Senior Management Committee
Dr Gary Savage
Head Master (on sabbatical during Election Term 2026)
Mr James Kazi
Acting Head Master; Designated Safeguarding Lead
Ms Amanda Oakley-Smith
Bursar and Chief Operating Officer
Ms Clare Leech
Deputy Head (Academic)
Dr Vivienne Horsfield
Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum, Events and Planning)
Ms Soumia Arif
Deputy Head (Community, Inclusion and Partnerships)
Dr Tasos Aidonis
Deputy Head (Boarding and Upper School)
Mr Ed Coward
Director of Teaching and Learning
Mr Arthur Dabrowski
Director of Lower School
Teaching Staff
^ Acting Head of Department; † Housemaster; ~ Acting HousemasterArt
Mr Jim Allchin (JLA)
†
Mr Matthew Bunning (MCB)
— Head of Art
Mr Simon Crow (SJC)
Mr John Woodman (JGW)
Ms Clare Zanelli (CLZ)
Astronomy
Prof. Kevin Walsh (KAPW)
— Astronomer-in-Residence
Biology
Mr Angus Aughterson (AJA)
— UCAS Assistant; Higher Education Advisor
Dr Paul Hartley (PAH)
— Head of Biology
Dr Miranda Jones ( MJ)
Mr Chris Kingcombe (CMCK)
— Head of New Teacher Induction
†
Mr Rob Morgan (REM)
†
Mr Albert Tremlett (AJT)
Camden Liberal Arts
Dr Tasos Aidonis (AA)
— Deputy Head (Boarding and Upper School)
Mr Alex Bishop (AJSB)
— Upper School Expeditions
Mr Matthew Bunning (MCB)
— Head of Art
Mr Tom Edlin, OW (TPJE)
†
Mr Joseph Fenton (JMF)
— Head of Theology and Philosophy
Miss Lucy Freeland (LJF)
— Head of English
Mr Solomon Hardwick (SAH)
— Director of Platform and Widening Access
Mr Michael Heighway (MKJH)
— Assistant Director of Music; Head of Academic Music
Dr Vivienne Horsfield (VEH)
— Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum, Events and Planning)
Ms Julia Hughes (JJH)
— Head of Geography
Mrs Alice King (AS)
— Deputy Librarian; Co‑director of Phab
Mr Nick Massey (NPM)
— Head of Remove; Head of Russian
Mr Peter Olive (PREO)
Mr Harry Petty (HPFP)
— Head of Sixth Form
Mr Benjamin Walton (BDW)
^
Mr Chris Whyld (CJW)
— Director of Drama
Chemistry
Mr Paul Botton (PAB)
Mr Matthew Bradshaw (MRB)
†
Mr Jack Chapman (JPC)
— Head of Chemistry
Mr Ed Coward (ETAC)
— Director of Teaching and Learning
Mr Arthur Dabrowski (ARD)
— Director of Lower School
Miss Stephanie Dai (SJD)
Miss Gilly French (GMF)
— Review Coordinator
Ms Rino Iida (RI)
Chinese
Ms Haitong Wang (HW)
Classics
Dr Tasos Aidonis (AA)
— Deputy Head (Boarding and Upper School)
Mrs Rachel Collier (RMRC)
— Head of Classics
Mr Benedict Gravell (BEJG)
— Head of Public Examinations
Ms Rowena Hewes (RCH)
Mr Joseph Ireland (JAI)
Mr Andrew Mylne (AEAM)
Mr Peter Olive (PREO)
Computer Science
Dr Bose Onifade (BO)
— Head of Computer Science
Ms Sam Page (SP)
Drama & Theatre Studies
Mr Paul Tully (PCT)
— Head of Academic Drama
Mr Chris Whyld (CJW)
— Director of Drama
Mrs Sue Yarrow (SCY)
— Head of Fifth Form
Economics
Mr Jamie Brown (JHB)
Mr Nick Fair (NAF)
— Interim Head of RSHE & Wellbeing
†
Mr Marwan Mikdadi (MRM)
Mrs Lisa Newton (LJN)
— Head of Economics
Mr Jacob O’Ceallaigh (JAOC)
Electronics
Dr Ransford Agyare-Kwabi (RAK)
†
Mr Michael Collier (MJC)
— Head of Electronics
Mrs Lydia Timpson (LXT)
— Head of UCAS
English
Mrs Edel-Anne Bailey (EAB)
— Head of International Pupils
Ms Sam Clarkson (SEC)
†
Ms Abigail Farr (AEF)
Miss Lucy Freeland (LJF)
— Head of English
Mr Solomon Hardwick (SAH)
— Director of Platform and Widening Access
Mr Tom Hendricks (TH)
Dr Vivienne Horsfield (VEH)
— Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum, Events and Planning)
Mr James Kazi (JHK)
— Acting Head Master; Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mr Harry Petty (HPFP)
— Head of Sixth Form
Mr Keith Tompkins (KDT)
French
Mr Adib Badri (AXB)
— Head of Lower Shell
Ms Sophia Bellaoui (SB)
Dr Sébastien Blache (SGB)
— Horizons and John Locke Coordinator
Mrs Angélique d’Autier-Andraud (AAA)
— French Assistant
Mrs Sophie de Lassus (SL)
— French Assistant
Mr Conor Foster (CMF)
— UKLO Coordinator
Ms Gema Franco (GFC)
†
Ms Elizabeth Gray (EG)
Mrs Alex Griffiths (AKG)
— Head of German
Mr Oliver Hopwood (OTWH)
— Head of Modern Languages
Ms Clare Leech (CML)
— Deputy Head (Academic)
Mrs Lynne MacMahon (LDM)
Mr Brian Smith (BJS)
Dr John Witney (JCW)
— Web Developer; Head of French
Geography
Ms Soumia Arif (SKAA)
— Deputy Head (Community, Inclusion and Partnerships)
Mr Stephen 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
German
Ms Elizabeth Gray (EG)
Mrs Alex Griffiths (AKG)
— Head of German
Mr Oliver Hopwood (OTWH)
— Head of Modern Languages
Mrs Lynne MacMahon (LDM)
Mrs Julia Schumacher-Anderson (JHSA)
— German Assistant
Greek
Dr Tasos Aidonis (AA)
— Deputy Head (Boarding and Upper School)
Mrs Rachel Collier (RMRC)
— Head of Classics
Mr Benedict Gravell (BEJG)
— Head of Public Examinations
Ms Rowena Hewes (RCH)
Mr Joseph Ireland (JAI)
Mr Andrew Mylne (AEAM)
Mr Peter Olive (PREO)
History
Dr Giles Brown (GPAB)
Dr Manny Cogni (MNGC)
Mr Tom Edlin, OW (TPJE)
†
Mr Tom Hendricks (TH)
Dr Richard Huscroft (RMH)
Mr Gareth Mann (GDM)
— Master of The King’s Scholars
†
Dr Mark Parry (MRP)
~
Mr David Riches (CDR)
— Head of Lower School Expeditions; Head of PE
Dr Gabrielle Ward-Smith (GDWS)
— Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead; Counselling
History of Art
Mr Jack Dunleavy (JTD)
Ms Rosa Goodman (RG)
— Head of History of Art
Mr Dafydd James-Williams (DJW)
Mr Benjamin Walton (BDW)
^
Latin
Dr Tasos Aidonis (AA)
— Deputy Head (Boarding and Upper School)
Mrs Rachel Collier (RMRC)
— Head of Classics
Mr Benedict Gravell (BEJG)
— Head of Public Examinations
Ms Rowena Hewes (RCH)
Mr Joseph Ireland (JAI)
Mr Andrew Mylne (AEAM)
Mr Peter Olive (PREO)
Learning Development
Mr Conor Foster (CMF)
— UKLO Coordinator
Mr Tom Hendricks (TH)
Ms Erica Stillwell (ELS)
— SENCO
Mrs Carol Tempestilli-Sarti (CMLT)
— EAL Lead; Academic Mentor; WUS Transition Teacher
Mathematics
Mr Kevin Au (KYA)
Mr Joseph Boorman (JWB)
Miss Polly Brownlee (FPB)
Mr Iain Butler (ITB)
— Second in Department
Mr Dyfan Coles (DWFC)
Mr Fraser Elliott (FDE)
Mr Giles Hayter (GADH)
Mr Thomas Kennedy (TAK)
Mr Ezra Lutton ( EL)
— Head of US and International Universities; Head of Academic Analysis
Dr Jonathan Matthews (JM)
Dr Victoria Patel (VNP)
Mr George Salimbeni (GWPS)
Dr Nicholas Simons (NJS)
Mr Peter Smith, OW (PCLS)
Mr Andrew Tolley (ACT)
— School Timetabler; Head of Mathematics
Dr Rob Wagner (RCW)
Ms Helen Wang (HMW)
Modern Languages
Mrs Catalina Ángel Madrid (CAM)
— Spanish Assistant
Mr Adib Badri (AXB)
— Head of Lower Shell
Ms Sophia Bellaoui (SB)
Dr Sébastien Blache (SGB)
— Horizons and John Locke Coordinator
Mrs Angélique d’Autier-Andraud (AAA)
— French Assistant
Mrs Sophie de Lassus (SL)
— French Assistant
Mr Conor Foster (CMF)
— UKLO Coordinator
Ms Gema Franco (GFC)
†
Ms Elizabeth Gray (EG)
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
Ms Clare Leech (CML)
— Deputy Head (Academic)
Mrs Franca Lofts (FL)
Mrs Lynne MacMahon (LDM)
Mr Nick Massey (NPM)
— Head of Remove; Head of Russian
Dr Anna Miller (ASM)
— Russian Assistant
Miss Paulina Moya-Santiagos (PMS)
— Spanish Assistant
Mrs Junko Rogers (JR)
Mrs Julia Schumacher-Anderson (JHSA)
— German Assistant
Mr Andreas Theodosiou (AT)
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)
— Classroom teacher
Mr Jago Thornton (JAT)
— Composition; Music Partnerships Coordinator
Physics
Mr Ryan Anderson (RDA)
Ms Bhavna Choraria (BC)
†
Dr Dario Duo (DD)
Mr Matthew Perrins (MWDP)
Dr Helen Prentice (HJP)
— Head of Physics; Head of Sausages & Sparklers
Mr Sirio Quintavalle (SWQ)
Mrs Lydia Timpson (LXT)
— Head of UCAS
Mr Charles Ullathorne (CJRU)
— Head of Science
Prof. Kevin Walsh (KAPW)
— Astronomer-in-Residence
Physical Education
Mr James Kershen, OW (JDK)
— Director of Sport
Mr David Riches (CDR)
— Head of Lower School Expeditions; Head of PE
Mrs Frankie Taylor-Goetzee (FLG)
— Deputy Director of Sport
Product Design
Ms Joanna Chidgey (JC)
Mr Richard Maynard (RM)
— Engineer-in-Residence
RSHE & Wellbeing
Mrs Emma Blakemore (EVB)
— Head of RSHE and Wellbeing
†
Mr Nick Fair (NAF)
— Interim Head of RSHE & Wellbeing
†
Mr Ezra Lutton ( EL)
— Head of US and International Universities; Head of Academic Analysis
Mr Nick Massey (NPM)
— Head of Remove; Head of Russian
Russian
Mr Conor Foster (CMF)
— UKLO Coordinator
Mr Nick Massey (NPM)
— Head of Remove; Head of Russian
Dr Anna Miller (ASM)
— Russian Assistant
Sciences
Mr Ryan Anderson (RDA)
Mr Angus Aughterson (AJA)
— UCAS Assistant; Higher Education Advisor
Mr Paul Botton (PAB)
Mr Matthew Bradshaw (MRB)
†
Mr Jack Chapman (JPC)
— Head of Chemistry
Ms Bhavna Choraria (BC)
†
Mr Ed Coward (ETAC)
— Director of Teaching and Learning
Mr Arthur Dabrowski (ARD)
— Director of Lower School
Miss Stephanie Dai (SJD)
Dr Dario Duo (DD)
Miss Gilly French (GMF)
— Review Coordinator
Dr Paul Hartley (PAH)
— Head of Biology
Ms Rino Iida (RI)
Dr Miranda Jones ( MJ)
Mr Chris Kingcombe (CMCK)
— Head of New Teacher Induction
†
Mr Rob Morgan (REM)
†
Mr Matthew Perrins (MWDP)
Dr Helen Prentice (HJP)
— Head of Physics; Head of Sausages & Sparklers
Mr Sirio Quintavalle (SWQ)
Mrs Lydia Timpson (LXT)
— Head of UCAS
Mr Albert Tremlett (AJT)
Mr Charles Ullathorne (CJRU)
— Head of Science
Prof. Kevin Walsh (KAPW)
— Astronomer-in-Residence
Spanish
Mrs Catalina Ángel Madrid (CAM)
— Spanish Assistant
Mr Adib Badri (AXB)
— Head of Lower Shell
Ms Sophia Bellaoui (SB)
Ms Gema Franco (GFC)
†
Mr Nick Hulme (NCH)
— Head of Upper Shell; Head of Spanish
Ms Clare Leech (CML)
— Deputy Head (Academic)
Miss Paulina Moya-Santiagos (PMS)
— Spanish Assistant
Dr John Witney (JCW)
— Web Developer; Head of French
Theology and Philosophy
Mr Alex Bishop (AJSB)
— Upper School Expeditions
Mr Joseph Fenton (JMF)
— Head of Theology and Philosophy
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
The DC Simpson Society
About the Society
Established in 2021, the DC Simpson Society is for former members of the Common Room (CR) to enable contact with each other and, to some extent, the School. It is to be hoped that it will provide a continuance of goodwill and a fondness of a very special place.
Membership of the DC Simpson Society is open to any former CR member of at least three years in post and all qualifying leaving staff will be invited to join the Society. Membership is entirely voluntary and will be on an opt-in basis; people may opt in or out at any time. In the (rare) case of potentially unsuitable members, the School or CR President may exercise a right of veto.
The Society is run by its members, not by the School. It will from time to time elect a Convenor, who may invite others to assist or set up a committee if he or she wishes. John Arthur has kindly agreed to be the first Convenor.
Regional subgroups will be established if there is sufficient geographical concentration of members and if subgroup convenors can be identified. Those currently in existence are London, SE England, SW England, Welsh Borders, Central England; others may emerge.
The CR President will be the designated link between the CR and the Society. The President may co-opt interested assistance as necessary. The CR Secretary will maintain an email list of members and will be responsible for sending out communications, all of which must go through the School system.
Approximately twice a year (Christmas and summer) the Convenor will contact CR and subgroup representatives to discuss any news, etc. The Convenor will then compose a newsletter for the membership and send to the CR Secretary for dissemination.
The Society will be sensitive to GPDR legislation: members will not by default have access to each other’s contact details. Email addresses on the distribution list will be visible only to the CR Secretary, CR President and regional representatives. However, it is reasonable that members know who the others are, and to this effect a separate list of members will be maintained. Membership of a regional subgroup assumes willingness to share email addresses with others in the same subgroup. The mailing list may also be used as a way of issuing general invitations to such events as Gaudies, Big Commem, significant lectures, etc.
Who was DC Simpson
DC Simpson was a pupil of John Sargeaunt before the Great War, first as a Homeboarder, then as KS; after the war, he returned as a classics master and served as Librarian before becoming Master of the KS from 1934-49. He was Hon. Sec. of the Elizabethan Club and latterly its President, then co-editor of the Record of Old Westminsters Vol. III. He set the standard for Election Dinner alcaics; he was also a parent. And if this record of service to the School were not enough to recommend him to us, he was a benefactor to the School Society, but also, significantly, a key figure in the creation and enhancement of communications and updates among the wider school community, which is exactly what this Society is trying to achieve.
Join the Society
If you would like to join the Society and you meet the criteria above, please email to request membership, stating your full name, and where you live (full address is not required) in order to help us to assign you, if possible, to a regional group.