Academic Staff
Academic Staff
Here are the Heads of Department at the Senior School and the Lower School.
Lower School
Mrs R Edwards
Head of Maths
BEd (Hons) Chester
Mrs H Davies
Head of Music
BMus Bangor University, PGCE
Mrs A Bradshaw
Head of English
Level 7, teaching and assessing learners with dyslexia, British Dyslexia Association (BDA)
BA (Hons) Nottingham Trent, PGCE Liverpool Hope
Mme B Fitzgerald
Modern Foreign Languages Specialist Teacher
Licence d’Anglais University of Nantes, PGCE Liverpool
Mrs K Atherton
KS1 Teacher
BA (Hons) Lancaster, PGCE Goldsmiths
Mrs A Bartram
Reception Teacher
BA (Hons) City University, London, PGCE Chester
Miss R Oxton
Year 4 Teacher
BA (Hons) York
Mrs D Lawson
Computing Teacher
BEd (Hons) Bangor
Mrs J Maughan
Learning Support Co-ordinator
Level 6, Supporting children with SpLD
Mrs H Stockley
Head of Infant Sport
BSc (Hons) University of Derby, PGCE Bangor
Miss S Kiernan
PE Teacher
BA (Hons) University of Chester
Mrs P Williams
Specialist Science and Maths Teacher
BEd (Hons) Chester
Mrs V Davies-Rose
SENCO
BA Humanities Nottingham Trent, PGCE Southbank
Senior School
Mr A Tucker
Head of Art
BA (Hons) Bristol, PGCE
Mrs S Mahay
Head of Biology
BSc (Hons) Edinburgh PGCE
Mrs J Dawson
Head of Careers
BA Open University, PGCE
Mr D Cripps
Head of Chemistry
BSc Birmingham, MSc Huddersfield, PGCE
Mrs E Ellis
Head of Classics
MA Oxon, PGCE
Mr S Hay
Head of Design Technology
B.Eng (Hons) and PGCE University of Bath
Mrs K T P R Larder
Head of Drama
BA (Hons) Huddersfield PGCE
Mrs A Woodcock
Head of Computing and Head of Economics/Business Studies
BA (Hons) Leeds Beckett, PGCE Manchester
Mrs L Garton
Head of English
MA London, BA (Hons) London, PGCE
Mme B Fitzgerald
Head of French
Licence d’Anglais University of Nantes, PGCE Liverpool
Miss S Aldridge
Head of Geography
MEd (Cantab), BSc (Hons) University of Nottingham, PGCE
Mrs N Tunnicliffe
Head of History
BA (Hons) Cardiff MA Manchester, PGCE
Ms G Mayes
Head of the Library
BA (Hons) Dublin MSc Belfast MSc University of Wales
Ms L L P Whittam
Head of Mandarin
BA Beijing QTS
Mrs E Simpson
Head of Mathematics
BA (Hons) Manchester, PGCE, CIPD, NPQH
Mrs H Davies
Head of Music
B.Mus Bangor University, PGCE
Mrs E Bellis
Head of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
BA (Hons) St. John University York
Miss S Kiernan and Miss B Brizell
Head of Physical Education
BSc (Hons) Lancaster, PGCE
Mrs E Robinson
Head of Physics
BSc (Hons) Warwick PGCE
Mrs C Hughes
Head of Psychology
BSc (Hons) Chester, PGCE
Dr J Scherer
Head of Religious Studies
BA (Hons) PhD Bangor MTh Bangor PGCE
Miss I Ruiz
Head of Spanish
BA (Hons) Seville PGCE
Mrs V Davies-Rose
SENCO
BA Humanities Nottingham Trent, PGCE Southbank