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Head

Mr Henry Keighley-Elstub BA, University of Leeds – appt 2026

Senior Leadership Team

Senior Deputy Head & Head of Senior School

Dr Willem Steyn BMus, MMus, DMus, HED, Universities of South Africa and Port Elizabeth and North West University – appt 2010

Head of Junior School

Mrs Katie Bonham Carter MA (Hons), PGCE, Universities of St Andrews and Kingston – appt 2007  |  General Subjects  

Head of Middle School

Mr Richard Gordon BA (Hons), University of West of England – appt 2000 | History | Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (Middle School)

Deputy Head of Junior School

Ms Lisa Blair BSc (Hons), MFA, PGCE
Universities of York and London – appt 2020
Designated Safeguarding Lead (Whole school)

Assistant Head – School Management

Mr Andrew Chambers BSc (Hons), MA, PGCE
The Queen’s University of Belfast and Manchester Metropolitan University – appt 2019 Teacher of Science, Head of Assessment Data and Reporting 

Head of Human Resources

Mrs Sarah Harper BSc, University of Bristol – appt 2026 

Deputy Head Learning and Teaching

Mrs Jessica Johnson BA (Hons), MSc, PGCE, NPQH, Universities of Southampton and Greenwich – appt 2016  |  Geography

Director of Operations

Prof. Dr. Richard Bates, BSc (Hons), PGDip, MBA, MIWFM, Universities of London, Surrey and Roehampton – appt 2024

Director of Finance and Clerk to the Governors

Mrs Varsha Patel BSc (Hons), MSc, FCCA & DChA

Head of Marketing & Communications

Ms Caroline Major BA (Oxon), MSc,
Universities of Oxford and Leeds Beckett – appt 2026

Head of Learning Support

Mrs Francesca Mindell BA, PGCE, Universities of Roehampton & Manchester – appt 2025

Classics

Mr Robert Grant Classics BA (Hons), PGCE
Universities of Bristol and Surrey – appt 2017
Director of Academic Enrichment

Computing

Mr John Nicholaou BSc (Hons), PGCE
University of East London – appt 2024
Year 8 Form Teacher

Design Technology

Mr James Luton Nicholas BA, MA, PGDE
University of the Arts London & Dutch Art Insitute – appt 2025

Drama

Mr John Padden BA (Hons), BDiv (Hons), PGCE Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Maryvale Institute and London Arts Consortium – Goldsmiths – appt 2019

English

Mrs Sarah Schofield BA (Hons)
Cornell University – appt 2013
English

French

Mrs Sophie Stones, BA (Hons), PGCE
Lancaster University and The Open University – appt 2017 
Year 5 Form Teacher

Geography

Ms Veronica Maele, BA, MA, BEd (Hons)
University of Malawi, Westminster, Institute of Education London University appt 2020

History

Mr Ognjen Soskic BA, PGCE
University College London and Roehampton University – appt 2016
Head of Year 8  |  History and PE

Music

Ms Luisa Rosina BMus (Hons), PGCE
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and Buckingham – appt 2020

PSHE (Senior and Middle Schools)

Mr Will Perry-Parks BA
Roehampton University – appt 2014
Head of Year 5 |  Head of PSHE

Science

Mr Joe Isitt BMedSc, MSc, PGCE
Universities of Birmingham and Buckingham – appt 2018
Year 7 Form Teacher | Science and PE

Sport

Mr Finlay Bell, PGCE
Universities of Buckingham and Stirling – appt 2026
Sport

Theology, Religion and Philosophy

Ms Penelope Harley, BA, MA (Hons), JD, PGCE
Universities of Oxford, Kings College London and Hamline (USA) – appt 2020

Year 8

Mr Ognjen Soskic BA (Hons), PGCE
University College London and Roehampton University – appt 2016
Head of Year 8  |  History and PE

Mr Alexandre Guillaume BA, PGCE
Universities of Southampton and Lorraine – appt 2023
Year 8 Form Teacher (80%) |  French

Ms Penelope Harley, BA, MA (Hons), JD, PGCE
Universities of Oxford, Kings College London and Hamline (USA) – appt 2020 Year 8 Form Teacher (20%) |  TRP

Mr John Nicholaou BSc (Hons), PGCE
University of East London – appt 2024
Year 8 Form Teacher

Year 7

Mr James Chapman BA (Hons), PGCE
Bournemouth University- appt 2013
Head of Year 7 | Deputy Head Mathematics

Mr Joe Isitt BMedSc, MSc, PGCE
Universities of Birmingham and Buckingham – appt 2018
Year 7 Form Teacher | Science and PE

Miss Irene Yousif BEng (Hons), MSc
University College London
Year 7 Form Teacher | Science

Year 6

Ms Leonie Lachlan BA, MA, Diploma in Drawing
Newcastle University, Royal College of Art and the Royal Drawing School – appt 2018
Head of Year 6  |  Art and Pottery, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

Mr James Luton Nicholas BA, MA, PGDE University of the Arts London & Dutch Art Institute – appt 2025
Year 6 From Teacher |  DT

Year 5

Mr Will Perry-Parks BA, PGCE
Roehampton University – appt 2014
Head of Year 5 |  Head of PSHE

Ms Elizabeth Hester, PGCE
University of Oxford – appt 2024
Year 5 Form Teacher | English

Mr Adam Pritchard, BSc (Hons)
Sheffield Hallam University – appt 2022
Year 5 Form Teacher | ICT and PE

Year 4

Ms Margot Duncan BA, NZ Dip Teaching
University of Otago NZ – appt 2001
Head of Year 4  |  General Subjects

Mr Dominic Corbett BA, PGCE
University of Nottingham and University College London – appt 2020
Year 4 Class Teacher |  General Subjects

Mr Jake Williams BA (Hons), PGCE
Universities of Leeds and Goldsmiths – appt 2023
Year 4 Class Teacher  |  General Subjects

Specialist Subject Teachers

Mr James Goldsmith BA (Hons), PGCE
University of Sussex and Buckingham University – appt 2018
PSHE and PE

Mr Martyn Kaine BA, MA
Guildhall – appt 2000
Head of Music Technology & Percussion Teacher

Ms Cheryl Lu BEd, PGDip, PGCE
Universities of Taipei and London– appt 20 
Mathematics

Dr Nicola Luckhurst BA, MA, DPhil
University of Oxford – appt 2018 
Librarian  |  English

Ms Lisa Parkes BA (Hons), PGCE
Bristol Polytechnic and Middlesex University – appt 2018
French

Mr Craig MacDougall, BA (Hons)
York University- appt 2022
English

Mr Alexi Mavroudis BA (Hons), PGCE
Universities of Buckingham and Hertfordshire – appt 2017 
Head of Junior School Sport

Mr Davide Scarpignato BA (Hons), MA
University of Exeter – appt 2023
Classics

Mr Michael Stevenson GTCL, MA (Hons)
Trinity College of Music and University – appt 2023
Music

Mrs Sophie Stones, BA (Hons), PGCE
Lancaster University and The Open University – appt 2017 
French

Mr Jonathan Stringer
– appt 2014 
PE | Rugby

Year 3

Mrs Robyn McLachlan BCom, PGCE
Universities of Cape Town and South Africa – appt 2019
Head of Year 3 |  General Subjects

Mrs Elizabeth Cope MA (Oxon), MA (Hons), PGCE
Universities of Oxford and London – appt 2025
Year 3 Class Teacher |  General Subjects

Miss Olivia Jones BSc, PGCE
Universities of Loughborough and Birmingham (Dubai) – appt 2026
Year 3 Class Teacher |  General Subjects

Year 2

Ms Claire MacInnes BA (Hons), PGCE Universities of McGill and Otago– appt 2023
Head of Year 2 | General Subjects

Ms Lindsay Brunner
Universities of Nipissing & Willfrid Laurier – appt 2024
Year 2 Class Teacher |  General Subjects

Ms Clarice Meaney BA (Hons)
St Patrick’s College of Education – appt 2024
Year 2 Class Teacher |  General Subjects

Year 1

Miss Julia McGlashan BA (Hons), MSc, PGCE
Universities of Durham, London and Exeter – appt 2021
Head of Year 1 |  General Subjects

Mrs Sarah Mendoza BEd, MEd (job share)
University of London – appt 2003
Year 1 Class Teacher  |  General Subjects

Mr Benjamin Clay BEd (Hons) (job share)
University of Plymouth – appt 2022
Year 1 Teacher  |  General Subjects

Mr Wagner Kerller PGCE
Universities of Reading, Rio and Salle – appt 2025
ICT

Reception

Miss Eleanor Rhodes, BA (Hons), PGCE
Universities of Swansea & Roehampston – appt 2025
Head of Reception |  Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

Ms Suzy Cole BA (Hons), PGCE (job share)
University of Durham and IoE – appt 2018
Reception Class Teacher  |  General Subjects

Mrs Kate Bauss, MA (Hons), PGCE (job share)
Universities of Cambridge & London – appt 2025 
Reception Teacher  |  General Subjects

Karen Murray, BEd, BANT
Universities of Trinity College Dublin & College of Naturopathic Medicine, Dublin – appt 2026 
Reception Teacher  |  General Subjects

Miss Ella Schierenberg, BA (Hons), PGCE (job share, maternity cover)
Universities of Nottingham & London – appt 2026
Reception Teacher  |  General Subjects

Specialist Subject Teachers

Ms Geraldine Garnier BA, PGCE (part-time)
University of Poitiers (Fr) & London Institute of Education   – appt 2015
French

Ms Katka Krajci MA, QTS, PGDE (part-time)
University of UCL   – appt 2026
Junior School Art

Ms Anna Toots BSc (Hons), PGCE
University of Wales, Aberystwyth – appt 2002
Science Junior and Middle Schools

Miss Florence Wickert BMus (Hons), PGCE
Universities of Birmingham and Buckingham – appt 2026
Head of Junior School Music

Mrs Francesca Mindell BA, PGCE (part-time)
Universities of Roehampton & Manchester – appt 2025
Head of Learning Support

Mr Paul Chapman BEd (Hons) (part-time)
Keele University – appt 2006
Mathematics

Mrs Elisa Butler PGCE (part-time)
Institute of Education – appt 2021

Mrs Danielle Fobel BA (Hons), MDG (part-time)
Universities of Birmingham and Middlesex – appt 2019

Mrs Mina Hazemi BSc (Hons) (part-time)
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology – appt 2004

Miss Tracey Martin BSc (Hons) PGCE (part-time)
Universities of Sheffiled & Newcastle – appt 2023

Year 4 & 5

Ms Tracey Buss
Teaching Assistant Middle & Senior Schools – appt 2017

Year 3

Miss Lisa Buss, BTEC
Westminster College – appt 2023
Teaching Assistant Year 3

Year 2

Mrs Frances Sawtell (MA, Hons)
University of Cambridge – appt 2024 
Teaching Assistant Year 2

Ms Sacha Talbot-Dunn, City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma
Westminster Kingsway – appt 2016
Teaching Assistant Year 2

Miss Amelia Mason
University of Manchester – appt 2025
Teaching Assistant Year 2

Year 1

Ms Natalie Kallend, CACHE Level 3 Childcare and Education (job-share)
Barnet College – appt 2017
Teaching Assistant Year 1

Ms Alison Lidstone, NVQ Level 3
– appt 2013
Teaching Assistant Year 1

Miss Sibel Unver, CACHE Level 2 Supporting Teaching and Learning
appt 2023
Teaching Assistant Year 1

Ms Josephine Woodforde (job-share)
– appt 2015
Teaching Assistant Year 1

Reception

Ms Kamila Marszalek, BA (Hons), CACHE Level 3 Childcare and Education
University of Portsmouth and St Francis Xavier College – appt 2018
Teaching Assistant Reception

Mrs Sara-Jayne Raynor CACHE Level 3 Early Years
Montessori Certificate – appt 2005 
Teaching Assistant Reception

Miss Charlotte Sirr, BSc, MSc
University of Lincoln – appt 2025
Reception Teaching Assistant

1-2-1 Support

Mrs Elif Hackett, BA PGCE
Universities of Bosphorus & Yildiz – appt 2023
1-2-1 Teaching Assistant

Mrs Helena Morais, BSc (Hons) MSocSc (Hons)
Universities of Hong Kong & Edith Cowan –  appt 2023
Learning Support Assistant

Ms Helen McStay, BEd (Hons)
University College London – appt 2025
1-2-1 Teaching Assistant

Mr Isaiah Anjorin, BSC
University of Middlesex – appt 2025
Sports Coach & Teaching Support

GAP Students

Mr Archie Linger
appt 2026
Middle & Senior School

Mr Jack Walsh
appt 2026
Junior School

Administrative Staff

Headmaster’s PA – Mrs Susie Armes – appt 2006

Senior School Secretary – Mrs Stephanie Linger BA (Hons)
University of Royal Holloway – appt 2022

Junior School Secretary – Mrs Lindsey-Anne Shah (job-share) BSc (Hons)
University of Bristol – appt 2018

Junior School Secretary – Mrs Paola Tarelli (job-share) BSc (Hons)
University of St Mary’s College – appt 2024

Administrative Assistant (Music Department) – Mrs Wendy Liu Penderis BSc
University of Pennsylvania – appt 2023

Registrar – Mrs Lucy Richards BA
University of Bristol – appt 2018

MIS & Data Officer – Mrs Hema Subramani BSc (Hons), MSc (Hons)
Universities of East London & Periyar (India) – appt 2026

Community Partnership Manager – Ms Ann Williamson-Cross BA (Hons)
University of East London – appt 2017

Finance

Finance Assistant – Miss Breshna Fazli
University of Kardan – appt 2026

Assistant Bursar – Ms Eva Leckie BEc University of Krakow – appt 2001

Director of Finance and Clerk to the Governors – Mrs Varsha Patel BSc (Hons), MSc, FCCA & DChA

Human Resources

Head of Human Resources – Mrs Sarah Harper BSc
University of Bristol – appt 2026

Human Resources Officer – Miss Immy Webber BSc
University of Plymouth – appt 2022

Marketing

Ms Caroline Major BA (Oxon), MSc,
Universities of Oxford and Leeds Beckett – appt 2026

Digital Content Creator – Mr Max Master BA, MA
Universities of Arts London and Royal College of Art – appt 2026

Operations

Director of Operations – Prof. Dr. Richard Bates, BSc (Hons), PGDip, MBA, MIWFM, Universities of London, Surrey and Roehampton – appt 2024

IT Technician – Mr Jay Bukenya BSc (Hons)
University of Greenwich – appt 2021

Facilities Manager – Mr Alex Davies-Jones
University of Liverpool John Moores – appt 2021

Caretaker – Wilf Slack Sports Ground – Mr Mark Dorow appt 1997

Crossing Supervisor – David Ibor Salvado – appt 2024

Catering Manager – Mr Andrew Peacefull – appt 2024

IT Manager – Mr Bartek Sulek
Krakow University of Economics – appt 2007

Maintenance Supervisor & Caretaker – School – Mr David Wasyliszyn – appt 2013

School Matron

Senior and Middle Schools Matron – Mrs Laura Chong (job-share) BArch, MSC University of Glasgow

Senior and Middle Schools Matron – Ms Liz Irwin (job-share) – appt 2010

Junior School Matron – Ms Edith Winner BSc University of Middlesex – appt 2025 

Technicians

Science Technician – Mrs Mariyana Geneva University of Plovdiv – appt 2015

DT and Art Technician – Mrs Hoi Kei Wong BA (part-time)
University of Arts London – appt 2025 

School Counsellor

Ms Marta Cioeta BSc (Psych), MA,
University of La Sapienza, Tavistock Centre and Portman NHS Trust – self-employed

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