Our Staff
Leadership Team
Executive Headteacher: Mr Jon Hayes
jon.hayes@queenkatherine.org
Head of School: Mr Ben Griffin ben.griffin@queenkatherine.org
Interim Deputy Headteacher : Mr Jonathan Liver jonathan.liver@queenkatherine.org
Assistant Headteacher – Learning and Teaching: Ms Laura Holliday laura.holliday@queenkatherine.org
Assistant Headteacher and CET Science Lead - Mrs Dani Bayram danielle.bayram@queenkatherine.org
Assistant Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form - Ms Ruth Nelson
ruth.nelson@queenkatherine.org
Designated Safeguarding Lead and SENCO: Mrs Geraldine Wade
geraldine.wade@queenkatherine.org
Pastoral Team
Head of Year Team
Head of Year 7: Mrs Laura Brenan laura.kerr@queenkatherine.org
Head of Year 8: Ms Anne Christian anne.christian@queenkatherine.org
Head of Year 9: Mr James Morgan james.morgan@queenkatherine.org
Head of Year 10: Mr Mike Wilson
michael.wilson@queenkatherine.org
Head of Year 11: Mrs Michelle Byrne michelle.byrne@queenkatherine.org
Sixth Form
Assistant Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form: Miss Ruth Nelson ruth.nelson@queenkatherine.org
KS5 and Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Mr Robin Simpson
robin.simpson@queenkatherine.org
Sixth Form Admin: Mrs Sian Pittman sian.pittman@queenkatherine.org
Attendance
Attendance Officer (Year 7 -11): Ms Laura Park laura.park@queenkatherine.org
Attendance Officer (Sixth Form): Mrs Sian Pittman sian.pittman@queenkatherine.org
Pastoral Hub
Pastoral Manager: Ms Donna Wilson
donna.wilson@queenkatherine.org
Youth Presence Project Worker: Mr Iain Biddle
iain.biddle@queenkatherine.org This role is funded by Cumbria Community Foundation and The Freida Scott Charitable Trust
Exams Officers
Miss Joanna Keegan jo.keegan@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Nikki Murray nikki.murray@queenkatherine.org
Finance
Student Finance and Parentmail: Mrs Laura Park finance@queenkatherine.org
Admin
PA to SLT: Mrs Helen Bates enquiries@queenkatherine.org
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator: Mr Tim Deighton
Duke of Edinburgh Admin: Mrs Nikki Murray nikki.murray@queenkatherine.org
Academic Team
English
Faculty Lead: Ms Jenny Kerrera jenny.kerrera@queenkatherine.org
Second in Department: Mr Adam Rawson
Mrs Eleanor Bennett
Mrs Laura Holliday
Ms Tanya Thomas
Ms H Glancy
Mathematics
Faculty Lead: Mr Doug Yarker doug.yarker@queenkatherine.org
Second in Department: Mrs Lucy Williams
Mr Andrew Warren
Mr Andrew Williams
Miss Jessica Yates
Science
Faculty Lead: Ms Gemma Eastham gemma.eastham@queenkatherine.org
Head of Chemistry: Miss Katie Tesseyman
katie.tesseyman@queenkatherine.org
Head of Biology: Mrs Anna Lee
Head of Physics: Mr Scott McCormick
scott.mccormick@queenkatherine.org
Mr Matthew Davidson
Miss Ruth Nelson
Ms Angela Richards
Mrs Lindsay Robson
Art/Photography
Head of Department: Mrs Lex Haigh lex.haigh@queenkatherine.org
Ms Emma Robertson
PSHE
Faculty EBacc Lead and Head of Department: Mrs Katherine France katherine.france@queenkatherine.org
Computing
Head of Computing: Mrs Sharon Cossutti
sharon.cossutti@queenkatherine.org
Mr Luke Davison
Mr Jonathan Liver
Technology
Foundation Faculty Co-Lead/Head of Technology: Mrs Anna Cormack anna.cormack@queenkatherine.org
Mr Ian Palmer
Ms Pip Kingston (maternity leave)
Mrs Penny Yates
Business and Economics
Foundation Faculty Co-Lead: Mrs Anna Cormack
anna.cormack@queenkatherine.org
Mr Ryan Veitch
Social Sciences
Head of Social Science: Ms Gemma Eastham gemma.eastham@queenkatherine.org
Miss Charlotte Davies
Ms Nanouska Tighe
Humanities
Faculty Lead of EBacc: Mrs Katherine France katherine.france@queenkatherine.org
Miss Sarah Whitehouse
History
Head of Department: Mr James Murphy james.murphy@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Kirsty Evans
Mrs Anna Thomas
Geography
Head of Department: Mr Sam Gibbs sam.gibbs@queenkatherine.org
Mr Jacob Hadfield
Ms Pip Kingston (maternity leave)
Mrs Geraldine Wade
Religious Studies
Faculty EBacc Lead and Head of Department: Mrs Katherine France katherine.france@queenkatherine.org
Second in Department: Sarah Whitehouse sarah.whitehouse@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Penny Yates
Modern Foreign Languages
Head of Department: Mrs Ellie Lefevre ellie.lefevre@queenkatherine.org
Miss Jo-Anne Foreman
Miss Sarah Sigsworth
Performing Arts
Head of Department/Co Faculty Lead: Mr Michael Massey michael.massey@queenkatherine.org
Head of Music: Mr Simon Hewitson
simon.hewitson@queenkatherine.org
Dance: Miss Sophie Matthews
Physical Education
Head of Department: Tim Daglish tim.daglish@queenkatherine.org
Mr Tom Hodgson
Miss Katie Ireland
Mrs Nicky Jones
Learning Support
SENCO: Mrs Geraldine Wade geraldine.wade@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Deborah Knox
