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