Our team - St Mary's Calne Book an Open Day Saturday 16 May and Friday 18 September - 9.30am to 12.30pm Book now Skip to content who we are Our team Every member of our team at St Mary’s Calne contributes to creating the rich, supportive environment where girls flourish academically and personally. Listed here is our teaching, pastoral, leadership and wider school team, as well as our Governors. To contact the Chair of Governors, please email bursary@stmaryscalne.org. Section School Governors Leadership Team Art Classics Computer Science Critical Thinking Drama Economics Geography History and Politics History of Art Mathematics Languages Music Music Teachers Personal Development Physical Education Biology Chemistry Physics Psychology Science Technicians Support Library Sixth Form Examinations Officer Educational Visits Outdoor Education Boarding Staff House Teams Florence Dyas Joyce Walters Gibbins St Cecilia’s St Prisca’s Graduate Boarding Assistants Pastoral Assistants Health Centre Wellbeing Chaplain Heads of Company Head’s Office School Office Administrative Support Alumnae Relations Admissions Marketing Development Bursary and Finance Human Resources Logistics Manager Global Ambassador School Shop Catering Management Housekeeping Computer Services Estates Security School Governors Start your journey School Governors Name Professional background In post since Mr Svante Adde – Chair Economics and business administration and former parent November 2018 Mrs Cate Bell – Deputy Chair Chair Marketing Committee Public relations, education and property business management. Alumna and former parent. Former CFT Trustee September 2017 Mrs Pamela Morris-Sykes Chair Finance and General Purposes Committee Finance and former parent March 2019 Mrs Tricia Pearce Chair of Safeguarding and Wellbeing Committee Education September 2019 Mrs Deborah Harris Chair of Education Committee and Health and Safety Committee Education November 2020 Revd Canon Michael Johnson Clergy January 2022 Mrs Susan Birchall Finance March 2025 Mrs Annabel Scott Education May 2025 Mr Edward Donald Banking September 2025 Mr James Corbett Food industry September 2025 Professor Julia Buckingham Emeritus Governor September 2016 Mr Michael Pipes Emeritus Governor September 2017 leadership eadership Team Person Role Mrs Anne Wakefield, BMus (Sheffield), QTS (Hertfordshire) Head Mr Michael Smyth, BSc (Newcastle), PGCE (Cantab), MSc (Oxon) Deputy Head Academic Mrs Sophie Toland, MA (Cantab,) PGCE (Brunel), CPP (Roehampton) Deputy Head Pastoral and DSL Ms Jenny Rawlinson, BA (Hull), MA (Florida) Director of External Relations Mr Rob Grant Operations Director (Interim) Mr Ross Cleland, BA LLB (Rhodes, Grahamstwn, S.A.) Incoming Chief Operations Officer DEPARTMENTS rt Mrs Annabel Owen, BA (UWE), PGCE (Middlesex) Director of Art Mrs Charlotte Fossa, BA (University of Arts London) Teacher of Art Mrs Rachel Bullimore, BA (Brighton) Art Technician Mr Alastair Barford, BA (Falmouth) Artist in Residence DEPARTMENTS lassics Mrs Lucy Weeden, BA (Oxon), MA (Surrey) Head of Department and Head of Sixth Form Miss Louise Cavanagh, BA (Royal Holloway), PGCE (Buckingham) Teacher of Classics Mrs Sharon Durant, BA (Oxon/Open University), PGCE (Bath Spa) Teacher of Classics Mrs Eleanor Evans BA (South Wales), PCGE (King’s College London) Teacher of Classics DEPARTMENTS omputer Science Mr Hugo Lopez, BA (Oviedo), MSc (Bath), PGCE (UWE) Head of Department Mr Stephen Douglas BSc (Bath), PCGE (Bath) Teacher of Computer Science Mr Giles Mason BSc, MSc (Manchester), PGCE (Exeter) Teacher of Computer Science DEPARTMENTS Critical Thinking and Religious Studies Revd Marc Thomas, BA (UCW Swansea), PGCE (UCW Aberystwyth) Head of Department Revd Jonathan Beach, BSc (Essex), BA (Bristol), MTh (Cardiff) Teacher of Theology Mr Tim Waldron, MA (Leeds), BA (Durham), PGCE (Bristol) Teacher Mrs Hannah Willcox, BA (Exeter), PGCE (Newcastle) Teacher Miss Emma Wright, BA (Essex), QTS (Canterbury Christ Church University) Teacher DEPARTMENTS rama and Theatre Studies Mr Duncan Ellis, BA (York), MA (Goldsmiths), PGCE Director of Drama Mrs Anna Friend, BA (Middlesex), PGCE (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) Teacher of Drama Miss Shayan Talbert-Young Hype, Dance (Dance and Performance) Graduate Assistant Performing Arts Mrs Rebecca Cochran-Patrick LAMDA teacher Mrs Natasha Gray LAMDA teacher Mrs Frederica Underwood LAMDA Co-ordinator DEPARTMENTS Economics Mr Adrian Poole, BA (UWE), Certificate in Education (Bath) Head of Department Mrs Jackie Davey, PGCE (UWE), MSc (Oxford), BA (Cambridge) Teacher of Economics DEPARTMENTS nglish Mrs Rebekah Lord, MSc (Oxon), BA (Bath Spa), PGCE (Bromley Collegiate/University of Worcester) Head of English Mrs Catherine Bruton, BA (Oxford) Teacher of English Miss Julie Grant BA (York), PGCE (York), MRes (York) Teacher of English Mrs Debbie McMahon, BA (Liverpool), PGCE (Manchester) Teacher of English Mrs Fiona Muir BA (Royal Holloway), MA (King’s College, London), PGCE (Oxon) Teacher of English Mrs Sophie Toland, MA (Cantab), PGCE (Brunel), CPP (Roehampton) Teacher of English and DSL Dr Penelope Wickson, MA (Bristol), BA, MPhil, PhD (Birmingham), PGCE (Greenwich) Teacher of English DEPARTMENTS eography Mr Daniel Curran, BSc (Plymouth), PGCE (Cantab) Head of Department Ms Emma Mathias-Williams, BSc (Liverpool), PGCE (Bath), MA (Institute of Education UCL) Teacher of Geography Mrs Sarah Tanner, BA (Cardiff), PGCE (Exeter) Teacher of Geography DEPARTMENTS istory and Politics Mrs Samantha Handy, MA (Oxon), PGCE (Bristol) Head of Department Mr Adrian Stoten, BA (Sheffield), PGCE (Bristol) Teacher of History and Politics Mr Andrew Morris, BA (UCL), PGCE (SCITT) Teacher of History and Politics Mrs Kirsty Tod BA, (London), PGCE (Surrey) Teacher of History and DDSL Mrs Alice Embleton, MA (Lincoln), BA (Lincoln) Teacher of History DEPARTMENTS istory of Art Dr Penelope Wickson, MA (Bristol), BA, MPhil, PhD (Birmingham), PGCE (Greenwich) Head of Department DEPARTMENTS athematics Dr Sarah Kewley, BSc (Plymouth), PhD (Bristol), PGCE (UWE) Head of Department Mr Stephen Douglas, BSc (Bath), PCGE (Bath University) Teacher of Mathematics Mr Benn Griffin BSc, (Bath), QTS (Bath) Teacher of Mathematics Mrs Helen Lavery, BSc (Cranfield), PGCE (Derby) Teacher of Mathematics Mr Matthew Rose, BSc (Warwick), PGCE (Oxford Brookes) Teacher of Mathematics Mrs Ruth Thomas, BSc (Swansea), PGCE (UCW Aberystwyth) Teacher of Mathematics DEPARTMENTS odern Foreign Languages Mrs Leonie Moylan, BA (Exeter), PGCE (Oxford) Head of Department and Head of Spanish Mrs Bianca Alberelli Italian Mrs Claire Bolton, BA (Leeds), PGCE (Sheffield) Teacher of French and Spanish and DDSL Ms Melanie Davies, BA (Portsmouth), PGCE (Open University) Head of German Mrs Fabienne Fauvarque French Assistant Miss Mélissa Lecamp (University of Reims) French Mrs Christina Mitchell, BA (Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan), MA (Bath) Head of Mandarin Mrs Jacqui Northcote-Green, BA (Durham), PGCE (Glasgow) Head of French Mrs Valerie Scott-Ashe Licence (France), PGCE (Canterbury) French Assistant Mrs Kat Stremel German Assistant Mrs Idoia Urquidi Oset Spanish Assistant Mrs Alison Villalobos Ruiz,BA (Portsmouth), PGCE (Bristol) Teacher of Spanish DEPARTMENTS Music Academic and Full Time Staff Mrs Marie-Claire Bray-Arthur, MA (Franz Liszt Academy of Music) BA (TCD) PGDiP (Adv) (Franz Liszt Academy of Music) PGCE (IOE) Director of Music Mrs Rachel Allard, Dip RAM, LRAM (Royal Academy of Music), GBSM, ABSM (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) Teacher of Singing Mrs Bethan Dudley Fryar, BA (Birmingham), LRAM, Dip RAM and ARAM (Royal Academy of Music) Director of Vocal Studies Mr Dominic Joyce, BMus (Hull) Resident Organist and Piano Mrs Sarah Loveridge, BMus (Birmingham) PGDip, (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama), PGCEi (Birmingham City) Head of Strings Mr Mark Sandon-Williams, BMus (Elder Conservatorium of Music), MA (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Head of Keyboard Studies Miss Sarah Wilby, BA (Oxon), PGCE, Dip ABRSM Teacher of Music Mrs Jo Black Music Administrator Visiting specialist Music Teachers Mr James Allard GBSM, ABSM (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) Percussion Mr Craig Bissex BA (Bath Spa) Singing Mrs Jennifer Cannon BA (Hons) Music (Birmingham Conservetoire), ABSM, ALCM Flute Mrs Diane Charlesworth-Herbert AGSM (Guildhall School of Music & Drama), FISM Singing, Piano Ms Al Cubbin BMus (Bath), MISM Clarinet, Saxophone Mrs Kate Elphick Dip TCL (Trinity College of Music) Cello, Double Bass, Violin Mrs Vanessa Harris BA (Hons) (Kingston), MISM Piano Mrs Amanda Hodder GGSM (Guildhall School of Music & Drama), PGCE (Reading) Piano Mrs Sian McInally AGSM (Guildhall School of Music & Drama) Violin, Viola Mr Simon Parker MA (Reading), MEd (UCL Institute of Music) ALCM, LLCM (London College of Music) Clarinet, Saxophone Mr Chris Sanders BA (Bath) Brass Mrs Sanderson-Jones BA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts) Singing Mr Chris Walsh BA (Gloucestershire) BTEC L5 (Brighton) Guitar Mr Steve Weeks Drumtech Dip Drums DEPARTMENTS Personal Development Mr Tim Waldron MA (Leeds), BA (Durham), PGCE (Bristol) Head of PHSE & RSE Mrs Sarah Tanner BA (Cardiff), PGCE (Exeter) Teacher Mrs Kirsty Tod BA (London), PGCE (Surrey) Teacher and DDSL Mrs Hannah Willcox BA (Exeter), PGCE (Newcastle) Teacher DEPARTMENTS hysical Education Mr Nick John BA (Loughborough) Executive Director of Sport Miss Elizabeth Pollitt BSc (Gloucestershire), PGCE (Buckingham) Head of PE and Head of Sport Mr David Abini BSc (Gloucestershire) Head of Lacrosse Miss Beth Collier BA (Bath Spa) Sports Coach and Hockey Specialist Miss Rachel Cox BA (Open) PGCE (Bath) Head of Hockey Miss Lucy Davies BSc (Hartpury), IPGCE (Buckingham) PE and Equestrian Co-ordinator Mrs Nikki Harris Swimming Coach Miss Scarlett Jones Diploma (Oxford Media & Business School) Sports Coach and Lacrosse Specialist Mrs Lucy Long PGCE Kingston, BSc (Roehampton) Sports Administrator and Cover Teacher Miss Beth Plummer BSc (Exeter) PCGE (Exeter) Graduate Assistant Sport St Mary’s Calne Tennis Academy (SMCTA) Mr Jonathan Hayes Director of Tennis Mr Cliff Gray Professional Tennis Coach Mrs Dawn Riley Head of 11 and under Tennis Miss Hannah Russell-Crossley Professional Tennis Coach Mr Mike Wright Professional Tennis Coach DEPARTMENTS cience Biology Mr Ashley Hilton BSc (Leicester), GTP (Derby) Head of Science and Head of Biology Mrs Claire Holliss BSc (Sheffield), PGCE (Sheffield) Teacher of Biology Mr Michael Smyth BSc (Newcastle), PGCE (Cambridge), MSc (Oxon) Teacher of Biology Chemistry Mrs Carol Wilson BSc (York), PGCE (York) Head of Chemistry Miss Sharon Skelhorn BSc (Keele), PGCE (Gloucestershire) Teacher of Chemistry Physics Mr James Cooke MESci (Liverpool), PGCE (Cambridge) Head of Physics Mr Tony McMahon BSc (Open University), Dip T (QUT), MInstP Teacher of Physics Psychology Mrs Ellie Waldron BSc (Cardiff), PGCE (Bath) Head of Psychology Miss Geneva Chappell BSc (Bournemouth), PGCE (Bath Spa) Teacher of Psychology Science Technicians Miss Jessica Thomson Head Technician with Chemistry Specialism Mr Joseph Cobb Physics Technician Miss Natasha Allen Biology Technician DEPARTMENTS Academic Support Staff Learning Support and EAL Mrs Sarah Lindsay BA (Open) Dip SpLD (Hornsby), PATOSS AAA Head of Department Mrs Lucy Davies PGCE (Buckingham) Mrs Emma Douglas BSc (Bath), PGCE (Bath Spa) Mr Matt Gow BA (London), TEFL (Cambridge), PGCE (Oxford Brookes) Mrs Kate Simpson BA (Sunderland), PGCE (Newcastle) Mrs Chris Wildman (ELSA) Library Dr Veronika Groke MA (Brunel), MRes and PhD (St Andrews) Librarian Mr George Harris, BA (History) Library Assistant Sixth Form Team Mrs Lucy Weeden BA (Oxon), MA (Surrey) Head of Sixth Form Dr Sarah Kewley BSc (Plymouth), PhD (Bristol), PGCE (UWE) Head of UCAS and HE Mrs Rebekah Lord, BA (Bath Spa), MSc (Oxon), PGCE (Bromley Collegiate/University of Worcester) Head of Futures Mrs Karen Paddock Sixth Form Administrator Lower School Mrs Lucy Long Head of Lower School Examinations Office Mrs Faith Bourne Examinations Officer Educational Visits Mr Dan Curran BSc (Plymouth), PGCE (Cantab) Educational Visits Co-ordinator and Friday Futures Co-ordinator Outdoor Education Miss Aysha Dean BSc (Reading) Graduate Assistant Outdoor Education and Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator Mr Matthew Rose BSc (Warwick), PGCE (Oxford Brookes) Gold Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator Mr Hugo Corripio-Lopez BA (Oviedo), MSc (Bath), PGCE (UWE) Duke of Edinburgh Support Boarding Staff and Pastoral Care Mrs Sophie Toland MA (Cantab,) PGCE (Brunel), CPP (Roehampton) Deputy Head Pastoral and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) Mrs Claire Bolton BA (Leeds), PGCE (Sheffield) Deputy DSL Mrs Kirsty Tod BA (Leeds), PGCE (Sheffield) Deputy DSL House Teams Helen Wright House Mrs Fiona Muir BA (Royal Holloway), MA (King’s College, London), PGCE (Oxon) Housemistress Miss Emma Wright Deputy Housemistress Ms Rachel Trewhitt Assistant Houseparent Florence Dyas Mrs Debbie McMahon BA (Liverpool), PGCE (Manchester) Housemistress Miss Izzie Fielden-Page LLB Law (UCL) Deputy Housemistress Ms Sue Li Assistant Houseparent Joyce Walters Mrs Kirsty Tod BA (London), PGCE (Surrey) Housemistress Miss Beth Collier BA (Bath Spa) Deputy Housemistress Mrs Alison Carter Assistant Houseparent Gibbins Mrs Alice Embleton MA (Lincoln), BA (Lincoln) Housemistress Miss Scarlett Jones Diploma (Oxford Media & Business School) Deputy Housemistress Ms Liz Sawle Assistant Houseparent St Cecilia’s Mr Tim Waldron BA (Durham), MA (Leeds), PGCE (Bristol) Housemaster Mrs Ellie Waldron BSc (Cardiff) PGCE (Bath) Housemistress Miss Bec Halpin Assistant Houseparent Mrs Bianca Alberelli Pastoral Assistant attached to all houses with focus on St Cecilia’s St Prisca’s (Lower School) Miss Louise Cavanagh (Housemistress) BA (Royal Holloway), PGCE (Buckingham) Housemistress Ms Debbie Dwyer BEd (Manchester) Assistant Houseparent Mrs Chris Hayes Day Housemistress Graduate Boarding Assistants Miss Aysha Dean Outdoor Education Miss Beth Plummer BA (Bath Spa) Sport Miss Shayan Talbert-Young Performing Arts Pastoral Assistants Mrs Fiona Burke Mrs Lucy Davies Mrs Tina Field Mrs Anna Friend Miss Rebecca Gallaugher Mrs Rita Hulme Ms Debi James Mrs Ami Macallister Mrs Emma Makepeace Mrs Hannah Willcox Health Centre Mrs Jessica Amor RGN School Nurse Mrs Colette Newey RGN School Nurse Mrs Deborah Parkinson RGN School Nurse Ms Jen Robshaw RGN School Nurse Mrs Dani Sheppard RGN School Nurse Mrs Josephine Clarke Health Care Assistant Mrs Zoe McCarthy Administrator Health and Wellbeing Mrs Josie Ballenden School Counsellor Mrs Chris Wildman Wellbeing Practitioner Ms Sonal Khimji Independent Listener Chaplaincy Reverend Jonathan Beach BSc (Essex), BA (Bristol), MTh (Cardiff) Chaplain Heads of Company Mr Benn Griffin Edmund Rich Mrs Claire Bolton Grosstete Mrs Lucy Long Moberly Mrs Anna Friend Osmund Mr Hugo Lopez Poore DEPARTMENTS Professional and operational staff Head’s Office Mrs Annie Vodicka PA to Head School Office Ms Natalie Burchell Office Manager Mrs Emma Makepeace Lead Receptionist Mrs Ruth Sandbach Receptionist Administrative Support Mrs Louise English Safeguarding and Pastoral Administrator Ms Dannie Jones Assistant to Senior Staff Mrs Karen Paddock Sixth Form Administrator Admissions, Marketing, Development and Alumnae Relations Ms Jenny Rawlinson BA (Hull), MA (Florida) Director of External Relations Admissions Mrs Megan Davis BSc (Kingston) Head of Admissions Mrs Sarah Carter BA (Leeds) Admissions Manager Mrs Jo Mills BA (Luton) Marketing & Admissions Events Coordinator Marketing Ms Kristy Jones B.Com (Curtin) Marketing and Communications Manager Miss Cassidy Fox BA (Bath Spa) Marketing & Graphic Design Officer Miss Lauren Srawley BA (Cardiff) Msc (Bath) Digital Content Creator Development & Alumnae Relations Dr Gemma Wise MA (Oxon) Development & Alumnae Relations Manager Mrs Gill Cooper BSc (Surrey) Development & Fundraising Event Coordinator Mrs Nu Nu Hoggarth Development Assistant Arabella Unwin Archivist Bursary and Finance Mrs Tamara Dalton ACMA/CGMA Assistant Bursar Mrs Gaynor Brittain Senior Finance Clerk Mrs Kerry Brown Accounts Assistant Human Resources Mrs Nina Clark CIPD Associate Director of HR Ms Taruna Ram HR Manager Mrs Clare Oatley HR Administrator (recruitment) Ms Kay Bolwell Payroll and HR Assistant Transport and Logistics Ms Natalie Burchell School Office Manager School Shop Mrs Phillipa Hatlapa School Shop Manager Mrs Emma Jack School Shop Assistant Mrs Charlie Sloan School Shop Assistant Catering Management Mrs Linda Thomas Catering Manager Mrs Alison Bunton Head Chef Mr Matt Driver Second Chef Housekeeping Mrs Ali Felton Domestic Services Manager Mrs Shelley Green Deputy Domestic Services Manager Ms Chloe Sheldon Functions Co-ordinator Computer Services Mr David Page BSc (Reading) Network Manager Mr Pete Slater BA (Plymouth Marjon University) Senior IT Technician Mr Connor Gibson BSc (Stafford) Head of MIS and IT Technician Mr Joseph Mason BSc (Bath Spa) IT Technician Mr Liam Gale IT Technician Estates Mr Bob Lunn Director of Estates Mr Julian Davis Estates Manager Mr Verne Baker Grounds Mr Simon Bewley Grounds Mr Myles Collins Painter and decorator Mr Pete Gibbons Carpenter Mr Dave Keating Electrician Mr Brian Merritt Premises Mr Giuseppe Mucci Premises Mr Andrew Oatley Premises Mr Callum Riccalton Grounds Security Mr Brett Haines Security Officer Mr Ashleigh Giblen Security Officer ST MARY’S CALNE BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL Start your journey At St Mary’s Calne, one of the UK’s leading schools for girls, every pupil is known, supported and inspired to achieve her best academically and 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