Staff

Staffing Structure

Leadership

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)

The Roche School Nursery at Keswick House, Keswick Road, Putney, London

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

Class and Sets Teachers

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

Art

Director of Art – Susie Prus Art foundation & BA (Hons.) Chelsea. MA Goldsmiths

Bayly Shelton BA (Hons.)

Music

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

Dance

Lucilla Royden PDCDS Laban, RAD RTS

Léa Hamilton BSc MSc CBTS RTS

French

Head of French – Annelies Gabriels BA (Hons.) QTS (Antwerp)

Sport

Director of Sport – Allana Ashmeil Inclusion Lead

Senior Coach – Owyn Rees

The Sports Team

Coaches:

- Maria Daley
- Paul Michael Daley
- Owyn Rees
- Dan Thompson
- Megan Smith
- Aleisha Wilson

Librarians

Assistant Librarian – Doreen Vincent

Reading Specialist and Advisor – Melanie Parrish

Librarians Doreen Vincent & Lorna Collins

Librarian – Lorna Collins BA (Hons.) MA Children’s Literature

Learning Support Department

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

Teaching Assistants, Learning Support Assistants and Auxilliary staff

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

Non-Teaching Staff

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

Clubs (visiting teachers)

Drama – Aran Bell

Chess – Phil Makepeace

Science – Francis Ennison

Spanish – Marcia Henriquez

Little Voices – Laura Kressly, Joanna Starr

Table Tennis – Darius Knight

Catering Staff (Harrisons)

Michael Mburu

Hassan Sesay

Senait Abagaz

Faiza Abdullahi

Cleaning Team

Nellie Bozhikova

Dimitar Bozhikov

George Penev

Stefka Gadzheva