Miss Tice joined the school in 1965 as a staff member and was an UIVth form mistress before moving to the Sixth Form to work with the Bye students, who were doing seventh term Oxford or Cambridge entrance exams. Miss Tice taught Geography (and also Biology when needed) and was Deputy Head for three years from 1968 to 1971, when Miss Bedson started a three-year rotation appointment. Miss Tice then became Examinations Officer, a post that she held until her retirement in 1990, also taking on the extensive work involved in organising all the school’s centenary celebrations in 1981. In her retirement, Miss Tice remained in Cambridge and in contact with the school and with Guild members. She continued the tradition, begun by Miss Scott, of presenting the school with a bowl of blue hyacinths on its birthday every 17 January, to mark the date on which it first opened in 1881. 

Miss Tice’s funeral will take place on Thursday 6 August. The service is being held in the West Chapel at Cambridge Crematorium, beginning at 12:15pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards at The Three Horseshoes, Madingley.

Miss Tice’s family say that everyone is most welcome to attend the service and the wake afterwards. They are aware that some who would like to attend may be unable to do so and, with this in mind, have requested that the service is live-streamed – to be viewed at the time or at a later date.

Miss Tice’s family have asked that any Guild members wishing to attend in person should email development@stephenperse.com no later than noon on 29 July so that numbers may be collated and they can plan accordingly. Former staff members who have already liaised with Miss Katie Milne about attending do not also need to contact the Development Office.

Anyone wishing to receive the link to the live stream for the service should also please email the above address in advance. 

A fuller appreciation of Miss Tice’s life and work will appear on these pages in due course.