SECONDARY STAFF

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

S Elsworth

Acting Principal

A Gendler-Watson

Vice Principal Academic

S Read

Vice Principal Pastoral

R Butler

Assistant Vice Principal (Raising Standards Leader)

M Davies

Assistant Vice Principal Post 16 Energy Central and Engineering

D Lloyd

Assistant Vice Principal (Head of Post 16)

A Moore

Assistant Vice Principal (Assessment & Student Performance)

C Sams

Assistant Vice Principal Post 16 Academic and Careers

P Smith

Assistant Vice Principal Safeguarding and Child Protection

J Taylor

Assistant Vice Principal Pastoral

R Scott

Assistant Vice Principal Curriculum Quality Assurance

M Stevens

Assistant Vice Principal Professional Development

R Lee

Assistant Vice Principal Attendance & Alternative Provision

TEACHING STAFF

Art Team

  • P Birdsall – Head of Art & Engineering
  • V Smith – Assistant Head of Art &  Engineering
  • C Pickering – Art Teacher
  • K Crown – Teacher of Art & Art Technician

 

“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

Computer Science & Business Team

  • T Robinson – Head of Computer Science & Business
  • C Taylor – Assistant Head of Computer Science & Business
  • J Hydon – Teacher of Computer Science & Business
  • R Ulman – Teacher of Computer Science & Business

 

Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible.” – Alan Turing

Cover Team

  • R Riley – Cover Manager 
  • R Edge –  Cover Supervisor / Teacher of Maths / Teacher of Music

Engineering Team

  • P Birdsall – Head of Art & Engineering

  • V Smith – Assistant Head of Art &  Engineering

  • M Davies – Assistant Vice Principal Post 16 Energy Central & Engineering, Teacher of Engineering

  • R Nolan-Warren – Assistant Head of Design Technology
  • R Fraser – Teacher of Food & Nutrition

  • S Benson – Teacher of Engineering
  • A Hall – Teacher of Engineering

  • J Read – Teacher of Design Technology

  • L Townend – Teacher of Design Technology & Engineering / Assistant SENDCO

  • D Sword – Engineering Technician & STEM coordinator
  • A Dawson – Cleaning Assistant, Food Technician

 

“Whatever good things we build end up building us” – Jim Rohn

English Team

  • C Drew – Head of English
  • C Bell – Assistant Head of English
  • E Ridley – Assistant Head of English
  • L Broadway – Teacher of English
  • J Clarkson – Teacher of English & KS5 Co-Ordinator
  • J McFarlane – Teacher of English
  • P Moore – Teacher of English
  • E Perrin – Teacher of English

“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

Health & Social Care Team

  • N Winchester – Subject Lead Health & Social Care/Deputy Head Post 16
  • L Minnikin – Teacher of Health & Social Care

Humanities Team

  • J Shackleton – Head of Department History
  • B Reynolds – Assistant Head of Department History
  • J Stoker-Pearson – Head of Department Geography
  • S Fraser – Assistant Head of Department Geography
  • H Caisley – Teacher of Geography
  • C Park – Teacher of History/Personal Development Curriculum Lead
  • M Richardson – Teacher of Geography
  • J Kelly – Teacher of History
 

“History is all explained by Geography” – Robert Penn Warren

Maths Team

  • S Hindhaugh – Head of Mathematics
  • A Sutton – Assistant Head of Mathematics
  • M Rylatt – Assistant Head of Mathematics
  • S Maughan – Teacher of Mathematics
  • T Clough – Teacher of Mathematics
  • E Thompson – Teacher of Mathematics
  • J Tian – Teacher of Mathematics
  • K Pollard – Teacher of Mathematics

 

“Mathematics is the music of reason.” – James Joseph Sylvester

MFL Team

  • M Armstrong – Head of Modern Foreign Languages
  • E Jones – Assistant Head of MFL
  • M Jolly – Teacher of MFL
  • Mrs E Sadler – Teacher of MFL
  • P Sanders – Teacher of MFL / AHOH Oswald / Rewards & Transition Lead

 

“With languages, you are at home anywhere.” – Edward De Waal

Music Team

  • L Saul – Director of Music
  • B Mark – Teacher of Music & Assistant SENDCo
  • L Sutton – Subject Lead Drama

 

“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” – Leo Tolstoy

PE Team

  • S McAree – Director of Sport
  • A Barclay – Teacher of Girls’ PE
  • A Bonner – Teacher of Girls’ PE
  • S Scotland – Teacher of Girls’ PE
  • A Sutherland – Assistant Head of Department PE
  • M Jamieson-Yip – Teacher of Boys PE

 

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

Religious Studies Team

  • D Kidney – Head of Religious Studies
  • M Roberts – Assistant Head of Religious Studies
  • A Stone – Teacher of Religious Studies & Chaplain
  • O Lucas – Teacher of Religious Studies/AVP SEND and Stakeholder Engagement
  • N Bowie – Teacher of Religious Studies
  • A Harrison – Teacher of Religious Studies
 

“An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.” – Proverbs 18:15

Science Team

  • H Edge – Head of Science
  • A Carruthers – Assistant Head of Department Science
  • J Wylie – Assistant Head of Department Science
  • R Attley – Teacher of Chemistry
  • D Spindler – Teacher of Chemistry
  • D Coulson – Teacher of Biology / Pastoral Support Oswald House
  • J Grange – Teacher of Physics
  • B King – Teacher of Science
  • K Tait – Teacher of Biology/Head of House Oswald
  • C Sams – Assistant Vice Principal Post 16 Academic and Careers / Teacher of Science
  • I Cherkassky – Science Technician

 

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” – Isaac Newton

Teaching Team

  • H Allan – Deputy DSL Bereavement Lead
  • R Blakesly-Jones – Teaching & Learning Performance Coach
  • M Roberts – Assistant Head of Department
  • L Street – Head of House Cuthbert

 

SUPPORT STAFF

Careers Team

  • L Johnson – Careers Advisor

Admin Team

  • K Burn – Administrator
  • K Carling – Finance Accountant
  • K Groom – Human Resources Officer
  • K Harrison – Examinations Officer
  • C Hawthorne – Assistant Librarian
  • J Hawksworth – Other School Admin
  • C Holmes – Library and Reading Curriculum Lead
  • S Lynch – Administrator and Receptionist
  • L Parkin – PA to the Principal
  • A Richardson –  Administrator and Receptionist
  • T Richardson – Pastoral Administrator
  • K Simpson – Finance Manager
  • G Soulsby – Administrator/Clerk
  • E Stenhouse –  Administrator/Deputy Exams Officer
  • O Wiggett – Administrator with First Aid Co-Ordinator Responsibility
  • K Thompson – Student Welfare Officer
  • C Smith – LAC Support & Welfare Officer
 

“A place for everything, everything in its place.” – Benjamin Franklin

AV/IT Team

  • K Griffiths – Network Manager
  • M Robinson – Senior IT Support Technician
  • E Shaw – Audio Visual Technician

 

“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” – Thomas Edison

Catering Team

  • P Bruce – Assistant Chef
  • L Carey – Catering Assistant
  • N Dickinson – Catering Asssitant
  • E Dixon – Bistro Assistant
  • D Hawkins – Catering Assistant
  • J Knott –  Catering Assistant
  • G McDougall – Catering Asssitant
  • A Moore – Chef / Manager
  • T Murphy – Cook
  • L Nichol – Catering Asssitant
  • J Nicholson – Catering Assistant
  • E Pattison – Catering Assistant
  • J Quinn – Catering Assistant
 

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” – James Beard

Facilities Team

  • P Crowe – Facilities Site Manager
  • N Billings – Site Lettings Co-ordinator 
  • G Stokoe – Assistant Facilities Manager
  • S Taylor – Assistant Facilities Manager
  • J Fawcett – Building Technician
  • P Bell – Cleaning Assistant
  • D Burt – Cleaning Assistant
  • A Clough – Cleaning Assistant
  • A Dawson – Cleaning Assistant, Food Technician
  • J Fraser – Cleaning Assistant
  • V Hartfield – Cleaning Assistant
  • A Jefferson – Cleaning Assistant
  • J Kingston – Cleaning Assistant
  • C Mackenzie – Cleaning Assistant
  • K Stafford – Cleaning Assistant
  • M Stephenson – Cleaning Assistant
 

“Cleanliness may be defined to be the emblem of purity of mind.” – Joseph Addison

Education Support Team

  • A Peake – Pastoral Hub Manager
  • J Brooks – Pastoral Support Worker (Cadet/DofE)
  • S Harrison – Pastoral Support Worker
  • H Heslop – Pastoral Support Worker
  • E Horwood – Pastoral Support Worker

 

  • S Collier – Learning Support Assistant
  • D Cooper – Learning Support Assistant
  • A Coulson – Higher Level Teaching Assistant (overseeing Autism)
  • L Cox – Higher Level Teaching Assistant (SEMH)
  • L Davison – Higher Level Teaching Assistant
  • J Gee – Learning Support Assistant
  • B Hanbouri – Learning Support Assistant
  • M Lam – Learning Support Assistant
  • D Mann – Learning Support Assistant
  • N Morley – Learning Support Assistant
  • J Orkney – Higher Level Teaching Assistant
  • C Ruddock – Learning Support Assistant
  • C Smith – Learning Support Assistant
  • K Terry – Teaching Assistant
  • J Vest – Learning Support Assistant
  • A Wilson – Learning Support Assistant

 

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing” – Albert Einstein

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