Our leadership team

Our experienced leadership team, comprising both teaching and non-teaching staff, work together to make sure that Dame Allan’s Schools offers the very best in independent education.

You can find out more details about the team below:

Senior Management Team

W M Scott, BSc (St Andrews)

Principal

N H Shaw, BSc (Liverpool) MA (St. Mary’s)

Vice Principal (Pastoral) / Teacher of Geography

A Hopper, MA (Merton College, Oxford)

Vice Principal (Academic) / Teacher of Mathematics and Physics

Mrs V McDonald, BA, FCA

Clerk to the Governors and Bursar

G Laidler, BA (Durham)

Head of Junior School

D M Farren, BA (Warwick)

Deputy Head of Junior School

D Ridley, BA (Sheffield)

Director of Senior School / Teacher of Mathematics

J Downie, BA (Durham)

Director of Pupil Wellbeing / Teacher of History

K J Fletcher, BA (Nottingham)

Director of Sixth Form / Teacher of MFL

D F O’Connor , BSc, (Durham), MA (Open)

Director of Teaching and Learning / Teacher of Mathematics

P C Terry, MEng (Cardiff), MA (Warwick)

Director of Co-Curriculum / Teacher of Mathematics

Admissions and Communications

Mrs R Miller BA (Hons)

Head of Admissions and Communications

Miss F Sardone

Admissions Officer

Meet our teaching staff

We are very proud of our exceptional and dedicated teaching staff. Whether shaping young minds in the Early Years, or preparing our Sixth Formers for their first steps after school, every one of them play a vital role in the fantastic community that is Dame Allan’s Schools.

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