Our Staff - Watford Grammar School for Girls

STAFF LIST
(2016-2017)
Headmistress: Mrs Clare Wagner BA (Hons) (Bristol) MSc (Oxon)
PA to Headmistress : Ms S Dabiran
Deputy Headteacher:
Miss S Tai, BA (Liverpool)
Director of Teaching and Learning:
Miss J Hart, BA (Hons) (London) NPQH
Assistant Headteachers:
Mrs S Edwards, BSc (Hons) (Nottingham)
Mr S Fry, BA (Hons) (Cambridge)
Business & Finance Director:
Mr P Beasley, ACMA
Head of Year 7:
Head of Year 8:
Head of Year 9:
Head of Year 10:
Head of Year 11:
Head of Sixth Form:
Head of Lower Sixth Form:
Head of Upper Sixth Form
Director of Sixth Form Studies:
ART
Miss G Wheeler, BA (Hons) (NottinghamTrent) HOD
Mrs U Denton D&T teacher in Germany (Munich)
Miss E Georgiou BA (Hons) (Hertfordshire)
Mrs K Morgan, BA (Oxon) MA
Miss A Naalchigar, BA (Hons) (AUB)
Mrs C Rock, BA (Hons) (Brighton)
Mrs A Sweeney, BA (Hertfordshire)
ART TECHNICIANS
Ms K Kearns, BSc (Hons) (Sheffield)
CAREERS/WORK EXPERIENCE CO-ORDINATOR
Miss J Smart, BSc (Hons) (Birmingham)
CLASSICS
Mr F Wynne, BA (Oxon) - HOD
Ms Y Bateson, BA (Hons) (Kings, London)
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Miss J Leonard, BA (Durham) - HOD
Mrs K Chopra,BA (Hons) Eco B.Ed Adv Dip
(Cambridge)
Mr R Houslin, BA (Hons) (Middlesex)
Mrs P MacEwen, MA (Oxon) PgDip (UEL)
Mr B Temple, BSc (Hons) (Aberystwyth)
Miss J Dentandt
Mrs J Smith
Ms Y Bateson
Mrs L Jenkins
Ms J Shrimpton
Mrs S Edwards
Mr C Bevan
Ms G Ferguson
Miss M Braham
HISTORY /GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Mr A Thompson, BA (East Anglia) - HOD
Mr M DeSilva, BA (Hons) (Wales)
Miss J Cassidy, BA (Hons) (Leeds)
Miss J Hart, BA (Hons) (London) NPQH
Miss Rebecca Maggs BA (Hons) (Cambridge)
Mrs M Meerabux, BA (Hons) (Manchester) MA
(London)
Mrs J Whittingham B.Ed (Hons) (Nottingham)
ENGLISH AND DRAMA
Mrs L Sutherland, MA (St Andrews) - HOD
Mrs Y Afnan, Southampton (BA), Edinburgh (MA)
Mr CJ Bevan, BA (Cardiff)
Miss K Dorsett-Bailey, BA (Cardiff) MA(Ed)
(Hertfordshire)
Miss R Frost BA (Hons) (Cambridge)
Ms V Hinton, MA (Oxon)
Ms E O’Neill, BA (Hons) (Birmingham); MA (London)
Ms I Pearse, BA (York), MA (London)
Mrs J Taylor, BA (Derby)
GEOGRAPHY
Miss K Fish, BA (London) - HOD
Mr S Fry, BA (Hons) Cambridge)
Miss R Aldridge, BA (Hull)
Mrs S Edwards, BSc (Hons) (Nottingham)
Miss S Tai, BA (Hons) (Liverpool)
LEARNING SUPPORT AND ENRICHMENT
Mrs K Chopra, BA Eco (Hons), B.Ed, Adv Dip
(Cambridge) – HOD
Mrs F Lucas, BA Comb (Hons) (Exeter) PGCPSE (OU)
HLTA
Mrs L King, BA (Joint Hons) (Keele) - Admin
MATHEMATICS
Mr M J Broadwith, MMath (Oxon) - HOD
Mrs S Arazi, MSc, BSc (Oxford Brookes)
Mrs S Auerbach, BSc (Leeds)
Miss D Bratic, BSc (Osijek, Croatia)
Dr P Cosgrove, BA (Hons), PhD (Keele), LTCL
Mr G Docherty BSc (1st) (Glasgow), PGCE Glasgow
Ms LC Dongray, B.Ed (Hons) (Cambridge)
Mr S Evans, BEng Electronics (Sheffield), MSc Comp
Science (Herts), BSc Maths (OU)
Ms S Harris, BSc (Manchester)
Mrs P Hunt, B.Ed (Hons) (Leeds)
Mrs LM Jenkins, BSc (Wales)
Ms S Koohi BSc, Civil Engineering, University of
Mashad, Iran, MSc, Geotechnical engineering,
Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Mrs R Law B.Ed (Hons) Bedford
Mr NA Shah, BSc (Aston)
Miss P Waugh, BSc (Sussex)
Miss SG Wells, BSc (Hons) (Exeter)
Mrs HE White, BA (Oxon)
PE TECHNICIAN
Miss L Cohen BA (Hons) (Hull)
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Miss Kathryn McDougall BA (Hons) Leeds - HOD
Mr J Landsman BA (Hons) Leeds
Ms Z Rowley, BA (Nottingham)
Mrs J Smith, BA (Hons) (Bristol)
SCIENCE
Dr S Macpherson, BSc (Liverpool) PhD (Newcastle)
– HOD Science
Mrs S Durward-Akhurst, BSc (Hons) (Wales) –
Biology HOD
Mrs C Haines, BSc (Hons), ARCS (London) –
Physics HOD
Dr E Simister, BA DPhil (Oxon) – Joint HOD
Chemistry
Mr S Burns, MSci (Hons) Chemistry (Nottingham) –
Joint HOD
Miss M Braham, BSc (Hons) (London) CChem MRSC
Mrs M Chrysofaki, BSc (Uni of Crete)
Miss S Conway, BSc (Hons) (Loughborough) MA
(Herts)
Ms G Ferguson, BSc (Hons) (Manchester) MSc
(London)
Dr S Grinham, BMed.Sc PhD (Birmingham)
Dr L Heath MSci (Nottingham) PhD (Nottingham)
MRSC
Mrs R Kanwal, MSc (Guru Nanak Dev Uni) (India)
Ms A McAlpine, BSc (Exeter)
MODERN LANGUAGES
Mrs A Page BSc (Hons) (Bradford)
Miss K Clark, BA (Hons) Leeds MEd (Birmingham) - Miss Cassandra Smith Bsc (Hons) (Bristol)
HOD
Mr K Rushworth, BSc (OU)
Mr M Alexander BA (Hons) Sheffield
Miss J Smart, BSc (Hons) (Birmingham)
Mrs V Brümmerstädt, BA (Hons) Maîtrise (Paris)
Miss S Souley, BSc (Manchester)
Mrs Uli Denton D&T teacher in Germany (Munich)
Ms C Sparke, BSc (Hons) (Portsmouth)
Ms S Jackson, BA (Hons) (Birkbeck), DESS (ParisMr A Whalley, BSc (Lancaster)
Panthéon-Sorbonne)
SCIENCE TECHNICIANS
Ms L Martins, BSc (Hons) (Surrey)
Ms A Ward, BA (Hons) (Leeds)
Ms J Conway
Miss S White, BA (Hons) (London)
Mrs E Allen
Mrs N Raniga
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS
Mrs H Young
Ms J Henkel (German Assistant)
Mr A Withers
Ms A Nestorovski (Spanish Assistant)
LIBRARY
Ms S Ghia (French Assistant)
Mrs L Thackery, BA (Hons) (London) DipLib
MUSIC
Mrs L Read, BA (Hons)
Miss J Bridges, GRSM (Hons) Royal Academy of
Music LRAM - HOD
IT RESOURCES MANAGER
Mr A Turpie
Mr B Boichat, BMus (Birmingham)
Mrs A Carr, BMus (Hons) AKC
Mr M Gotting
Mrs B Solanki
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Miss K Holes, BA (Hons) (Chichester) - HOD
SIMS MANAGER
Mrs K Chapman, CertEd (Sussex)
Mrs J O’Mahony
Miss J Dentandt, BSc (Joint Hons) (Loughborough)
Miss C Laffoley, BA (Hons) (Brighton)
Mrs X Mainwaring, B.Ed (Hons) (Bedford)
Ms J Shrimpton, B.Ed (Hons) (Bedford)
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Mrs H Zacharia, B.Ed (London) HOD Food &
Nutrition
Mr A Cattini, MPhil, BSc, MA (London) PGCE
(Middlesex) - KS3 & KS4 D&T Coordinator
Ms M Martinez de Ubago (Architecture, Masters in
Education) (Madrid
TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIANS
Ms T Brewer
Mrs D Brown
Miss V Cittadino, BFA (Fine Arts) (Parsons – Paris,
FR)
COMPUTING
Dr P Cosgrove, BA (Hons) PhD (Keele), LTCL HOD
Mrs J Nair, BSc (Staffordshire) PGCE (Canterbury
Christ Church University)
Mr A Cattini, MPhil, BSc, MA (Herts)
Ms LC Dongray, B.Ed (Cambridge)
Mr K Rushworth, BSc (OU)
Ms Maria Chrysofaki BSc (University of Crete),
Mr S Evans, BEng Electronics (Sheffield), MSc Comp
Science (Herts), BSc Maths (OU)
EXAMINATIONS OFFICER
Mrs A J King
CATERING
Mrs D Zimolag (Manager)
Mrs S Coleman
Ms N Farrell
Mrs Malgorzata Fularz
ADMINISTRATION
Mrs A Ratcliffe (Office Supervisor)
Miss D Holmes, BTh (Hons) (Music Major)
Lynda Smith (Receptionist)
Mrs A Nunes (Attendance)
Mrs L Withers (Admissions)
SITE TEAM
Mr C Donnellan (Site & Facilities Manager)
Mrs D Donnellan (Site Assistant)
Mr N Durward-Akhurst (Site Administrator)
Mr P Hinsley (Site Team Assistant)
Mr K Holmes (Senior Caretaker)
Mr J Villar-Gonzales (Caretaker)
Mr L Plowright (Groundsman)
Ms A Barker (Caretaker- Primary School)
Mr P Califano (Caretaker – Primay School)
Mr A Gair (Caretaker – Primary School)
Mr M Gair (Caretaker – Primary School)
Mr S Harding (Caretaker – Primary School)
Mr M Herbert (Caretaker – Primary School)
Mr M Kovalic (Caretaker – Primary School)
Ms M O’Keefe (Caretaker – Primary School)
Mr M O’Sullivan (Caretaker – Primary School)
Mr A Reddin (Caretaker – Primary School)
Mrs D Oleszko (Cleaning Supervisor)
Ms A Barker
Ms V Cittadino
Mrs C Correira
Mrs C Di Maria
Miss E Faretta
Mrs N Gair
Ms J Jeromin
Mrs E Kivell
Mrs R Martuccio
Ms J Orlowska-Scota
Mrs S Pereira
Mrs C Reynolds
Ms A Zdrojewska-Pubanc
FULLER LIFE FITNESS & HEALTH CENTRE
Mr A Oakley (Fitness Manager)
Ms S Lake (Fitness Instructor)
Ms E Bojakowska-Wijas (Fitness Instructor)
LUNCHTIME SUPERVISORS
Mrs A Ray (Senior Supervisor)
Mrs S Loganathan
Mrs R Martuccio
Mrs M Humberstone (Reprographics and Aluminae Mrs R Tahir
Manager)
Health & Welfare Officer
FINANCE OFFICE
Miss C Hibbert, BA (SOAS)
Mrs J Charman (Finance Manager)
Mrs K Bradby (Finance Assistant)
Miss H Delaney (Finance Assistant)
Ms H Dalfen BA (Ceramics and Sculpture) (SIU)
(Specialist Status Manager)
HUMAN RESOURCES
Mrs S Dabiran (PA to Headmistress/HR Manager)
Mrs S Moledina (HR Administrator)
Mrs Z Nehra (HR/Payroll Administrator)