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Upper Norwood

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Staff


Senior Leadership Team


Mrs Linda Sanders BA (Hons) (Bristol) MA (Madrid) FRSA
Headmistress
Modern Foreign Languages


Mrs Mairéad Jewell BA (Hons) (Dublin) HDipEd (Dublin) MA (London)
Assistant Head – Teaching & Learning
Head of English


Dr Sophia Daire BSc (Hons) (Sussex) PhD (Sussex)
Assistant Head – Pupil Progress
Science (Chemistry)


Associate Members of SMT


Mrs Victoria Sumner BA (Hons) (Brighton)
Designated Safeguarding Lead and Wellbeing Manager, PE teacher and Associate SMT Member


Chaplains


Fr George Boronat
School Chaplain


Fr Frank Calduch
School Chaplain

Teaching Staff

Miss Angie Blanco BA (Valencia)

Director for Parental and Pupil Development & Teacher of Spanish


Mr Michael Dowd BSc (Limerick)
Teacher of English
SENDCo Lead & Deputy DSL


Miss Sarah Cook BA (Hons) (London), PGCE (London)
Director of Drama

Director of VI Form Pastoral Care


Miss Melanie Clark BA (Hons) (Manchester) STUD GEN REG BRIT(Rome) Cert. Higher Ed. (London)
Head of Religion, Ethics, Philosophy


Mrs Laura Fernandez MSC in Pharmacy UAH, MSC in Science Teaching UAH

Teacher of Biology


Dr Grace Gates B.Mus (Hons) (Kingston), M.Mus (Surrey), PhD (Kingston)
Director of Music


Mrs Lorraine Keane BA (Hons) (Lancashire) PGCE (Cambridge)
Head of Maths


Dr Clara Taylor BSc (University of Lisbon), PhD (UCL, London)
Director for Behaviour for Learning

Head of Science


Miss Nicola Kreinczes BA (Hons) (Sheffield) PGCE (London), MA (London)
Director of Higher Education
Head of History


Miss Eleni-Marina Foka BA (Athens) MA (London)
Teacher of Latin


Mrs Lara McManamon BSc (Hons) (London)
Computer Science Teacher
Exams Officer
IT Services


Miss Roisin McCormack BA (Hons) (Sussex) PGCE (Goldsmiths College, London)
English & Humanities Teacher


Mrs Constance Cereze MA Legal history, Universite Paris II, PhD History and Philosophy of Law, Universite Paris II

Teacher of French


Mrs Cristina Prat-Martinez BSc (Spain) MA (Spain)
Teacher of Business Studies


Miss Matilda Radcliffe (BA Hons Glasgow School of Art)
Head of Art & Deputy DSL


Mrs Laura Sardina BSc (Spain)

Teacher of Spanish & Ethos Director

Mrs Karolin Tang  BSc Environmental Science - Linkoping Sweden, MSc Sustainable Development – Uppsala, Sweden

Teacher of Geography


Mrs Katiba Choudhary BSC (HONS) PGCE (Manchester) PG(Dip) (Dyslexia) AMBDA BDA

Teacher of Science


Miss Cassain Chandler BA (Hons) (London) PGCE (London)

Head of Physical Education


Mr Alexander Williams

Teacher of Physical Education


Miss Lisa Newbould  BA (Hons) (Manchester) MA (Leeds)

Arete Programme Lead


Mrs Maribel Pardo de Vera Teaching Cert. for Higher Education in Maths UNIR, QTS UK Dept. for Education, TECNUN – University of Navarra
Teacher of Maths and Science


Miss Fay Bowler

Teaching Assistant


Miss Iona Bohuis

Teaching Assistant


Miss Guadalupe Costantini

Teaching Assistant


Miss Eva Wilkinson

Maternity Cover, Teacher of Art



Peripatetic Teachers


Mr Ian Watt BMus (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

Guitar


Mr Robert Fordjour

Drums


Miss Jemma Love BMus (Hons) (Guildhall School of Music and Drama) Dip ABRSM

Woodwind


Miss Natalia Wierzbicka LTCL LLCM BMus(Hons) (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dancer), MMus (London College of Music) PGCEi Prof Dip (Royal Academy of Music)
Violin


Ms Julia McCullough BMus (Distinction)
Voice


Miss Svitlana Kosenko (MA) Master of Art (University of Saarland)

Piano

Miss Sophie Walby (Trinity College of Music) (BA Hons) BMus (Hons) TCM, MISM
Voice


Non Teaching/Support Roles

Mrs Vicky Sumner
Designated Safeguarding Lead
safeguarding@thelaurelsschool.org.uk


Mrs Helen McKell BA (Hons) (Durham) PGCE (Glasgow)
Head of Admissions & Marketing 

admissions@thelaurelsschool.org.uk


Mrs Isabel Lamb BA (Hons) (Oxford Brookes)

HR & Compliance Manager; Digital Marketing Manager
i.lamb@thelaurelsschool.org.uk


Mrs Lynn Howell
School Administrator & PA to the Headmistress
l.howell@thelaurelsschool.org.uk


Science Technician

Mrs Barbara Pereira


School Housekeeper

Mrs Dorothy N’Tinu


School Caretaker Team

Mr Custodio Rodrigues

Mr Daniel Nawrotowicz


PACT Educational Trust Staff


Miss Sharna Stevens
Finance Administration & Payroll
sharna.stevens@pactschools.org.uk


Miss Claire Turney
Credit Controller
claire.turney@pactschools.org.uk


Mrs Lupe Sedoufio
Estates & Health and Safety Manager

lupe.sedoufio@pactschools.org.uk


Mr Omar Hassanali

IT Manager

itsupport@pactschools.org.uk


Mrs Kavitha Kathiravan

Finance & Accounts Administrator

kavitha.kathiravan@pactschools.org.uk

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