Our Staff


Teaching staff for Academic Year 2019 - 2020
* denotes Head of Department † denotes Housemaster

Mr Patrick Derham (PSJD)

Head Master’s Welcome

Under Master:
Mr James Kazi (JHK)
Bursar:
Mr Martin Walsh (MJW)
Deputy Head (Academic):
Mr Peter Sharp (PS)
Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum):
Mr Nick Page (NP)
Deputy Head (Boarding and Educational Partnerships):
Mr Jeremy Kemball (JJK)
Head of Upper School:
Miss Clare Leech (CML)
Director of Teaching and Learning:
Ms Abigail Farr (AEF)

Mr Jim Allchin (JLA)
Mr Simon Crow (SJC) *
Ms Emma Holloway (ELH)
Mr John Woodman (JGW)

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

Mr Ben Gravell (BEJG) – DofE Award Scheme (Gold); Upper School Expeditions
Mr Joseph Ireland (JAI)
Mr Dominic Jones (DAJ)
Mr Edmund Lewis (EASL) – UCAS Adviser
Dr Duncan McCombie (DJM)
Mr Andy Mylne (AEAM) *

Mr Andrew Mulholland (ACM)
Miss Sam Page (SP) *

Mr Peter Chequer (PJC) – Director of Drama *
Miss Annie Graham-Brown (AGB) – Academic Drama *

Mr Jamie Brown (JHB)
Mr Nick Fair (NAF) †
Mrs Lisa Newton (LJN) *
Ms Holly Wagstaff (HEW)

Dr Ransford Agyare-Kwabi (RAK) †
Mr David Hemsley-Brown (DRHB) * – Lower School Activities

Ms Sam Clarkson (SEC) – Adviser on US Universities
Dr Tom Durno (TED) *
Ms Abigail Farr (AEF) – Director of Teaching and Learning
Miss Lucy Freeland (LJF)
Mr Gavin Griffiths (GG)
Mr Solomon Hardwick
Mr James Kazi (JHK) – Under Master
Mr Keith Tompkins (KDT) – Head of Public Examinations
Miss Rebecca Wait (RSW)

Ms Julia Hughes (JJH) * (mat leave)
Mr Will Stockdale (WTS) * Head of Upper Shell
Mr Simon Wurr (SDW) – Guidance and Work Experience Coordinator

Ms Helena Barton (HLB)
Dr Giles Brown (GPAB)
Mr Patrick Derham (PSJD) – Head Master
Mr Tom Edlin, OW (TPJE) †
Dr Richard Huscroft (RMH) *
Mr Gareth Mann (GDM) – The Master of The Queen’s Scholars
Dr Mark Parry (MRP)
Mr David Riches (CDR) – Lower School Expeditions, PE *
Dr Gabrielle Ward-Smith (GDWS) †

Mr R J Hindley (RJH) – Director of Digital Strategy and IT *

Mr Kevin Au (KYA)
Mr Andrew Bottomley (ADB)
Miss Polly Brownlee (FPB) *
Mr Iain Butler (ITB)
Mr Dyfan Coles (DWFC)
Mr Michael Davies (MCD)
Mr Fraser Elliott (FDE)
Mr Giles Hayter (GADH)
Dr Nickolas Kalivas (NGK)
Mr Luke Lorimer (LAL) – Head of Fifth Form
Mr Ezra Lutton (EL)
Mr Steven Mitchell
Dr Nicholas Simons (NJS)
Mr Peter Smith (PCLS) – Head of Sixth Form
Mr Andrew Tolley (ACT) – Head of Data and Timetable
Dr Rob Wagner (RCW)

Dr Hugh Aplin (HAA) – Russian *
Dr Sander Berg (SJB) – Spanish * ; Adviser on US and International College Applications
Dr Sébastien Blache (SGB) – French *
Ms Angie Bootman (AEJB) – German Assistant
Mr Luis Carabantes (LCL) – Spanish Assistant
Ms Gema Franco (GFC) – French and Spanish; Head of International Pupils
Dr Alexandra Granville (AJG) – French, German * and Italian; Adviser on US Universities (mat leave)
Mrs Alex Griffiths (AKG) – French and German *
Mr Oliver Hopwood (OTWH) – Arabic, French and German; Director of Outreach and Widening Access
Mr Geran Jones (GKJ) – French and Russian
Miss Clare Leech (CML) – French and Spanish; Head of Upper School
Mrs Franca Lofts (FL) – Italian
Miss Pernelle Lorette (PCL) – French Assistant
Mrs Lynne MacMahon (LDM) – French and German
Ms Angela Márquez (AMC) – Spanish Assistant
Miss Pauline Michel (PLM) – French Assistant
Mr Nick Page (NP) – French, Russian and Spanish; Director of Communications; Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum)
Mrs Junko Rogers (JR) – Japanese
Mr Andreas Theodosiou (AT) – Modern Greek
Ms Haitong Wang (HW) – Chinese
Ms Julia Wickham (JW) – French and German
Dr John Witney (JCW) – French and Spanish, Modern Languages *

Mr Tim Garrard (TDG) – Director of Music *
Mr Michael Heighway (MKJH) – Assistant Director of Music; Academic Music *
Mr Guy St J Hopkins (GStJH) – Registrar
Dr Sinan Savaskan (SCS) – Academic Music

Mr James Kershen, OW (JDK) – Director of Sport; Head of Remove
Mr David Riches (CDR) – Lower School Expeditions *

Miss Joanna Chidgey (JC) *

Mr Nick Bates – Physics
Mr Paul Botton (PAB) – Chemistry
Mr Matthew Bradshaw (MRB) – Chemistry †
Mr Jack Chapman (JPC) – Chemistry
Ms Bhavna Choraria (BC) – Physics † (mat leave)
Mr Ed Coward (ETC) – Chemistry * ; Review Coordinator
Dr Jane Evans (RJE) – Biology *
Ms Gilly French (GMF) – Chemistry; Review Coordinator, Head of Civic Engagement, CR President
Dr Paul Hartley (PAH) – Biology
Mr Matthew Hubert – Physics
Ms Susan Joyce (SMJ) – Biology; Head of Lower Shell; Phab Coordinator
Mr Jeremy Kemball (JJK) – Biology; Deputy Head (Boarding and Educational Partnerships)
Mr Chris Kingcombe (CMCK) – Biology †
Dr Richard Kowenicki (RK) – Chemistry †
Dr James Lillington (JEDL) – Chemistry; DofE Award Scheme (Silver)
Mr Rob Morgan (REM) – Biology
Mr Matthew Perrins (MWDP) – Physics
Dr Helen Prentice (HJP) – Physics * ; DofE Award Scheme (Gold) (mat leave)
Mr Sirio Quintavalle (SEQ) – Physics
Mr Peter Sharp (PS) – Physics; Deputy Head (Academic)
Mrs Lydia Timpson (LXT) – Physics
Mr Jeffrey Tomasi (JMT) – Physics
Mr Charles Ullathorne (CJRU) – Physics *, Science *
Dr Kevin Walsh (KAPW) – Physics, Astronomy; Project Director – Westminster China schools

Ms Kathryn Ireland (KEI) *
Dr Kevin Smith (KWS)
Mrs Carol Tempestilli-Sarti (CMLT)

Mr Stephen Bailey (STB) – General Options and CPs
Mr Teehan Page (TDP)
Mr Thomas Woodrooffe (TDWW) *
The Revd Gavin Williams (GJW) – Chaplain

Mr Brian Smith (BJS) * †