At Latymer Upper School, we place particular emphasis on nurturing our teachers intellectually and professionally, supporting their own development as lifelong learners and educators. As a result, we attract talented and ambitious academic staff who make inspirational teachers and stimulating colleagues.
Teaching staff
Head
D W Goodhew, MA, FRSA
Deputy Head
Matthew Chataway, BA, MA Deputy Head (Pastoral)
Ian Emerson, MA, BSc Deputy Head (Academic)
Assistant Heads
Charles Ben-Nathan, BA, MBA (Director of Studies)
Lucy Cole, BSc, MA (Ed) (Deputy Head Co-curricular and Operations)
Rachel Marley, BSc (Head of Middle School)
Yuvraj Nirwal, BSc, MA (Director of Teaching and Learning)
John Roberts, BA, MA, PhD (Head of Sixth Form)
Amy Sellars, BSc (Head of Lower School)
Heads of Year
Sam Adams, BA, MA (Head of Upper Sixth)
Andrew Copeman, BA, MSc (Assistant Head of Upper Sixth)
Sarah Fordyce, BSc, MA (Head of Lower Sixth)
Jon Haines, BSc (Assistant Head of Lower Sixth)
Debbie Kendall, BA (Head of Year 11)
Holly Peck, BSc (Assistant Head of Year 11)
Lucy Snooks, BA (Head of Year 10)
Isabel Sudbury, MA (Assistant Head of Year 10)
Kat Burns, BA (Head of Year 9)
Catherine Lewis, BA (Assistant Head of Year 9)
Gareth Cooper, BSc (Head of Year 8)
George Tidey, BA (Assistant Head of Year 8)
Katie Temple, BA (Head of Year 7)
Mark Whitgift, MA (Assistant Head of Year 7)
Academic Mentoring Department
Ceri Ellis, BA, Dip. SpLD, SENCo (Head of Academic Mentoring)
Honorata Buchnowska, BA, MA
Natalie Weatherley, BA, CELTA, PATOSS
Art
David Mumby, BA (Head of Art)
Christophe Blanchard-Conner, MA (Second in Art)
Jane Clarke, BA
Paige Davies, BA, MFA
Janet Hillis Maidment, MA, MA (Head of Photography)
Georgia Rodger, BA, MA
Biology
Harriet Newhouse, BSc, MRes, PGCE (Head of Biology)
Elizabeth Hansford, BSc, MSc (Second in Biology)
Kate Bartlett, BSc
William Budd, BSc, MSc
Jack Davey, MBiochem, MSc
John-Paul Flavell, BA, MSc
Maria Inverno, BEng, MSc
Eman Seddaoui, BSc
Careers
Chris Couch, MA (Head of Careers)
Chemistry
Ed Forbes, MChem (Head of Chemistry)
Rebecca Thomas, MSci (Second in Chemistry)
Barry Cottam-Howarth, MSci, PhD
Alice Donkin, MChem
Helen Doyme, MSci
Rachel Oxburgh, BA, MSc, PhD
David Paul, MChem
Holly Peck, BSc (Assistant Head of Year 11)
Amy Sellars, BSc (Head of Lower School)
Mark Whitgift, MA (Assistant Head of Year 7)
Classics
Marcel Lewis, BA (Head of Classics)
Rebecca Wright, BA, MEd (Second in Classics)
Rachel Collier, MA, MA
Greg Cook, MA (Chaplain)
Mark Holmes, BA (Director of University Admissions)
Shah Motz, BA, MA
John Roberts, BA, MA, PhD (Head of Sixth Form)
Eleanor Rothwell, BA
Computing
Jackie Price, BA (Head of Computing)
Design
Elizabeth Green, BA (Head of Design)
Sharon Whyte, BA, MA (Second in Design)
Nick Creak, BSc
Julia Selby, BA
Lucy Snooks, BA (Head of Year 10)
Patrick Whitfield, BA
Drama
Justin Joseph, BA (Director of Drama)
Mary Bruton, BA (Assistant Director of Drama)
Mark Collier, BA
Stephanie Harris, BA (maternity leave)
Suzi Woodham, BA
LAMDA teachers:
Maja Barcot (LAMDA Dip.)
Nik Drake (LAMDA)
Paul Tate BA (LAMDA)
Economics and Politics
Paul Goldsmith, BA, MBA, FRSA, MPhil (Head of Economics and Politics)
Charles Ben-Nathan, BA, MBA (Director of Studies)
Stewart Faulkes, BA, MA, PhD (maternity cover)
Sarah Fordyce, BSc, MA (Head of Lower Sixth)
Laura Leicester, BA (Head of World Perspectives) (maternity leave)
Mark Wallace, BSc
William Wearden, BA
English
Jon Mitropoulos-Monk, MA, MSt (Head of English)
Jack Palmer, BA, MPhil (Second in English)
Sam Adams, BA, MA (Head of Upper Sixth)
Andrea Barlien, BA
Andrew Copeman, BA, MSc (Assistant Head of Upper Sixth)
Nadine Dalton-West, BA
Stephanie Harris, BA
Catherine Lewis, BA (Assistant Head of Year 9)
Luke Maxted, MA, MSt
Joe Murray, BA
Madeleine Smith, MA
Extended Project
Helen Doyme, MSci (Head of Extended Project)
Harriet Ekbery, BA, MA (Second in Extended Project)
Geography
Mike Ashby, BA, MSc, FRGS, C. Geog (Head of Geography)
Amy Case, BA
Lucy Cole, BSc, MA (Ed) (Deputy Head Co-curricular and Operations)
Andrew Edwards, BSc, MEd
Harry Harris, BA, MSc
Rachel Marley, BSc (Head of Middle School)
India Owens, BSc (maternity cover)
Megan Ronald, BA
Helen Tindale, MA, (maternity leave)
History
Jonathan White, MA (Head of History)
Barry Bladon, BA (Second in History)
Matthew Chataway, BA, MA (Deputy Head, Pastoral)
Matthew Clark, BA, MPhil, PhD
Natasha Drax, BA
Lizzi Goodchild, BA
Erin Null, BA, MA
Marc Stewart, MSt
Library
Terri McCargar, BA, MA, MCLIP, Librarian
Helena Leeper, BA, MA, Assistant Librarian
Victoria Gray, BA, MA
Sue Yeend, BA
History of Art
Ruth Taylor Bell, BA, PGDip (Head of History of Art)
Mathematics
Patrick MacMahon, MA, MSc (Head of Mathematics)
Theresa Andrew, MA, MA (Second in Mathematics)
Max Devenport, BSc, MA (EdTech) (Third in Mathematics)
Neetha Alishaw, BSc, MSc
Zack Bassman, BA
Guy Bowles, BA, MSc
Tenasi Chang, BSc
Gareth Cooper, BSc (Head of Year 8)
Robin Fellerman, MA
Jon Haines, BSc (Assistant Head of Lower Sixth)
Andrew Jones, BSc, BEd
Joe Jordan, BSc
Ed Mann, BA
Kevin Meng, MSci, MA
Andy Murray, BSc
Yuvraj Nirwal, BSc, MA (Director of Teaching and Learning)
Donal O’Hara, MMath
Heerpal Sahota, MA, MSc
Isabel Sudbury, MA (Assistant Head of Year 10)
Modern Languages
Cameron Palmer, BA, MA (Head of Modern Languages)
Clementine Desmons, BA
Ian Emerson, MA, BSc (Deputy Head, Academic)
Charlotte Healy, BA (Head of German)
Anna-Clare Hetherington, MA
Monica Jang Chapman, BA, MSc
Debbie Kendall, BA (Head of Year 11)
Thais Lopez Martin, BA, MA, Head of Spanish
Salli Parra, BA, MA
Katie Temple, BA (Head of Year 7)
Kathleen Webb, BA (Second in Spanish)
Begona Windle, BA
Jenny Wong, BA (Head of Mandarin)
Bella Wu, BA, MA
Language Assistants
Estelle Bara-Taylor, Diploma in Law
Lupe Carbajo Garcia, BA, MA
Mei-Ling Chang, BA
Natalia Martin Benito, BA
Josep Soldevila, BA
Charlotte Werrmann, MA
Music
Tony Henwood, MA, ARCO, FRSA (Director of Music)
Jonathan Geoghegan, BA (Assistant Director of Music)
Harriet Ekbery, BA, MA
Rob King, BA, MA
Peripatetic music staff
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Lauren Abbott BMus LTCL (Violin & Viola) James Arben BA, MMus GSMD (Saxophone) Rebecca Austen-Brown BMus (RAM) (Recorder) Andrew Bottrill GGSM Dip GSMD MA (Piano) Head of Keyboard Elizabeth Bradley GRNCM MMus (Double Bass) Ruth Buxton BMus RCM LGSM (Clarinet) Graham Caldecott GRNCM (Piano) Susan Clark, MA, ARCM PGDip (RCM) CTABRSM LRSM (Piano and Theory) Simon Coleman MMus (Electric/Bass Guitar) Rebecca Coulthard BMus (Guitar) David de Winter BA MA(RAM) (Singing) Dougie Freeman BMus (Piano) James Geidt BA MA(RCM) (Singing) Stephen Gibson BMus GSMD (Percussion) Sebastian Gillot BA (Organ) Geoffrey Govier DMA MFA MMus(RCM) GRSM LTCL (Piano) Mark Griffiths MA MMus (Singing) Fiona Hymns MMus (Singing) Frances Jellard BA RCM Cert Adv Opera Studies, Head of Singing Tom Lees RNCM Dip RCM (Trombone) Head of Wind Katie Lockhart BMus PG Dip Perf. (Clarinet) Tom Marsden BMus MMus, Head of Percussion Flora McIntosh, BMus PG Dip(RNCM) (Singing) Helen Neilson BSc PG Dip Adv (RCM) MMus (cello) Head of Strings Stephen O’Regan DipRCM (Flute) Kathryn Parry, MA, Dip RAM ARAM (Violin and Viola) Gareth Procter BMus (Guitar) Harriet Roberts LTCL, GTCL, FTCL, MMSM (Singing) Howard Rowntree BMus RCM (Trumpet) Juliet Snell LRAM (Violin & Viola) Susanna Spicer MA (Cantab) Marion Sugars GBSM (French Horn) Head of Theory Jonathan Taylor, BA, MA (Jazz Piano) Jo Turner ARCM Dip RCM (Bassoon) Christopher Wood LRAM ARCM (Piano) Rebecca Wood BMUS (Oboe) |
Physical Education & Games
Natalie Maclean BSc (Director of Sport)
Paul Gibson, BA (Head of Football)
Jasleen Gill, BA (Head of Hockey)(maternity cover)
Ross Doneghan, BA (Head of Rugby)
Ella Harvey, BSc (Head of Netball & Athletics)
Olivia Harvey, BSc, MSc, (Head of Hockey & Rounders)(maternity leave)
George Tidey, BA, Head of Cricket (Assistant Head of Year 8)
Phil McGee, MA (Head of Boats)
Nick Laws (Assistant Head of Boats)
Nick Barry-Parker (Rowing Coach)
Guin Batten (Rowing Coach)
Chris Clark (Head Rowing Coach)
Nicola Gordon (Rowing Coach)
James Hanson (Boathouse Manager)
Huw Jones (Rowing Coach)
Jack Keech (Rowing Coach)
Tom Roberts (Rowing Coach)
Ella Willott (Rowing Coach)
Michael Doherty (Sports Coach)
Catalina Giglio (Sports Coach)
Chloe Nelson (Sports Coach)
Jorge Puchol (Sports Coach)
Ben Taylor (Sports Coach)
Tom Heathfield (Sports Assistant)
Stella Molloy (Sports Assistant)
Claire Rimmer, BSc (Sports Administrator)
Sally Roch, BA (Sports Administrator)
Physics
Alex Birchmore, MSci (Head of Physics)
James Hunt, BSc (Second in Physics)
John McCarthy, BA
Miguel Rodrigues Gomes, BSc
Mayank Shah, BSc
Ian Thompson, BSc
Daniel Wright, BSc, MSc
Chris Young, MPhysPhil
Religion & Philosophy
Elizabeth Fletcher, BA (Head of Religion and Philosophy)
Paul Wizonski, BA, MA (Second in Religion and Philosophy)
Jack Boteler, BA, MA
Kat Burns, BA (Head of Year 9)
Junaid Qasim, MA
Harry Waddington, BA
World Perspectives
Laura Leicester, BA (Head of World Perspectives)
Andrew Edwards, BSc, Med
Kat Burns, BA (Head of Year 9)
Greg Cook, MA (Chaplain)
Sarah Fordyce, BSc (Head of Lower Sixth)
Mark Holmes, BA (Director of University Admissions)
Mark Wallace, BSc
Will Wearden, BA