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Teaching Staff

+ denotes member of the Senior Management Team

 

Headmaster

M.C.B. Spens MA Cambridge+

Deputy Head

Mrs H.F. Harrison MA Cambridge +

Assistant Headmaster & Director of Studies

A. Shackleton MA Cambridge +

Assistant Headmaster & CPD Co-ordinator

A.F. Reeves MA Cambridge +

Headmaster of the Preparatory School

A.A. Edwards BA London +

Director of Activities                    

A.S. Alexander MA Oxford +

Director of ICT & Communications                      

A.M. Hall MA PhD St Andrews +

Chaplain                                     

Revd Dr D. Campbell MTheol CECM MTheol DMin

 

Housemasters/Housemistresses

Arniston - Mrs C.M. Harrison BA Cambridge

Carrington - J.A. Weatherby BEd Newcastle, Australia

College East - Mrs P. Houston Dip Ed Dundee (i/c PSE)

College West - Mrs S.A. Bruce BSc St Andrews

Craigleith - R.A. Davies BSc Salford

                 Mrs C.L. Davies BA London

Glencorse - S.J. Herbert BA Nottingham

Kimmerghame - R.F. Smith BA Exeter

Moredun - B.G. Welsh BSc Loughborough

 

Art

Miss B. J. Conway BA Edinburgh College of Art

Mrs H.J. Battersby BA Glasgow

Miss C. E. Gomm MA NorwichSchool of Art

Miss L. Sutherland BA MFA EdinburghCollege of Art  (Artist-in-Residence)

 

Biology

Dr S.A. Lewis BSc London PhD Glasgow (Head of Science)

D. Dowey BSc Glasgow

Mrs M. Goude BSc Hull

H.D. McCowan-Hill BSc Liverpool

 

Business Studies and Economics

P.F. Heuston BSc Cape Town (i/c Outdoor Pursuits)

H. Battersby BSc York (i/c Child Protection)

B.M. Sneddon BSc Southampton (i/c Duke of Edinburgh)

 

Chemistry

L.J. Whyte BSc PhD Norwich

Dr K.J. Fairbairn PhD BSc Edinburgh

D.M. Goude BSc Nottingham (i/c External Examinations)

Mrs E.H. Young BSc Heriot-Watt

 

Classics

A. Aidonis MA Ioannina PhD Glasgow

G.A. Blair MA Oxford

Mrs M.J. Palfery BA London MA Wales

D.G.C. Parry BA London

A. Shackleton MA Cambridge +

 

Drama

E.M.J. Comer BA Edinburgh

P.M.A. Jenkins MA Edinburgh

R.F. Smith BA Exeter

 

English

A.J. Speedy BA Durham

R.H.V. Harrison BA Cardiff

Mrs P. Houston Dip Ed Dundee (i/c PSE)

P.M.A. Jenkins MA Edinburgh

I. J. Loudon MA St Andrews

Miss J.R. Pattman MA St Andrews

A.F. Reeves MA Cambridge +

 

English as a Foreign Language

Mrs M.J. Palfery BA London MA Wales

Mrs P. Houston Dip Ed Dundee (i/c PSE)

 

Geography

Dr M.G. Davies BA Sheffield PhD Edinburgh

A.M. Hall MA PhD St Andrews

Mrs H.F. Harrison MA Cambridge ±

Mrs R.C.O. Nicol BA Ripon & York St. John

B.G. Welsh BSc Loughborough

 

Government and Politics

D.B. McDowell MA Oxford

J.A. Lisher BA Oxford

 

History

A.J. Armstrong MA St Andrews

C.J.S.E. du Vivier MA St Andrews

J.A. Lisher BA Oxford

D.B. McDowell MA Oxford

Miss A.C. Warner BA Montreal

 

History of Art

R.E. Hughes MA Edinburgh MPhil London

 

ICT

A.M. Hall MA PhD St Andrews

D.A. Goodenough GGSM FTCL ARCO ALCM London

N.C.R. Ward BSc Manchester

 

Mathematics

S. French BSc Heriot-Watt MSc PhD St Andrews

A.S. Alexander MA Oxford (i/c CCF) +

Miss R. MacVicar BSc Napier

Miss J.M. Maguire MSc Belfast

 M.C.B Spens MA Cambridge ±

L.M. Von Hoff BSc Queensland (CAS Co-ordinator)

J.A. Weatherby BEd Newcastle, New South Wales

 

Modern Languages

J.M. Hobbs PhD London BA Leeds

C. Boettcher  MA Munster

M. Delveaux PhD MA Exeter

Mrs M.D. Hansen MA Aberdeen

Mrs C.M. Harrison BA Cambridge

S.J. Herbert BA Nottingham

Mrs T.A. Herries MA Leningrad

Miss C. Montgomery MA Edinburgh

J.J. Morris BA Oxford

Mrs I.W.T. Morton MBA Taiwan

 

Language Assistants

Mlle A. Giraud

Mrs L. Jin

Frau J. Klossek MA Bochum

Mlle A.M. Lepers, MA Lille

Señora L. Lyle Maestra de EGB Valladolid

 

Music

Mrs J.D. Armstrong BA Open MSc Edinburgh (Director of Music)

D.A. Goodenough GGSM FTCL ARCO ALCM London

Miss C.E.E Satow BMus Edinburgh

 

Bagpipe Music

Pipe Major J.C. Rafferty BEM

J. Walker

 

Physical Education

C.S. Thomson BA Birmingham (Head of Boys’ Games)

Mrs B.J. Appleson BA Leeds Metropolitan (Head of Girls’ Games) J.D. Pillinger BSc Surrey (Head of PE & Assistant Head of Boys’ Games

Miss E.C. Bryson  BA Charleston, USA (Lacrosse Coach)

D. Harrison BSc Napier

Miss S.E Johnston BSc Edinburgh (Deputy Head of Girls’ Games)

A.B. Russell BA Northumbria

Mrs S.J. Wightman BA Loughborough

 

Physics

Mrs S.V. Weatherly BSc Edinburgh

R.A. Davies BSc Salford

D. Kennedy BSc Glasgow

N.C.R. Ward BSc Manchester

 

Support For Learning

Miss A. Layman BA Newcastle

Mrs J.M. Irvine MA Glasgow

 

School Librarian

Ms W.G. Lyon BA Canterbury (NZ) MSc Wales ALA

 

Preparatory School

A.A. Edwards BA London (Headmaster) +

A.G. Morrison BA Durham (Deputy Headmaster)

D. Bywater Cert. Maths Cambridge (1st Form Tutor, Head of Mathematics)

Revd Dr D Campbell MTheol CECM (Head of Religious Studies)

Miss E.R. Davies BA Warwick (S Form Tutor)

D. Dawson BSc Edinburgh (1st Form Tutor, Activities Co-ordinator)

Mrs C.R. Dawson (Classroom Assistant)

Mrs J. Edwards BA UEA (French)

Miss A.H.F. Ferguson BEd Homerton (M Form Tutor, Head of Drama, Resident Tutor Iona)

Mrs P.J.M. Foot Cert Ed Sussex (P Form Tutor, Housemistress Iona House)

D.G. Hall BEd Liverpool John Moores (Head of Science, Housemaster Arran House)

Mrs R.L. Heuston BA Natal (T Form Tutor, Head of English)

Mrs J.A. Hudson-Price BA Durham (2nd Form Tutor, Director of Studies/Geography)

Mrs M.I. Mackenzie MA Edinburgh (EFL Co-ordinator)

Miss A.A.F. Mair MA Glasgow (2nd Form Tutor, Head of History, Head of Girls’ Games) (maternity cover until Summer Term 2010)

Mrs S.E. Masson GGSM (Director of Music)

A.B. Russell BA Northumbria (Head of Boys’ Games)

S. Sowden LLB Bournemouth (S Form Tutor, IT Co-ordinator)

 Mrs E. Speedy BA Durham (Classroom Assistant)

Mrs A. Stevenson BSc Cardiff (History) For Autumn Term 2009 and Spring Term 2010 only

Ms C.M. Tainsh BEd Aberdeen BA Gray’s (Head of Art)

Miss M.J. Walker BSc Cape Town (2nd Form Tutor, Head of
Support for Learning)

 

Gap Students

Jack Curtis                                  KnoxGrammar School, Sydney (1)

Georgina Innes                            Geelong School, Victoria (1)

Robert Goodwin                           ScotchCollege, Melbourne (1)

Nicola Kynloch                            PymbleLadiesCollege, NSW (1)

Christopher Rankin                       South Africa (1)

Tom Whitcombe                          KnoxGrammar School, Sydney (2)

Stephanie Laird                            Abbotsleigh, Sydney (2)

Julia Tucker                                 PymbleLadiesCollege, NSW (2)

Nick Rutherford                            King’s School, Sydney (2)

 

(1) Until December 2009

(2) From January 2010