Sixth Form Staff
Our staff are highly qualified, dynamic and enthusiastic about helping our pupils reach their full potential. With class sizes at a minimum, our teachers can truly get to know each student, and help them with their individual needs.
The teaching doesn’t stop outside of the classroom either, with many of our teachers running clubs, competitions and co-curricular events that help students become their very best in academia, sports and music.
All details are correct as of August 2025.
Senior Leadership Team
| Name |
Job Title |
| Mrs Sarah Capewell, MA (Edinburgh) |
Head |
| Mr Ian Kendrick, BA, MA (Leeds) |
Deputy Head (Academic) |
| Mrs Jo White, BA, MA (Oxford) |
Deputy Head (Safeguarding and Wellbeing) |
| Mrs Jackie Smith, BA (Queen’s Belfast) |
Deputy Head (Staffing and Co-Curricular) |
| Mr Adam Power, BA (Salford) |
Assistant Head (Character and Culture) |
| Mr Richard Heyes, BSc (Sheffield) |
Assistant Head (Data Reporting and Timetabling) |
| Mr Alex Philips, BA (Manchester) |
Assistant Head (Operations and Outreach) |
| Mr David Stone, BA (Southampton), MEd (Buckingham) |
Head of Sixth Form |
| Mrs Jude Fitzgerald, BSc (Glasgow) |
Head of Middle School |
| Mrs Heather Ashton, BA (UWE Bristol) |
Head of Lower School |
| Miss Joanne Clague, FCA, CTA (Hull) |
Bursar and Clerk to the Governors |
| Mrs Sam Gale, BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
Director of Marketing and Admissions |
Heads of Year
| Name |
Job Title |
| Mr David Stone, BA (Southampton), MEd (Buckingham) |
Head of Sixth Form |
| Mrs Helen Roberts, BA (Birmingham), MA (Manchester) |
Head of Upper Sixth |
| Mrs Alison Smith, BSc (University College Chester) |
Head of Lower Sixth |
Heads of House
| Name |
Job Title |
| Miss Claire Hockaday and Dr Kirsten Owen |
Heads of Arden House |
| Mr Tom Buxton-Cope and Mr David Shingler |
Heads of Nicholson House |
| Mr Tom Quinn and Mr Craig Shaw |
Heads of Vernon House |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson and Mr Anton Hanson |
Heads of Warren House |
Form Tutors
| Name |
Form |
Mr Tom Buxton-Cope
|
L1 |
| Ms Laura Bowden |
L2 |
| Mrs Carol Marshall/Mr Rob Bowden |
L3 |
| Mrs George Cope |
L4 |
Mr Richard Davies
|
L5 |
| Mrs Annabel Cole |
L6 |
| Miss Carrie Stevenson/Mrs Hannah Larkin |
L7 |
| Mrs Heather Fenton |
L8 |
Dr Martin Hamilton
|
L9 |
| Mr Jamie Swann |
U1 |
| Mr Matthew Eeckelaers |
U2 |
| Miss Lauren McAllister |
U3 |
| Mr James Wilson |
U4 |
| Mr Alex Cooke |
U5 |
| Dr Anne-Louise Glarvey |
U6 |
| Mr Euan McClafferty |
U7 |
| Mrs Maria Oates/Mrs Rebecca Reevell |
U8 |
| Miss Sylvia Gibson |
U9 |
| Mr Craig Shaw |
U10 |
Teaching Staff
Art
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Richard Davies (Head of Department) |
BA (Lancs), MA (York), MSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Dr Thekla Kampelmann |
MA (Dortmund), PhD (Dortmund) |
| Mrs Rebecca Upton |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan), MA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
Classics
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Sarah Capewell |
MA (Edinburgh) |
| Ms Rachel Jones (Head of Department) |
BA (Nottingham) |
| Mrs Lauren McAllister |
BA (Birmingham) |
| Dr Emanuela Zanda |
BA, PhD (Manchester) |
Computer Science
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Niall Clarke |
BA (Queen’s Belfast), MA (Leeds) |
| Ms Nura Nur |
BA |
| Mrs Sarah O’Brien (Head of Department) |
BSc (Edge Hill) |
Drama
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Matt King-Sayce (Head of Department) |
BA (Loughborough), MSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Miss Lucy Mitchell |
BA (Chester) |
| Mrs Alison Moffatt |
BA (Leeds) |
Economics and Business Studies
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Curtis Brown |
BSc (Ulster) |
| Miss Leanne Burslem-Curl (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds Metropolitan) |
| Mr Alex Phillips |
BA (Manchester) |
Mr Tom Quinn
|
BA (Liverpool) |
Mrs Annabel Walker
|
BA (Sheffield) |
English
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Daniel Cere |
BA (York) |
| Mrs Georgina Cope (Head of Department) |
BA (Kent) |
| Mrs Rachael Cross |
BA (Manchester) |
Ms Charlotte Le Gresley
|
BA (Edinburgh), MSc (Edinburgh) |
| Miss Eilidh MacDonald |
BA (Warwick), MA (Leeds) |
| Miss Megan Moore |
BA (Manchester), MA (Exeter) |
| Miss Sarah Nichols |
BA (Manchester) |
Mrs Helen Roberts
|
BA (Birmingham), MA (Manchester) |
Mrs Zara Shah
|
BA (Hull) |
| Ms Rebecca Walsh |
BA, ME (Dublin) |
Geography
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Alex Cooke (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Hayley Crowley |
BSc (Durham) |
Mrs Jude Fitzgerald
|
BSc (Glasgow) |
| Dr Kirsten Owen |
Dipl Higher Education (Heriot-Watt), BSc (Edinburgh), MA (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield) |
| Mrs Jessica Pass |
BSc (Liverpool) |
Mrs Alison Smith
|
BSc (University College Chester) |
| Mrs Jackie Smith |
BA (Queen’s Belfast) |
History
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Heather Ashton |
BA (UWE Bristol) |
| Mrs Katie Chesterton |
BA, MA (Manchester) |
| Mr Tom Leng (Head of Department) |
BA (Leeds) |
Mrs Eleanor Lomas
|
BA (Newcastle) |
| Mr Stuart Moore |
BA (Warwick) |
| Mr Adam Power |
BA (Salford) |
| Mr David Stone |
BA (Southampton), MEd (Buckingham) |
Learning Support
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Miss Beth Cartwright |
BA (Lancaster) |
| Miss Olivia Darlington |
BMus (Huddersfield), NASENCO (Chester), MA SEND (Chester) |
Mrs Claire Garety-Govind
|
MA (St Andrews) |
| Mrs Catherine Harvey (Head of Department) |
BSc (Sheffield) |
| Ms Dawn Meers |
BA (Hull), MEd (Birmingham),
Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association |
Life Studies
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Alex Ehegartner (Head of Department) |
BA (Lasell, USA) |
| Miss Heather Morgan |
BA (Newcastle) |
Mathematics
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
Mrs Amanda Collard (Head of Department)
|
BSc (Durham), MEd (Manchester) |
| Dr Martin Hamilton |
MSc (Queen’s Belfast), PhD (Glasgow) |
| Mrs Alexia Marsden |
BSc (Edinburgh) |
| Mrs Carol Marshall |
BSc (Hull), MSc (Manchester) |
| Miss Charlie Mills |
BSc (Newcastle) |
Mrs Maria Oates
|
BSc (Manchester) |
Miss Rosie Read
|
MMath (Manchester) |
| Mrs Rebecca Reevell |
BSc (Durham), MEd (Manchester) |
Mr David Shingler
|
BSc (Manchester) |
Mr Joshua Talbot
|
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mrs Rhian Taylor |
BSc (Manchester) |
Modern Foreign Languages
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Suzanne Belshaw, French and German |
BA (Leeds) |
| Mrs Kerstin Christmann, German |
Dip (Leipzig) |
| Mrs Annabel Cole, Spanish and French |
BA (Leeds) |
| Miss Sylvia Gibson, French and German (Head of Department) |
BA (Queen’s Belfast), MA (Nottingham) |
Mr Ian Kendrick, French and Spanish
|
BA, MA (Leeds) |
| Mr David Lorentz, French |
MPhil (Nancy) |
Mr Euan McClafferty, French and Spanish
|
BA (Newcastle) |
| Mrs Katherine Psaila, Spanish and French |
BA (Nottingham Trent) |
| Miss Carrie Stevenson, French and German |
BA (Oxford) |
| Mr James Wilson, French and German |
BA (Hull) |
Music
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Michael Dow (Head of Department) |
MA (Cambridge) |
| Mrs Joanne Matthews |
BA (Hons) (RSAMD) |
| Mr Stephen Newlove |
BA (Hons) (Huddersfield), M Mus (Hull) |
Psychology
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Tom Buxton-Cope (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester), MA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Hannah Larkin |
BSc (Cardiff) |
| Mr Nick Serifin |
BSc (Staffordshire) |
Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Anna Neale |
BA (University College London) |
| Mr Jamie Swann (Head of Department) |
BA (Durham), MA (Sheffield) |
Sciences
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Paul Allen, Biology |
BSc (Leicester) |
| Ms Laura Bowden, Biology (Head of Department) |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mrs Katrina Britton, Chemistry (Head of Department) |
BSc (Salford) |
| Mrs Natasha Caldwell, Physics and Biology |
BSc (Dalhousie) |
| Mr Patrick Clear, Chemistry |
MChem (York), MSc (Strasbourg) |
| Mr James Crowther, Physics |
MPhys (Manchester) |
| Miss Abigail Curtis, Physics |
MEng (Oxford) |
| Mrs Zoe Dawson, Physics |
MSci (Durham) |
| Mr Matthew Eeckelaers, Chemistry |
BSc (Durham), MA (London) |
| Mrs Heather Fenton, Physics (Head of Department) |
BSc (Durham) |
| Dr Anne-Louise Glarvey, Chemistry |
MChem, PhD (Sheffield) |
Mr Mark Henry, Biology
|
BMedSci (Plymouth) |
| Mr Richard Heyes, Chemistry |
BSc (Sheffield) |
| Mrs Claire Hird, Physics |
BSc (Manchester) |
Miss Claire Hockaday, Chemistry
|
BSc (Lancaster) |
| Miss Hannah Longley, Biology |
BSc (Leeds) |
| Mr Ian McGeough, Chemistry |
BSc (Liverpool), MSc (Bristol), MA (London) |
| Mrs Jessica Plowright, Chemistry |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mrs Angela Reid, Biology |
BSc (Manchester) |
| Mr Craig Shaw, Physics |
MPhys (Durham) |
| Mrs Jo White, Biology |
MA (Oxford) |
Sport, PE, Health and Fitness
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mr Rob Bowden |
BA (Leeds) |
| Mr Hugo Corbett |
BA (Staffordshire) |
Mrs Ashleigh Coster
|
Coaching Netball Level 1 and 2 |
| Mr Matthew Dixon |
BA (UCLAN) |
| Mrs Abigail Downing |
MA (Cambridge) |
| Mr Anton Hanson |
BEd (Sheffield) |
| Mrs Linda Hanson |
BEd (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Mr David Jones |
ASA Level 2 |
Mr Andrew Marsh (Head of Department)
|
BA, M.Ed (Edge Hill), NPQSL |
| Miss Jo Pepper |
BA (Lancaster), ASA Level 2 |
Mr Jack Stone
|
BSc (Bangor), MA (Roehampton Institute of Higher Education) |
| Mrs Katrina Wilkinson |
BA (Liverpool) |
| Miss Sharon Withington |
BEd (Sheffield) |
Mr Francis Yates
|
Multi-skills Development in Sport (Level 2), Coaching Children’s Cricket (Level 2) |
Technology (Product Design, Textile Technology and Food Preparation and Nutrition)
| Name |
Qualification(s) |
| Mrs Hayley Crosby (Head of Department) |
BA (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Mrs Katy Gate |
BA (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Miss Sarah Hodkinson |
BSc (Sheffield Hallam) |
Mr Andy Kershaw
|
BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
| Mrs Hilary Oddy |
BA (Salford) |
| Mr Michael Schofield |
BEng (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Mrs Helen Tadman |
BEng (Birmingham) |
Key Non-teaching Staff
| Name |
Job Title |
| Miss Joanne Clague, FCA, CTA |
Bursar and Clerk to the Governors |
| Mrs Sam Gale, BSc (Manchester Metropolitan) |
Director of Marketing and Admissions |
| Mrs Vanessa Deans |
Head’s Secretary |
Mrs Hannah Atenyam
|
Admissions Manager |
| Mrs Margaret Connor |
Admissions Officer |
| Mrs Sandra Gaffney |
School Administration Manager |
| Mrs Christine Kenny, RGN/RSCN |
School Nurse |
Miss Sue Mellish, RGN
|
School Nurse |
| Mrs Val Anderton |
Examinations Officer |
| Mr Jonathon Quinn |
Head of Digital Services |
| Ms Josephine Pazos |
Librarian |
| Mr Robert Coups |
Site Services Manager |
| Mr Ryan Bancroft |
Head Groundsman |
| Mrs Julie Holt |
Bookshop |
| Mrs Sarah Johnson |
Music Administrator |
| Miss Laura Turner |
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Co-ordinator |
| Mrs Kathy Gosling |
Catering Manager |
| Mrs Louise Fletcher |
Pastoral Support Secretary |
| Mrs Rachel Walmsley |
School Support Secretary (academic) |
| Mr Adam Hughes |
Outdoor Education Co-ordinator |
| Mr Mike Pinder |
Outdoor Education Teacher |
