Sixth Form Open Evening - Thursday 6 November 2025

    Staff and Governance

    Senior Leadership Team

    Mr Simon Wade

    Headteacher

    Mrs Alex Denham

    Deputy Headteacher – and Designated Safeguarding Lead

    Miss Nikki Sullivan

    Deputy Headteacher

    Mrs Kelly Heaton

    Deputy Headteacher

    Mrs Frances Wade

    Assistant Headteacher

    Mrs Aieshah Ickringill

    Assistant Headteacher

    Dr Glenn Wright

    Assistant Headteacher and Head of Faculty – Post 16

    Mrs Emily Wintersgill

    PA to Headteacher and Leadership Team

    Mrs Kirsty Dwyer

    Cluster Business Manager

    Our Wider Team

    Please note that your child’s Head of Year, Pastoral Manager, Tutor or Subject Teachers may not always be available to take your call or respond to emails immediately during the school day. This is due to pastoral or teaching commitments. Parents/carers can email or leave a message with reception and we will endeavour to return all calls and emails within 48 hours.

    If you have a safeguarding enquiry or emergency, please contact the reception team on 01274 771444 or [email protected]

    Support and Challenge Team

    Faculty Leads

    • Creativity: Mr M Stimpson
    • English: Mrs J Ratahi
    • Humanities: Mrs E Carter
    • Maths: Miss H Mclean
    • Modern Foreign Languages: Mrs G Hart and Mrs S Lee
    • PE: Miss S Lancashire
    • Science: Mr A Brown

    Safeguarding Team

    • Mrs Denham – Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Headteacher
    • Miss Backhouse – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
    • Mrs Wade – Assistant Headteacher KS4
    • Dr Wright – Assistant Headteacher KS5
    • Mrs Smith – SENDCO
    • Mr Midgley – Head of KS3
    • Mrs Jeffrey – Pastoral Manager
    • Miss Webber – Pastoral Manager
    • Mrs Conway – Pastoral Manager
    • Mr Khan – Pastoral Manager
    • Mr Mehmood – Pastoral Manager
    • Mrs Towers – Post 16 Pastoral Lead

    Local School Committee

    • Sharon Stamp – Co Joint Chair
    • Rob Baker – Co Joint Chair
    • Naheem Anwar – Vice Chair
    • Simon Wade – Headteacher
    • Surita Dalal-Wilson – Member
    • Jo Reynard – Member
    • Tim Clark – Member
    • Sadia Bashir-Butt – Member
    • Charlotte Holden – Staff Member
    • Joanne Hurst – Observer