Senior Management Team
Jonnie Besley Headmaster
Nigel Richardson Deputy Head
Matt Bennett-Tomlin Deputy Head, Pastoral, DSL, Saturday Enrichment
Vanessa Beer Head of Academic Operations
Simon Bee Head of Compliance, Senior Master
Simon Bedford Head of Teaching & Learning (maternity cover)
Deborah Williams Early Years Coordinator
Teaching Staff
Vicki Austen Head of English, LAMDA, Head of Years 5 & 6
Sylvie Baduel-Butler French Teacher
Catherine Beaumont Head of Learning Support, English
Simon Bedford Maths Teacher
Simon Bee Head of History
Vanessa Beer Head of Maths
Emma Bennett-Tomlin Director of Sport, PE, Prep School Teacher
Matt Bennett-Tomlin Games, PE, L.I.F.E, Head of Years 7 & 8
Jonnie Besley History
Tessa Besley Headmaster’s Wife, Year 4 Form Teacher, Head of The Palace
Emma Blackmore Nursery Teacher
Alison Chedgey Learning Support Tutor
Katharine Cook Head of Science
Kim Day Learning Support Tutor
Becca Detheridge Year 2 Form Teacher, Forest School, KS 2 Coordinator
Emily Dobson Morris Head of Classics (maternity leave)
Josephine Drury Science Teacher
Mila Duncan Head of Modern Languages, French & Spanish
Toby Dunham Head of Boarding, Director of Music
Clare Eynon Head of Drama, LAMDA, Classics
Lesley Field Year 3 Form Teacher
Emma Green Reception Form Teacher
Kim Green DT Technician (maternity leave)
Laura Grove Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant, Head of Pre-Prep Swimming
Abigail Gwilliam Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant
John Hiles Head of Design, Technology & Computing
Karon Jamous Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant
Eleanor McEwan Science Teacher (maternity cover)
Pauline Plowman Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant, After School Care
Kim Pritchard Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant
Georgina Raven Teaching Assistant
Michael Raven Head of Geography, Head of Outdoor Education
Nigel Richardson English
Sarah Salisbury Year 1 Form Teacher
Joel Smith DT Technician (maternity cover), Games, PE
Emma Symons Head of Art, Librarian
Tracey Tayar-Bidwell Swimming Teacher
Deborah Williams Nursery Teacher, KS 1 Coordinator
Non-teaching Staff
Marc Churchfield IT Services Technician
Fiona Cook Office Manager and Headmaster’s PA
Charlotte Dunham Head of Girls' House
Kirsty Falzon Head of Admissions
Claire Geary Finance Officer
Camilla King Marketing Officer
Fiona Mackay School Nurse
Tricia Webb School Secretary
Visiting Music Teachers
Amanda Allsop Woodwind
Helen Bool Percussion
Claire Darby Singing, Piano
Janet Hiles Flute, Piano
Madeline Kirby Piano
Andrew Kirsty Piano
Nikki Kirsty Lower Strings, Piano
Thomas Morgan Guitar
David Taylor Brass
Noriko Tsuzaki Upper Strings
Sarah Westwood Singing
Gap Assistants
Barnaby Huxtable
James Myres
Bethany Rogers
Sophie Ward