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Current Staff

No one forgets a great teacher and our school’s success is based on professionalism and the formal yet friendly relationship between pupils and our teachers. All staff have the interests of every child at heart, both in and out of the classroom.

Senior Leadership Team

Mr R Vaughan (RVA)
Head Teacher

Mr S Tilbury (STL)
Deputy Head Teacher

Mrs E Watts (EWA)
Deputy Head Teacher

Mr C Lakole (CLA)
Deputy Head Teacher

Mr D Worker (DWO)
Deputy Head Teacher

Year Lead & Student Managers

Year 8

Mrs S Andrews (RWI)
Year Lead

Mrs K Hewitt (SDO)
Student Manager

Year 9

Miss R Willis (JCO)
Year Lead

Mrs S Downey (KWI)
Student Manager

Year 10

Mr J Compton (SAN)
Year Lead

Ms K Williams (KHE)
Student Manager

Year 11

Mr C Rammell (CRA)
Year Lead

Ms H Tennyson (HTE)
Student Manager

Year 7

Mr A Donghi (ADN)
Year Lead

Mrs S Nicolaides (SNC)
Student Manager

Sixth Form

Mrs G Mathews (GMA)
Director of Sixth Form

Mrs E Meads (EMA)
Head of Year 12

Mrs V Hunter (VHU)
Head of Year 13

Science and Technology

Science

Mr M McDougall
Head of Science

Mr B Araujo (BAR)
KS3 Lead

Ms B Kumalo (BKU)
Health & Social Care

Ms F Gaskin (FGA)

Ms S Mudadigwa (SMU)

Mr L Abbott (LAB)

Mrs J Madziva (JMA)

Ms N Mpofu-Tavugara (NMP)
Lead Practitioner

Ms E Sloan (ESL)

Mrs C Ogunwenmo (COG)
KS5 Lead

Technology

Mrs H Southgate (HSO)
Head of Textiles

Mrs R Riley-Paterson
Head of Food, Hospitality and Catering

Mrs Adu-Sarkodie

Ms M Foulger (MFO)

English and Modern Foreign Languages

Mrs E Watts Deputy Head Teacher/ English and MFL

English

Mr J Compton (JCO)
Head of English

Mrs S Attard (SAT)
Lead Practitioner

Ms S Cahill (SCA)

Ms N Wilson

Ms L-N Theofanous

Miss K Freshwater (KFR)
Head of KS4 English

Ms E Chinnick (ECI)

Ms R Njenda (RNJ)

MFL

Mrs E Iniesta (EIN)
Head of MFL

Mr C Rammell (CRA)

Ms V Hunter (VHU)

Mrs A Karantoni (AKR)

Ms D Salgado (DSA)

Maths & ICT

Mrs A Johnston (AJO), Director of Maths and ICT

Maths

Mr D Price (DPR)
Head of Maths

Ms S Abraham (SAB)
Lead Practitioner

Ms B Conway (BCO)

Ms R Naik (RNA)
KS3 Lead

Mrs C Siviter (CSI)
KS5 Lead

Ms E Vermeulen (EVE)

Ms L Osbourne

Miss M Jayasinghe (MJA)

ICT

Ms A Dowd (ADO)
Head of ICT

Mr S Tilbury (STL)

Economics / Law

Mr J Ward (JWR)

Business Studies

Mrs C Achilleos (CAC)
Head of Business Studies

Ms K Johnson (KJO)
Business Academy Lead

Humanities

Mr D Worker (DWO), Deputy Head Teacher/Humanities Line Manager

History

Mr J King (JKI)
Head of History

Ms A Hughes (AHU)
Lead Practitioner

Miss A Soylu (ASO)

Geography

Ms L Douglas (LDO)
Head of Geography

Miss J Brooksbank (JBR)
Lead Practitioner

Mrs A Grindley (AGR)

Mr N Casimir (NCA)
Subject Tutor

RS

Mr P Seymour (PSW)
Head of RS

Mr S Prenderville (SPR)
Deputy Head of RS

Mr S Naughten (SNU)

Mrs P Crow (PCR)
Head of Sociology

Mrs E Watts (EWA)

Sociology

Mrs P Crow (PCR)
Head of Sociology

Psychology

Mrs H Paul (HPA)
Head of Psychology

Performing Arts

Mr T Crosby (TCR), Director of Performing Arts

Art

Ms T Papadopoullos (TPA)
Head of Art

Ms G Warwick (GWA)

Music

Mr T Crosby (TCR)

Drama/Performing Arts

Miss D King (DKI)
Phoenix Academy Lead

Mrs G Mathews (GMA)

PE

Mr R Hunt (RHU)
Head of PE

Ms K Rowlands (KRO)
Lead Practitioner

Ms S Andrews (SAN)

Mr A Donghi (AND)

Mr C Lakole (CLA)

Mrs E Meads (EMA)

Mr S Tilbury (STL)

Miss R Willis (RWI)

Other Key Staff

Mr R Smith
Director of Inclusion

Mrs K Senturk
Office Manager

Mrs K Gaulton
Careers Lead & Careers Adviser

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Latest News

  • Harvesting Health: St Mary’s Students Bring Butternut Squash to the TableOctober 23, 2025 - 9:13 am
  • Year 11 Student in the Trafagar Day ParadeOctober 22, 2025 - 2:45 pm
  • ‘In Deep’ Theatre ProductionOctober 22, 2025 - 2:01 pm

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Cheshunt
Herts EN7 5FB

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