Staff and Management

Teaching Staff and Senior Management 2023 - 2024
* denotes a Head of Department
† denotes a Housemaster
~ denotes an Acting Housemaster

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Head Master

Dr Gary Savage (GJS) — Head Master

Senior Management Committee

Dr Tasos Aidonis (AA) — Director of Upper School
Ms Abigail Farr (AEF) — Director of Teaching and Learning (Acting SENCO)  ~
Dr Vivienne Horsfield (VEH) — Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum, Events and Planning)
Mr James Kazi (JHK) — Under Master
Mr Jeremy Kemball (JJK) — Deputy Head (Boarding, Diversity and Inclusion, Partnerships)
Ms Clare Leech (CML) — Deputy Head (Academic)
Ms Amanda Oakley-Smith (AOS) — Bursar and Chief Operating Officer

Art

Ms Clare Zanelli (CLZ)
Mr Jim Allchin (JLA) — Acting Housemaster; Head of Art  *  ~
Mr Simon Crow (SJC)
Mr John Woodman (JGW)

Classics

Dr Tasos Aidonis (AA) — Director of Upper School
Mr Benedict Gravell (BEJG) — Head of Public Examinations
Ms Rowena Hewes (RCH)
Mr Joseph Ireland (JAI)
Dr Duncan McCombie (DJM) — Head of Classics  *
Mr Andrew Mylne (AEAM)
Mr Peter Olive (PRO)
Dr Stuart Thomson (SRT)

Computer Science

Mr Andrew Mulholland (ACM)
Miss Sam Page (SP) — Head of Computer Science  *

Drama & Theatre Studies

Mr Chris Whyld (CJW) — Director of Drama  *
Miss Sarah Davies (SLD) — Actor in Residence
Mr Paul Tully (PCT) — Head of Academic Drama  *

Economics

Mr Jamie Brown (JHB) — Head of Remove
Mr Nick Fair (NAF) — DofE Gold leadership  †
Mr Marwan Mikdadi (MRM)
Mrs Lisa Newton (LJN) — Head of Economics  *
Ms Holly Wagstaff (HEW) — Head of Fifth Form

Electronics

Dr Ransford Agyare-Kwabi (RAK)  †
Mr Michael Collier (MJC) — Head of Electronics  *
Mrs Lydia Timpson (LXT) — Head of International Universities

English

Mrs Edel-Anne Bailey (EAB) — Head of International Pupils
Ms Sam Clarkson (SEC)  †
Ms Abigail Farr (AEF) — Director of Teaching and Learning (Acting SENCO)  ~
Miss Lucy Freeland (LJF) — Head of English  *
Mr Solomon Hardwick (SAH) — Director of Platform and Widening Access
Dr Vivienne Horsfield (VEH) — Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum, Events and Planning)
Mr James Kazi (JHK) — Under Master
Mr Harry Petty (HPP)
Mr Keith Tompkins (KDT)

Geography

Mr Steven Baird (SMB)
Mrs Emma Blakemore (EVB) — Head of RSHE and Wellbeing  *
Ms Julia Hughes (JJH) — Head of Geography  *
Mr Simon Wurr (SDW) — Guidance and Work Experience Coordinator

History

Ms Helena Barton (HLB) — Head of Sixth Form
Dr Giles Brown (GPAB)
Mr Tom Edlin, OW (TPJE)  †
Dr Richard Huscroft (RMH) — Head of History  *
Mr Gareth Mann (GDM) — Master of The King’s Scholars  †
Dr Mark Parry (MRP)
Mr David Riches (CDR) — Sports Centre Director; Head of Lower School Expeditions; PE  *
Dr Gary Savage (GJS) — Head Master
Dr Gabrielle Ward-Smith (GDWS)

History of Art

Ms Rosa Goodman (RG)  *
Mr Benjamin Walton (BDW)

Information Technology

Mr Richard Hindley (RJH) — Director of Digital Strategy and IT  *

Learning Development

Ms Abigail Farr (AEF) — Director of Teaching and Learning (Acting SENCO)  ~
Mr Tom Hendricks (TH) — Learning Development Assistant
Mrs Carol Tempestilli-Sarti (CMLT)

Mathematics

Mr Kevin Au (KYA)
Mr Joseph Boorman (JWB)
Miss Polly Brownlee (FPB)
Mr Iain Butler ( ITB)
Mr Dyfan Coles (DWFC)
Mr Fraser Elliott (FDE)
Mr Robert Harvey Wood (RHW)
Mr Giles Hayter (GADH)
Mr Thomas Kennedy (TAK)
Dr Jonathan Matthews ( JM) — Acting Head of Examinations; Head of Lower School Activities
Mr Ezra Lutton ( EL) — Acting Housemaster; Lower & Upper Shell RSHE and Wellbeing Lead  ~
Dr Nicholas Simons (NJS)
Mr Peter Smith (PCLS)
Mr Andrew Tolley (ACT) — Head of Mathematics; Head of Timetable  *
Dr Rob Wagner (RCW)
Ms Helen Wang (HMW)

Modern Languages

Mrs Catalina Ángel Madrid (CAM) — Spanish Assistant
Ms Sophia Bellaoui (SB)
Dr Sébastien Blache (SGB) — Horizons and John Locke Coordinator
Ms Angélique d’Autier-Andraud (ANA) — French Assistant
Miss Rabiaa El Atrach (REA) — French Assistant
Ms Gema Franco (GFC)  †
Mrs Alex Griffiths ( AKG) — Head of German  *
Mr Oliver Hopwood (OTWH) — Head of Modern Languages  *
Mr Nick Hulme (NCH) — Head of Upper Shell; Head of Spanish  *
Mr Geran Jones (GKJ)
Mr Thomas Kaal (THK) — German Assistant
Ms Clare Leech (CML) — Deputy Head (Academic)
Mrs Franca Lofts (FL)
Mrs Lynne MacMahon (LDM)
Mr Nick Massey (NPM) — Upper School RSHE and Wellbeing Lead; Head of Russian  *
Mrs Anna Miller (ASM) — Russian Assistant
Mrs Paulina Moya (PMS) — Spanish Assistant
Mr Kevin Neuroth (KN)
Mrs Junko Rogers (JR)
Mr Brian Smith (BJS)
Ms Haitong Wang (HW)
Dr John Witney (JCW) — Web Developer; Head of French  *

Music

Mr Tim Garrard (TDG) — Director of Music  *
Mr Michael Heighway (MKJH) — Assistant Director of Music; Head of Academic Music  *
Mr Guy St J Hopkins (GStH) — Registrar
Mr Giordan Price (GPJP)
Mr Jago Thornton (JAT)

Physical Education

Mr James Kershen, OW (JDK) — Director of Sport
Mr David Riches (CDR) — Sports Centre Director; Head of Lower School Expeditions; PE  *

Product Design

Ms Joanna Chidgey (JC)

RSHE and Wellbeing

Mrs Emma Blakemore (EVB) — Head of RSHE and Wellbeing  *
Mr Nick Massey (NPM) — Upper School RSHE and Wellbeing Lead; Head of Russian  *
Mr Ezra Lutton ( EL) — Acting Housemaster; Lower & Upper Shell RSHE and Wellbeing Lead  ~

Science

Mr Ryan Anderson ( RDA)
Mr Paul Botton (PAB)
Mr Matthew Bradshaw (MRB)  †
Mr Jack Chapman (JPC) — Head of UCAS; Head of Pupil Data Tracking
Ms Bhavna Choraria (BC)  †
Mr Ed Coward (ETAC) — Review Coordinator; Head of New Teacher Induction; Head of Chemistry  *
Dr Dario Duo (DD)
Mr Dewi Eburne (EDE) — UCAS Advisor
Miss Gilly French (GMF) — Review Coordinator; Head of Volunteering; CR President
Miss Freya Hall (FHT)
Dr Paul Hartley (PAH) — Head of Biology  *
Ms Rino Iida (RI) — Head if Lower Shell
Dr Miranda Jones ( MJ)
Ms Susan Joyce (SMJ)  †
Mr Jeremy Kemball (JJK) — Deputy Head (Boarding, Diversity and Inclusion, Partnerships)
Mr Chris Kingcombe (CMCK)  †
Mr Rob Morgan (REM)  †
Mr Matthew Perrins (MWDP)
Dr Helen Prentice (HJP) — Head of Physics  *
Mr Sirio Quintavalle (SWQ)
Mrs Lydia Timpson (LXT) — Head of International Universities
Mr Charles Ullathorne (CJRU) — Head of Science  *
Prof. Kevin Walsh (KAPW) — Astronomer-in-Residence

Theology and Philosophy

Mr Stephen Bailey (STB)  *
Mr Alex Bishop (AJSB) — Upper School Expeditions
Mr Teehan Page (TDP)
Prof. Kevin Walsh (KAPW) — Astronomer-in-Residence
The Revd Dan Warnke (DJW) — Chaplain
Mr Thomas Woodrooffe (TDWW) — Head of Options and Cultural Perspectives

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