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Staff

Our staff come from a diverse range of backgrounds and many have enjoyed previous careers in academia, industry and commerce. Many of our teachers have been educated at the UK’s top universities, and we are fortunate to have senior examiners within the staff body.

MEET OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Chris Randell

Principal

Nigel Walker

Assistant Principal Academic & Director of Humanities

Marc-Gerard Cronin

Assistant Principal Pastoral and Boarding

Iain Stewart

Assistant Principal and Director of Operations

Jenny Nute

SENDCo and Mental Health Lead (NASENCo)

MEET OUR HEADS OF HOUSES

Each one of our students in placed in one of three houses.

Chloé McLaughlin

Head of House - Rylands

Nicky Cathery

Head of House - Gaskell

Nicola Lees-Bruce

Head of House - Bridgewater

“The proprietor ensures that the leadership and management demonstrate good skills and knowledge, and fulfil their responsibilities effectively, so that the other standards are consistently met and they actively promote the well-being of the pupils”

Independent Schools Inspection report (ISI, March 2018)

“Pupils demonstrate excellent attitudes to learning through their enthusiastic and cooperative approach to lessons. They are highly motivated and work together very successfully. Pupils are supported in their learning by the excellent relationship with their teachers which creates an atmosphere conducive to learning.”

Independent School Inspection March 2023