Staff
Headmistress Vania Adams and Deputy Head Jonny Gilbert
Proprietors – Dr James Roche & Mrs Carmen Roche
Headmistress – Vania Adams BA (Hons.) MA, PGCE
Deputy Head – Jonny Gilbert BA (Cantab.), MA (Cantab.)
Head of Nursery Schools – Gabriella Emery BA (Hons.), Mont. Dip.
Head of Safeguarding – Peter Clark B.Ed
Early Years Coordinator – Luci Ducker BA (Hons.), PGCE
Director of Studies – Charlotte Baly BA (Hons.), PGCE, CTeach (Leadership)
Gabriella Emery - Head of Nursery Schools
SENCo Team - Louise Gilmartin / Sophie Camilleri
SENCo – Sophie Camilleri BA (Hons.), PGCE, SpLD
Head of Assessment and 11+ – Ricki Hamilton BSc (Hons.), MSc, PGCE
Behaviour Management & The Roche Approach – Antoinette McQuaid B.Ed (MA)
Head of English – Amy Fraser BA QTS (Hons.)
Head of Maths – Lee Murphy BA QTS (Hons.)
Learning Support Co-ordinator, Pupil Wellbeing and Head of Pastoral Care – Louise Gilmartin BSc (Hons.), Dip. SpLD, APS
Lower School Lead – Kate Wiffen BA (Hons.) Primary Ed
Early Years Foundation Stage
Nursery:
Luci Ducker BA (Hons.), PGCE
Tulsi Misra (Dip. Early Childhood Care, Education & Administration)
Lydia Berg (Kindergarten Dip)
Reception:
Kate Wiffen BA (Hons.) Primary Ed
Isabel Hine BA (Hons.) PGCE
Early Years Teaching Staff
Lower School Teaching Staff
Lower School
KS1
Year 1
Sian Reardon BA (Hons.), MA, PGCE
Lydia Loxton B. Ed (Primary Ed with Early Childhood Studies)
Olga Krizek BSc (Hons.), PGCE
English & Maths sets – Louise Gilmartin BSc (Hons.), Dip. SpLD, APS
Year 2
Alys Gould BA (Hons.) PGCE
Amy Fraser BA QTS (Hons.)
Upper School
KS2
Year 3
Antoinette McQuaid B.Ed (MA),
Christine Zydlo BA (Hons.), PGCE
Theresa Kemball BSc (Hons.) PGCE
Year 4
Kelda Davis MA, PGCE
Rachel Wood BSc (Hons.) PGCE
Year 5
Lee Murphy BA QTS (Hons.)
Matthew Everitt BA (Hons.), HBO (Dutch teaching certificate), QTS
Gina Gent BA (Hons.) QTS
Year 6
Charlotte Baly BA (Hons.), PGCE,
Ricki Hamilton BSc (Hons.), MSc, PGCE
English sets:
Allison Judge BA (Hons.) MA, PGCE
Mel Parrish BA (Hons.), PGCE
Fi Collingwood EAL Specialist
Sophie Camilleri BA (Hons.), PGCE, SpLD
Maths sets:
Dr. Alex Leithes BSc (Hons.) MSc, PhD PGCE
Julia Clacher BA (Hons.) PGCE
Jonny Gilbert BA (Cantab.), MA (Cantab.)
Upper School Teaching Staff
Director of Art – Susie Prus Art foundation & BA (Hons.) Chelsea. MA Goldsmiths
Bayly Shelton BA (Hons.)
Gunther Kurmayr & Katie Woodward
Director of Music – Katie Woodward BMus (Hons.) Royal College of Music
Piano Accompanist: Gunther Kurmayr Diploma in Professional Music, Berklee College of Music, Boston USA
Percussion: Jason Chowdhury BMus (Hons.) Royal College of Music
Violin: Sarah Button Degree from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Ass. Diploma in Performance and Teaching
Brass & Piano: Ola Olson M. Ed Malmo Academy of Music, Sweden
Woodwind & Piano: Alex Hitchcock BA (Cantab.), MA (Royal College of Music)
Voice: Daniela Clynes – Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Post Grad Cert Advanced Jazz
Guitar: Andrew Prosser GLCM London College of Music, Postgraduate Cert in Jazz Performance from Trinity College of Music
Lucilla Royden PDCDS Laban, RAD RTS
Léa Hamilton BSc MSc CBTS RTS
Head of French – Annelies Gabriels BA (Hons.) QTS (Antwerp)
Director of Sport – Peter Clark B.Ed
Senior Coach – Owyn Rees
The Sports Team
Coaches:
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- Maria Daley
- Allana Ashmeil Inclusion Lead
- Paul Michael Daley
- Owyn Rees
- Dan Thompson
- Megan Smith
- Aleisha Wilson
Assistant Librarian – Doreen Vincent
Reading Specialist and Advisor – Melanie Parrish
Librarian – Lorna Collins BA (Hons.) MA Children’s Literature
SENCo – Sophie Camilleri BA (Hons.), PGCE, SpLD
Learning Support Co-ordinator – Louise Gilmartin BSc (Hons.), Dip. SpLD, APS
Literacy Intervention – Jude Rowan DA (Dyslexia Action) Level 4
Maths 1:1 – Olivia Hill APD, BDA, Unicorn Maths Dyscalculia Specialist
Dyslexia & Dyscalculia – Marlo Kinnear B.Ed, MA, ATS
Teaching Children with Dyslexia – Gemma Mason
EAL – Fiona Collingwood CAA – (BCPL/IR) TESOL, Dyslexia Action – Hornsby Course in Dyslexia and Literacy Certificate Level 3
Denise Ugalde TESOL, Professional Proofreading Diploma
Playground Assistant/TA – Claudette John
Playground Assistant – Simon Attwell
Playground Assistant – Maxine McCurbin
Playground Assistant – Julie Oakham
Lunchtime Assistant – Tracy Millward
Grounds – Mike Phillips
Playground Team
Reception – Sharon Fellowes, Doreen Vincent, Karen Proudian
Year 1 – Angela Reekie, Gemma Mason, Archie Adams
Year 2 – Kim Osmond and Katie Way
Year 3 – Sharon Fellowes
LSAS – Georgia Ewart, Ashley Cullen, Julie Turton, Rachel Selby, Nicola Kirrage, Denise Ugalde, Marlene Cook
Admissions Registrar – Mrs Glenis Clark
Bursar – Mrs Carmen Roche
HR – Dr James Roche
Colin Bergamin, Hanna Patel, Glenis Clark, Lizzie Aldridge
School secretary – Lizzy Aldridge
IT Technician – Hanna Patel
Premises Management – Colin Bergamin
Drama – Aran Bell
Chess – Phil Makepeace
Science – Francis Ennison
Spanish – Marcia Henriquez
Little Voices – Georgina Smith and Chloe Rolland
Table Tennis – Darius Knight
Michael Mburu
Hassan Sesay
Senait Abagaz
Faiza Abdullahi
Cleaning Team
Nellie Bozhikova
Dimitar Bozhikov
George Penev
Stefka Gadzheva