Our Leadership Team

  • Interim Principal

    Matthew Clifford

  • Assistant Head

    Rita Sesay

  • DDSL

    Blanca Sanchez

  • Early Years Manager

    Erika Vargova

  • SENCO

    Helen Beesley

  • Bursar

    Ghazala Khan

Our Class Teachers

  • Class 1

    Sophie McCook

  • Class 2

    Amalia Thorogood

  • Class 3

    Netti Denes

  • Class 4

    Phoebe Billsborough

  • Class 5

    Madi Maxwell

  • Class 6

    Mark Bowles

  • Class 7

    Hamish Clark

  • Class 8

    Rose Stevenson

  • Class 9

    Emily Keyte

  • Class 10

    James Thomas

  • Class 11

    Trudy Coutinho

  • Class 12

    Maritza Bulcock

Our Specialist Teachers

  • Mathematics

    Maz Khan

  • Helen Beesley

    SENCO, SPLD Teacher Assessor, EAL Teacher, Exam Access Arrangement Assessor

  • Careers, UCAS Advisor & Games

    Mr James Thomas

  • Orchestra

    Simon Wagland

  • Violin

    Becky Trivett

  • Viola

    Julie Yule

  • Kemi Pennicott

    Art Teacher

    Kemi Pennicott

  • Cover Teacher

    Amanda Livermore

  • Cover Teacher

    Panos Ferindinos

  • Handwork

    Lottie Small

  • Eurythmy

    Ute Boelke Wooge

  • Dance

    Katie Durant

  • Leila Mimmack

    Drama Teacher

    Leila Mimmack

  • Games

    Emily Bell

  • Foreign Languages

    Caroline Schwippert

  • Learning Support and SEN Teacher

    Kate Armstrong

  • ICT

    Naveen Kumar

Our Kindergarten Team

  • Mulberry Kindergarten Teacher

    Norma Copa Schenke

  • Primrose Kindergarten Teacher

    Erika Vargova

  • Daffodils Kindergarten Teacher

    Blanca Sanchez-Gameros

  • Briar Rose Kindergarten Teacher

    Antonietta Napolitano

  • Kindergarten Assistant

    Marta Gonzalez Fernan

  • Kindergarten Assistant

    Effrosyni Karadimou

  • Kindergarten Assistant

    Nahida Ali

Our Teaching Assistants

  • Teaching Assistant

    Gulcin Colkesen

  • Teaching Assistant

    Sahma Lam

  • Teaching Assistant

    Rubin Geehan

  • Teaching Assistant

    Vincent Wong

Our Administration Team

  • Exam Officer and Educational Visits Coordinator

    Amanda Livermore

  • Jesica Ara

    Admissions & Attendance Senior Administrator

    Jesica Ara

  • Admin Assistant, HR and Office Manager

    Mirjam Lisi

  •  Dezrene Haynes-Grant

    Receptionist

    Dezrene Haynes-Grant

  • IT Coordinator

    Radhika Goswami

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 Interim Principal Babiche Deysel, 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

  • Acting Interim Chair

    Daniel Keohane - Unremunerated

  • Board Trustee : Finance Link Trustee

    Brendan McNelis - Unremunerated

  • Professional Clerk to the Board

    Patricia Sewell - Remunerated

  • Board Trustee

    Anthony Northam - Unremunerated

  • Board Trustee

    Jane Bryant - Unremunerated

  • Board Trustee

    Sarah Hanks - Unremunerated