About Us

Our Staff

At PHC we are very fortunate to have a truly professional, committed and enthusiastic team of staff - academic, administrative, pastoral, medical, domestic and estate staff.

Should you have any questions regarding your child's progress or wish to discuss the curriculum prior to your son or daughter joining, please make a note of the member of staff you wish to speak to and contact us to arrange a meeting,

PHC COMMUNITY

Patron: Her Majesty The Queen

President: HRH The Duchess of Gloucester

Visitor: The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of London

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Mrs Sarah Davis MA Hons (Edinburgh) PGCE - Head

Mrs Lorna McPherson BSc (Reading) PGCE - Assistant Head (Co-curricular) and Head of Sixth Form

Mrs Anna Fells BA Hons Cert. TESOL (Trinity College London) - Assistant Head (Pastoral) and Head of Years 7-8

Mr Andrew Macfarlane BSc Msc FCMI VR - Bursar & Clerk to the Governors

HEAD OF YEARS

Mrs Anna Fells: Head of Junior Years (7-8)

Ms Hannah Stanford: Head of Middle Years (9-11)

Mrs Lorna McPherson: Head of Sixth Form

TEACHING STAFF

CREATIVES

Art & Design
Miss Lucy Prosser BA (The Open University) - Head of Department
Mrs Kate Brandon BA (Nottingham Trent) PGCE
Mrs Sarah Bellisario BA (Hons) Westminster, PGCE and MA from Cambridge School of ArtBA (Hons) Westminster, PGCE and MA from Cambridge School of Art
Ms Isobel Scott BEd (Warwick)

Dance
Mrs Elizabeth Newland BA (Hons) (Middlessex University) - Head of Dance
Miss Rebecca Cox BA (Hons) (Middlesex University)

Drama and Theatre Studies (and LAMDA)
Mrs Elizabeth Chambers BA (Aberystwth) PGCE- Head of Faculty
Mrs Catherine Stacey LAMDA Teacher

Media Studies
Mrs Elizabeth Chambers - Head of Department BA (Aberystwth) PGCE

Music
Mr Jonathan Ingham BAmus (Hons) (Southampton) - Head of Department
Mr Rufus Frowde MA (Oxon) MMus ARCO Dip ChD
(A wide range of instruments are taught by our visiting music teachers).

Physical Education
Mr Jay Szwajbak BA (Hons) (University of Bedfordshire) - Director of Sport
Mrs Deborah Hammond Cert Ed (Dartford) - D of E
Miss Charlotte Field BA (Hons) (University of Bedfordshire)

ENGLISH

English
Mr Alexander Garner BA (Brunel) PGCE, NPQML - Head of Faculty
Mrs Anna Fells Cert. TESOL (Trinity College London) - Head of Department
Mrs Carolyn Cole-Rodrigues de Souza BSc (Southampton) DipTh TEFL MA PGCE
Ms Hollyanna Wilmot BA (Essex) PGCE
Ms Kirsti Pateman BA (Hons) (Anglian Ruskin University)

HUMANITIES

Geography
Ms Sylvia Hutchinson BSc (Coventry) MSc PGCE - Head of Faculty
Mrs Lorna McPherson BSc (Reading) PGCE

History
Dr Stewart Faulkes BA (Sheffield) MA PGCE PhD - Head of Department

Religious Studies
Ms Hannah Stanford BA (Cardiff) PGCE - Head of Department

LANGUAGES

Modern Foreign Languages
Mrs Wahiba Mani-Saada BA (Hons) (Middlesex), DEUG (Rouen, France), CELTA (Cambridge), MA (London), PGCE - Head of Faculty
Mrs Catherine Baker BA (Hons) (University of Durham)

MATHEMATICS

Business Studies
Ms Rachel Poston BSc Hons (Cardiff) PGCE - Head of Department

Economics
Ms Rachel Poston BSc Hons (Cardiff) PGCE - Head of Department

Mathematics
Mrs Ruth Key MA (Oxon) PGCE - Head of Faculty
Miss Catriona Meechan BA (Cambridge) PGdipED
Mrs Ayodele Ibironke BA (Brighton University

SCIENCE

Dr Nicola Lines BSc (Cardiff) PhD PGCE - Head of Faculty

Biology
Mr Christopher May BSc (London) PGCE - Head of Department

Chemistry
Mrs Jackie Dean BSc (Herts) GTP - Head of Department

Physics
Mr Jeremy Brown BSc (Coventry) PGCE - Head of Department

Psychology
Mrs Daljit Lall BA (Essex) PGCE

Computer Science
Dr John Wolstencroft PhD (UCL) BSc (Hons) (UCL) Cert Ed. (Birkbeck) Computer Science Teacher

Science Technicians
Mrs Rosalind Norris HNC
Mrs Amanda Fillmore

Learning Support
Mrs Sorel Persaud BEd OCR Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties (Level 7)- Head of Department
Mrs Sheila Lucas BEd OCR Advanced Diploma in SEND