard Haughton CertEd (London), BEd (London) |
Drama
| Head of Department: Mr James Harrington BA (Brighton) |
| Ms Louise Maddison BA (LIPA) |
| Mrs Jessica Woodward BA (Essex) |
| *Mrs Amanda Terrill BA (Arts Ed London) |
| *Mrs Katie Thorpe LLAM (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art), LALAM (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) |
Economics and Enterprise
| Head of Department: Mrs Alison Kiln MA (Cantab), MBA (Imperial) |
| Mr Tom Startup MA (Oxon), MPhil (UCL) |
English
| Head of Department: Mr Sam Lenton MA (Cantab) |
| Second in Department: Mrs Amy Taylor-Davis MA (Oxon) |
| Head of Libraries: Mrs Hannah Rogers-Green BA (Queen’s, Belfast) |
| Miss Cat Hoyle MA (Edinburgh), MEd (Cantab) |
| Miss Hollie-Ann Jeans BA (Dunelm) |
| Mr Sam Joyce MA (Oxon) |
| Ms Susannah Morrisby BA (Exeter) |
| Ms Konstantina Pritsou BA (Southampton), MA (Bristol) |
Geography
| Head of Department: Mrs Lucy Akers BA (Dunelm), MEd (Cantab) and *Mrs Margot Wood BA (Sydney, Australia), MNatRes (New England, Australia) |
| Mr Sam Russell BA (Nottingham) |
History of Art
| Head of Department: Ms Emma Bowen MA (Oxon), MA (London) [Maternity Leave] Miss Fania Wetherby [Maternity Cover] |
History, Government and Politics
| Head of Department: Mr Neill George BA (Dunelm) |
| Second in Department: Mr Luke Scott (BA (Oxon) |
| Mrs Vicky Fawkes BA (Swansea) |
| Dr Stephen Goward BA (Surrey), MA (North London), MSc (Wales), PhD (Oxford Brookes) |
| Mr James Jones BA (Sheffield), MA (Sheffield) |
| Dr Emma Lorimer MA (Oxon), MSt (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon) |
| Mrs Amy Scott BA (Oxon) |
| *Mrs Gillian Evans BA (Cardiff) |
| *Mrs Charlotte Shilling MA (Cantab), MEd (Cantab) |
Mathematics
| Head of Department: Dr Iain Wallwork MSc (Birmingham), PhD (Birmingham) |
| Second in Department: Mrs Geraldene Compton BA (Oxford Brookes) |
| Dr Catharina Carlemalm Logothetis MEng, PhD (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| Miss Stephanie Clarke BSc (Queen’s, Belfast) |
| Miss Charlotte Dorme MMath (Exeter) |
| Mr James Graham MMath (Newcastle) |
| Mrs Sally-Ann Harbour BSc (UCL), MSc (UCL) |
| Ms Avani Hurribunce BSc (South Africa) |
| Mrs Stephanie George BSc (Dunelm) |
| Mr Matthew Oliver BSc (Bath) |
| Miss Sarah Phillips BMus (Royal Northern College of Music) |
| Mr Amar Sidhu BSc (Manchester) [Maternity Cover] |
| Mrs Sinead Try BSc (Queen’s, Belfast) |
| Mr David Vaccaro MA (Cantab) |
| Mr Shawn Xia MEng (Melbourne) [Maternity Cover] |
| *Dr Shemila Mirza BSc (Royal Holloway), PhD (Royal Holloway) |
| *Mrs Jane Staddon BSc (York) |
Modern Languages
| Head of Department/Head of French: Ms Lucy Nott MA (Cantab), DipTransloL (Institute of Linguists) |
| Head of German: Mrs Marney Dworkin MA (Cantab) |
| Head of Spanish: Mr Luis Fuentes Olea MA (UNIR) |
| Head of Chinese: Mrs Xiaoyan Wan BA (Nanjing, China), MA (Nanjing, China), MA (UCL) |
| Mrs Gema Christian BA (Cantabria, Spain) |
| Miss Sophie Dubois BA (Exeter) |
| Miss Annabella Figueira Licence (Paris Nord, France) |
| Ms Sophie McIvor BA (Dunelm) |
| *Mrs Chiara D’Andrea-Brion BA (Chieti G. D’Annunzio, Italy), MA (UCL) |
| *Mrs Liya Brown BA (Teachers’ Institute, Kazakhstan), MEd (Toledo, USA) |
| *Ms Ghazala Cheema MA (Karachi, Pakistan) |
| *Ms Cristina Da Silva |
| *Mrs Rosa De Segundo BA (Naverre, Spain) |
| *Ms Agnes Dodwell BA (Middlesex), Diploma (Reutlingen, Germany), CertTESOL (Trinity College London) |
| *Mrs Laura Flores BA |
| *Ms Yinghua Han BA |
| *Mrs Ayako Lawson BA (Nihon, Japan) |
| *Mrs Trinidad Medina-Garcia |
| *Mrs Yasmina Mokhtari BSc (Compiègne, France) |
| *Ms Xiaoli Pan BA (Zhejjang, China), MA (UCL) |
| *Mrs Xiu Pan BA (Nanjing, China), MA (Nanjing, China), CertEd (Bedfordshire) |
| *Mrs Deepti Vashishth MA |
| *Ms Elena Woods BA (Oxon) |
| *Ms Qin Wang BA (JiangXi), MA (SOAS) |
Music
| Director of Music: Mr Stefan Reid MA (Oxon), MMus (Surrey) |
| Assistant Director of Music: Miss Sarah McClure BMus (Wales), MA (Birmingham Conservatoire), FTCL |
| Head of Strings: Mr Gonzalo Acosta |
| Head of Woodwind and Brass: Mr David Ledingham DipTCL (TCL), Advanced DipRAM (RAM) |
| Graduate Resident: Mr Daniel Pattenden |
| Piano, Organ: Mr Nicholas Robinson ARCO (RCO), LRAM (RAM) |
| Piano: *Mr David Alexander BMus |
| Brass: *Mr Marcus Bates BA (Birmingham Conservatoire), ABSM |
| Piano: *Mrs Maja Bilic BMus |
| Cello: *Mr Pavlos Carvalho BA, PGDip |
| Strings: *Jiafeng Chen |
| Violin, Viola: *Ms Guillermina Chivite BMus (RCM), MMus (RCM) |
| Cello: *Ms Eun Cho MPerf (RCM) |
| Singing: *Miss Melissa Davies |
| Singing: *Ms Joanne Edworthy BMus (RNCM) |
| Piano: *Dr Alexander Flood MA (Oxon), MMus (London), PhD (London) |
| Clarinet, Saxophone: *Mrs Melanie Foster BA (KCL), BMus (TCL) |
| Oboe: *Mrs Deborah Goodyer BMus, PGDip |
| Recorder, Flute: *Miss Rachel Helliwell DipRCM (RCM), PGDip (Guildhall) |
| Flute: *Miss Clare Jefferis PGDip (RCM), BMus (RCM) |
| Piano: *Dr Alexander Karpeev DMus, MMus (Perf) |
| Singing: *Mrs Lucy Knight MA, MMus |
| Violin: *Ms Emma Lake BA (York), MA (York), MA (RAM) |
| Piano: *Mr Jack Lambert BMus (TCL), MMus (RAM), LRAM (RAM) |
| Piano: *Mr John Lenehan ARCM (RCM) |
| Singing: *Ms Natasha Marsh BA (Birmingham), PGDip (RCM) |
| Acoustic and Electric Guitar: *Mr Richard McKee |
| Piano: *Mr Michael McMillan BSc (Dunelm), DipARCM (RCM) DipFRSM |
| Piano: *Ms Mina Miletic BMus, MMus (Belgrade, Serbia), PGDip (RAM), LRAM |
| Saxophone, Clarinet: *Mr Paul Nathaniel ALCM |
| Piano: *Mr Hugh Petter BA |
| Violin: *Mrs Nathalie Plews BMus (RNCM) LRSM |
| Violin, Viola: *Miss Emily Pond BMus (RNCM), DipRAM MA (RAM) |
| Harp: *Mrs Emma Ramsdale ARAM, GRSM, DipRAM, ARSM |
| Percussion: *Mr Jason Reeve MMus, BA |
| Guitar: *Mr Jeffrey Rodrigues BMus |
| Singing: *Mrs Gillian Ross |
| Violin, Viola: *Miss Thea Spiers BMus (RNCM) |
| Trumpet: *Mr Giles Straw BA (Kingston) |
| Bassoon: *Mrs Louise Watson BMus, LRAM, PGDip |
| Piano: *Mr Nathan Williamson BMus (Guildhall), MMus (Guildhall), MMA (Yale, USA) |
| Singing: *Mr Jonathan Wood BA (KCL), MSc (KCL), LRSM |
Physical Education
| Director of Sport: Mrs Sophie Bryett-Windle BSc (De Montfort) |
| Assistant Director of Sport: Mrs Fiona Gee BSc (Wales) |
| Assistant Director of Sport: Miss Ruby Smith BSc (Bath) |
| Head of Sport Performance: Mrs Alison Earnshaw-Punnett BA (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Miss Claire Flynn BSc (Anglia Ruskin) |
| Mr Nigel Greenall HND (Cheltenham and Gloucester) |
| Miss Alexandra Hedley BEd (Edinburgh) |
| Miss Hannah Lowther BA (Dunelm) |
| Ms Charlotte Radcliffe BSc (Leeds Beckett) |
| Miss Lucy Smith BSc (Brunel) |
| Miss Ricki Stevens BEd (Plymouth Marjon) |
| Miss Lettie Tay BSc (Bath) |
| *Mrs Flick Hermsen |
| Trampoline: *Ms Karen Bunyan |
| Tennis: *Mr Paul Delgado |
| Kickboxing: *Mr Peter Edwards |
| Swimming: *Mr Joe Evans |
| Fencing: *Mrs Jacqueline Faulkner |
| Swimming: *Mr David Gee BSc (Wales), MSc (Cardiff Met) |
| Squash: *Mr Scott Handley |
| Karate: *Mr Michael Harris |
| Athletics: *Mr Alan Hewson |
| Ballet: *Ms Catherine Kirby Dip (Royal Academy of Dance) |
| Dance: *Miss Sarah-Lise Lavender BA |
| Netball: *Ms Ailsa Maddock BSc (East Anglia) |
| Trampolining: *Mr Michael Morris |
| Fencing: *Mr James Roberts BFA |
| Ballet, Dance: *Miss Stephanie Ross BA (Royal Academy of Dance), RAD RTS (Royal Academy of Dance) |
| Ballet: *Mrs Jeanette Talbot |
| Modern, Tap: *Miss Natalie Venier ISTD |
| Ballet: *Miss Rachel Ware |
| Modern, Tap: *Miss Helen White ISTD, CIDE |
Religious Studies
| Head of Department: Mrs Amelia Khan MA (Oxon) |
| Miss Emily Boswell MA (Oxon) |
| Dr Neal Carrier BA (UCL), MPhil (Oxon), PhD (Cantab) |
| Mr Alexander Howells BSc (LSE), MSc (UCL) |
| Mr Kamaljit Puwar BA (KCL), MA (Exeter) |
| Mr Luke Wildgoose BA (York) |
Science
| Director of Science and STEM: Mrs Sue Buxton BSc (Dunelm) |
| Head of Physics: Mrs Sue Buxton BSc (Dunelm) |
| Head of Chemistry: Mrs Zoe Edwards BSc (St Andrews) |
| Head of Biology: Mrs Elizabeth Wallace BSc (Bath) |
| Head of Psychology: Miss Lauren Monteil BSc (Manchester) |
| Dr Rebecca Dawber MA (Cantab), MSc (Sussex), DPhil (Sussex) |
| Mrs Catherine Dowdall MMathPhys (Warwick) |
| Dr Levi Fernandez BSc (KCL), PhD (London) |
| Dr Sharon George BSc (Women’s Christian College, India), MSc (Madras Christian College, India), PhD (St Andrews) |
| Ms Charlotte Hutchings BA (Oxon) |
| Dr Asma Qazi PhD (Queen Mary) [Maternity Cover] |
| Miss Bethan Rowley BSc (Sheffield) |
| Miss Krutika Sunil BSc (UCL), MA (UCL) |
| Mr Matthew Welch MEng (Cantab) |
| Mrs Jennifer Werren MChem (Bath) |
| Mr Matthew Whiteley MA (Cantab) |
| Mrs Sally Wright BSc (Manchester) |
| *Ms Sarah Coen BA (KCL), MA (Bristol) |
| *Ms Laura Chapman BSc (Sussex) |
| *Mr Alex Kyles-Brown MSci (Dunelm) |
| *Mrs Antonia McNeil BSc (UCL) |
| *Mrs Anna Roberts BSc (Warwick), MSc (Oxon) |
| *Ms Rachel Wilson MSc (York) |