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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 Progress)

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

Holly Stanton (HST) Assistant Principal (Pastoral Care)

directors 

Carmella Beschi (CBE) Director of Humanities + Extended Leadership: Student Champion

David Leighton (DLE) Director of Music + Extended Leadership: Business & Enterprise

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

Georgie Meller (GME) Director of Musical Theatre

Phillipa Nesbitt (PNE) SENDCO 

HEADS OF KEYSTAGE (PASTORAL CARE 

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

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

heads of YEAR 

Katy Buxton (KBU) Head of Year 10 and Teacher of History 

James Lees (JLE) Safeguarding Lead, Head of Year 11 and Teacher of Acting

Amarpreet Singh (ASH) Head of Year 13 and Teacher of Science

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

Jodie Cowell (JCO) Key Stage Coordinator Acting

Robyn James (RJA) Key Stage Coordinator for GCSE Dance

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

student support
 

Phillipa Nesbitt (PNE) SENDCO 

Holly Stanton (HST) Designated Safeguarding Lead, Senior Mental Health Lead and Assistant Principal

Iysha Lowe (ILO)  School Counsellor

Razia Satti (RSA) Careers & UCAS Lead

Ahmed Bilal (ABL) Curriculum Support Assistant

Isabella Caulkett (ICA) Curriculum Support Assistant

Alex Higgins (AHI) Curriculum Support Assistant

Joanne McWillie (JMC) Curriculum Support Assistant

Jade Yates (JYA) Curriculum Support Assistant

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

Joy Nuttall (JNU) Receptionist

Eden Skeete (ESK) Receptionist

Teresa Skeete (TSK) Attendance Officer

boa group support 

Kate Tague Chief Executive Officer

Mark Allen Director of Operations

Kate Wallace Acting Chief Financial Officer

Rola Raad Health and Safety Lead

Zoe James Head of Marketing and Student Recruitment

Emma Ferguson Marketing and Sales Officer

Beth Bell Admissions Officer

Megan Wilkes Admissions Officer

Lucy Averis Administration Assistant

Christopher Barfoot PA to CEO

Gill Neueunhaus Finance Officer

Hukam Jan Finance Assistant

Sandra Alozie Finance Assistant

Nicholas Webb Theatre Technician

Dilpesh Patel Theatre Technician

Neve Templeman Events Apprentice