Teaching Staff

Name Qualifications Degree Subject(s) Subject / Class Taught Roles in School Mrs D Davidson MEd (Cantab) BA (Hons)  Educational Management. History History Headmistress Mrs K T M Matthews MA BSc (Hons) PGCE (Leeds) Education Mathematics Mathematics Deputy Headmistress Mrs S Wilcox BEd (Hons) (Leeds) PE, Mathmatics   Head of Prep Mrs K Ashurst BSc (Hons) PGCE (Leeds)  Physics Physics Head of Science Mrs C Barber BEd (Hons) (Leeds) French French   Mrs S Bassitt BEd (Hons) (Ripon & York St. John) Education Form Lower III Dep Head of Prep SchoolPrep Assessment Manager Mrs E A Bottomley BEd (Bedford)  Human Movement Studies Physical Education   Dr A Bourne D.Phil (Leeds) BSc (Hons) (Leeds)  Biochemistry Microbiology Chemistry & Biology   Mr N Box BEd (Hons) (Coll. St. Paul & St Mary, Cheltenham) Physical Education Physical Education Director of Sport Mrs G A Brennan BA (Hons) PGCE (Liverpool) French and Spanish French and Spanish Public Examinations Officer Mrs K Brown BEd (Hons) (Ripon & York St. John) Education Form Lower I Senior Teaching Planning and Curriculum Mrs R Burton BSc (Hons) (Leicester) PGCE (Leeds) Chemistry Chemistry Assistant Head (Pastoral) Head - Maths & Science Faculty Mrs L Casper CertEd DipSecEd (Leeds) Business Studies Business Studies   Miss E Challinor BA (Hons) (Leeds) PGCE (Leeds) French and Italian Secondary Modern Foreign French & Spanish    Mrs A Davies BMus (Hons) (Surrey),  LTCL , Cert Dalcroze Music Education Music   Mr M Davison BA (Hons) PGCE (Liverpool)  American Studies English and Media Studies Head of Sixth Form Mrs S Derrig BEd (Secondary) (TASC) TDLB Business Studies and Secondary Education ICT & Economics Head of Enterprise Mrs S Dixon BA (Hons)PGCE English English Head of Middle School Mrs G Dowlman BA (Hons) (Durham) PGCE (Newcastle) Cert. Primary Ed. (Leeds) English and Spanish English Assistant Head - CPD Miss C Dring CCE CACHE Child Care Gatehouse Nursery   Mrs G D P Dunlop NVQ III – Nursery Nurse   Gatehouse Nursery Nursery Leader Mr P Dutton MA LTCL PGCE (Leeds)  Music Music  Head - Creative Arts. Faculty - Director of Music Miss S Ellison BTEC – Childhood Studies    Gatehouse Nursery   Mrs J Emerick BA (Hons) (York) DipDramArt (London)LRAM English and Related Literature English and Drama   Mrs V A Evans BSc (Hons) (OU) CertEd (Birmingham) Biology and Chemistry Biology Head of Biology Mrs D L Fellerman BA (Hons) PGCE (Leeds), DipMontessori 3D Design Art and Design Head of Art Mrs S M Finan BEd (Hons) (Nottingham) Education History Head of Upper School Head of History Miss E Frith BA (Hons) (Bradford)PGCE (Leeds) International Management & German Form Upper I   Mrs M Gilliver BA (Hons) (York)PGCE Englsh Form Upper I   Mrs M Grainger BSc (Hons) (London)PGCE (London) Actuarial Science Mathematics Mathematics Head of Mathematics Miss E M Green  CertEd.DPSE (Leeds) Education   Learning Support Co-ordinator Mr A Grey MA (Hons) PGCEDip Couns. English Language Development English Head of English Mr J Hawkins B.Mus.Tech (Kingston) Music Music Performing Arts Technician Mrs E Hayward BSc (Hons) (Sheffield) PGCE (Leeds) Geography Geography and Psychology   Mrs A Hill CertEd (Leeds) BEd (Hons) (Leeds) Art Art   Mrs G M Holloway CertEd (Leeds) Education Reception   Mrs S Holmes BA (Hons) QTS (Leeds) Technology and Education Technology Head of Lower School Head of Technology Mrs S Hopkins Cert Ed (Shenstone College) Education Form Lower II   Miss A Jeffords BA (Hons) (Lancaster) QTS English Form Upper II   Mrs J Johnson MBA (North Western) BSBA, PGCE (Leeds) Business Administration and Mathematics Mathematics and IT 3Cs Co-ordinator Mrs D Kennedy BSc (Hons) PGCE Mathematics with Statistics Mathematics   Dr C Leachman PhD (London) MA (London) BA (Hons) (Surrey) PGCE History History History & Classical Studies History and Classical Civilization   Mr S Llewellyn BSc (Hons) (Kings College, London), PGCE (London) Classics Classics Head of Classics Mrs C McDermott MEd (Leeds) BA (Hons) (Liverpool) PGCE (Liverpool) English and Geography Geography & Geology Geography Head - Humanities Faculty Dr S Perry PhD (Liverpool) BSc (Hons) (Leeds) Philosophy Microbiology / Immunology Physics & Biology   Mrs J Ralph MA, BA (Hons) PGCE (Leeds) German & French German and French Head - Classical & Modern Languages Faculty Mrs T Richmond BSc (Hons) (Sheffield) PGCE (Leeds) Computing Mathematics Mathematics and IT   Mr Q Sands BEd (Hons) (Central School of Speech & Drama) Speech & Drama Drama Director of Theatre Mrs H Senior CertEdBA (Hons) Educational Studies Physical Education   Mrs H Sharpe BA (Hons) (Portsmouth)PGCE (York) French Studies French and German   Mrs A Starkey-Smith BEd (Hons) (Leeds) Education and Theology Form Upper II   Miss J Suggitt BEd (Hons) (Leeds Met) Education Form Lower II   Mr W Swan BA (Hons) (Oxford) Cert Ed (Sussex) English Literature English   Mrs K Titman  BEng (Sunderland) PGCE (Leeds)  Electrical and Electronic Engineering ICT Assessment Manager Head of ICT Mrs A Tunley MPhil (Sheffield) BA (Hons) CertEd (Loughborough) Biblical Studies Education and Library Studies Religious Studies Head of Religious Studies Mrs H Wallis BA (Hons) QTS (TASC) Education Form Lower III   Mrs J Warne-Holland GRNSM PGCE (Leeds Met) Music  Religious Studies   Mrs L Wood BEd(Liverpool)  PE and English P.E.