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Staff List

Autumn Term 2011

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
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)
Head of Little St. Helen’s: Miss J Chaventré, BEd (West Sussex)
Professional Development Manager: Mrs A Weaver, MA (St Andrews)
Resources Director and Clerk to the Council: Mr R Ukiah, MA (Oxon)

Art
*Head of Department: Mrs V Wichel, BA (Bristol)
Mr V Hazeldine, Dip (Camberwell School of Art)
Mr P Wiciel, CertEd

Careers
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 and PHAB Co-ordinator)

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) (Also Deputy Head of Upper School)
Mrs D Sinclair, MA (London)

Economics & Business Studies
*Head of Department: Mrs M Bowman, BEd (Leeds) (Also International Baccalaureate Co-ordinator)
Mrs F Britten, BEd (UWE) BSc (OU)

English
*Head of Department: Mr R Johnston, BA (Liverpool)
Mrs J Cox, BA (Durham)
Mr T Gerig, BA (Illinois)
Miss L Kennedy, BA (Liverpool) (Also School Magazine Co-ordinator)
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 H Anderson, MA (St Andrews) (Also Head of Bruce House and Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator)
Miss L Hamilton, MA (Manchester) MA (St Andrews) (Also Head of Shackleton House)
Mrs C Hill, BA (Newcastle)
Mrs R Reidel-Fry, MA (Courtauld) MA MPhil (Columbia, USA) (History of Art)
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)

French
*Head of Department: Mr E Terris, BA (London)
Miss J Birkett, BA (London)
Mrs G Chuykov, BA (Yaroslavl, Russia) MA (London)
Miss L Louiset, BA MA (Antilles)
Mrs J Orme, BA (Durham)

German
Miss J Birkett, MA (London)
Mrs J Parker, BA (Liverpool)
Mr D Weinmann, BSc (Kent)
Mrs N Wright, BA (Manchester)
Miss L Stemmer

Italian
Mrs N O’Hagan, CertEd

Japanese
Mrs M Ishikawa, MA (London)

Mandarin
*Head of Department: Mrs N Wright, BA (Manchester)
Mrs G Shen, BA (Tainan, Taiwan) MA (Bath)

Spanish
*Head of Department: Mrs E Serrano, Filologia Inglesa Degree (Madrid) (Also Deputy Head of Middle School Yr 8)
Mrs R Chaperlin, BA (Birmingham)
Miss E McKinley, BA (Heriot-Watt)
Mrs J Orme, BA (Durham)
Mr D Weinmann, BSc (Kent)
Mrs C Gauci

Music
*Director of Music: Mr R Crowley, MSc (Herts) BMus (London) ARAM DipRAM (Royal Academy of Music) (Also CAS Co-ordinator and Head of Bonington House)
Mrs R Yates, GRSM LRAM ARCM (Royal College of Music)

Music – Visiting
Ms C Barry, BA (Dublin) LTCL (Trinity College of Music)
Miss J Chen, BSC (London) DipRAM (Royal Academy of Music)
Miss E Coleman, MA BMus (Chichester)
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)
Mr P Judge, LTCL (Trinity College 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)
Mr I Marcus
Mrs D Martin, BMus (Royal Scottish Academy of Music) PGDip LRAM (Royal Academy of Music)
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: Mrs J Hurt, BA (Brunel)
Mrs A Arnot, BEd (Bedford)
Miss M Arr, BSc (Loughborough)
Mrs J Ball, BEd (Manchester Metropolitan)
Mrs J Barton, BA (Oxford Brookes) (Also Deputy Head of Middle School Yr 7)
Mrs N Barton, BSc (Loughborough)
Miss A Fischer
Miss E Harris, BA (Beds) (Also Deputy Head of Middle School Yr 7)
Miss S Heath, MA (Brunel)
Miss K Honeyford
Miss K Hudson, NVQ3
Miss C Lusted, BSc (Brunel) (Also Olympic Co-ordinator)

Psychology
*Head of Department: Dr S Brown, PhD (Exeter) BA (Reading) MA (Brunel) MEd (E Anglia) MA (Lancaster)
Mr G Marshall, BSc (Cantab) MSc (London)

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)
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: Mr S Inger, BSc (East Anglia)

Biology
*Acting Head of Department: Mr S Inger, BSc (East Anglia)
Miss K Baker, BSc (Southampton) (Also Deputy Head of Upper School and Assistant PHAB Co-ordinator)
Mrs K Barnes, BSc (Leeds)
Mrs C Jenkins, BSc (Cardiff) MEd (Cantab) (Also Assistant Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator)
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)
Dr H Trudeau, PhD BSc (Liverpool)

Chemistry
*Head of Department: Mr M Reynish, BSc (York)
Mrs J Arthur, BSc (Reading)
Dr G Bates, PhD (Southampton) (Also Assistant PHAB Co-ordinator)
Dr C Jones, PhD (London) BSc (Nottingham Trent) (Also Assistant Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator)
Mr P Tiley, BSc (Bristol)
Mrs S Wardley, BSc (Southampton)

Physics
*Head of Department: Mrs A Adlam, BSc (Southampton) MSc (Imperial) MInstP
Dr G Bates, PhD (Southampton) (Also Assistant PHAB Co-ordinator)
Mr S Inger, BSc (East Anglia)
Mr C Le Bas, BSc (Edinburgh)
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 F Ayache
Mrs S Gleave
Mrs G Hill, BA DipLib (Archivist)

Junior Department
*Head of Department: 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)
Mrs J Conboy, NVQ4
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)
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)
Mrs K Palamarchuk, MA (Crakow, Poland)
Mrs M Pratt, BA (Griffith) PDipEd (Queensland)
Mrs P Prosser, BEd (Durham)
Mrs S Sharma, BA (Surrey)
Miss L Steerwood, BEd (St Mary's)
Mrs M Tanna, NVQ3
Mrs R Tukia, BEd (Massey University, New Zealand)

Pre-Preparatory Department (Little St. Helen’s)
*Head of Department: Miss J Chaventré, BEd (West Sussex)
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)
Miss H Corbett, BA (Manchester Metropolitan)
Mrs L Crawford
Miss L Crocker, BEd (Cambridge)
Mrs R Hathi, BA (Leeds)
Mrs N Johar, BA (Brunel)
Mrs A Lam, BA (Essex)
Mrs N Lawson, BA (Bath)
Miss H Manber, BA (Birmingham)
Miss D Masters, BEd (Oxon)
Mrs K Palamarchuk, MA (Crakow, Poland)
Mrs M Pratt, BA (Griffith) PDipEd (Queensland)
Mrs D Roberts, BA (Surrey)
Mrs R Sirera, BA MA (Manchester)
Mrs C Smithers, HEd Junior Primary, SA
Mrs T Wood, BA (Surrey)
Mrs M da Rocha
Miss A di Vito
Mrs G Davis, NVQ3 Early Years
Mrs F Gallagher, NNEB (Uxbridge)
Miss H Hancock, NVQ3
Mrs A Player, NNEB (London)
Miss C Randall, NVQ3
Mrs D Ransom, BA (Herts)
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: Miss E Simpson, BSc (Oxford Brookes) 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)
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 MIPD
Health & Safety/HR Administator: Miss J Hunt
IT Systems & Projects Manager: Mr D Nanton
Senior IT Technician: Mr I Bremner, BEng (Southampton)
IT Technician: Mr S Bhambra, BSc (Herts)
AV Technician: Mrs J Dean
Office Co-ordinator: Mrs S Page (Also Joint Charities Co-ordinator)
Front Office Assistant: Mrs S Welsh
PA to the Head: Mr D McLaren
Head’s Secretary: Mrs J Phillips (Also Joint Charities Co-ordinator)
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 Truman, BA (Open)
Drama: Mrs F Scott-Lockyer, BA
ICT: Mrs S Standen
Science: Mrs Z Alidina, City & Guilds, Pharmacy; Mrs E Jacob, BSc (London); Mrs B Lee, BEng (China); Mrs Y O’Connor, BSc MSc PhD (Japan); Mr C Watters
Junior School: Mrs J Webb

CCF Co-ordinator: Mrs P Cullen, BSc MSc (London)

School Nurse: Sister S Shackman, RGN (Also Health Education Co-ordinator)
Mrs J Godecharle, SRN/RSCN

Independent Listener
Mrs M Abedian; Mrs J Cox, BSc (Westminster)

Breakfast Club
Supervisor: Mrs D Ransom, Foundation Degree (Early Years); Mrs S Hamirani

After School Club
Co-ordinator: Rev A Jacobs, NVQ3; Mrs D Bowles

Sports Centre
Sports Centre Manager: Mr M Jones
Leisure Assistants: Mr C Gibson; Mr P Kessel; Mr A Quidder-Gilmaney

** Head of Faculty
* Head of Department

Open Days
Our next Open Day is our Senior School Open Morning on Wednesday 20th June 2012 between 10.30am and 12.30pm.
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2011 Exam Results

Students at St. Helen's are celebrating an outstanding set of IB, A Level and GCSE results in 2011.
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Girls in Green: A Portrait of St. Helen's

We are delighted to announce that this fascinating book is now available to purchase. With vivid illustrations and compelling narrative, 'Girls in Green' charts the remarkable history of the school and includes lively anecdotes from Old Girls, staff and current pupils.
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