Staff List

The Royal School

Executive Headmaster

Mr Matthew Close

Senior Leadership Team

Mr Matthew Close

Executive Headmaster

Mr Paul Norman

Deputy Head

Mr Stewart Conley-Harper

Assistant Head, Compliance & Pupil Welfare

Mr Ed Taylor-Gooby                    

Mrs Teresa Bowden

Mrs Anna Doman

Ms Michelle Stokes

Assistant Head, Outreach & Head of Lower School 

Director of Studies

Head of Marketing 

Bursar

Ms Sue Hashemi

PA to Headmaster

Safeguarding Team

Mrs Sylvie Bartlett-Rawlings, Deputy Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Tiffany Bell, Deputy Safeguarding Lead

Mr Stewart Conley-Harper, Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mr Ed Taylor-Gooby, Deputy Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Rebecca Thorpe, Deputy Safeguarding Lead

Lower School

Mr Ed Taylor-Gooby, Head of Lower School

Ms Rebecca Thorpe, Deputy Head of Lower School

Mr David Guest

Mr Kieran Nock

Ms Samantha Collins

Ms Elizabeth O'Mahony

Upper School

Mrs Rebecca Salt, Head of Upper School

Sixth Form

Mrs Valerie Henbury-Demargne, Head of Sixth Form

Ms Katharine Fry, Careers Advisor

English Department and Media Studies

Ms Nicola Plowman

Ms Sarah Watson-Saunders, Head of Department

Mathematics Department

Mrs Jane Crane   

Mrs Liz Evans

Ms Diana Klusch, Head of Department         

Mr Vernon Seddon

Ms Jemima Toner

Science Department

Dr Jamie Harle 

Mrs Nicole McGregor

Mr Paul Norman

Dr Simon Pyburn        

Mr Glen Simmons, Head of Department

Art, Design Technology, Photography and Textiles

Mr Rupert Davies            

Ms Claire Jackson         

Mrs Philippa Lane     

Mr David John, Head of Department

Computer Science and Digital Media

Mr Daniel Downie, Head of Department   

Mr Kieran Nock 

Drama

Ms Ellie Bowyer, LAMDA

Ms Nicola Plowman, Head of Department

Mr Edward Taylor-Gooby

Mrs Elizabeth Brinsden          

EAL

Ms Rachel Hockham, Head of Department        

Future Ready

Mr Peter Beard, Head of Department

Humanities

Ms Katie Allison-Guy, Head of Department

Ms Jessica Callanan

Mrs Rebecca Salt

Mrs Carolyn Warner

Modern Foreign Languages

Ms Cathrin Brockhaus

Ms Thiphaine Guegan

Mrs Valerie Henbury-Demargne, Head of Department 

Mrs Lara Morley 

Mrs Sylvie Bartlett-Rawlings

Music

Mr Stewart Conley-Harper

Ms Nicola Plowman, Head of Department

Mr Callum Quinn

PE

Mr Peter Beard, Head of Boys' PE

Mrs Sonia Cartwright, Head of Girls' PE

Psychology

Mrs Karen Cox             

SEND

Ms Elizabeth Fernandez, SENDCO

Ms Emma Ferguson, SENDCO (maternity leave)

Mrs Lorraine Miles, Acting SENDCO

Ms Julia Harrison, Learning Support Assistant

Ms Emily McNally, Learning Support Assistant

Ms Kate Payne, Learning Support Assistant (temporary maternity cover)

Mrs Sally Waghorn, Learning Support Assistant

Support Staff

Ms Katherine Anderson, In-Class Support Assistant

Mrs Sylvie Barlett-Rawlings, Head of Boarding

Ms Tiffany Bell, Exams and Operations Coordinator

Mrs Marcia Bourne, Head of Admissions

Mr David Bowden, Maintenance

Mrs Teresa Bowden, Director of Studies

Ms Andrea Brown, Learning Support Assistant

Mr Devon Campleman, GAP Boarding Assistant

Mr Ryan Casey, IT Technician

Ms Kathryn Cooper, Domestic Supervisor

Mrs Anna Doman, Head of Marketing

Mrs Elizabeth Forster, Minibus Driver

Mrs Katharine Fry, Careers Adviser

Ms Linda Gardner, Domestic Assistant

Ms Sally Gray, Receptionist and Administrator

Ms Sue Hashemi, PA to the Headmaster

Mrs Deborah Hockley, Bursary Assistant

Ms Rebecca Holland, Senior Lab Technician

Mr Jason Hughes, Maintenance

Mr Marc Hughes, Facilities Manager

Mrs Claire Jackson, Art Technician/LSA

Ms Martine Jones, Classroom/Learning Support Assistant

Ms Claire Kerr, Receptionist and Administrator

Ms Nadia Khan, QEII House Parent

Mrs Kirsten King, HR Manager

Mr Sam Lague, Groundsman

Mr John Lally, Maintenance

Ms Deborah Lane, Counsellor

Mr Anthony Marks, Estates Manager

Mr Jake Marsden, Gap Boarding Assistant and AV Technician

Mr Peter Pang, Minibus Driver

Ms Giulia Piglio, Matron and Boarding Assistant

Mr Sebastiano Piglio, Maintenance / Minibus Driver

Mrs Karen Rowden, Bursary Assistant

Ms Beatriz Sabado, Domestic Assistant 

Ms Jennifer Sharman-Lavelle, School Nurse

Mrs Tracey Simons, Marketing and Events Coordinator

Ms Ranee Spencer, Finance Assistant

Ms Michelle Stokes, Bursar

Mr Stephen Swan, Minibus Driver

Mr Raymond Wenman, Minibus Driver

Peripatetic Staff

Mr Ian Anthony Bicknell, Tennis coach

Mr Nicholas Sharratt, Golf coach

Miss Gemma Wiltshire, Tennis coach

Mr Stephen Knowles, Guitar Teacher 

Mr Simon Diggens, Flute Teacher

Mr Vasileios Rakitzis, Piano Teacher

Ms Amanda O'Brien, Piano Teacher

Mr Jonathan Griffiths, Music Teacher

Ms Martene Grimson, Singing Teacher

Ms Anna Hunt, Music Teacher

Ms Laura Senior, Violin Teacher

Ms Tara Congdon, Volunteer - Independent listener for boarders (on call)

Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator

Mr Kieran Nock