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  • Get Involved
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  • About Us
    • About Netherwood
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    • Who’s Who?
    • Values and Ethos
    • Inclusion
    • Contact Us
  • Parents
    • Parent Information
    • Term Dates
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  • The Netherwood Way
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  • Get Involved
    • Parent Community
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    • Hire Facilities (Lettings)
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    • Post-GCSE Options
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Who’s Who?

Senior Leadership Team 

Andrew Downing (ADO) Principal 

Luke Harper (LHR) Vice Principal – Behaviour & Culture 

Sarah Priest (SPR) Vice Principal – Quality of Education 

Jess Bain (JBA) Assistant Principal – Personal Development 

Dan Bennett (DBE) Assistant Principal – Assessment, Fluency & Reporting 

Fiona Gwynnette (FGW) Assistant Principal – Inclusion 

Luke Jenkinson (LJE) Assistant Principal – Attendance 

Alexandra Olsen (AOL) Assistant Principal – Quality of Education 

Chris Snelling (CSN) Assistant Principal – Behaviour & Culture 

Evan Grieve (EGR) Assoc. AP – Curriculum Leader for English 

Esther Farnell (EFA) Assoc. AP – Maths and Numeracy 

Paula Flaherty (PFL) Designated Safeguarding Lead 

Rachel Brannan (RBR) Operations Manager 

Teaching Staff

Maths 

Ben Grayson (BGR) Assistant Curriculum Leader of Maths 

Olatunji Abiola (OAB) ECT1 

Andrew Bird (ABI) 

Lauren Convey (LCO) Teach First 

Freya Mitchell (FMI) ECT1 

Ben Ota (BOA) 

Kimberly Reid (KRE) ECT1 

English 

Sara Dinsdale-Scott (SDI) Lead Practitioner 

Anna Moffatt (AMO) Lead Teacher – Literacy 

Sarah Haigh (SHA) Lead Teacher 

Emily Bryan (EBR) 

Rachael Duke (RDU) Teacher of Reading 

Rachael Flood (RFL) 

Louise Gibson (LGI) 

Rachel Harris (RHR) Teacher of Reading 

Rachel Norsworthy (RNO) 

Hannah Pugh (HPU) Teach First 

Kelly Rankin (KRA) ECT2 

Jasmine Stringfellow (JST) 

Kim Wharton (KWH) 

Tom Wood (TWO)

Science 

Thomas Howley (THO) Head of Science 

Keisha Chipchase (KCH) Lead Practitioner 

Voirrey Robinson (VRO) Lead Teacher 

Alix Taylor-Roberts (ATA) Lead Teacher 

Jasmin Burton (JBU) 

Ana Cerdan Malo (ACE) 

Tom Courtney (TCO) ECT2 

Bea Price (BPR) Teach First 

Laurence Wilkinson (LWI) 

Anne-Marie Young (AYO) 

Geography 

Clare Park (CPA) Head of Geography 

Anastasia Christodoulou (ACH) Teach First 

Georgina Eyre (GEY) ECT1 

Harry Moir (HMO) 

History 

Liam Elliot (LEL) 

Victoria Hitch (VHI) 

Andrew Kiousis (AKI) 

MFL 

Santipur Negron Medina (SME) Head of MFL 

Richard Crow (RCR) 

Lisa Hamstead (LHA) 

Victoria Sedgewick (VSE) 

Dawn Shakespeare (DSH) 

ICT 

Jordan Sutcliffe (JSU) Head of ICT 

Andrew Jones (AJO) 

Art & Design Technology 

Kimberley Clee (KCL) Curriculum Leader for Art, Design & Technology 

Mark Ibbertson (MIB) 

Arvind Kumar (AKU) Teach First 

Samantha Robinson (SRO) 

Food Technology 

Joanne Wilson (JWI) Head of Food Technology 

Laura Gray (LGR) 

PE 

Ben Hall (BHA) 

Georgia Stokes (GST) 

Matthew Stones (MST)

Expressive & Performing Arts 

Nic Hirst (NHI) Head of Performing Arts 

Adam Breckels (ABR) Teach First 

Linzi Oates (LOA) 

Jamie Utley (JUT) Progress Leader – Year 7 

PSHCE/RE 

Naomi Myers (NMY) Curriculum Leader of Religious Education 

Helen Hedley (HHE) KS4 Academic Year Leader 

SEND 

Chantelle Selby (CSE) 

Kate Sharp (KSH) Teacher of Alternative Provision (Nurture) 

Support Staff

Administration 

Jade Crossland (JCR) HR & Payroll Manager 

Rebecca Taylor (RTA) PA to the Principal and SLT 

Jill Richards (JRI) Data Manager 

Sarah Newsome (SNE) Exams Officer 

Susan Richmond (SRI) Admin Assistant – ABC 

Sarah Silverwood (SSI) Admin Assistant – Attendance 

Julie Scott (JSC) Admin Assistant – Behaviour 

Lindsey Wigley (LWG) Admin Assistant – Data 

Samantha Foort (SFO) Admin Assistant – Lettings 

Technicians 

Lisa Lane (LLA) Science Technician 

Sam Reed (SRE) Art & Technology/PE Technician 

David Smallwood (DSM) Escalation & Development Specialist 

Kevin Duke (KDU) IT Support Technician 

Curriculum Support 

Dominic Heslam (DHE) Cover Supervisor 

Lidia Smith (LSM) Cover Supervisor 

Emma Currie (ECU) Assistant SENDCO 

Rachel Hughes (RHU) HLTA – Commination & Interaction 

Sumentha Reddy-Mothilal (SRM) HLTA – Cognition & Learning 

Shari Fletcher (SFL) Teaching Assistant 

Sophie Green (SGR) Teaching Assistant 

Chloe Jackson (CJA) Teaching Assistant 

Emily Knowles (EKN) Teaching Assistant 

Caroline Martin (CMA) Teaching Assistant 

Samantha Morton (SMO) Teaching Assistant 

Charlotte Taylor (CTA) Teaching Assistant 

Marie Watkin (MWA) Teaching Assistant 4 

Inclusion & Student Welfare 

Emma Moxon (EMO) Pastoral Year Leader – Year 11 

Mark Kneissl (MKN) Pastoral Year Leader – Year 10 

Adam Davis (ADA) Senior Pastoral Year Leader – Year 9 

Stuart Hunter (SHU) Pastoral Year Leader – Year 8 

Julia Neave (JNA) Pastoral Year Leader – Year 7 

Stacey Massey (SMA) Reset Base Manager 

Jessica Lawton (JLA) School Engagement Officer 

Lauren Kaye (LKA) Safeguarding & Inclusion Manager 

Jade Fawcett (JFA) Deputy DSL 

Louise Robinson (LRO) Deputy DSL 

Carlo Van De Watering (CVA) Safeguarding & Wellbeing Officer 

Kay Greaves (KGR) Attendance Manager 

Sarah Blackburn (SBL) Attendance & Safeguarding Officer 

Rebecca Leach (RLE) Attendance Officer 

Stacey Royston (SRY) Attendance Officer 

Tracy Armstrong (TAR) Senior SMSA 

Catering Staff 

Laura Knightsmith (LKN) Catering Manager 

Paige-leanne Bisatt (PBI) Catering Assistant 

Christine Boyer (CBO) Catering Assistant 

Rebecca Hope (RHO) Catering Assistant 

Debra Howard (DHO) Catering Assistant 

Alison O’Brien (AOB) Catering Assistant 

Amanda Smith (ASM) Catering Assistant 

Joanne Spencer (JSP) Catering Assistant 

Karen Williams (KWI) Catering Assistant 

Relief Staff 

Wendy Bates (WBA) Exam Invigilator 

Carol Etherington (CET) Exam Invigilator 

Marie Fenwick (EFE) Exam Invigilator 

Wayne Foster (WFO) Exam Invigilator 

Susan Gent (SGE) Exam Invigilator 

Diane Gillespie (DGI) Exam Invigilator 

Roger Gillespie (RGI) Exam Invigilator 

Maria Grimshaw (MGR) Exam Invigilator 

Sandra Jeavons (SJE) Exam Invigilator 

Liz Jones (JJO) Exam Invigilator 

John Lythe (JLY) Exam Invigilator 

Theresa Lythe (TLY) Exam Invigilator 

Kevin Manley (JMA) Exam Invigilator 

Jane Newton (JNE) Exam Invigilator 

Janice Parkin (JPA) Exam Invigilator 

Elaine Race (ERA) Exam Invigilator 

Stephen Race (SRA) Exam Invigilator 

Sophie Urmson (SUR) Exam Invigilator 

Diane Waldron (DWA) Exam Invigilator 

Shirley Wragg (SWR) Exam Invigilator 

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