Our Leadership Team
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Matthew Clifford
Principal and DSL
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Alexander Matthews
Assistant Head
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Blanca Sanchez
DDSL
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Erika Vargova
Early Years Manager
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Helen Beesley
SENCO
Our Class Teachers
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Liza Zenit
Class 1
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Sophie McCook
Class 2/3
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Phoebe Billsborough
Class 4/5
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Madi Maxwell
Class 6
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Victor Ray
Class 7
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Hamish Clark
Class 8
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Maritza Bulcock
Class 9
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Class 10 William Rotherforth
Class 10
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Trudy Coutinho
Upper School Coordinator ,NZCSE Coordinator, Class 11/12
Our Specialist Teachers
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Maz Khan
Mathematics
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Helen Beesley
SENCO, SPLD Teacher Assessor, EAL Teacher, Exam Access Arrangement Assessor
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Mr James Thomas
Careers, UCAS Advisor & RSE teacher
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Simon Wagland
Orchestra
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Becky Trivett
Violin
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Julie Yule
Viola
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Kemi Pennicott
Art Teacher
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Panos Ferindinos
Wood Work & Cover Teacher
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Katie Durant
Dance
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Lottie Small
Handwork
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Caroline Schwippert
Foreign Languages
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Kate Armstrong
Learning Support and SEN Teacher
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Naveen Kumar
ICT Teacher
Our Kindergarten Team
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Norma Copa Schenke
Mulberry Kindergarten Teacher
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Erika Vargova
Primrose Kindergarten Teacher
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Blanca Sanchez-Gameros
Daffodils Kindergarten Teacher
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Antonietta Napolitano
Briar Rose Kindergarten Teacher
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Kindergarten Assistant
Effrosyni Karadimou
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Nahida Ali
Kindergarten Assistant
Our Teaching Assistants
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Gulcin Colkesen
Teaching Assistant
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Rubin Geehan
Teaching Assistant
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Vincent Wong
Teaching Assistant
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Samb Rafalowski-Clements
HLTA
Our Administration Team
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Amanda Livermore
School Organisation & Compliance, Exam Officer and Educational Visits Coordinator
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Jesica Ara
Admissions & Attendance Senior Administrator
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Mirjam Lisi
NZCSE Administrator Admin Assistant, HR and Office Manager
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Naveen Kumar
IT Coordinator
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Receptionist
Jesica Ara
School Executive & Trustee Governance Board
The school is an educational charity and company limited by guarantee.
The overall responsibility for the day to day running of our school lies with the Head Teacher Mr Matthew Clifford, supported by the Leadership team.
The Governance Board Trustees oversee strategic direction and are accountable to the Charity Commission and the ISI for the financial and legal running of the school.
The school employs a professional Clerk to the Board and also external accountancy firm.
Governance work carried out by Trustee Governors is unremunerated and Trustees volunteer their time - on average 2-14 hours per week dependent on area of focus.
The role of Trustee Governor is voluntary. Following a formal application process Trustees are elected to the Board with appointments based on having professional skills relevant to the needs of the school Board at a given point in the school’s development.
The Board is made up of both current and former GWS parents, and also external members with no other association with the school. All Trustees work to the Nolan Principles of Public Life.
We are particularly interested to hear from prospective External Trustees, ideally with prior Board experience and with professional experience in:
Education
Safeguarding
Human resources
Property Development/Management/Estates
Governance - Governor Trustee Board
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Anthony Northam
Unremunerated
Board Trustee : Acting Interim Chair
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Dynamic leader with 25 years of experience leading, growing and transforming global financial data, technology and trading businesses. Proven track record in delivering exceptional performance through private equity acquisition and within public ownership structures by enhancing operational efficiency, building and fostering strong team collaboration and elevating customer experience.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Leading through change: lead and managed large and complex organizational change and business transformation to deliver targeted, sustainable revenue growth.
• A people leader: successfully built, led and developed high performing global, senior and multi-functional teams (Strategy, business development, marketing, sales, professional services, customer audit and operations/enablement).
• Definition and execution global sales and business development strategies to deliver growth across Sellside, buyside and corporate business representing £5bln approx of annual revenue.
• Practitioner knowledge of the financial data, technology and trading industries.
• Global and local stakeholder management experience, leading high-stake and complex negotiation skills to deliver high value solution sales.
• P&L ownership and management.
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Jane Bryant
Unemunerated
Board Trustee: Health and Safety Trustee
I joined the Board of Greenwich Waldorf School in October 2024, having previously served on the Boards at York Steiner School, and until last year, the Well Women Center in Wakefield. My introduction to our school was through the wonderful Greenwich Acorns - I took two of my grandsons to the Friday group before they moved on to kindergarten at St George’s.
By profession I’m a practicing Architect with over 30 years experience in the private and public sector. I was part of the initiative to transform the building at the York school to enable it to generate income through lettings; at the Well Women Centre I secured deposit funding for, and project managed, the purchase and refurbishment of premises for the charity.
I have three adult children who all attended Steiner Schools - at Michael Hall then York up to Class 8; my younger son also then went to Wynstone’s Upper School. I studied with NESST (North of England Steiner School Training), and subsequently taught Upper School mathematics, geometry and technical drawing at the York School.
I’m currently the link trustee for Health & Safety at Greenwich. In recent months huge progress has been made with systems and processes in this area - and I’m happy to be contacted on H&S matters - or anything else that I can help with. Its a great privilege to be play a small part in supporting this inspiring education and our wonderful school.
- Jane
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Patricia Sewell
Remunerated
Professional Clerk to the Board
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David Gore
Unemunerated
David Gore – Governor TrusteeAs a sales and admin professional in the hospitality and entertainment industries for almost 30 years, David has a proven track record of management and customer satisfaction of the highest level. He prides himself on going the extra mile to meet the needs of both his company and the person making the purchase. The day to day tasks of his job mean any admin related to Waldorf Greenwich School are by second nature to him.
As a Trustee of various international charity NGOs since 2009, David has accrued a great many years of experience, covering all matters in the charity and governance sectors, be that safe guarding, dealing with HMRC, budgeting and financial reporting and more. With a degree in Business and Environment, resting on an HND in Marketing & Finance, this puts him an excellent position to use his skills to help with all areas of Waldorf Greenwich School, including its development.
David is able to interrogate financial figures and conceptualize business strategies, ensure regulations and requirements are met (and exceeded). As a friendly person by nature, David is able to work with people from all walks of life and with varying levels of skill and aptitude; motivating people to successfully work together towards a common goal with efficacy.
As a parent of a child who’s behaviour transformation at Waldorf Greenwich School went from ‘challenging’ to ‘excelling’ in a term and a half, David has a huge amount personally invested in the ongoing success of Waldorf Greenwich School going forwards, both for his child and the children of others who follow
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Maia Lloyd
Unremunerated
Governor Trustee
Maia Lloyd is a freelance video editor with over 20 years of experience spanning broadcast television, film, and commercials. Her portfolio includes collaborations with leading global agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, AMV BBDO, and Uncommon Creative Studio. Maia has worked on award-winning campaigns for high profile brands including EA Sports, H&M, British Airways, and Meta.
She joined the Board of Trustees at GWS in March 2025 and currently serves as the link trustee for SEND. In addition, she has also taken on responsibilities for curriculum and contributes her industry expertise to strengthen the current marketing campaigns.
Maia attended the Rudolf Steiner School, Kings Langley from classes 1 - 13 and currently has two children at Greenwich Waldorf School.