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Teaching Staff: Senior School | Prep School
School Housemistresses/Master | Boarding Housemistresses

SENIOR SCHOOL SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

PREP SCHOOL SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

BUSINESS CENTRE MANAGEMENT

DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEADS

Mrs Kirsty Meredith (Lead DSL), Mrs Vic Alexander, Miss Emily Jefford, Mrs Denise Irons dsl@stcatherines.info
 

WHOLE SCHOOL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Senior Teacher - Editor of the School Magazine, Head of Food & Nutrition - Mr Philip Friend

  • Senior Teacher - Senior Timetabler, Sixth Form Tutor, Director of Music - Mr Matthew Greenfield

  • Website Editor - Mrs Davina Byrne

SENIOR SCHOOL PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, CAREERS AND HIGHER EDUCATION

  • Examinations Officer - Ms Elaine French

  • Director of Careers Education - Mrs Catherine Taylor

  • UCAS Coordinator – Mrs Kate Hawtin, assisted by UCAS advisors: Dr Elodie Nevin, Mrs Catherine Taylor and the Sixth Form Tutor Team

  • UCAS PQA - Mr Carl Gladwell

  • Oxbridge Coordinators - Mrs Claerwen Patterson, Mrs Catherine Peel

  • Oxbridge Mentors - Mrs Jessica Ashby, Dr Guy Brindley, Dr Kathleen Puech, Mrs Hannah Simcock, Dr Jennifer Taylor

  • ITT/ECT Mentors - Mrs Catherine Peel (Lead), Mrs Jessica Ashby, Mrs Nicola Austin

  • Local Outreach Coordinator – Mrs Catherine Harrison

  • Scholars' Mentors – Dr Jenny Taylor (Coordinator), Mrs Montse Gil Rivas, Mrs Eleanor Roberts, Mrs Catherine Taylor, Mrs Caroline Willis

ICT AND ANNIVERSARY HALLS

FOUNDATION OFFICE

LIBRARIANS

SENIOR SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF

ADDITIONAL SPORT COACHING STAFF

TECHNICIANS

GRADUATE GAP STAFF

  • Miss Polly Bodgener, BA Cantab, MLitt

  • Miss Molly Brassington, BSc Cardiff

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS

ACADEMIC MENTORING IN THE SENIOR SCHOOL

SCHOOL HOUSEMISTRESSES/ MASTER

  • ASHCOMBE - Mrs Amanda White

  • MERRIMAN - Mrs Rosa McQuade

  • MIDLETON - Mrs Ceri-Anne Wiskin

  • MUSGRAVE - Mrs Debbie Kitchen

  • RUSSELL BAKER - Mrs Isabel Cook

  • STONER - Mr James Reed

ASSISTANT SCHOOL HOUSEMISTRESSES/ MASTER

  • ASHCOMBE - Mrs Alicia Robinson

  • MERRIMAN - Mrs Lucy Halliday

  • MIDLETON - Mrs Joanna Paish

  • MUSGRAVE - Mr James Hyder

  • RUSSELL BAKER - Mrs Tamsyn White

  • STONER - Mrs Angelique Burns

FOURTH FORM TUTORS

  • ASHCOMBE - Miss Bianca Brunelli
  • MERRIMAN - Mr Alasdair Wright
  • MIDLETON - Mrs Sophie Bowers
  • MUSGRAVE - Mrs Montse Gil Rivas
  • RUSSELL BAKER - Mr Artur Suski
  • STONER - Miss Krystyna Sawicki

U3/L4 HOUSE TUTORS

  • ASHCOMBE - Miss Natasha Dale
  • MERRIMAN - Mrs Sarah Llewelyn-Williams
  • MIDLETON - Miss Ellie Curtis
  • MUSGRAVE - Mrs Emily McWilliam
  • RUSSELL BAKER - Mrs Lorraine Kowalewska (Maternity cover). Miss Jennifer Guiton (Maternity leave)
  • STONER - Mrs Pritika Fernandes

SIXTH FORM TUTORS

Mrs Nicola Austin, Dr Guy Brindley, Mr Philip Friend, Mrs Andrea Fuller, Mr Matthew Greenfield, Mr George Montagnon-Fox, Mrs Catherine Peel, Dr Kathleen Puech, Ms Louise Robson, Ms Elizabeth Ryan, Mrs Jacqueline Street, Mrs Cathy Williams

ASSISTANT TUTORS

  • ASHCOMBE - Miss Molly Brassington
  • MERRIMAN – Miss Paula Diepa
  • MIDLETON – Miss Lucia Švecová
  • MUSGRAVE - Mrs Davina Byrne
  • RUSSELL BAKER - Mrs Nabila Gordon
  • STONER - Miss Arie Pearson

BOARDING HOUSEMISTRESSES

  • Senior Boarding Housemistress and SYMES - Mrs Helen Harkness

  • Assistant Housemistress in Symes - Mrs Robyn Fell

  • BRONTE - Mrs Catherine Harrison

  • Assistant Housemistress in Bronte - Mrs Lizi Eringa

  • KELLER - Mrs Tracy Evans

  • Assistant House Parent in Keller - Mrs Helen Cronshaw (Maternity cover)

  • Assistant Housemistress in Keller, i/c the Keller in the Centenary Building – Mrs Marian Jimenez Sanchez-Manzanares (Maternity leave)

  • THE 6 - Mrs Jacqueline Street

  • Assistant Housemistress in The 6 - Mrs Sarah Llewelyn-Williams

Resident Staff Team – This is made up of members of the academic staff listed above who support the work of the Boarding Housemistresses during the evenings and at weekends.

ADMINISTRATION SENIOR SCHOOL

PREPARATORY SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF

PGCE – Post Graduate Certificate of Education         QTS – Qualified Teacher Status     ITT - Initial Teaching Training

ACADEMIC MENTORING IN THE PREP SCHOOL

TEACHING ASSISTANTS

Mrs Sarah Grewal, Miss Ella Jackson, Mrs Nicki Masella, Mrs Suzie O’Donnell, Mrs Louise Silvester

PREP PE GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Miss Kayley Higgins

ADMINISTRATION PREP SCHOOL

HEALTH CENTRE SISTERS

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  • Sister Linda Green RGN - Senior Nursing Sister, Sister Dominique Barnett RGN, Sister Rachel Clark RN BSc, Sister Maya Garside RGN, Sister Lauretta Pope RGN
  • First Aid Trainer – Sister Dominique Barnett
  • Mental Health First Aid Trainer and First Aid Trainer - Mrs Cathy Williams
  • Lead Resident Clinical Psychologist - Dr Joanne Taylor, BSc, MSc, Dpsy
  • Resident Clinical Psychologist – Dr Louise Fermandel, BSc, MSc, Dpsy (Maternity leave)
  • Resident Psychodynamic Psychotherapist - Miss Alice Lawrence, BA, PGDip (Maternity cover)
  • School Counsellor - Miss Elizabeth Larsen, BSc, PGDip, MSc

ST CATHERINE’S DANCE SCHOOL

PREP SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL CARE - 'Cat Club'

Mrs Vanessa Francis (Lead Supervisor), Mrs Sophie Wilson (Deputy Supervisor), Mrs Rebecca Gunther, Miss Tania Whatley, Mr Dave Harkness, Miss Ella Jackson

GAP ASSISTANTS

Miss Alice Kearney, Miss Lili Leslie, Miss Ella McGuigan, Miss Maisy Richards, Miss Indi Ruthven, Miss Annie Seymour

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHERS

PIANO

  • Mrs Esther Knight, DipABRSM, BMus Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, MMus, LRAM (RAM) –  Assistant Director of Prep Music and Head of Keyboard Studies
  • Mr Duncan Appleby, BMus, Birmingham Conservatoire, MPerf RCM
  • Mrs Julia Freeman, LRAM (perf) PGDip
  • Miss Charlotte Hobbs, BMus, PGDip
  • Miss Irena Radić, BMus, DipABRSM
  • Mr Timothy Rumsey, BMus, LRAM, MA, DipRAM
  • Miss Jinah Shim, BMus London
  • Mrs Rachael Thomas, BMus RCM, MMus London
  • Mr Nathan Tinker, BMus, CRD, MPeft, GSMD

ORGAN

  • Mr Mitchell Farquharson, BMus London, ARCO - Head of Organ Studies and School Organist
  • Miss Lucia Švecová, MMus, BA Oxon – Director of Chapel Choir and Assistant Organist

PERCUSSION AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

  • Mr Ian Young, DipRSL MCGI GRMSM (Percussion) - Head of Percussion and Contemporary Music
  • Mr Michael Goodman, PGCE Institute of Education (Acoustic, Bass and Electric Guitar)
  • Mr Stephen Knowles, BTEC Dip, Jazz Dip (Guitar)
  • Mr Peter Rayner, BMus, Guildhall (Percussion)

STRINGS

  • Mrs Silja Loya, Music Pedagogue Tampere Conservatoire, Finland; PGDip RCM (Violin) - Head of Strings
  • Mr Miguel Calvo, MMus Guildhall School of Music and Drama (‘Cello) - Assistant Head of Strings
  • Mrs Luisa Cordell, BMus University of Surrey (Harp)
  • Ms Caroline Harding, GTCL, LTCL, ARCM (Double Bass)
  • Mrs Julia McDonough, MA (Dist.), DipRCM, ARCM, CTABRSM (Violin, Viola)
  • Miss Jayne Spencer, AGSM, LGSM (‘Cello)
  • Mr Barry Sutton, AGSM (Violin, Viola)

WOODWIND

  • Mrs Denise Burt, FTCL, LTCL (Flute) - Head of Woodwind and Brass
  • Mrs Louise Bradbury, BMus, LRAM, ARAM (Recorder)
  • Miss Louise Hayter, BMus, PGDip (Oboe)
  • Mrs Fiona Howe, ARCM (Flute)
  • Mr Donald Lloyd, BMus Portsmouth, LRSM, QTS (Bassoon)
  • Mrs Michelle Nash, BA Canterbury, PGDip (Clarinet, Saxophone)
  • Miss Chloe Potter, BMus Guildhall (Clarinet, Saxophone)

BRASS

  • Miss Jessica Ortony, BMus Perf RSAM (French Horn)
  • Mr Samuel Pierce, BMus, MA (Trumpet)
  • Mr Paul Sykes, RMSM (Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba)

VOICE

  • Mrs Sarah Jones, BMus Perf LCM – Director of Prep Music and Head of Vocal Studies
  • Dr Fleur de Bray, BMus, MMus, PGDip
  • Miss Kate Lowe, BA Cantab, DipABRSM, MPerf RAM, LRAM
  • Miss Janice Watson, AGSM

CHESS

  • Mr Andrew Martin - International Chess Master in Residence, FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs) Senior Trainer

SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP

ST CATHERINE’S SWIM SCHOOL

BUSINESS CENTRE STAFF

Note: Staffing can change from term to term.  If you would like a hard copy, please email the School office – schooloffice@stcatherines.info