Staff List - Hanford School

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Senior Leadership Team

Hilary Philips

Hilary Phillips

Head

Hilary Phillips joined as the new Head of Hanford in September 2023.  She was previously Head of Lower School at Benenden and has been Head of two prep schools...

 

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Susie Askew

Susie Askew

Head of Boarding/Designated Safeguarding Lead

Susie is Head of Boarding and the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). She is incredibly hardworking, coming in every morning to wake up the girls...

 

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Elisabeth Carr

Elisabeth Carr

Operations Manager

Elisabeth started at Hanford in September 2022, following fifteen years in education, ten of which have been in the independent sector...

 

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Our Staff

Full Staff List

Academics
  • Martin Askew BA Hons (Manchester) PGCE (Manchester)
 Mathematics/Junior Science
  • Vali Atkinson BSc Hons (Open University)
 French Teacher
  • Helen Beal BEd Hons (Southampton)
 Junior Form Teacher
  • Alex Bratby BEd Hons (Cantab) Dip SpLD APC
 Learning Support
  • Miranda Blake BA Hons (Surrey) PGCE (Surrey)
 English Teacher
  • Tamsin Christie MA Music (Oxon) PGCE (Oxford Brookes)
 Music/RS Teacher
  • Lindsay Curry BSc Hons (Birmingham) PGCE (Bath Spa)
 Games Teacher
  • Polly Hughes BA Hons (Bath School of Art) PGCE (Bath Spa)
 Head of Art/Art Appreciation
  • Suzanne Hughes BEd Hons (Bedford College)
 PE/Games Teacher
  • Carrie Lewis BA Hons (York) PGCE (Open)
 Head of English
  • Steph McMillan BA Hons (Brighton)
 Head of PE/Games
  • Mark McSweeney BSc (Cork), PGCE (London)
 Head of Mathematics/Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
  • Katharine Myers BSc Hons (Soton) MSc (Leeds) PGCE (Bath)
 Science/ICT Teacher
  • Sara Northey BA Hons (Durham) MSc (LSE) PGCE (London)
 History/RS Teacher
  • Flora Rawlingson Plant BA Hons (Exeter) PGCE (Dyslexia and Literacy) (Dist)
 Handwork Teacher
  • Roddy Walker BEd Hons (Westminster College, Oxford)
 Geography Teacher
  • Amanda Webster BSc Hons (Leeds) PGCE (Bath)
 Senior Teacher, Biology and Chemistry
Riding
  • Charley Bailie
 Head of Riding
  • Amelia Allen/Victoria Christopher
 Riding Team
Support Staff
  • Camilla Bashaarat MA Hons (Edinburgh)
 Head of Marketing
  • Nicky Hunter
 Domestic Bursar
  • Julia Horton BA Hons (Manchester) PGCE
 Admissions Manager
  • Rachel Oakley
 Head’s PA/School Secretary
  • Robert Jarvis and Dean Walters
 Grounds and Maintenance
  • Joseph Tyrrell
 Catering Manager
  • Jess Wiseman BA Hons (Oxford Brookes)
 Marketing Officer 
Boarding
  • Ruth Caldwell
 Night Matron
  • Jane Cosgrove
 Housekeeper and Day Matron
  • Lyndsay McKinley-Nichols
 Evening Matron
  • Rebecca Melville
 Senior Resident Matron
  • Bev Mortley
 Resident Matron
Health
  • Deborah Amphlett RN
 School Nurse
  • Jane Youngson RN
 School Nurse
  • Dr Lucy Purcell
 School Doctor

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