Teaching staff
We are fortunate to have some of the highest calibre of teaching staff across our outstanding schools.
Our teaching staff are key to the provision of our first-class education. All are committed to our vision and values.
Principal: Mr Richard Girvan
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Early Years Staff
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Junior School Fitzwilliam Building (Cambridge) staff
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Junior School Dame Bradbury's School (Saffron Walden) staff
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Senior School and Sixth Form staff
| Staff | Roles |
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| Sarah Holyoake | Head of Early Years |
| Verity Brownbridge | Deputy Head of Early Years |
| Cambridge Salisbury Villas Nursery: | |
| Tatiana Boorman | Early Years Lead Practitioner |
| Rebekah Brown | Nursery Assistant |
| Kyma Brett | Early Years SENCO |
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Pauline Collett |
Kindergarten Teacher |
| Tanya March Castello | Nursery Practitioner |
| Regina Fercsak | Nursery Assistant |
| Emilie Gaspard | Nursery Assistant |
| Gemma Gibson | Early Years Lead Practitioner |
| Charlotte Holford | Deputy Nursery Manager |
| Allegra Jaffe | Nursery Assistant |
| Trisha Jaman | Nursery Assistant |
| Marta Mole | Nursery Practitioner |
| Sarah Paget | Kindergarten Teacher |
| Caitlin Parmenter | Nursery Assistant |
| Sudha Ravendran | Nursery Manager |
| Tally Reeve | Nursery Assistant |
| Melissa Rodrigues Perez | Nursery Practitioner |
| Caroline Tanner | Forest School Lead Practitioner |
| Nina Tagart | Nursery Assistant |
| Mckenzie White | Nursery Practitioner |
| Cambridge Shaftesbury Road Nursery: | |
| Maria Baras De Castro | Deputy Nursery Manager |
| Zindi Chungu | Early Years Teaching and Learning Assistant |
| Tiffany Clark | Nursery Assistant |
| Marianna DiPalma | Nursery Manager |
| Rebecca Grey | Reception Teacher |
| Souita Hedayat | Early Years Office Administrator & Receptionist |
| Isabelle Hunt-Deol | Kindergarten Teacher |
| Lucy Kuyper | Reception Teacher |
| Ariana Lopes Pereira Vaz (Maternity Leave) | Nursery Practitioner |
| Svetlana Manichenko | Nursery Assistant |
| Christina Maxwell | Nursery Assistant |
| Gina Murray | Nursery Practitioner |
| Tamarind Osman | Foundation Administrator |
| Dimitra Papadopoulou |
Early Years Administration Manager & PA to Head of Early Years |
| Hee Man Pong (Mavis) | Nursery Assistant |
| Tamara Sloot | Early Years Lead Practitioner |
| Judith Stewart | Forest School Leader |
| Alice Thomson | Forest School Practitioner |
| Laura Webb | Early Years Teaching & Learning Assistant and Late Stay |
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Saffron Walden Dame Bradbury's Nursery: |
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| Rebecca (Becki) Aldred | Nursery Assistant |
| Ewelina Andrews | Kindergarten Teacher |
| Ellie Bond | Nursery Practitioner |
| Jasmine Cann | Nursery Assistant |
| Libbi Chapman | Nursery Assistant |
| Sonya Guerrero | Nursery Practitioner |
| Thomas Hannaway | Reception Teacher and Forest School Leader |
| India Ilott | Nursery Practitioner |
| Chloe Richardson | Nursery Practitioner |
| Tina Richardson | Nursery Assistant |
| Catharine Robinson-Hughes | Kindergarten Teacher |
| Rose Russell | Nursery Assistant |
| Ruth Scott | Reception Teaching & Learning Assistant and Late Stay Supervisor |
| Judith Stewart | Forest School Leader |
| Meghan Troy | Nursery Assistant |
| Emily Stock | Deputy Nursery Manager |
| Madingley Nursery: | |
| Caroline Ashman-Vale | Nursery Assistant |
| Suzanne Astley (Maternity Leave) | Kindergarten Teacher |
| Sharmeen Durrani | Nursery Assistant |
| Alison Gauci | Kindergarten Teacher |
| Amelia Harrison | Nursery Assistant |
| Hollie Huang | Nursery Assistant |
| Rebecca Jarvis |
Nursery Manager |
| Florent Maciet | Nursery Assistant |
| Zoe Mason | Deputy Nursery Manager |
| Jessica Robinson | Nursery Practitioner |
| Graziella Roncato | Nursery Assistant |
| Sally Thake | Nursery Practitioner |
| Lai Ni Lily Wong | Nursery Assistant |
Junior School Fitzwilliam Building (Cambridge) staff
| Staff | Role(s) |
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| Zenab Ali | 1:1 Specialist Teaching & Learning Assistant and General TLA |
| Claire Allin | Cover Teacher |
| Camilla Beech | Teacher of 5-11 |
| Michael Bond | Teacher of PE & Games 1-11 with Leader of Outdoor and Adventurous Activity and Holiday Provision Manager |
| Amanda Britton | Teacher of Drama |
| Caitlin Cashmore-Roche | Teacher of Key Stage 2 |
| Colette Choi | Head of English and Teacher of KS2 |
| Sally Clark | Teaching and Learning Assistant |
| Sarah Clarke | Teaching and Learning Assistant |
| Marie-Christine Clemente (Maternity Leave) | Teacher of French |
| Nicky de Groot | Teacher of Key Stage 2 |
| Ruth Dunmore | Deputy Head and KS2 Teacher |
| Katie Evans | Teacher of PE and Games |
| Tommy Evans | Head of PE and Games |
| Marisa Fernandez | Teacher of Spanish |
| Jennifer Fordham (Maternity Leave) | Teacher of 5-11 |
| Joanne Hartshorne | Teacher of Key Stage 1 |
| David Hewlett | Head of Stephen Perse Cambridge Junior School |
| Alice Heywood | Director of Educational Strategy 5-11 |
| Tina Huang | Teacher and Learning Assistant |
| Cathrine Krishnan | Teacher of Key Stage 1 |
| Samantha Lewis | Librarian 5-11 |
| Rebekah Light | Teacher of 5-11 |
| Abigail Locke | Teacher of Key Stage 1 |
| Amanda Marty | Head of Phase 5 & 6 and Teacher of KS2 |
| Emma Mason | Teacher of Art |
| James McDowell | Head of Music 1-11 |
| Vita Minichiello-Price | Teacher of French 3-11 (Maternity Cover) |
| Joanne Minion | Teacher of Key Stage 2 |
| Philippa Parker | Head of Maths and Teacher of KS2 |
| Joanne Preston | Teacher of Key Stage 1 and PE & Games |
| Alastair Ramsey | Midday Assistant & Late Stay Supervisor |
| David Roberts | Teacher of PE & Games |
| Timothy Robinson | Teacher of Key Stage 2 |
| Emma Rodgers | Teacher of 5-11 |
| Adrianne Russell | Teacher of Year 3 |
| Kathryn Saeb-Parsy | Head of Phase 3 & 4 and Teacher of KS2 |
| Caroline Tanner | Leader of Forest School EYFS and KS1 |
| Catherine Vagh | Teacher of Year 6 |
| Bethan Ward | Teacher of 5-11 |
| Georgina Webb | Inclusion Coordinator 5-11 |
| Gordon West | Head of Sciences 5-11 |
| Miranda Zwalf | Teacher of Music |
Junior School Dame Bradbury's School (Saffron Walden) staff
| Staff | Role(s) |
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| Audrey Barton | Teacher of KS2 |
| Louise Birchall | Teacher of KS2 |
| Emma Blackburne | Teacher of KS2 |
| Chrissie Cox | Assistant Head-Inclusion |
| Tamzyn Day | Teaching and Learning Assistant |
| Lindsay Entwistle | Teacher of KS2 and PE & Games |
| Charlotte Fox | Teacher of KS1 |
| Sam Godfrey | Head of Sport |
| Rebecca Grey | Teacher of Reception |
| Marta Guerrero Aguera | Teacher of Spanish |
| Benjamin Harris | Head of Music |
| Lucinda Harvey | Teacher of Drama |
| Alice Hyland | Teacher of Key Stage 1 and EYFS Music |
| Rebecca Lodwig | Teacher of Key Stage 1 |
| Claire Matthews | Deputy Head of Dame Bradbury's and Teacher of KS2 |
| James McCaughran | Head of Dame Bradbury's |
| Mollie Messenger | Sports & Performing Arts Intern |
| Jessica Miles | Teaching and Learning Assistant |
| Amira Mitchell-Karam | Teacher of STEAM |
| Jo Parkin | Teacher of Sport |
| Claudine Prowse | Teacher of French |
| Daniel Putt | Assistant Head Academic and Teacher of Key Stage 2 |
| Sophie Pym | Teacher of Key Stage 2 and with PE & Games |
| Emily Sibbons | Teacher of KS1/2 |
| Maddy Smith | Higher Level Teaching & Learning Assistant and Late Stay Leader |
| Gordon West | Head of Sciences 5 -11 |
| Elizabeth Whitmore (Maternity Leave) | Teacher of KS1/2 |
| Angela Whittome (Maternity Leave) | Teacher of Science |
| Jane Williams | Head of Phase 1 2, Teacher of Key Stage 1 & 2 |
| Dan Williamson | Head of Mathematics |
| Cara Winter | Teacher of Key Stage 2 |
Senior School and Sixth Form staff
| Staff | Role(s) |
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| Stephen Ward - Head (11-18) | |
| Abbey Jones - Senior Deputy Head (11-18) | |
| James Gazet - Deputy Head Academic (11-18) | |
| Jenny McLeod - Deputy Head Co-Curricular (11-18) | |
| ART | |
| Rachel Bloomfield-Proud | Head of Visual Arts |
| Emily Cooper | Teacher of Digital Art |
| Joanne Whitmore | Teacher of Art |
| Emma Wilshaw | Teacher of Art |
| Jane Short | Teacher of Art |
| Richard Swift | Teacher of Art |
| BIOLOGY | |
| Allison Curry | Teacher of Biology and Head of Guidance |
| Cheryl Dean | Teacher of Biology |
| Katrina Dobson | Teacher of Biology |
| Alexander McBride | Teacher of Biology |
| Alexander Van Dijk | Head of Faculty for Science and Head of Biology |
| Sarah Triki-Teurtroy | Teacher of Biology |
| Alice Waldmeyer | Teacher of Biology |
| BUSINESS & ECONOMICS | |
| Timothy Chaloner | Teacher of Economics |
| SJ McEwan | Head of Business & Economics |
| Mohammed Tanweer | Teacher of Economics |
| CHEMISTRY | |
| Rebecca Cassar | Teacher of Chemistry |
| Jean-Luc Hammersley | Teacher of Chemistry |
| Rae Kier-Tomalin | Teacher of Chemistry |
| Alison Maguire | Teacher of Chemistry and Head of Year 9 |
| Barnaby Lamper | Teacher of Chemistry |
| Tim Lovewell | Teacher of Chemistry |
| Matthew Need | Teacher of Chemistry and Head of Year 8 |
| Jacqueline Paris | Teacher of Chemistry and Head of Sixth Form |
| Shahzad Rahman | Teacher of Chemistry and Deputy Head Pastoral (11-18) |
| Mark Woodward | Head of Chemistry and Leader of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award |
| CLASSICS | |
| Lucy Cresswell | Teacher of Classics |
| Thomas Johnson | Teacher of Classics |
| Elise Jones | Teacher of Classics |
| Fern Whitelaw | Teacher of Classics and Assistant Head of Year 10 |
| Mr T Johnson | Teacher of Classics |
| Jeremy Woods | Teacher of Classics |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE | |
| Aisling Brown | Head of Computer Science |
| Amir Jahangiri | Teacher of Computer Science |
| DESIGN ENGINEERING | |
| Roger Bett | Teacher of Design Engineering |
| Jessica Cianter | Teacher of Design Engineering |
| Emma Langley | Teacher of Design Engineering |
| Kerry Watkins-Marks | Head of Design Engineering |
| DRAMA | |
| Kim Albone | Teacher of Drama & Theatre |
| Helene Barrell | Head of Drama & Theatre |
| Deborah Foote | Teacher of Drama & Theatre |
| ENGLISH | |
| Lisa Byrne | Teacher of English |
| Rachel Edmunds | Teacher of English and Assistant Head of Year 7 |
| Stephen Hancock | Teacher of English |
| Elizabeth Juneau | Teacher of English |
| Helen Kedie | Head of English |
| Claire Leigh | Teacher of English |
| Rebecca Taylor | Teacher of English |
| Meriel Whalan | Teacher of English and Head of Wellbeing |
| Lee Oliver | Teacher of English and Head of Theory of Knowledge |
| GEOGRAPHY | |
| Helen Archer | Teacher of Geography |
| Catharine Neville-Jones | Teacher of Geography and Head of Year 7 |
| Tim Pegler | Head of Geography and Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) Coordinator |
| Matt Styles | Teacher of Geography and Head of Year 10 |
| Adam Williams | Teacher of Geography |
| Mark Griffiths | Teacher of Geography and Assistant Head of Year 11 |
| HISTORY & POLITICS | |
| Bon Beer | Teacher of History |
| Tom Bonser | Teacher of History |
| Peter Howarth | Teacher of History |
| Elizabeth Sefton | Teacher of History |
| Natalie Stanley | Head of History & Politics |
| Gavin Welch | Teacher of Politics |
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MATHEMATICS |
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| Kathryn Bigg | Teacher of Mathematics |
| Ceri Cairnduff | Teacher of Mathematics |
| Dominic Divito | Head of Mathematics and Computing Faculty |
| Hannah Fisher-Hoch | Teacher of Mathematics |
| Vicki Franks | Teacher of Mathematics and Second in Mathematics |
| Ruth Kemp | Teacher of Mathematics |
| Alison McKenzie | Teacher of Mathematics |
| Kerryn Rowley | Teacher of Mathematics |
| Stephen Ward | Teacher of Mathematics and Head (11-18) |
| Beth Bebbington | Teacher of Mathematics |
| Martin Gibbs | Teacher of Mathematics & Further Mathematics |
| Nicolle Hallam | Teacher of Mathematics |
| Sean Rouse | Teacher of Mathematics |
| MODERN LANGUAGES | |
| Tiffany Bien (Maternity Leave) | Teacher of Spanish |
| Mary-Grace Browning | Teacher of Japanese |
| Elizabeth Cox | Teacher of French and Assistant Head of Year 8 |
| Lucila de la Vega | Teacher of Spanish and Teacher of Italian, and Assistant Head of Year 9 |
| Veronica Escudero | Head of Spanish, Head of Italian and Deputy Head of Boarding |
| Claudia Freeman | Head of Modern Languages and Head of German |
| Julia Goddard | Teacher of French |
| Qingqing Guo | Head of Mandarin |
| Linda Mamouni | Teacher of French |
| Wei Martin | Teacher of Mandarin |
| Sandrine Parente | Head of French |
| Olga Sands | Head of Russian |
| Ulrike Walton-Jordan | Head of Non-Examining and Teacher of German |
| Amanda Webster | Teacher of French |
| Fan Yang | Teacher of Mandarin |
| MUSIC | |
| Cherry Blanchard | Assistant Director of Music |
| Christopher Dexter Mills | Assistant Director of Music and Global Outlook Coordinator |
| Kiran Roberts | Teacher of Music |
| Matthew Rudd | Director of Music and Head of Oxbridge and University Entrance Testing |
| OUTDOOR EDUCATION | |
| Mr Russell McAlinden | Head of Outdoor Education |
| Mr Matt Cowley | Assistant Head of Outdoor Education and Cover Supervisor |
| PE | |
| Lorinda Booth | Teacher of PE |
| Louise Cresswell | Teacher of PE and Enrichment, CAS Co-ordinator and Social Responsibility Coordinator, and Assistant Head of Year 7 |
| Matthew Guffick | Teacher of PE |
| Ray Mordini | Head of Cricket |
| Jenny McLeod | Teacher of PE and Deputy Head Co-Curricular (11-18) |
| Joanne Moxham | Sports Coach |
| Tony Pepper | Teacher of PE |
| Tom Skeath | Football Coach |
| Grant Ward | Head of Hockey |
| Charlotte Wells | Director of Sport |
| PHYSICS | |
| Gill Dambaza | Teacher of Physics and Deputy Head Data, Assessment, Calendar & Staffing |
| Matthew Fradley | Teacher of Physics |
| Dave Hudson | Teacher of Physics |
| Karianne Law | Teacher of Physics |
| Susan Passmore | Head of Physics |
| Yixiao Wang | Teacher of Physics |
| Tom Wigington | Teacher of Physics |
| PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY | |
| Clare Compton | Teacher of Psychology |
| Alison Daniels | Head of Psychology & Sociology |
| Anna Kotowska | Teacher of Psychology |
| RELIGIOUS STUDIES & PHILOSOPHY | |
| Will Frost | Head of Faculty of Humanities and Head of Religious Studies & Philosophy |
| Thomas Hunt | Teacher of Religious Studies & Philosophy |
| Isabella Lake | Teacher of Religious Studies & Philosophy and Head of Year 11 |
| Joy Naylor | Teacher of Religious Studies & Philosophy |
| SCHOOL NURSE | |
| Donna Clark | Nurse |
| Jemma Ostler | Health and Wellbeing Practitioner |
"Teaching across the school is of a high standard and often inspiring ... The high level of personal development ... is due in no small measure to the excellent pastoral care, given by committed staff."
ISI Report - Dame Bradbury's 2015