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Staff list

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senior leadership team 

Alistair Chattaway (ACH) Principal

Chris Mitchell (CMI) Vice Principal (Curriculum & Data)

Daniel Branch (DBR) Assistant Principal (Arts Specialisms)

Simon May (SMY) Assistant Principal (Student Success)

Sarah O'Connor (SOC) Assistant Principal (Teaching & Learning)

Holly Stanton (HST) Assistant Principal (Pastoral Care)

directors 

Jade Allen (JAL) Director of Acting

Rebecca Arrand (RAR) Director of Digital & Visual Arts

David Easto (DEA) Director of Mathematics 

Andrew Edwards (AED) Director of Dance

Richard Evans (REV) Director of Science

Lauren Gwynn-Jones (LGJ) Director of English

Neil Lawton (NLA) Director of Humanities 

David Leighton (DLE) Director of Music

Georgie Meller (GME) Director of Musical Theatre

Phillippa Nesbitt (PNE) SENDCO 

HEADS OF KEY STAGE (pastoral) & Heads of year 

Laura Emery (LEM) Head of Key Stage 4 and Teacher of Acting (+ Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

James Underwood (JUN) Head of Key Stage 5 and Teacher of Broadcast

James Lees (JLE) Head of Year 10 and Teacher of Acting

Katy Buxton  (KBU) Head of Year 11 and Teacher of History 

Amarpreet Singh (ASH) Head of Year 12 and Teacher of Science

Robyn Harvey (RHA) Head of Year 13 and Teacher of Dance 

CURRICULUM LEADERS 

Liam Butler (LBU) Curriculum Leader for Broadcast

Matthew Cox (MCO) Curriculum Leader for Citizenship Studies

Vincenzo De Salvo (VSA) Curriculum Leader for Modern Languages

Gemma Hayman (GHA) Curriculum Leader for A' Level Fine Art and GCSE Fine Art

Robbie Paterson (RPA) Curriculum Leader for History 

Daniel Walker (DWA) Curriculum Leader for Media Studies/Voice of BOA Coordinator

KEY STAGE COORDINATORS 

Zara Burroughs (ZBU) Key Stage Coordinator for Music

Jordan Howell (JHO) Key Stage Coordinator for English

Irina Pilat (IPI) Key Stage Coordinator for Science

Alice Scott (ASC) Key Stage Coordinator for Musical Theatre

Tony Symonds (TSY) Key Stage Coordinator for Mathematics

Holly Wagstaff (HWA) Key Stage Coordinator for BTEC Dance / BTEC Quality Nominee

Ashley Wright (AWR) Key Stage Coordinator for Acting

student support
 

Phillippa Nesbitt (PNE) SENDCO 

Iysha Lowe (ILO)  School Counsellor

SUPPORT STAFF 

Anna Simmons (ASM) Personal Assistant to the Principal

Neena Jass (NJA) SIMS, Data, and Examinations Officer

Victoria Otosio (VOT) Receptionist and Senior First Aider

Teresa Skeete (TSK) Attendance Officer

boa group support 

Kate Tague Chief Executive Officer

Mark Allen Director of Operations

Kate Wallace  Chief Financial Officer

Rola Raad Health and Safety Lead

Zoe James Head of Marketing and Student Recruitment

Marie Bagley PA to CEO