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 N Simms (NSI)
Head Teacher

Mrs A Grindley (AGR)
Senior Deputy 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 7

Miss R Willis (RWI)
Year Lead

Mrs S Downey (SDO)
Student Manager

Year 8

Mr J Compton (JCO)
Year Lead

Ms K Williams (KWI)
Student Manager

Year 9

Mrs H Ford (HFO)
Year Lead

Mrs P Brown (PBR)
Student Manager

Year 10

Mr A Donghi (ADN)
Year Lead

Ms J Spencer (JSP)
Student Manager

Year 11

Mrs S Andrews (SAN)
Year Lead

Mrs K Hewitt (KHE)
Student Manager

Sixth Form

Mrs G Mathews (GMA)
Director of Sixth Form

Mrs V Hunter (VHU)
Head of Year 12

Mrs E Meads (EMA)
Head of Year 13

Science and Technology

Mr M McDougall (MMD), Director of Science and Technology

Science

Mr J Dingsdale (JDI)
Head of Science

Mr B Araujo (BAR)
KS3 Lead

Mrs Michelle Miller
Head of Health Studies

Ms F Gaskin (FGA)

Ms Alex Russell

Mrs J Madziva (JMA)

Ms N Mpofu-Tavugara (NMP)
Lead Practitioner

Ms E Sloan (ESL)

Mr A Tewari (ATE)

Mrs C Ogunwenmo (COG)
KS5 Lead

Mr R Bradley (RBR)

Technology

Ms P Comak (PCO)
Head of Psychology

Mrs H Southgate (HSO)
Head of Textiles

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

Mr B Massop (BMA)
Head of Technology

Mrs S Ahmed (SAH)

Mrs Adu-Sarkodie

English and Modern Foreign Languages

Mrs C Grounds (CGR), Director of English and MFL

English

Mrs S Attard (SAT)
Lead Practitioner

Ms S Cahill (SCA)

Mr J Compton (JCO)

Mrs H Ford (HFO)

Miss K Freshwater (KFR)
Head of KS4 English

Miss S Norris (SNO)
Head of KS3 English

Mrs T Jarrett (TJR)

Ms L Theofanous (LTH)

MFL

Mrs E Iniesta (EIN)
Head of Spanish

Mr C Rammell (CRA)
Head of French

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)

Mr D Williams (DWI)

ICT

Ms A Dowd (ADO)
Head of ICT

Mr A Benjeddi (ABE)
Lead Practitioner

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)

Mrs E Watts (EWA)

Geography

Ms L Douglas (LDO)
Head of Geography

Miss J Brooksbank (JBR)
Lead Practitioner

Mr N Casimir (NCA)
Subject Tutor

Mrs A Grindley (AGR)

Mr I Jordan (IJO)

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

Mr R Smith (RSI)
PSHE Coordinator

Performing Arts

Mr T Crosby (TCR), Director of Performing Arts

Art

Ms T Papadopoullos (TPA)
Head of Art

Ms M Stavrou (MST)

Music

Mr T Crosby (TCR)

Drama/Performing Arts

Miss D King (DKI)
Phoenix Academy Lead

Mrs A Crawford (ACR)

Mrs G Mathews (GMA)

PE

Mr R Hunt (RHU)
Head of PE

Ms S Andrews (SAN)

Mr A Donghi (AND)

Mr C Lakole (CLA)

Mrs E Meads (EMA)

Mr S Tilbury (STL)

Miss R Willis (RWI)

Ms Harrison-Bloomfield

Other Key Staff

Mr R Latchford
Business Manager

Ms L Lee
Director of Inclusion

Mrs K Senturk
Office Manager

Mrs K Gaulton
Careers Lead & Careers Adviser