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 and Pastoral Care, and Learning Support Co-ordinator – Louise Gilmartin BSc (Hons.), Dip. SpLD, APS
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.)
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:
Victor Manzanero BA
Isabel Hine BA (Hons.) PGCE
Lower School
KS1
Year 1
Kate Wiffen BA (Hons.) Primary Ed
Lydia Loxton B. Ed (Primary Ed with Early Childhood Studies)
Year 2
Sian Reardon BA (Hons.), MA, PGCE
Alys Gould BA (Hons.), PGCE
Amy Fraser BA QTS (Hons.)
Upper School
KS2
Year 3
Antoinette McQuaid B.Ed (MA)
Theresa Kemball BSc (Hons.), PGCE
Year 4
Christine Zydlo BA (Hons.), PGCE
Kelda Davis MA, PGCE
Rachel Wood BSc (Hons.), PGCE
Year 5
Matthew Everitt BA (Hons.), HBO (Dutch teaching certificate), QTS
Gina Gent BA (Hons.), QTS
Year 6
Lee Murphy BA, QTS (Hons.)
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
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 – Evan Clegg Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, MMus, Jazz Studies
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 – Allana Ashmeil Inclusion Lead
Senior Coach – Owyn Rees

The Sports Team
Coaches:
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- Maria Daley
- Paul Michael Daley
- Owyn Rees
- Dan Thompson
- Megan Smith
- Aleisha Wilson
Assistant Librarian – Doreen Vincent
Reading Specialist and Advisor – Melanie Parrish

Librarians Doreen Vincent & Lorna Collins
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 Assistants – Tracy Millward, Maureen Cullen
Grounds – Mike Phillips

Playground Team
Reception – Karen Proudian, Archie Adams, Marcia Henriquez
Year 1 – Gemma Mason, Kim Osmond
Year 2 – Angela Reekie, Sharon Fellowes
Year 3 – Doreen Vincent
Year 4 – Simon Attwell
LSAS – Georgia Ewart, Ashley Cullen, Julie Turton, Rachel Selby, Nicola Kirrage, Denise Ugalde, Samantha Echeverry
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 – Laura Kressly, Joanna Starr
Table Tennis – Darius Knight
Michael Mburu
Hassan Sesay
Senait Abagaz
Faiza Abdullahi
Cleaning Team
Nellie Bozhikova
Dimitar Bozhikov
George Penev
Stefka Gadzheva