Staff and Leadership | About | St Swithun's School, Winchester

Staff and Leadership | About | St Swithun's School, Winchester

Find out about the staff behind the school.

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SENIOR AND SIXTH-FORM TEACHING STAFF

 

ART
  • Mrs Geraldine Clark BA Kent
  • Mrs Charlotte Wirdnam BA Wimbledon School of Art
  • Mrs Anna Adams MA, University of Wales
  • Mrs Nicci Peck, technician
CLASSICS
  • Dr Guy Brindley BA MSt DPhil Oxon
  • Mrs Louisa Bird MA Oxon
  • Mr Charlie Hammel AB Princeton MLitt St Andrews
  • Mrs Alex Komar MA Cantab
COMPUTING
  • Mrs Gina Baker BSc Southampton
  • Ms Pam Hearsum BEng Nottingham Trent
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Mr Haydn Hutchings BA Lancaster 
  • Mrs Lucy Thomas BSc Plymouth
  • Mrs Mana Trebess MA Kingston, technician
DRAMA
  • Mr Jose Gudiño-Reséndiz BA National School of Theatre Mexico
  • Mrs Jo Moroney BA Manchester Metropolitan
  • Mrs Tamzin Mason BA Winchester, technician
ECONOMICS
  • Mr Nick Fyfe BA York
  • Mrs Naomi Cansdale MA Oxon
ENGLISH
  • Mrs Naomi Anson MA Mtcg London
  • Ms Caroline Howard BA Leicester
  • Mrs Katy Barnett BA Leeds
  • Miss Charlotte Barraclough BA Winchester
  • Mrs Louisa Bird MA Oxon
  • Ms Claire Goymour BA London
  • Ms Alice Ludlow MA Nottingham
  • Mrs Victoria Taylor MA Cantab
ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
  • Miss Suzanne Goodwin BA Royal Holloway, London
  • Ms Shelley Carter BA University of Otago, New Zealand
FOOD AND TEXTILES
  • Ms Rachel Memery BA Manchester
  • Mrs Lucy Thomas BSc Plymouth
  • Mrs Denise Westbrook, technician
GEOGRAPHY
  • Mr Seamus McAllister BSc Queen's Belfast
  • Mrs Emma Breckenridge BA Portsmouth
  • Miss Laura Wilson BSc Dunelm
  • Mr Graham Yates MA Brunel
HISTORY
  • Dr David Filtness MA MPhil PhD Cantab
  • Miss Orla Duffy BA Dunelm MA Buckingham
  • Mr Charles Hammel AB Princeton, MLitt St Andrews
  • Mrs Felicity Lewington BA Exeter
  • Ms Georgina Manville BA MA Bristol
  • Ms Alex Wilson BA York
HISTORY OF ART
  • Dr Rachel Sanders BSc OU, MA Reading, PhD University College London
LEARNING SUPPORT
  • Mrs Julie Stickland Dip Southampton
  • Mrs Catherine Whittaker BA Southampton
  • Miss Samantha Willes MA West Dean College
  • Mrs Laura Young BSc Bristol
  • Mrs Carola Bell BA Newcastle, learning support assistant
MATHEMATICS
  • Mr Gareth Loh BMus MMus Surrey 
  • Mrs Vicky Walker BA Liverpool John Moores
  • Mr Paul Debont MSc Essex
  • Mrs Sophie Russell MEng Bristol
  • Mr Stephen Power BA Oxon MSc Colorado State, USA
  • Mr James Vickerage BA Kent
MODERN LANGUAGES
  • Mr Anton Kendall BA Exeter
  • Mrs Nelly Porter Maîtrise Strasbourg
  • Ms Stephanie Stratford BA Warwick
  • Mrs Laura Camba BA OU
  • Dr Catherine Dey PhD Birmingham
  • Ms Jane Gandee MA Cantab
  • Ms Aoife Gray BA Dunelm
  • Mrs Laurence Jackaman Licence Angers
  • Ms Merle Naujok, German assistant 
  • Ms Ilze Bautista Hernandez, Spanish assistant 
  • Ms Lucile Kosmowski, French assistant 
MUSIC
  • Mr Aaron Parker BMus Royal Northern College of Music MMus Brunel 
  • Mr Iain Sansom MA Oxon
  • Mrs Beckie Oliver BMus Manchester
  • Ms Natasha Wright BMus, PPRNCM, MMus, PGDipGSMD
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Mr Jon Riley BSc Loughborough
  • Mrs Sara Heffernan BA Chichester
  • Mrs Leonie Campbell BA Chichester
  • Mrs Zoe Enticknap BSc Chichester
  • Mrs Patricia Francis BA National Teaching University Colombia
  • Miss Ella Hadfield BSc Cardiff Metropolitan
  • Miss Tia Hislop BSc Plymouth Marjon
  • Mrs Justine Mackenzie BSc Temple University USA
  • Miss Kate Nelson-Lee BA Swarthmore College
  • Mrs Asha Riley BA Loughborough
  • Ms Lucy Smith BSc Brunel
  • Miss Nikki Lloyd
  • Mrs Hannah Russell-Crossley BA Cardiff Metropolitan
POLITICS
  • Ms Alex Wilson BA York
  • Dr David Filtness MA MPhil PhD Cantab
PSYCHOLOGY
  • Mrs Lucy Tipp BA Winchester
  • Mrs Amanda McAllister MSc King’s College London
RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS
  • Mrs Rachel Carnay MA Cantab
  • Miss Orla Duffy BA Dunelm MA Buckingham
  • Mr Jeremy Young BA Bristol
SCIENCE
  • Mr James Copley MSc Imperial College London
  • Dr Rebecca Topley, BSc King's College London, PhD University of the West Indies
  • Mr Michael Tanner BSc Loughborough
  • Mr James Chisholm BSc Bristol
  • Ms Sarah Coggan BSc London Royal Holloway London, MA OU
  • Mrs Catherine Elkins BSc Reading
  • Mr Bruce Hansen MSc GradDipTchLn Christchurch New Zealand
  • Mrs Clemmie Holtum BSc Dunelm
  • Miss Eris Kennish BSc Manchester 
  • Mrs Ruth Lavelle BSc Manchester
  • Dr David Neill BSc PhD Warwick
  • Miss Lauren Woodcock BSc Sheffield
  • Mr Adam Kaplonek, lead technician 
  • Miss Megan Howard BSc Bournemouth, technician
  • Mr Richard White BEng Brunel, technician 
VISITING LANGUAGE TEACHERS
  • Ms Xin Cao (Mandarin)
  • Ms Jacqui McGinn (Japanese)

BOARDING HOUSE STAFF

 

  • Ms Alice Ludlow - Head of boarding

 

BOARDING HOUSE HOUSEMISTRESS/HouseMASTER
Finlay

Mr Bruce Hansen and Mrs Rachel Hansen

Deputy: Miss Martine Adams

High House

Mrs Judy Parshall

Deputy: Ms Rachel Memery

Hyde Abbey

Ms Lucy Smith

Deputy: Mrs Pam Hearsum

Earlsdown

Miss Charlotte Barraclough

Deputy: Miss Tia Hislop

Hillcroft

Mrs Felicity Lewington

Deputy: Miss Karima Asrih Ouriaghli

Le Roy

Miss Orla Duffy

Deputy: Miss Hannah Raynsford

DAY HOUSE STAFF

 

DAY HOUSE HOUSEMISTRESS/HOUSEMASTER
Caer Gwent Mrs Jo Moroney/Mrs Claire Goymour
Venta Mrs Gez Clark/Miss Vicky Mitchell
Davies Mrs Leonie Campbell/Mrs Becca Hills
Mowbray Mrs Amanda McAllister/Mrs Rachel Nicholls

 

PREP SCHOOL, NURSERY AND PRESCHOOL TEACHING STAFF

PREP SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF
  • Miss Caroline Albin BA Leeds - Head of Outdoor Learning
  • Ms Shelly Say BA Oxford Brookes – Head of Early Years Foundation Stage
  • Mrs Karen Brown BSc Reading - Head of Science
  • Mrs Fiona Camfield BA Nottingham - Head of RS
  • Mrs Joanne Copley BA King Alfred's - Head of Learning Support
  • Mrs Allison Greenfield BA Bristol - Head of Assessment and Transition
  • Mr Rob Havercroft MEng Manchester - Head of Mathematics
  • Mr Joshua Maguire BA Cardiff - Head of French
  • Miss Victoria Meinel BA Kent - Head of Visual Arts
  • Mr Matt Barlow BA York - Head of Performing Arts & Music
  • Mrs Alice Taylor BA Bath Spa - Head of English
  • Mrs Kat Shoesmith BA Chichester - Head of Sport
  • Mrs Rebecca Jackson BA BEd Queen's University Ontario - Preschool Lead
  • Mrs Jo Hunter BA Nottingham - Teacher
  • Miss Sian Ivey BA Winchester - Teacher
  • Mrs Nicola Dixon BA Exeter - Teacher
  • Mrs Louise Caldwell BA Cardiff - PE Teacher
  • Mrs Charlotte Harding BSc Humberside – Teacher
  • Mrs Nicole Miller BA Gloucestershire - Teacher
  • Mrs Emma Munt BSc Southampton - PE Teacher
  • Miss Rosie Fellows BSc Uni of Exeter - Teacher
  • Mrs Sarah Pawsey BEd Cheltenham - PE Teacher
  • Mrs Emma Balfour MA (Cantab) - Teacher
  • Miss Freya Webb, BA University of Hull - Teacher
  • Mrs Alice Harvey-Tuff,  BA Falmouth University - Teacher
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANTS
  • Mrs Stephanie Biggerstaff NVQ4
  • Mrs Christine Colgrave NVQ3
  • Mrs Paula Cullen NVQ3
  • Mrs Bex Daley BA Canterbury Christ Church
  • Mrs Penny Gibson NNEB
  • Mrs Kimberley Goddard
  • Mrs Alexandra Henshaw NVQ3 ELSA
  • Mrs Jo Hodge NNEB
  • Mrs Tanya Ritchie Diploma SpLD
  • Mrs Jane Watmough
  • Mrs Isabel Winward BSc Cardiff Msc LSHTM
  • Mrs Emma Young City and Guilds Certificate
after school leads
  • Mrs Xanthi Beck PgDip Birmingham City
  • Miss Bronte Couling BA Winchester

 

SUPPORT STAFF

ADMISSIONS
  • Mr Elliot Rose, head of admissions
  • Miss Vicky Mitchell, deputy registrar, senior and sixth-form
  • Mrs Fiona Gordon, international admissions ambassador
  • Mrs Liz Turner, assistant registrar, senior and sixth-form
  • Mrs Sara Mathieson, prep school registrar
  • Mrs Emma Forson, data and admissions administrator
BURSARY
  • Mrs Karolina Rickard, head of finance
  • Ms Alison Parker, management accountant
  • Mrs Louise Beqo, fees & income officer
  • Mrs Sally Warden, payroll
  • Mr Curtis Gale, accounts assistant
CAREERS & HIGHER EDUCATION
  • Mrs Annabel O'Keeffe, head of future pathways
COCURRICULAR AND PARTNERSHIPS
  • Mr Simon Mayes, head of co-curriculum and partnerships
Estates / health and safety
  • Mr Jim Ewing, estates manager
  • Mr John Dainton, health and safety compliance assistant
DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNAE
  • Mrs Kate Lewis, director of development & alumnae
  • Mrs Lesley Day, development & alumnae coordinator 
  • Mrs Sarah Layzell, events and development engagement officer 
  • Mrs Gwen Heywood-Waddington, data and research officer
DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD PROGRAMME MANAGER
  • Mr Dan Rollings, BA Buckinghamshire Chilterns College University
EXAMS OFFICE
  • Mrs Victoria Fraher, exams officer
  • Mrs Kate Raven, exams assistant
HARVEY HALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
  • Mr Simon Freakley, PAC technical manager 
  • Mrs Polly Perry, performing arts technical assistant 
HR
  • Miss Sarah Longman, Head of HR 
  • Miss Alexandra Foyen, HR administrator
  • Mrs Sorrel Chivers, HR assistant 
  • Mrs Emma Lee, HR advisor
IT & data management
  • Mr Andy Healy, head of IT services
  • Mr Ross Madderson, information systems manager
  • Mr Phil Hughes, IT senior engineer
  • Mrs Helen Woodland, IT support technician
  • Mr Tomasz Jedrzejak, IT support assistant
LIBRARY
  • Ms Nancy Broadfoot, librarian
  • Mrs Joanna Tomkins, assistant librarian
MARKETING
  • Mr Ben Walker, head of marketing and communications
  • Ms Rhiannon Morgan, marketing and communications officer
  • Ms Laura Brown, marketing and communications officer - nursery and prep
  • Mr John Wilson, marketing events officer
  • Mr Luis Pirela, marketing and communications assistant
MEDICAL STAFF
  • Ms Caroline Weeks BSc Bournemouth BSc Southampton, lead nurse
  • Mrs Hannah Stevens BSc Southampton
  • Miss Hannah Greenwood, BA Southampton
  • Mrs Helen Prior Dip Southampton
  • Mrs Becca Stride BSc Southampton
MUSIC OFFICE
  • Mrs Aisling Marsh
  • Miss Millie Fleming
NURSERY
  • Mrs Sarah Lindsay MA Edinburgh, Nursery Manager
  • Miss Isobel Richardson BMus Canterbury Christ Church, Deputy Nursery Manager
  • Mrs Bryony Bisley BA Winchester, Nursery Administrator
OPERATIONS
  • Mrs Sarah Culley, operations bursar
  • Miss Emma Robinson, commercial manager
  • Mrs Alison Joyce, operations administrator 
  • Mrs Sandra Kelly, domestic manager
  • Mr Matthew Harrison, evening domestic coordinator
PASTORAL SUPPORT
  • Mrs Charlotte Pickance, school counsellor
  • Dr Helen O'Connor, clinical psychologist
  • Ms Lucille Vasileiou, school counsellor
PREP SCHOOL OFFICE
  • Mrs Becca Hills - head's PA & office manager
  • Miss Beth Wallington - prep school administrator
  • Mrs Tilly Akroyd - prep school administrator
SCHOOL CHAPLAINcy
  • Reverend Sarah De Bats
SCHOOL OFFICE
  • Mrs Barbara Tyler-Smith, school office manager
  • Mrs Laura Slaney-Sharpe, school office administrator 
  • Ms Cathy Crawley, school office administrator 
  • Miss Hannah Raynsford, school office senior administrator
  • Mrs Tabitha Burgess, school office administrator
SLT SUPPORT OFFICE
  • Mrs Rachel Nicholls, executive assistant
  • Miss Helen Loft, SLT administrator
SWIMMING POOL
  • Mrs Louise Greenway
  • Mr Jamie Brown
  • Mr Max Costley
  • Mr Chris Harrison

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