Our Staff
Leadership Team
Headteacher: Mr Jon Hayes
jon.hayes@queenkatherine.org
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs Jane Brierley jane.brierley@queenkatherine.org
Assistant Headteacher – Student Development and Conduct: Mr Ben Griffin ben.griffin@queenkatherine.org
Assistant Headteacher – Student Progress: Mr Paul Staniforth paul.staniforth@queenkatherine.org
Assistant Headteacher – Learning and Teaching: Mrs Laura Holliday laura.holliday@queenkatherine.org
Designated Safeguarding Lead and SENCO: Mrs Geraldine Wade geraldine.wade@queenkatherine.org
Pastoral Team
Head of Year Team
Head of Year 7: Miss Laura Kerr laura.kerr@queenkatherine.org
Head of Year 8: Mr James Morgan james.morgan@queenkatherine.org
Head of Year 9: Mrs Michelle Byrne michelle.byrne@queenkatherine.org
Head of Year 10: Ms Anne Christian anne.christian@queenkatherine.org
Head of Year 11: Mrs Dawn Audley dawn.audley@queenkatherine.org
Student Support Mentors
KS3: Mr Jon Cooper
KS4: Mrs Shelly Neill
KS5 and Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Mr Robin Simpson
Sixth Form
Head of Sixth Form: Miss Ruth Nelson ruth.nelson@queenkatherine.org
Sixth Form Admin: Mrs Amanda Ridding amanda.ridding@queenkatherine.org
Attendance
Attendance and Student Personalised Pathway Manager: Mrs Laura Fitzgerald-Park laura.fitzgerald-park@queenkatherine.org
Attendance Officer (Year 7 -11): Mrs Sally Bury sally.bury@queenkatherine.org
Attendance Officer (Sixth Form): Mrs Amanda Ridding amanda.ridding@queenkatherine.org
Exams Officers
Mr Charles Ritchie charles.ritchie@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Nikki Murray nikki.murray@queenkatherine.org
Finance
Finance Assistant (Parentmail): Ms Marg Walling marg.walling@queenkatherine.org
Finance Assistant (Uniform): Mrs Lisa Thompson lisa.thompson@queenkatherine.org
Admin
PA to the Headteacher and Clerk to Governors: Mrs Sharon Housego
Office Supervisor: 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: Mrs Tanya Thomas tanya.thomas@queenkatherine.org
Second in Department: Mr Adam Rawson
Lead Practitioner: Mrs Jenny Hauxwell
Mrs Robyn Gardiner
Mrs Marie-Claire Armitage
Mr Mike Park
Mrs Jane Macgregor
Mr Ben Griffin
Mrs Laura Holliday
Mathematics
Faculty Lead: Mr Doug Yarker doug.yarker@queenkatherine.org
Second in Department: Mrs Sarah Hastie
Lead Practitioner: Mr Wil Mossop
Mrs Valerie Farndon
Mr Rennick Lee
Dr Cara Morgan
Mr Andrew Warren
Mrs Lucy Williams
Science
Faculty Lead: Mrs Danielle Bayram danielle.bayram@queenkatherine.org
Head of Chemistry: Ms Gail McCreadie
Head of Biology: Mrs Anna Lee
Head of Physics: Mrs Jo Rodham
Mr Matthew Davidson
Mrs Laura Gardner
Miss Ruth Nelson
Ms Angela Richards
Mrs Lindsay Robson
Mrs Gillian Winters
Art/Photography
Head of Department: Ms Amanda Ford amanda.ford@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Maxine Bell-Prescott
Mrs Heather Wilson
Mr Ian Palmer
Mrs Sharon Cossutti
Citizenship
Faculty EBacc Lead and Head of Department: Mrs Katherine France katherine.france@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Laura Bromfield
Mr Jonathan Davis
Ms Vicky Jones
Ms Emma MacPhee
Mrs Jane Whitaker
Computer Science, Business and Technology
Faculty Lead of Foundation and Head of Department: Mr Jonathan Liver jonathan.liver@queenkatherine.org
Head of Business: Mr Richard Rouse
Mrs Heather Wilson
Mrs Laura Bromfield
Mrs Sharon Cossutti
Ms Pip Kingston
Ms Emma MacPhee
Mr Ian Palmer
Mrs Jane Whitaker
Mr Tony Wilcock
Mrs Penny Yates
Health and Social Care
Mrs Fran Smith fran.smith@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Tracey Ellis
Humanities
Faculty Lead of EBacc: Mrs Katherine France katherine.france@queenkatherine.org
History
Head of Department: Mr James Murphy james.murphy@queenkatherine.org
Mr Jonathan Davis
Mr Sam Gibbs
Miss Rebecca Ritchie-Lees
Geography
Head of Department, KS3: Mrs Pip Kingston pip.kingston@queenkatherine.org
Head of Department, KS4: Mr Sam Gibbs sam.gibbs@queenkatherine.org
Head of Department, KS5: Mr Ian Gaunt ian.gaunt@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Jane Brierley
Mr Mike Park
Mrs Geraldine Wade
Religious Studies
Faculty EBacc Lead and Head of Department: Mrs Katherine France katherine.france@queenkatherine.org
Second in Department: Mr Iain Biddle iain.biddle@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Jane Brierley
Mr Jonathan Davis
Mrs Penny Yates
Modern Foreign Languages
Head of Department: Mr Rod Patrick rod.patrick@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Lynne Coulthwaite
Mr Brendan Pugh
Performing Arts
Head of Department: Mr Michael Massey michael.massey@queenkatherine.org
Head of Music: Miss Hannah West
Teacher of Dance: Miss Sophie Matthews
Physical Education
Head of Department: Tim Daglish tim.daglish@queenkatherine.org
Mr Paul Staniforth
Mr Karl Hutchinson
Mrs Nicky Jones
Ms Vicky Jones
Mr Andrew Warren
Mr Ben Griffin
Sociology/Psychology
Head of Department: Mrs Fran Smith fran.smith@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Sharon Cossutti
Mrs Tracey Ellis
Mrs Nicky Jones
Learning Support
SENCO: Mrs Geraldine Wade geraldine.wade@queenkatherine.org
Mrs Deborah Knox