Staff List

HeadMASTER:

• Mr G Stanford, MA, MBA, FRGS, St Hugh's College, Oxford

Deputy Head:

• Mr T E Keenan, BSc, Bradford, MSc, Northumbria, PGCE 

Deputy Head Academic:

• Mr R C M Loxley, BSc (Econ), Birkbeck College, London, MEd, Newcastle, PGCE

Deputy Head Pastoral:

• Miss S J Longville, BA, Newcastle, PGCE

Head of Sixth Form:

• Mrs N McGough, MSc, Imperial College, PGCE, MRes

DIrector of Partnerships:

• Mr J A Smith, BSc, Edinburgh, MEd, Newcastle, PGCE

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS:

• Mrs R Amey, MEng (Chemical Engineering), Nottingham, ACMA

Director of Development and Communications

• Ms S Beck, MSc, Southbank, London, InstFCert

 

Art

• Mr G P Mason, BA, Manchester Metropolitan, MA, Northumbria, PGCE

• Miss H C Bray, BA, MA, Northumbria, PGCE
• Mrs C Egan-Fowler, BEd, Notre Dame College, Liverpool University, MA, Northumbria
• Miss R Harvey, MFA, Newcastle, BA, Cumbria
• Mrs K Nowicki, (Head of Year 12) BA, London Metropolitan, PGCE
• Miss K Riley, BA, Newcastle, PGCE

Biology

• Mr P J Heath, BSc, Sheffield, PGCE

• Mrs L Astley, BSC, Durham, PGCE
• Dr M H Bell, BSc, Aston, PhD, Aberystwyth, PGCE
• Mr S Hall, BSc, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mrs S F Hutchinson, BSc, Edinburgh, PGCE
• Dr C J Murgatroyd, (Head of Year 7) BSc, Sunderland, DPhil, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mr L Shepherd, MA, Homerton College, Cambridge, PGCE

Careers and Higher Education

• Mr M G Downie, BA, Lancaster, PGCE 

• Mrs R J L Laws, (Asst. Head) MA, Durham, PGCE
• Mr S M F A Belfield, (Oxbridge Coordinator) BA, MA, New College, Oxford, MA, Birkbeck College, London, PGCE
• Miss B Milburn, (Careers Coordinator, medical), BSc, Imperial College London, MA, Northumbria, PGCE
• Dr M B A Read, (North American Universities Coordinator), BA, MA, Balliol College, Oxford, BA, Open University, MPhil, Darwin College, Cambridge, PhD, King's College, London
• Mrs C Towns, (Careers Coordinator, non-medical), Staatsexamen, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, GTP

Chemistry

• Dr S Nolan, MSci, Bristol, PHD, Bristol, PGCE

• Miss S Best, BSc, Newcastle, PGCE
• Dr R Campbell, BSc, PhD Newcastle, PGCE
• Mrs S L Coates, MChem, MSc, Durham, PGCE
• Dr J L Greenhalgh, BSc, Northumbria, PhD, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mrs C J Hutton-Stott, BSc, Open University, PGCE 
• Mr T Kelso, (Head of Year 10) BSc, Newcastle, PGCE

• Dr A J Pulham, (Head of Science), BA, Keble College, DPhil, Linacre College, Oxford

• Mrs M C Slack, BSc, Leicester Polytechnic, PGCE
• Dr E A Smith, BSc, PhD, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mrs N Wright, BSc, MEd, Newcastle, PGCE

Classics

• Mrs V C Mee, BA, MA, Jesus College, Oxford, PGCE

• Mr S M F A Belfield, BA, MA, New College, Oxford, MA, Birkbeck College, London, PGCE
• Mrs P R Coningham, MA, Newnham College, Cambridge, PGCE
• Dr L E Hope, PhD Toronto, MA Florida, BA Massachusetts Amherst 
• Dr D A MacLennan, BA, MA, PhD, Durham, PGCE
• Miss P L Whitworth, BA, Durham

Digital Technology and Computer Science

• Mr C J Wilde, BA, Newcastle, PGCE

• Miss J Lynn, BSc, Edge Hill, PGCE
• Mr M Moore, MEng, Newcastle, PGCE

Drama

• Miss S G Davison, BA, Warwick, PGCE

• Miss J Blacklock, BA Sunderland
• Mrs R A Shaw-Kew, BA, Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds

Economics

• Mr J D Neil, BA, Durham, MPhil, Hughes Hall, Cambridge, PGCE 

• Mrs L E Davison, MA, BA, Newcastle, PGCE, QTS
• Mr R C M Loxley, (Deputy Head Academic) BSc (Econ), Birkbeck College, London, MEd, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mr S O'Dwyer, BA, Bangor, PGCE, Nottingham
• Mr S Pearson, BA, Thames Valley London, PGCE, EMBA, Newcastle 
• Mr M J Smalley, BA, Manchester, QTS

Engineering, Design & Technology

• Mr P M Warne, MEng, St Aidan's College, Durham, PGCE

• Mr M Lowe, BA, Nottingham Trent
• Mrs C A Pipes, BA, Northumbria, PGCE
• Miss O Kenny, BA, Newcastle, MA, Sunderland, PHD, Sunderland, PGCE

English

• Dr S J Barker, BA, St David's University College, Lampeter, PhD, University of Wales

• Mrs H Chandy, BA, MA, St Andrews, PGCE
• Dr C Goulding, BA, MLitt, PhD, Newcastle
• Mrs K J Keown, BA, Robinson College, Cambridge, PGCE
• Mr A King, BA, MA, Newcastle, PGCE
• Dr S C Masters, (Film Studies), BA, Newcastle Polytechnic, MA, Newcastle, PhD, Sunderland
• Mrs L A Stadward, BA, MA, Northumbria, QTS

FOOD and Nutrition

• Mrs M Aitchison, BSc, Northumbria, PCGE

Geography

• Mr D A Wilson, BSc, King's College, London, PGCE

• Ms S Buist, (Head of Digital Strategy), BA, Exeter, PGCE
• Mr M G Downie, (Head of Careers & HE), BA, Lancaster, PGCE
• Mrs K E Hammill, (Head of PSHE), BA, Sheffield, QTS 
• Mrs R J L Laws, (Asst. Head of Careers), MA, Durham, PGCE
• Mrs R Leigh, (Head of EPQ) BA, MA, Newcastle, PGCE
• Miss Z C Morrow, BSc, MA, Institute of Education, UCL, PGCE
• Mrs H Petangoda, BA, King's College, London, MA, St Mary's, PGCE, QTS

History

• Mr D Tyreman, MA, Lancaster, PGCE 

• Mrs L Crowley, MA, MLitt, Glasgow, QTS
• Mr O L Edwards, MA, King's College, Cambridge, PGCE
• Mr D C Greenhalgh, (Head of Year 8) BA (JtHons), MPhil, University of Wales, Bangor, MA, Aberystwyth, PGCE
• Dr E S Matthews, MA, PhD, Lancaster, MSc, Stirling, PGCE
• Mrs A J Palmer, MA, Dundee, PGCE

Mathematics

• Mr N Hamilton, ME, Oxford, PGCE

• Dr J Argyle, BSc, Durham, MSc, Sheffield, PhD, Durham, PGCE, MEd, The Open University
• Mr H M W Bingham, BA, Pembroke College, Cambridge, PGCE
• Mr A Delvin, BSc, Bristol, MSc, Manchester, PGCE
• Mr G D Dunn, BSc, Northumbria, PGCE
• Mrs J Gwillim, BSc, Nottingham Trent, PGCE
• Dr P M Heptinstall, BSc, PhD, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mr D A Jardine, BSc, Strathclyde, PGCE
• Mr T E Keenan,(Deputy Head), BSc, Bradford, MSc, Northumbria, PGCE
• Mr A Pearson, BSc, MEd, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mr H Rashid, BSc, MSc, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mrs S Sharp, (Partnerships), BA, MA, Cambridge, PGCE
• Mr A Snedden, BSc, Newcastle, PGCE
• Miss R M Watterson, BSc, Edinburgh, PGCE
• Miss Z Winn, MMath, Bath, PGCE

Modern Languages

• Ms K E Sykes, BA (double hons), Bradford, PGCE

• Mr M S Bailie, (Head of Year 11), BA, Stirling, MA, Queen's University of Belfast, PGCE
• Miss J Budd, (Head of Year 13) BA, Aberystwyth, PGCE
• Miss S Demoulin, University of Mont Saint Aignan, France
• Mrs C L Diaz-Crossley, BA, Jesus College, Cambridge, PGCE
• Mr T Harman, (Head of French) BA, Newcastle, PGCE
• Miss E L Hayes, BA, Newcastle, PGCE
• Senora B Membrado-Dolz, (Head of Spanish)
• Mr M Metcalf, (Head of Year 9) MA, MPhil, Trinity College, Cambridge, PGCE
• Mrs C Towns, (Careers Coordinator, non-medical), Staatsexamen, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, GTP
• Mrs D Williams, (Head of German) BA, Durham, PGCE
• Mrs Xing Wang (Visiting Mandarin Teacher) 

MFL Assistants

• Mr S Straub (German)
• Miss F Gervasoni (French)
• Miss A Medinilla-Fernandez (Spanish)

Music

• Mr N. Smith, BM, MM, Newcastle, PGCE

• Miss S L Bolt, BA, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mrs K Clappison, (Head of Junior School Music), MA, Glasgow, PGCE

LEARNING SUPPORT

• Ms A E Lee, (Director of Progress, Learning and Support), MSc, Nottingham, BA, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mrs H J Hardy, (Learning Support Assistant), BA, Sheffield, MA, Open, PGCE
• Mrs N Kyle, (Learning Support Assistant), BA, Durham, MSc, Northumbria, PGCE
• Mrs S Huck, (Learning Support Assistant), BA, Reading, GCE Newcastle

Philosophy and Religion

• Dr M B A Read, BA, MA, Balliol College, Oxford, BA, Open University, MPhil, Darwin College, Cambridge, PhD, King's College, London

Physical Education

• Mrs A J Ponton, (Director of Sport) BSc, Liverpool John Moores, PGCE

• Mr W Angus, BA, Durham, PGCE
• Mr A G Brown, BSc with QTS, Sheffield Hallam
• Miss N Harkness, BSc, Northumbria, PGCE
• Miss J Harrison, BSc, Manchester Metropolitan, PGCE, Durham
• Mr J Ingle (Assistant Director of Sport), BSc, Loughborough, PGCE
• Miss H Larsen, BSc, Loughborough
• Miss A Lill, BSc, Northumbria, PGCE
• Mr R V Mackay, BSc, Northumbria  
• Mr A E Watt, BA, Manchester Metropolitan
• Mr J A Wood, BA, Manchester Metropolitan, PGCE Sunderland

Physics

• Dr R M Houchin, MSci, PhD, Durham, QTS, DipEd

• Mr J L Camm, BSc, Manchester, PGCE
• Mrs N McGough, (Head of Sixth Form) MSc, Imperial College, PGCE, MRes
• Mr S McMenzie, BSc, Manchester, PGCE
• Miss B Milburn, (Careers Coordinator, medical), BSc, Imperial College London, MA, Northumbria, PGCE
• Mr E T Rispin, (Head of Exams), BSc, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mr T Williams, (Partnerships) BSc, Durham, PGCE

PSHE

• Mrs K E Hammill, BA, Sheffield, QTS

Psychology

• Dr C M Bone, BSc, Manchester Polytechnic, MA, Durham, PhD Northumbria PGCE

• Miss K A Jacques, BSc, Newcastle

 

Junior School

Headmaster

• Mr J N Miller, BA, Northumbria

Deputy head 

• Dr A J Spencer, BSc, PhD, Birmingham, PGCE

Assistant Head Pastoral

• Mrs K Wall, BA, University College of Ripon & York St John, QTS 

Assistant Head Academic

• Mrs K Clappison, MA, Glasgow, PGCE

Staff

• Mrs C Baker, BA, Northumbria
• Miss H Close, BSc, Lancaster, MA, Sunderland, PGCE
• Mr A Cragg, BA, Durham, QTS
• Mrs C M Cree, BSc, Newcastle, PGCE  
• Mrs H Dean, BEd, Newcastle Polytechnic
• Mrs L Hogg, BEd, Strathclyde
• Mr T G Lloyd, BA, Nottingham, QTS
• Mrs S J McCulloch, BA, Liverpool, PGCE
• Mrs R Milligan, BA, Sheffield, PGCE
• Miss M A Noble, BA, Hull, MA, Northumbria, PGCE
• Mrs C O'Hanlon, BA, Newcastle, PGCE
• Mrs L M Stairmand, BA, Leeds, MSc, Buckinghamshire, PGCE
• Mrs R S Towers, BA, Leeds, MEd, Newcastle
• Ms A J Whitney, BA, Southampton, PGCE
• Mr B Wollerton, BSc, Northumbria, PGCE
• Miss L R B Wood, BA, Newcastle, MA, Durham, QTS

Teaching Assistants

• Mrs A Gilmore, CACHE Level 3
• Mrs L M Johnston, STA, Northumbria, HLTA Level 4
• Mrs H Sisterson, BA, CACHE Level 3

Personal care Assistant

• Miss K Hobson, BA, Hull

After school supervisors 

• Mrs C Colley
• Mr S Hails