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Senior Leadership Team

Dr Felicia Kirk (Headmistress) BA (University of Maryland), MA (Brown University), PhD (Brown University)
Mr John McCausland (Bursar) BA (Deakin)
Mr James Rothwell (Deputy Head) MA (Oxon)
Mrs Ammy Davies-Potter (Senior Mistress) BSc (Hertfordshire) MEd (Bristol), PGCE
Mrs Cari Depla (Director of Development) MA (St Andrews)
Mrs Christiane Strudwick (Director of Studies) Licence ès Lettres (Sorbonne, Paris)

Wider Senior Leadership Team (above plus)

Mrs Claire Bolton (Senior Tutor) BA (Leeds), PGCE (Sheffield)
Miss Lilian Leadbetter (Director of Drama & Alumnae Relations) BA (Lancaster), PGCE (Hull)
Mrs Sara-Jane Socha (Director of Higher Education and Futures) BA (Bristol), PGCE (Cantab)
Mrs Anne Thornton (Director of ICT) BA (Teesside) MEd (Leeds), PGCE (Nottingham)

DEPARTMENTS

ART

  • Miss Candia Bradshaw (Director of Art) BA (Wimbledon School of Art), PGCE (London) 
  • Mrs Rebecca Spicer BA (CCAT), PGCE (Bath Spa), FRGS
  • Miss Nina Davis BA (Bath Spa) (Artist in Residence)

CLASSICS

  • Mrs Elizabeth Rothwell (Head of Department) MA, PGCE (Cantab)
  • Dr Roberto Chiappiniello BA (Naples,IT), PhD (Manchester), PGCE (Buckingham)
  • Mr Colin Fraser MA (Oxon)
  • Mrs Oenone Hetherington MA (Cantab), PGCE (Manchester)
  • Miss Alicia Matts MA (Edinburgh)
  • Mr James Rothwell MA (Oxon)

CRITICAL THINKING

  • Mrs Emma Brown (Head of Department) BA, MPhil (UCL)
  • Rev Dr Kristian Angelov BA (Baylor) MDiv (Mercer) MTh (Oxon)
  • Mr Marc Thomas BA, PGCE (Swansea)

DRAMA

  • Miss Lilian Leadbetter (Director of Drama) BA (Lancaster), PGCE (Hull)
  • Mrs Rhiannon Davies (Head of Curriculum Drama) BA (Cardiff)
  • Mrs Annabel Chater (LAMDA)
  • Mrs Rebecca Cochran-Patrick (Drama and LAMDA)
  • Mrs Emma Gregson-Burt (LAMDA)
  • Mrs Rosalind Patterson (LAMDA)
  • Mr Camron Miller BA (London), PGCE (Oxon)

ECONOMICS

  • Mr Mark Cleaver BSc (Warwick), PGCE (Bath)

ENGLISH

  • Ms Jacqueline Phippard (Head of Department) BA (Bath) MSc (Bristol), PGCE (Bath)
  • Mr Camron Miller BA (London), PGCE (Oxon)
  • Mrs Sian Stables BA (Swansea), MPhil (Bath), PGCE (Exeter)
  • Mrs Clare E. Bolton (Maternity Leave)

GEOGRAPHY

  • Mr Daniel Curran (Head of Department) BSc (Plymouth), PGCE (Cantab)
  • Mrs Sue Froggatt BA (Leeds), PGCE (Oxon)
  • Mrs Sally Hornby BEd (Worcester)
  • Mrs Charlotte Johns BSc, PGCE (Swansea)

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

  • Mr Andrew Jukes MA (Essex)

HISTORY

  • Ms Judith Milburn (Head of Department) BA (London), MA (Bristol), PGCE (London)
  • Miss Candice Brockwell BA (History)
  • Mr Andrew Jukes MA (Essex)
  • Mrs Sara-Jane Socha BA (Bristol), PGCE (Cantab)

HISTORY OF ART

  • Dr Penelope Wickson BA, MPhil, PhD (Birmingham), PGCE (Greenwich)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • Mrs Anne Thornton (Head of Department) BA (Teesside) MEd (Leeds), PGCE (Nottingham)
  • Mrs Charlotte Johns BSc, PGCE (Swansea)
  • Mrs Clare E. Bolton (Maternity Leave)

MATHEMATICS

  • Dr Stephen Drape (Head of Department) MA, MSc, DPhil (Oxon), PGCE (Hull)
  • Mrs Mandy Bush BA (Essex), MSc (Birmingham)
  • Mrs Jenny Moore BSc (York), PGCE (Oxon)
  • Mrs Ruth Thomas BSc (Swansea)
  • Mrs Elizabeth Thompson BA (Surrey)
  • Mr Roger Trowbridge BEd (Brighton Polytechnic)

MODERN LANGUAGES

  • Mrs Christiane Strudwick (Head of Faculty)  Licence ès Lettres (Sorbonne, Paris)
  • Mrs Claire A Bolton (Spanish) BA (Leeds), PGCE (Sheffield)
  • Mrs Kim Hodge (French & Spanish) BA (UWE), PGCE (Bristol)
  • Mrs Annika Jones (German) BA (Munster)
  • Mrs Hilary Malcolm (French & Spanish) BA (York), PGCE (Birmingham)
  • Mr Guy Mavor (French & Spanish) BA (Bristol), PGCE (Oxford)
  • Mrs Bianca Albarelli (Italian)
  • Mrs Liu Hong Cannon (Mandarin)
  • Miss Lydia Morey (Japanese)
  • Mrs Rosa Marka (Spanish Assistant) BA (OU), FAETC
  • Miss Claire Saura (French Assistant)
  • Miss Marlene Schwarz (German Assistant)
  • Mrs Valerie Scott-Ashe (French Assistant) Licence (France), PGCE (Canterbury)
  • Miss Liu Shuwen (Chinese Language Assistant)
  • Mrs Celia Foley (Junior French)

MUSIC

  • Mr Hugh Sutton (Director of Music) BA (East Anglia) MEd (Exeter) FRSA ACRM PGCE (East Anglia)
  • Miss Ruth Collings BA (Sussex), MA (Durham), PGCE (Oxford Brookes)
  • Mrs Alta Ridgway BMu (Pretoria), UTLM (Piano), UNISA, PGCE (Open)
  • Mrs Bethan Dudley Fryar BA (Birmingham), LRAM, ARAM, Dip RAM
  • Mrs Rachel Gillam Dip. RAM
  • Mrs Paula Doel (Secretary)

Peripatetic Music Teachers

  • Mrs Gaynor Alford (Oboe/Bassoon/Recorder) BA
  • Mr James Allard (Percussion)
  • Miss Jenny Broome (Harp) MA (Cantab)
  • Mr Allen Cheshire (Brass) BA, Ad. Dip. WCMD
  • Miss Alice Cubbin (Saxophone/Clarinet) BA
  • Mrs Kate Elphick (Cello/Double Bass) Dip TCL
  • Miss Rosemary Evans (Piano) GTCL, FTCL, LTCL, ARCO, PGCE
  • Mr Paul Horsell (Guitar)
  • Mrs Sarah Loveridge (Violin/Viola) PGDip, BMus, Dip ABRSM
  • Mrs Hilary Malcolm (Voice) BA, ABRSM, ARCM
  • Mrs Debbie Matthews (Flute) BA
  • Mr John MacDonald (Bagpipes)
  • Mr Simon Parker (Clarinet/Saxophone) LCM
  • Mrs Michelle Sheridan (Voice) Dip. Dublin
  • Mr Steve Weeks (Drums)
  • Mr Robert Willington (Piano) BSc (Soc), PGCE, LRAM, LTCL

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Mrs Sue Foreman (Head of Department) BEd (Sussex)
  • Mrs Clare E Bolton (Maternity Leave)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

  • Mrs Heidi Marvin (Director of Sport) BSc Hons, PGCE
  • Miss Helen Carruthers (Head of PE) BEd (Bedford)
  • Miss Caroline Abendanon BSc (Cardiff), PGCE (Cardiff)
  • Mrs Natalie Baldwin BEd (Sheffield)
  • Mrs Sue Foreman BEd (Sussex)
  • Mrs Sally Hornby BEd (Worcester)
  • Mrs Elizabeth Thompson BA (Surrey)
  • Miss Kelly Egan (Lax Coach)
  • Miss Karri Ellen Johnson (Lax Coach)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

  • Mrs Emma Brown (Head of Department) BA, MPhil (UCL)
  • Rev Dr Kristian Angelov BA (Baylor) MDiv (Mercer) MTh (Oxon)
  • Mr Marc Thomas BA, PGCE (Swansea)

SCIENCE

  • Miss Sarah Bravington (Head of Faculty) BSc (Bristol)

Biology

  • Miss Sarah Bravington BSc (Bristol)
  • Mrs Jan McKernan (Head of Biology) BSc (Open), PGCE (Open)
  • Mrs Christine Butterfield BSc (Edinburgh)

Chemistry

  • Dr Glyn Meredith (Head of Chemistry) BSc (Nottingham), DPhil (Nottingham), PGCE (Bath)
  • Dr Stan Fowler BSc, PhD (Durham)

Physics

  • Mr Rob Auckland (Head of Physics) BSc (Manchester)
  • Mrs Michelle Clayton BSc (Birmingham), PGCE (Birmingham)
  • Miss Sophie Constantine MSC (Bristol), PGCE (Bristol)

General Science

  • Ms Caroline Adler BSc (Hons) (North London), PGCE (Bath), NPQH, MA (London)

Psychology

  • Mrs Ammy Davies-Potter BSc (Hertfordshire) MEd (Bristol), PGCE

Laboratory Technicians

  • Miss Samantha Doney BSc (Bangor)
  • Miss Jessica Rosier

 

ACADEMIC SUPPORT STAFF

LEARNING SUPPORT and EAL

  • Mrs Sarah Lindsay (Head of Department) Dip. SpLD, Cert SpLD
  • Mrs Karen Blake
  • Mrs Mandy Bush BA (Essex), MSc (Birmingham)
  • Ms Felicia Davies BA (Lancaster), PGCE (Durham), PG Dip (Oxford Brooks)
  • Mr Bob Stagg
  • Mrs Rosalind Wolfendon BA (Bristol), TEFL, Dip SpLD

LIBRARY

  • Mrs Charlotte Taylor-Smith (Librarian) BA (UCN), MSc (UWE)
  • Mr William Brown (Library Assistant)

DIRECTOR OF HIGHERS AND FUTURES

  • Mrs Sara-Jane Socha BA (Bristol), PGCE (Cantab)

UCAS COORDINATOR

  • Mrs Emma Brown BA, MPhil (UCL)

LECTURES AND FUTURES COORDINATOR

  • Mrs Kate Mastin-Lee

HEAD OF CAREERS

  • Mrs Sue Foreman BEd (Sussex)

OXBRIDGE COORDINATOR

  • Dr Stephen Drape MA, MSc, DPhil (Oxon), PGCE (Hull)

SCHOLARSHIP COORDINATOR

  • Mr Mark Cleaver BSc (Warwick), PGCE (Bath)

EXAMINATIONS OFFICER

  • Mrs Ruth Medhurst BA (Southampton)

EPQ COORDINATOR

  • Dr Penelope Wickson BA, MPhil, PhD (Birmingham), PGCE (Greenwich)

DUKE OF EDINBURGH COORDINATOR

  • Miss Jane Dickson BA (Southampton), PGCE (Cantab)

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR

  •  Mrs Elizabeth Thompson BA (Surrey)

HOUSE STAFF AND PASTORAL CARE

SENIOR MISTRESS

  • Mrs Ammy Davies-Potter (Housemistress) BSc (Hertfordshire), MEd (Bristol), PGCE

HELEN WRIGHT HOUSE

  • Mrs Emma Brown (Housemistress) BA, MPhil (UCL)
  • Dr Penelope Wickson (Deputy Housemistress) BA, MPhil, PhD (Birmingham), PGCE (Greenwich)
  • Mrs Deborah Dalley (Day Housemistress)
  • Mrs Bel Pertwee (Day Housemistress)

 JOYCE WALTERS

  • Miss Sarah Bravington (Housemistress) BSc (Bristol)
  • Ms Caroline Adler (Deputy Housemistress) BSc (Hons) (North London), PGCE (Bath), NPQH, MA (London)
  • Mrs Teddi Angelov (Day Housemistress)
  • Miss Clare Harris (Day Housemistress) (Maternity Leave)

MEWS

  • Mrs Ammy Davies-Potter (Housemistress) BSc (Hertfordshire), MEd (Bristol), PGCE
  • Mrs Rhiannon Davies (Deputy Housemistress)
  • Mrs Carol Tait (Day Housemistress)
  • Mr Camron Miller (Resident Tutor)

GIBBINS

  • Miss Ruth Collings (Housemistress) BA (Sussex), MA (Durham), PGCE (Oxford Brookes)
  • Miss Sophie Constantine (Deputy Housemistress)
  • Mrs Karen Paddock (Day Housemistress)

ST CECILIA'S

  • Rev Dr Kristian Angelov (Housemaster) BA (Baylor) MDiv (Mercer) MTh (Oxon)
  • Mrs Teddi Angelov (Houseparent)
  • Mrs Christine Butterfield (Deputy Housemistress) BSc (Edinburgh)
  • Mrs Maria Schofield (Day Housemistress)

ST PRISCA'S

  • Mrs Charlotte Taylor-Smith (Housemistress) BA (UCN), MSc (UWE)
  • Mrs Doris Hopwood (Deputy Housemistress)
  • Mrs Sally Thorneloe (Day Housemistress)
  • Mrs Helena Harris (Day Housemistress)

School House

  • Mrs Michelle Clayton (Housemistress) BSc (Birmingham), PGCE (Birmingham)
  • Miss Alicia Matts (Deputy Housemistress)
  • Mrs Chris Hayes (Day Housemistress)

 GAP STUDENTS

  • Miss Natalie Cox
  • Miss Sophie Lawson

MEDICAL CENTRE

  • Senior Sister Kathy Lenehan
  • Sister Susan Duffill
  • Sister Alison Shergold
  • Sister Sonya Dyke
  • Mrs Georgina Moroney

CHAPLAIN

  • Reverend Peter Giles

SCHOOL COUNSELLOR

  • Mrs Dione Johnson

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

  • Ms Bethan Evans
  • Ms Lisa Clarke

HEADS OF COMPANY

  • Edmund Rich - Mrs Sue Foreman
  • Grosstete - Miss Ruth Collings
  • Moberly - Mrs Natalie Baldwin
  • Osmund - Mrs Elizabeth Rothwell
  • Poore - Mrs Hilary Malcolm

SUPPORT TEAMS

HEADMISTRESS’S OFFICE

  • Mrs Bunny Briggs (Headmistress’s PA)
  • Ms Paula Poulton (Office Manager)
  • Mrs Hilary Bampton (Receptionist)
  • Mrs Jane Simpson-Browne (Receptionist)
  • Mrs Karen Turner (Database Secretary)
  • Mrs Cheryl Sisson (Database Administrator)

ADMISSIONS AND MARKETING

  • Mrs Stephanie Bryan (Marketing and Communications Manager) BA (Royal Holloway), PGDipM (Sunderland)
  • Mrs Kelly Crockett (Publication and Events Manager) BA (Warwick)
  • Mrs Julie Dillon (Admissions Manager)
  • Mrs Sarah Pennington (Admissions Manager) BA (Loughborough)
  • Mrs Hilary Bampton (Admissions and Marketing Assistant)

CHARITIES CO-ORDINATOR

  • Mrs Teddi Angelov

DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNAE RELATIONS

  • Mrs Cari Depla (Director of Development) MA (St Andrews)
  • Miss Lilian Leadbetter (Director of Alumnae Relations) BA (Lancaster), PGCE (Hull)
  • Lady Arabella Unwin (Development Manager)
  • Miss Catherine Woodman (Development Assistant)

DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD COORDINATOR

  • Mrs Karen Paddock

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

  • Mrs Natalie Baldwin

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CO-ORDINATOR

  • Mrs Carol Tait

SCHOOL SHOP MANAGER

  • Mrs Phillipa Hatlapa

TRAVEL AND GUARDIANSHIP CO-ORDINATOR

  • Mrs Deb German

BURSARY & SUPPORT STAFF

  • Mr John McCausland (Bursar) BA (Deakin)
  • Mr Angelo Harrison (Estates Bursar)
  • Mrs Leah Gingham (Finance Manager)
  • Mrs Gaynor Brittain (Finance Clerk)
  • Miss Halina Holman (Accounts Clerk)
  • Miss Tracey Sumsion (Payroll and Pensions)
  • Mrs Sara Whiteside (Bursary Secretary)

CATERING MANAGEMENT

  • Mrs Linda Thomas (Catering Manager)
  • Mrs Dawn Coles (Assistant Catering Manager)

GROUNDS

  • Mr Vince Pennock (Head Gardener)

HOUSEKEEPING

  • Mrs Janice James (Housekeeper)
  • Mrs Rita Hulme (Assistant Housekeeper/Uniform Shop)
  • Mrs Angela Fish (Assistant Housekeeper)
  • Mrs Pauline Johnson (Assistant Housekeeper)

SECURITY

  • Mr Brett Haines (Security Officer)
  • Mr John Aulman (Assistant Security Officer)

COMPUTER SERVICES DEPARTMENT

  • Mr David Taylor (Network Manager)
  • Mr Peter Slater (ICT Technician)
  • Mr James Guthrie (ICT Work Placement Student)
  • Mr Anthony Jones (ICT Work Placement Student)

 ESTATES DEPARTMENT

  • Mr Angelo Harrison (Estates Bursar)
  • Mr Vince Pennock (Head Gardener)
  • Mr Richard Hawkins
  • Mr Brian Merritt
  • Mr David Schofield
  • Mr Phil Fennel