Woodford County High School For Girls

STAFF LIST 2024/2025

Headteacher	Miss G. Van Praagh	MA	Salford
Deputy Headteacher	Mr C. Jenkins (History)	BA	London
Assistant Headteachers	Dr C. Ashraff (Science)	PhD	London
	Mrs M. Greenfield (Science)	BSc	London
	Ms K. Hasler (Music)	MEd	Cambridge
Departments
Art	Mrs S. Jerome (Head of Dept)	MA	Goldsmith
	*Mrs J. Appleby	MA	Goldsmith
	*Ms A. Christodoulides	MA	London
	Ms E. Liebeskind	BA	Leeds
Classics	Mr J. McClelland (Head of Dept)	MA	St. Andrew’s
	Mrs S. Easton (Head of Year 13)	BA	London
	Miss S. Foster	BA	Oxford
	*Miss A. Nongbri	MA	London
Computer Science	Mr A.Mian (Head of Dept)	MSc	Lahore,Pakistan
	Mr H. Parchment	BSc	London
Economics	Mr J. Bradford (Head of Dept)	BA	London
English	Mrs G. Swann (Head of Dept)	BA	London
	Ms F. Ahmed	MA	London
	Dr S. Christensen	EdD	New York, USA
	Mr A. Mills (Head of Year 10)	MA	London
	Ms T. Naseem	MA	London
	Mr L. Pritchard (Acting Head of Year 12)	MA	London
	Ms J. Starcevic	PhD	Purdue, USA
Food and Nutrition	Ms P. Grant (Head of Dept & Head of Year 11)	BA	Middlesex
	*Mrs L. Harkess	BA	Leeds
Geography	Mrs N. Jobanputra (Head of Dept) (Maternity Cover)	BA	London
	Mrs B. Hawks (Head of Dept) Maternity Leave	BSc	Exeter
	*Ms L. Hendry	BSc	Edinburgh
	Miss A. Diamond	BA	Galway, Ireland
History	Ms J. Heeks (Head of Dept)	BA	Cambridge
	Mrs L. Verrall (Head of Year) Maternity Leave	BA	Nottingham
	Miss K. Brant	BA	York
	*Ms N. Christie	MA	London
	Mr P. Williamson (Maternity Cover)	BA	Hertfordshire
Languages	Miss M. Heath (Head of Dept)	BA	Oxford
	Mrs A. Gaskell	BA	France
	Ms C. Llewelyn Evans	BSc	Birmingham
	*Ms H. Longmate	MA	London
	Miss H. Summers	BA	Leeds
	*Mrs C. White	BA	West England
(German Language Asst) (French Language Asst)	Dr G. Henze Ms S. Cauchard

Mathematics

Dr M. Jafari (Head of Dept)

PhD

London

Mrs S. Ali

BSc

London

Mr P. Bhadresha

BSc

London

*Mrs N. Bham

BSc

Middlesex

*Mrs S. Bhatia

India

Ms J. Gribble (Acting Head of Year 9)

MSc

London

Mrs R. Khokhar

Open University

*Mrs L. Lloyd

BSc

Birmingham

*Miss E. Lowe

BSc

Lancaster

*Ms S. Malik

BSc

London

Music

Dr I. Bonnici (Head of Dept)

PhD

London

*Ms K. Hannent

BMus

London

*Ms V. Firnberg (Music Tutor)

Michigan, USA

Physical Education

Mrs S. Taylor (Head of Dept)

BSc

London

Miss V. James (Head of Year 7)

BSc

Roehampton

*Ms H. Baillie (Deputy SENDCO)

BSc

Southampton

*Mrs K. Richardson

Greenwich

Ms K. Runacres (Head of Year 8)

Brighton

Product Design

Mr J. Baines (Head of Dept)

Middlesex

Miss J. Ford

Brighton

Psychology

Mr R. Jones (Head of Dept)

BSc

Surrey

*Miss S. Rahman

BSc

London

Religious Studies

Ms G. Evans (Head of Dept)

Canterbury

Mr M. Gaborin

Padua, Italy

Ms B. Moore

Manchester

Science

Mr T. Le (Head of Dept)

BSc

London

*Ms H. Bickley

BSc

Liverpool

Mr D. Carter

BSc

Colorado, USA

Ms C. Church (Head of Chemistry)

MSci

Bristol

Mr N. Howes (Head of Biology)

BSc

Australia

*Mrs S. Khan

BSc

Brunel

Mrs M. Naik

BSc

London

Ms S.Patel (Head of Physics)

MSc

London

Mr C. Patsalis

BSc

London

*Mrs J. Peters

BSc

Bangor

Ms Z. Razzaque

MSc

Southampton

*Ms P. Richardson

BSc

London

Mr A. Soor (Maternity Cover)

Meng

London

Ms K. Valente (Head of Year) (Maternity Leave)

BSc

St Andrews

*denotes part-time members of staff

SUPPORT STAFF 2024/2025

School Business Manager (SLT)	Mrs S. Fonseca
Assistant School Business Manager	Ms L. Thomas
Examination and Data Administrative Officer	Mr K. Ghafoor
Headteacher’s PA (with HR and admin for Governors)	Mrs N. Diamond
Senior Lead Administrator	Ms J. Gorst
SIMS Officer & Cover Co-ordinator	Ms T. Hitchcock
Finance Officer
Pupil Health & Welfare Officer	Mrs D. Kaye
Health and Welfare Assistant	Mrs M. Mann
After-School Clubs	Ms S. Dawson
Administrator (P/T Job Share Monday – Wednesday am)	Mrs I. Jenigar
Administrator (P/T Job Share Wednesday pm – Friday)	Ms T. Holman
Key Stage 3 Administrator	Miss N. Allen
Key Stage 4 Administrator	Mrs C. Coomber
Morning Receptionist	Ms S. Naughton-Allen
Afternoon Receptionist	Ms J. Thompson
Sixth Form Administrator	Mrs N. Myers
Sixth Form Pastoral Support Assistant	Ms J. Mamtora
Sixth Form Academic Assistant	Ms E. Grace
Director of IT and Cyber Security (SLT)	Mrs R. Del-Giudice
Network & Systems Administrator	Mr P. Whelan
ICT Technician	Mr D. Fortt
Reprographics & Media Technician	Mr J. Grace
School Librarian	Mrs D. Horn
Student Guidance Officer	Mrs S. Marku
Student Guidance Assistant	Ms R. Iqbal
SEND Officer	Mrs J. Connal
Health & Welfare Officer	Mrs D. Kaye
Health & Welfare Assistant	Mrs M. Mann
Senior Laboratory Technician (Chemistry)	Mr J. Kass
Laboratory Technician (Biology)	Mrs H. Renanton
Laboratory Technician (General)	Mr O. Yildiz
Laboratory Technician (Physics)	Mr F. Thevipagan
Art Technicians	Mr P. Brandford Mrs A. Maouda
Design & Technology Technician	Ms M. Imai
Food & Nutrition Technicians	Mrs A. Rhodes Mrs A. Maouda
Curriculum Support Assistant – PE & Music	Miss L. Young
Midday Supervisor	Mrs L.Hatwell
Midday Assistants	Mrs F. Khan Mrs S. Khan Ms U. Majid Mrs F. Orhan Mrs M. Ropceanu Ms A. Sehmbi-Sagoo Ms J. Francis Mrs V. Devakumaran
Resident Senior Caretaker	Mr P. Quinlan
Assistant Caretaker	Mr D. Stimpson
Assistant Caretaker	Mr P. McGillicuddy
Relief Caretaker	Mr B. Fuller

INSTRUMENTAL TUITION

Cello	Ms A. Huggins	Singing	Miss Mariana Nina
Guitar	Ms N. Robinson	Violin	Mr Peter Goddard
Piano	Mr C. Ip-Tang	Brass	Mr Michael Thomas
Drum	Mr A. Brangwyn	Woodwind	Mr Tim Eaton

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