Our staff
We place huge importance on recruiting, developing and retaining dynamic and well-educated staff, who enrich the academic, co-curricular and pastoral experience of our pupils.
Senior management

Justine Venditti, BEng (Swansea)
senior deputy head (staff and special projects) (DDSL & LAC); teacher of mathematics
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Susannah Gilham, BA (Oxon)
deputy head (pastoral) (DSL); teacher of religion, philosophy and ethics
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Rosie Lockyear, BA (Cantab)
deputy head (partnerships and co-curricular); teacher of history and politics
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Kay Hotchkiss, MChem (Oxon)
assistant head (teaching, learning and research & development); teacher of chemistry
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Madeleine Davis, MA (Sheffield)
head of senior school (DDSL & Prevent); teacher of geography
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Caroline Wright, BA (Manchester), PGCE (Institute of Education, University of London)
assistant head of preparatory school
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Art
- Helen Corbett, BA (Surrey Institute of Art and Design), MA (Northampton), head of art
- Clara Atkinson, BFA (Oxon), teacher of art
- Jane Curtis, BA (London, St Martin’s School of Art), ATC (London), teacher of art
- Jessica Tinson, BA (Edinburgh), teacher of art
- Kirsty Packer, BA (Middlesex), art technician; mental health first aider and wellbeing ambassador (maternity leave)
Classics
- Dominic Themistocleous, BA (Oxon), head of classical languages
- Charles Holland, BA (London), teacher of classical languages
- Victoria Mackay, BA (Cantab), teacher of classical languages
- Elly Nicoll, MA (Oxon), MA (London), head of lower school; teacher of classical languages
- Camilla Williamson, BA (Cantab), teacher of classical languages
Classical civilisation
- Dominic Themistocleous, BA (Oxon), head of classical languages
- Charles Holland, BA (London), teacher of classical languages
- Victoria Mackay, BA (Cantab), teacher of classical languages
- Elly Nicoll, MA (Oxon), MA (London), head of lower school; teacher of classical languages
- Camilla Williamson, BA (Cantab), teacher of classical languages
Greek
- Dominic Themistocleous, BA (Oxon), head of classical languages
- Charles Holland, BA (London), teacher of classical languages
- Victoria Mackay, BA (Cantab), teacher of classical languages
- Elly Nicoll, MA (Oxon), MA (London), head of lower school; teacher of classical languages
- Camilla Williamson, BA (Cantab), teacher of classical languages
Latin
- Dominic Themistocleous, BA (Oxon), head of classical languages
- Charles Holland, BA (London), teacher of classical languages
- Victoria Mackay, BA (Cantab), teacher of classical languages
- Elly Nicoll, MA (Oxon), MA (London), head of lower school; teacher of classical languages
- Camilla Williamson, BA (Cantab), teacher of classical languages
Computer science
- David Libby, BSc (West of England), head of computer science
- Rachel Brincat, BEd (ACU, Australia), MEd (CSU, Australia), teacher of computer science
- Nela Brockington, BA & DPhil (Oxon), PGCE (Sussex), teacher of computer science
- Mary Kimbugwe, BSc (Birkbeck), PA to the head of prep; teacher of computer science
Design and technology
- Gary McDonald, BEd (Edinburgh), acting head of design and technology; Duke of Edinburgh coordinator
- Rebecca Anstee, BA (Loughborough), teacher of design and technology; assistant head of careers; young enterprise coordinator
- Kelly Dais-Patterson, BA (Kent), teacher of design & technology; design & technology technician; coaching team member
Drama and theatre studies
- Chris Whyld, BSc (London), MA (RADA), MA (London), director of drama
- Michelle Mapstone, MA (St Andrews), teacher of drama
- Tom Lynch, drama technician
Economics
- Aman Kanwar, BA (Oxon), head of economics
- Neil Codd, BA (Oxon), deputy head (academic); teacher of economics
English
- Shahla Shah, MA (Cantab), MA (Shakespeare Institute), head of English
- Catherine Anderson, BA (Newcastle), MPhil (Oxon) , teacher of English
- Tom Barlow, BA (London), MA (Shakespeare Institute), teacher of English
- Jenny Brown, MA (Oxon), Head; teacher of English
- Christina Heidensohn, BA (Birmingham), teacher of English; research projects coordinator
- Laura Hynes, BA (Dublin), PGCE (Leeds), director of partnerships; teacher of English
- Tom McLaughlin, BA (Oxon), MA (London), MA (Royal Holloway), teacher of English
- Peggy Squire, BA (Sussex), teacher of English
Geography
- Anne Moore, BA (Liverpool), FRGS, head of geography
- Soumia Arif, BA (London), assistant head of diversity and inclusion; teacher of geography
- Madeleine Davis, MA (Sheffield), head of senior school (DDSL & Prevent); teacher of geography
History
- Michael Martyn, BA (Nottingham), MA (King's College London), head of history
- Sarah Brodie, BA (Bristol), teacher of history and politics
- Edward FitzGerald, MA (York), teacher of history and politics
- Rosie Lockyear, BA (Cantab), deputy head (partnerships and co-curricular); teacher of history and politics
- Julian Murray, MA (Oxon), teacher of history; head of coaching
- John Tomlinson, BA (Nottingham), MSc (UCL), head of politics; teacher of history
Mathematics
- Timothy Bateup, BSc (Warwick), head of mathematics
- Judith Addley, MA (Cantab), teacher of mathematics
- Elizabeth Aquilina, BSc (Malta), MSc (Imperial), teacher of mathematics
- Nela Brockington, BA & DPhil (Oxon), PGCE (Sussex), teacher of computer science
- Karen Brockway, BSc (London), MTeach (London), teacher of mathematics
- Guilian Ciccantelli, BSc (Warwick), teacher of mathematics
- Katie Gatland, MA (Oxon), teacher of mathematics
- Nabeela Ispahani, BSc (York), teacher of mathematics
- Sally Pym, BSc (Bath), assistant head of sixth form; teacher of mathematics
- Stephen Thorne, BSc (Leeds), teacher of mathematics
- Justine Venditti, BEng (Swansea), senior deputy head (staff and special projects) (DDSL & LAC); teacher of mathematics
- Cucani Charvanathan, BSc (King's College London), teacher of maths
French
- Virginie Dall’Acqua, BSc (Hons)/ Maitrise d’Espagnol (Toulouse/ Madrid), head of French; teacher of French and Spanish
- Valérie Campos, BA (Provence), MA (Westminster), teacher of French and Spanish
- Hayley Terretta, BA French (Bristol), MEd (Cambridge), teacher of French
- Annaëlle Narcy, MA (Orléans), language assistant
German
- Charlotte Humphreys, BA (London), head of German
- Soraya Gopalan, MA (Dusseldorf), teacher of German
- Walter Joerres, teacher of German
- Daniela Lehner, teacher of German
Italian
- Eleanor Perkins, BA (Leeds), head of Italian; head of careers
- Genesia Spagnuolo, BA (Perugia), teacher of Italian; Italian language assistant
Mandarin
- Elizabeth Garner, BA (York), MA (SOAS), MSc (Manchester), head of Chinese
- Fu Xiong, BA (Open), MA (King's College), teacher of Chinese
- Jing Jing Zhao, MA (Essex), teacher of Chinese
- TianTian Zhan, language assistant
Spanish
- Ainara Golzarri de Diego, BA (Pais Vasco), PGCE (King's College), head of Spanish
- Valérie Campos, BA (Provence), MA (Westminster), teacher of French and Spanish
- Miren Leturia, BA (Granada), MA (London), teacher of Spanish
- Maricarmen Perez Gonzalez, BA Hons (Salamanca), PGCE (Salamanca), MA (UNED Madrid), teacher of Spanish
- Maria Yanez-Lopez, BA (Pontevedra); MA (Northumbria); BA (Birkbeck, UCL), teacher of Spanish
Music
- Ellie Calver, BA (Oxon), PGCE, director of music
- Helen Cox, MA (Cantab), ARCM, Second in Music (Instrumental Studies)
- Hannah Elleray, BA (Manchester), music coordinator
- Charlie Rusbridger, BMUS (Bristol), MMus (London), Second in Music (Academic)
Visiting music teachers
- Fabienne Ambuehl, BA, MA
- Marcus Andrews, MM, BMus, MISM
- Ted Barry, DipMus (CantNZ)
- Sue Blair, GRSM, DipRCM
- Daniel de Souza, Mmus, BMus
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Tamara Diakow, BMus
- Jennifer Fisher, BMus, DipPP (RAM), LRAM
- Jean Ha, BMus, MMus
- Sanja Hadžić, BA, MMus
- Rachel Harwood-White, BMus
- Miles Hewitt, BA LGSM
- Geoffrey Irwin, BMus, MMus LRAM
- Elena Jauregui, MMus, PGDip, BMus
- Dominic John, PG Dip (advanced performance) PG Dip BMus
- Rebecca Knight, MMus, BMus
- Johan Lofving, BMus Hons
- Andrew Martin, AGSM
- Anna Menzies
- Dan Miller
- Emma Murphy, BMus, MMus, FTCL, LTCL
- Asako Ogawa, MMus, PGDip GSMD
- Daniel Parkin, BMus, MMus, LRAM
- Jane Rhind, GRSM, LRAM, LTCL
- Mariana Rosas, MA Choral Conducting, MA Arts Critics, Dip Cont. Music
- Alexander Soares, MA (Cantab), MPerf GSMD, DMus GSMD
- Julia Staniforth, GRSM, LRAM, LTCL
- George Tarlton, BMus Hons
- Jonathan Taylor, MA, BA
- Cameron Todd, BMus, LRAM, MMus
- Susan Torke, BMus, DipRAM. ARAM
- Zoe Turner, LTCL, Dip TCL
- Kylie Watt, BM, Dip of Education, Masters of Music , Fellowship of Music Performance
- Otto Willberg, BMus, diploma in music
- Marion Wyllie, BMus
Physical education
- Olivia Helm, BA (Leeds Metropolitan), director of sport
- Sarah Deadman, BEd (Bedford), MA (Open), teacher of physical education
- Marcus Hinton, BSc (Oxford Brooks), teacher of physical education
- Katie Khosla, BA (Brighton), assistant head of senior school; teacher of physical education
- Natalie Stephens, BSc (Brunel), teacher of physical education
- Sarah Taylor-Reid, BSc (Swansea), teacher of physical education
- Zoe Wilkinson, teacher of physical education
- Vasiliki Dimitropoulou, PE admin assistant & pool attendant
Politics
- John Tomlinson, BA (Nottingham), MSc (UCL), head of politics; teacher of history
- Sarah Brodie, BA (Bristol), teacher of history and politics
- Edward FitzGerald, MA (York), teacher of history and politics
- Rosie Lockyear, BA (Cantab), deputy head (partnerships and co-curricular); teacher of history and politics
Religion, philosophy and ethics
- Katie Bullard, MA (Cantab), head of religion, philosophy and ethics
- Rachel Carnay, BA (Cantab), MA (Cantab), teacher of religion, philosophy and ethics
- Miriam Ellis, teacher of religion, philosophy and ethics
- Susannah Gilham, BA (Oxon), deputy head (pastoral) (DSL); teacher of religion, philosophy and ethics
- Anna Would, BA (York), teacher of religion, philosophy & ethics
- Sophie Colbourne, BA (London), assistant head of lower school (year 7); teacher of religion, philosophy and ethics
Biology
- Nicola Brown, BSc (Edinburgh), MRes (Edinburgh), head of biology
- Jane Donald, BSc (Glasgow), teacher of biology
- Denis Leaker, BSc (Sussex), teacher of biology; Duke of Edinburgh assistant coordinator
- Rob McMillan, BSc (Southampton), teacher of biology
- William Tibbits, BSc (Edinburgh); MA (Exeter); PhD (UEA), teacher of biology; higher education STEM coordinator
- Sadia Tasnim, BSc (London), senior lab technician
Chemistry
- Tim Aldridge, MSc (Bristol), head of chemistry
- Georgie Hankinson, BSc (Staffordshire), head of sixth form; teacher of chemistry
- Kay Hotchkiss, MChem (Oxon), assistant head (teaching, learning and research & development); teacher of chemistry
- Richard James, BSc (East Anglia), teacher of chemistry
- Esther Obiri-Darko, BSc (British Columbia, Canada), teacher of chemistry
- Sadia Tasnim, BSc (London), senior lab technician
- Shafat Yeahia, BSc (Dhaka), MSc (Dhaka), chemistry lab technician
Physics
- Mark Wilkinson, BSc (Nottingham), head of physics
- Victoria Bradford, MPhys (Oxon), MAppSc (Queensland), assistant head of senior school; teacher of physics
- Phil Clarkson, BSc (Manchester), MSc (Open), teacher of physics; examinations officer
- John Phelps, BSc (Exeter), PhD (Bristol), MA (Coventry), teacher of physics
- Sadia Tasnim, BSc (London), senior lab technician
- Gary McDonald, BEd (Edinburgh), acting head of design and technology; Duke of Edinburgh coordinator
- Denis Leaker, BSc (Sussex), teacher of biology; Duke of Edinburgh assistant coordinator
- Rosie Lockyear, BA (Cantab), deputy head (partnerships and co-curricular); teacher of history and politics
- Laura Hynes, BA (Dublin), PGCE (Leeds), director of partnerships; teacher of English
- Kay Hotchkiss, MChem (Oxon), assistant head (teaching, learning and research & development); teacher of chemistry
- Christina Heidensohn, BA (Birmingham), teacher of English; research projects coordinator
- Shahla Shah, MA (Cantab), MA (Shakespeare Institute), head of English
- Christine Nancarrow, BA (Victoria), PGDip SW (Victoria), BABCP accredited, MSc (Goldsmiths), Dip (Centre for Stress Management), senior school counsellor
- Celia Baines, Dip Psychodynamic, Psychotherapy and Counselling (Regent's), Dip Clinical Supervision (CPPD Counselling School), MBACP Accredited, counsellor
- Eleanor Perkins, BA (Leeds), head of Italian; head of careers
- Rebecca Anstee, BA (Loughborough), teacher of design and technology; assistant head of careers; young enterprise coordinator
- Jennie Sutton, PhD, US counsellor
- Melrose Gray, prospects advisor
- Julian Murray, MA (Oxon), teacher of history; head of coaching
- Kelly Dais-Patterson, BA (Kent), teacher of design & technology; design & technology technician; coaching team member
- Olivia Helm, BA (Leeds Metropolitan), director of sport
- Katie Khosla, BA (Brighton), assistant head of senior school; teacher of physical education
- Eleanor Perkins, BA (Leeds), head of Italian; head of careers
- Kathleen O’Connor, BS (Ulster), Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties (London), head of SEND
- Carolyn Brown, BEd (Nottingham), teacher of SEND
- Carolyn Cole, BA (East Anglia), RSA Dip (London), assistant SEND coodinator
- Mary Carr, SEND administrator
- Rachel Thompson, BA (Dunelm), head of preparatory school
- Caroline Wright, BA (Manchester), PGCE (Institute of Education, University of London), assistant head of preparatory school
- Josie Latimer, MA (Cantab), GTP (Middlesex), interim assistant head of preparatory school
- Matthew Breslin, BA (Manchester), PGCE (Roehampton), MA (London), preparatory school teacher
- Mary Kimbugwe, BSc (Birkbeck), PA to the head of prep; teacher of computer science
- Lucy Morgan, preparatory school teacher
- Hattie Smart, BA (Exeter), preparatory school teacher
- Janet Yuen, BA (UCL), PGCE (Roehampton), MA (Liverpool), preparatory school teacher
- Begoña González, preparatory graduate assistant
- Joyce Kennard, preparatory technician and lunchtime supervisor
- Aliki Margariti, BA (UOI, Greece), MA Ed (London), QTS, preparatory school classroom assistant
- Rupert Rand, preparatory graduate assistant
- Tracey Stokes, preparatory evening supervisor
Administration
- Amanda Singleton, PA to the bursar and senior deputy head
- Rachel Baker, BA (Oxon), MA (Westminster), Executive Assistant to the Head
- Jane Elliott-Waine, GradIOSH, DipNEBOSH, compliance manager
- Clare Gates, compliance officer
Admissions
- Clare White, MA (Oxon), registrar
- Allison Isaac-Hierscher, assistant registrar
Communications
- Liza Coutts, MA (Oxon), MA (London), acting director of external relations
- Nancy Burley, MA (London), communications and media manager
- Rachel Allen, BA (Princeton), bursary programme officer
- Ben Campbell-White, BA (Westminster), marketing assistant & media resources support officer
- Samira Whitehead, MA (Edinburgh), MA (Sussex), communications assistant
Development
- Kate Eberwein, BA (Vassar), MA (London), head of development
- Rachel Allen, BA (Princeton), bursary programme officer
- Samantha Harrison, BA Hons (Kent), development and alumnae relations officer
Exams
- Phil Clarkson, BSc (Manchester), MSc (Open), teacher of physics; examinations officer
Facilities
- Mark Smith, MIWFM, NEBOSH Cirt, Tech IOSH, AIIRSM, facilities manager
- Alfie Roberts, facilities supervisor
- Sam Akther-Edwards, premises assistant
- Ian Carr, premises assistant
- Lee Joyce, premises assistant
- Jorden Macgregor, facilities administrator
Finance
- Shyrose Mitha, FCCA, finance manager
- Cylene Felicite, acting finance officer (expenditure)
- Tanya Miah-Rahman, BA (London South Bank) , finance officer (expenditure)
- Ania Slezak, MA (Poznan, Poland), finance officer (income)
- Patricia Foskett, finance apprentice
HR
- Katie Kerr, BA Hons (York), PGDip (UWE Bristol), acting director of special projects
- Laura Osborne, interim HR advisor
- Eleanor Hickman, Assoc CIPD, senior HR officer
- Vicky Pyke, senior HR officer
- Natalie Daykin, HR assistant
IT
- Devas Palokkaran, BSc (Edinburgh), BCS, ITIL, IT manager
- Stephen McPartland, data systems manager
- Zack Vural, systems engineer
- Henry Niyonsenga, IT technician
- Dean Padfield, IT/AV engineer
Library
- Rhian Trevor, BA (Manchester); MCLIP, librarian
Medical
- Katie Allen, DipHe in RN (child), BSc (London South Bank), school nurse
Technicians
- Sarah Carden, art technician
We enjoyed a fantastic lunchtime concert today to launch MOATfest! Wonderful to hear storytelling through music from our bassoon ensemble, junior orchestra and synchronicity group 🎶🎻🎷
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24/06/2022
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