Spring Term 2013
Council of Governors
Chairman: Ms R Faunch, MSc (Manchester) MR Pharms DMS
Dr D J Chivers, PhD MA ScD
Professor V Isham, CStat PhD DIC (nominated by the University of London)
Mrs J Kirchheimer, BVetMed MRCVS
Mr T Jones, BA PGCE DipCG
Mrs J Lewis, BSc FCIPD
Mrs A Little, BA (Cantab)
Ms P Mongia, MA MEng (Cantab) MRAeS MBA (London Business School)
Dr S M Pitts, PhD MSc MA (nominated by University of Cambridge)
Mrs M Weerasekera, Mont Dip
Ms S Woolfson, BSc FCA
Headmistress: Dr M Short, BA (London) PhD (Cantab)
Deputy Head: Mrs J Parker, BA (Liverpool)
Deputy Head: Mr P Tiley, BSc (Bristol)
Head of Sixth: Mr H Dymock, BA (Durham) MA (London)
Head of Upper School: Mrs D Sinclair, MA (London)
Head of Middle School: Mrs C Hill, BA (Newcastle)
Head of Junior School: Mrs K Serinturk, BEd (London)
Acting Head of Little St. Helen’s: Mrs J Parker, BA (Liverpool)
Professional Development Manager: Mrs A Weaver, MA (St Andrews)
Business Director and Clerk to the Council: Mr M Mackenzie Crooks, BSc MSc MBA
Art
Head of Department: Mrs V Wichel, BA (Bristol)
Mr V Hazeldine, BA (London)
Mr P Wiciel, CertEd
Careers
Head of Department: Miss E McKinley, BA (Heriot-Watt) (Also Deputy Head of Sixth Form)
Mr H Dymock, BA (Durham) MA (London)
Classics
Head of Department: Mr K Buck, BA (Johannesburg)
Dr A Berriman, PhD (Nottingham Trent) BA (Bristol) (Also Deputy Head of Sixth Form)
Design & Technology
Head of Department: Mr B Gee, MA (OU)
Mrs K Gibbons, BSc (Nottingham Trent)
Mrs L Hallam, BA (Middlesex)
Mr R Shaikh, BA (Brighton)
Drama
Head of Department: Mrs M Connell, BA (Manchester)
Mrs K Newby, BA (Loughborough)
Mrs D Sinclair, MA (London)
Economics & Business Studies
Head of Department: Mrs M Bowman, BEd (Leeds) (Also International Baccalaureate Co-ordinator)
Mr P Minney, BCom (Natal) MBA (Cape Town) (Also CCF Co-ordinator)
English
Head of Department: Mr R Johnston, BA (Liverpool)
Mrs J Cox, BA (Durham)
Miss K Gauer, MA (St Andrews)
Mr T Gerig, BA (Illinois)
Mrs V Lumley, MA (Manchester) (Also Classroom Skills Co-ordinator)
Mrs J Threlfall, BA (Leicester) (Also Head of Support Tuition)
Geography
Head of Department: Miss E Rynne, MA (London) (Also Director of Teaching and Learning)
Mrs C Beake, BA (London)
Mr D Froggatt, BSc (Cardiff) (Also Assistant Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator)
Government & Politics
Head of Department: Mr B Nemko, BA (Birmingham) MSc (City) MA (London) (Also International Baccalaureate Development Co-ordinator)
Mr P Whalley, BA (Portsmouth) (Also IB ToK Co-ordinator)
History
Head of Department: Mr B Nemko, BA (Birmingham) MSc (City) MA (London) (Also International Baccalaureate Development Co-ordinator)
Miss L Hamilton, MA (Manchester) MA (St Andrews) (Also Deputy Head of Upper School)
Mrs C Hill, BA (Newcastle)
Mrs R Reidel-Fry, MA (Courtauld) MA MPhil (Columbia, USA) (History of Art) (Also Deputy Head of Upper School)
Mrs H Sinclair, MA (St Andrews) (Also Head of Bruce House and Assistant Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator)
Mrs A Weaver, MA (St Andrews)
Information and Communications Technology
Head of Department: Mr M Hoffman, BA (S Africa)
Mr J Firestone, MA (Brighton) (Also Assistant Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator and CCF Co-ordinator)
Mathematics
Head of Department: Miss C Kerry, BEng (London)
Miss H Blazewicz, BSc (Bristol)
Dr J Donovan, PhD MEd MSc (London)
Mrs S King, BEng (Bristol)
Mrs S Michaels, BSc (Manchester)
Mr C Norris, BSc (Royal Holloway)
Mrs T Onac, BSc (London)
Mr D Patel, BSc (Bristol)
Mrs A Pateli, CertEd (St Mary’s College)
Modern Languages
Head of Modern Languages: Mr E Terris, BA (London)
Head of French: Mr E Terris, BA (London)
Head of Mandarin: Mrs N Wright, BA (Manchester)
Head of Spanish: Mrs E Serrano, Filologia Inglesa Degree (Madrid) (Also Deputy Head of Middle School Yr 8)
Miss J Birkett, BA (London)
Mrs R Chaperlin, BA (Birmingham)
Mrs G Chuykov, BA (Yaroslavl, Russia) MA (London)
Mrs M Ishikawa, MA (London)
Miss L Louiset, BA MA (Antilles)
Miss E McKinley, BA (Heriot-Watt)
Mrs Y O’Connor, BSc MSc PhD (Japan)
Mrs N O’Hagan, CertEd
Mrs J Orme, BA (Durham)
Mrs J Parker, BA (Liverpool)
Mrs G Shen, BA (Tainan, Taiwan) MA (Bath)
Mrs C Gauci (Language Assistant)
Music
Director of Music: Mr R Crowley, MSc (Herts) BMus (London) ARAM DipRAM (Royal Academy of Music) (Also IB CAS Co-ordinator, Head of Bonington House and House Co-ordinator)
Mrs R Yates, GRSM LRAM ARCM (Royal College of Music)
Music – Visiting
Ms C Barry, BA (Trinity College Dublin) LTCL (Trinity College of Music)
Miss J Chen, BSC (London) DipRAM (Royal Academy of Music)
Miss E Coleman, MA BMus (Chichester)
Mrs D Ellin, BMus (Royal Scottish Academy of Music) PGDip LRAM (Royal Academy of Music)
Mr A Francis, Prof Cert LRAM (Royal Academy of Music)
Mr A Gathercole, GGSM ALCM (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Mrs S Gregory, LRAM LTCL (Royal Academy of Music)
Mr D Hester, DipTCL LTCL PDOT (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Mr C Hooker, ARAM DipRAM (Royal Academy of Music)
Miss D Kemp, MA (Oxon) DipRCM ARCM (Royal College of Music)
Miss R Krbilkova, DiS (Pardubice Conservatory, Czech Republic)
Mrs S Lawman, GRSM ARCM (Royal College of Music)
Mr J Little, BA (Central Saint Martins) DipTCM (Trinity College of Music)
Mrs J Maclean, BSc (City) LTCL (Trinity College of Music)
Mr I Marcus
Mr N Martin
Mr A McAfee, BA (Nottingham Trent) PG Cert (Trinity College of Music)
Miss M Mori, MMus BMus (Royal College of Music)
Mrs N Tait, Prof Cert LRAM (Royal Academy of Music)
Mr K Tomita, MMus BMus (Royal College of Music)
Mr M Vishnick, MPhil (City) MSc (Herts) LLCM (TD) ALCM
Physical Education
Head of Department: Miss J Hurt, BA (Brunel)
Mrs A Arnot, BEd (Bedford)
Miss M Arr, BSc (Loughborough) (Head of Lacrosse)
Mrs J Ball, BEd (Manchester Metropolitan)
Mrs J Barton, BA (Oxford Brookes)
Mrs N Barton, BSc (Loughborough)
Miss A Fischer
Miss E Harris, BA (Beds) (Also Deputy Head of Middle School Yr 7 and Assistant PHAB Co-ordinator)
Miss S Heath, MA (Brunel)
Miss D Hodkinson, BSc (Brunel)
Miss L Kovar
Miss C Lusted, BSc (Brunel) (Also Olympics Co-ordinator and Assistant PHAB Co-ordinator)
Psychology
Mr G Marshall, BSc (Cantab) MSc (London) (Also Assistant PHAB Co-ordinator)
Religious Studies & Philosophy
Head of Department: Miss V Chamberlain, MA (Cantab) MA (Oxon)
Mr H Dymock, BA (Durham) MA (London)
Mr A Giblin, BAPhil (Lancaster) (Also Head of Shackleton House and Assistant CCF Co-ordinator)
Mr E McCartney, BSc (London)
Miss H Williams, MA (Edinburgh) (Also Deputy Head of Middle School Yr 9, Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator and Extra-Curricular Activities Co-ordinator)
Science
Head of Science: Dr J Schofield, PhD BSc (London)
Head of Biology: Mrs C Jenkins, BSc (Cardiff) MEd (Cantab) (Also Assistant Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator)
Head of Chemistry: Mr M Reynish, BSc (York)
Head of Physics: Mrs A Adlam, BSc (Southampton) MSc (Imperial) MInstP
Mrs J Arthur, BSc (Reading)
Miss K Baker, BSc (Southampton) (Also PHAB Co-ordinator)
Dr G Bates, PhD (Southampton)
Mrs K Barnes, BSc (Leeds)
Dr C Jones, PhD (London) BSc (Nottingham Trent)
Mr C Le Bas, BSc (Edinburgh)
Mr J Salmon, MA (Cantab) MSc (London) (Also Assistant Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator, Sixth Form Lecture Programme Co-ordinator and Head of Scott House)
Mr P Tiley, BSc (Bristol)
Mrs S Wardley, BSc (Southampton)
Mrs S Williams, BSc (Exeter)
Library
Head Librarian: Ms E Howard, BA ALA Chartered Librarian (Also IB Extended Essay Co-ordinator)
Mrs S Gleave
Mrs G Hill, BA DipLib (Archivist)
Mrs R Serbos, MA (London) BA (Sheffield Hallam)
Junior Department
Head of Junior School: Mrs K Serinturk, BEd (London)
Deputy Head of Junior School: Mrs K Head, BEd (London)
Deputy Head of Junior School: Mrs E Sami, MEd (Herts)
Mrs D Brooks, DipSW BSc (London)
Mrs A Cawthorne, BSc (Surrey) MA (Middlesex)
Miss G Cooper, BEd (Queen’s, Canada)
Mrs L Crawford
Mrs M Crowie, CACHE3 CNAA (London College of Communication)
Mrs A Dewhurst, BEd (Melbourne)
Mrs J Edward, CACHE3
Miss S English, BA (Portsmouth)
Mrs S Fazel
Miss G Furphy, BEd (London) (Also Junior School Librarian)
Mr D Gaffney, BA (John Moores) MA (St Mary’s)
Mrs A Groves, BA (Brunel)
Mrs T Hopkins, NVQ3
Mrs J Hunt, BEd (Herts)
Miss J Van Krinks
Mrs N Lawson, BA (Bath)
Miss M Mason, BA (Warwick) MTeach (London)
Mrs K Palamarchuk, MA (Crakow, Poland)
Mrs M Pearkes, BA MA (Tartu, Estonia)
Mrs M Pratt, BA (Griffith) PDipEd (Queensland)
Mrs P Prosser, BEd (Durham)
Mrs S Sharma, BA (Surrey)
Miss L Steerwood, BA (St Mary’s)
Mrs L Stern, CACHE NVQ3
Mrs M Tanna, NVQ3
Pre-Preparatory Department (Little St. Helen’s)
Acting Head of Little St. Helen’s: Mrs J Parker, BA (Liverpool)
Deputy Head of Little St. Helen’s: Mrs S Begley, MPhil (Pontypridd) BSc (Bangor)
Deputy Head of Little St. Helen’s: Mrs D Smith, BEd (Warwick)
Mrs D Allsopp, Mont Dip (London)
Mrs K Andrews
Mrs L Baldwin, BEd (Cambridge)
Miss H Corbett, BA (Manchester Metropolitan)
Mrs L Crawford
Mrs N Johar, BA (Brunel)
Miss R Kansagra, BA (Leeds)
Mrs A Lam, BA (Essex)
Mrs N Lawson, BA (Bath)
Mrs C Leigh, CACHE3
Miss H Manber, BA (Birmingham)
Miss D Masters, BEd (Oxon)
Mrs D Roberts, BA (Surrey)
Ms D Sarnat, BA (Tel Aviv)
Mrs R Sirera, BA MA (Manchester)
Mrs C Smithers, HEd Junior Primary, SA
Mrs T Wood, BA (Surrey)
Miss J Collins, BA (Herts)
Mrs M da Rocha
Miss A di Vito
Mrs G Davis, NVQ3 Early Years
Mrs F Gallagher, NNEB (Uxbridge)
Mrs A Player, NNEB (London)
Miss C Randall, NVQ3
Mrs T Reeves, NVQ3
Mrs S Sharman, Mont Dip
Mrs T Shearwood, NVQ3 Early Years
Mrs E Speed, CLANSA
Mrs P Spokes, NVQ3 Early Years
Mrs D Thakrar, NVQ3 Early Years
Mrs A Miah, NNEB (Chiltern)
Ballet
Miss M Eleftheriou, BA PGCE LRAD
Miss J Hale, BA LRAD AISTD
Miss A Mellors, BA
Mrs S Price, RAD Dip AISTD Dip
Administration
Accountant: Mr D Dhrona, FCCA
Accounts Assistants: Mrs J Ivanovic, BA (Belgrade); Mr K Kanani, BSc (Surrey) ACCA; Mr A Shah
Admissions and Marketing Manager: Miss K Ogden, BA (Birmingham) DipM
Admissions Secretary: Mrs L Hailey
Registrar: Miss S Heath, MA (Brunel) BEd (Brunel)
Marketing Assistant: Miss H Palmer, BA (Kingston)
Domestic Bursar: Mrs L Toms
Estates Manager: Ms A Steele, BA (Manchester)
Head Groundsman: Mr I Thom
Groundsmen: Mr R Abramek; Mr D Gardener
Head of Maintenance: Mr D Shaw
Maintenance: Mr N Braxton; Mr C Reid; Mr G Vekaria
Porters: Mr M Atkins; Mr J Wells
Security/Caretaker: Mr J Carr; Mr M Crolla
Examinations Officer: Miss C Murphy
Human Resources Manager: Mrs S Hart, BSc MCIPD
Health & Safety/HR Administator: Miss J Hunt
IT Systems & Projects Manager: Mr D Nanton
Senior IT Technician: Mr D Mansaray, BA (Kiev) MCSE CCNA
IT Technician: Mr M Shah, BSc (London); Miss L Tsikkos, BSc (Bucks Chilterns)
AV Technician: Mrs J Dean
Events, Sound and Lighting Technician: Mr S Gethin-Thomas, MA (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama)
Learning Support Assistant: Ms P Vine, BA (Exeter)
Office Co-ordinator: Mrs S Page (Also Joint Charities Co-ordinator)
Front Office Assistant: Mrs S Welsh
PA to the Headmistress: Mrs C Brown, BA (Coventry)
PA to Head of Junior School: Mrs J Botten
PAs to Head of Little St. Helen’s: Mrs L Jones, Mrs L Quilley
Resources Assistant: Dr E Green
Secretaries: Mrs K Campbell, Mrs F Kahan, Mrs A Nunes, Mrs L Quilley, Mrs P Robbins, Mrs V Sharwood-Smith, Mrs L Sheerin
Technicians
Art: Mrs J Restick, BA (London Guildhall)
D & T: Mr A Trueman, BA (OU)
ICT: Mrs S Standen
Science: Mrs Z Alidina, City & Guilds, Pharmacy; Mrs A Ghosh, BSc (Calcutta); Mrs E Jacob, BSc (London); Mrs B Lee, BEng (China); Mrs Y O’Connor, BSc MSc PhD (Japan)
Junior School: Mrs J Webb
School Nurse: Sister S Shackman, RGN (Also Health Education Co-ordinator)
Mrs J Godecharle, SRN/RSCN; Mrs J Harrison, RGN
Independent Listener
Mrs M Abedian; Mrs J Cox, BSc (Westminster)
Breakfast Club
Supervisor: Miss C Randall, NVQ3; Mrs S Hamirani
After School Club
Co-ordinator: Rev A Jacobs, NVQ3; Mrs D Bowles; Ms J Cooksley, NCFE 3
Sports Centre
Sports Centre Manager: Mr M Jones
Deputy Manager: Miss A McPherson
Leisure Assistants: Mr C Gibson; Mr A Harding; Miss A O’Dowd; Mr P Kessel