Our teaching team

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.

You can see a full list of our teaching staff below:

Junior School and Nursery Teaching Staff

E Barlow, BSc (Ulster)

D Blackett, BA, PGCE (Newcastle)

S Blythe, BA (Sunderland)

A Bodfield, BTEC

C Bloomfield, BA (Hull)

A Bone, BA (Leeds Metropolitan)

B Brinn, BA (Newcastle)

A M Brown, BSc (Northumbria)

A Collins, BA (Sunderland)

F Dobbin, BA (Nottingham)

K Ellis, BA (Liverpool)

P Ferguson, BA (Leeds)

L Forster, BSc (York), MRes (York), MA (Nottingham)

T Francis, NNEB

E Hall, BA (Leeds)

C Henderson, BA (Manchester)

C Hogarth, BA (York St John)

K Holliday, BSc (Loughborough)

N Ingram, BA (Newcastle)

A Lambert, Graduate Sports Assistant

B Metcalf, BSc (York), MEd (Northumbria) MInstP, NPQH

C Milburn, BSc (Northumbria)

C Mobberley, BA (Leeds Metropolitan)

J Needham, BA (Durham)

T Peel, BA (Liverpool), MA (Newcastle)

P Roberts, BA (Durham) AMBDA

E Robson, CACHE 3

J M Rowe, BA (Hons) (Sunderland)

A M Smalley, BA (Exeter)

N Strettle - Brown, BA (Homerton College, Cambridge)

J Walmsley, BA (Newcastle)

R Watson, BA (Leeds)

N White - BA (Open), MA (Edge Hill)

G Williams, BA (Ripon & York St John)

Senior School Teaching Staff

Z Allonby, BA (Glasgow School of Art), Head of Art

V L Burns, BSc (Edinburgh Napier), Teacher of Biology

D Crawley, BA (Liverpool), Teacher of Food Studies

J M Gaten, Teacher of Art

V Harrison, BA (Newcastle), Teacher of Business

K S Herbert, BSc (Northumbria), Head of Netball

C L Hookham, Teacher of Physics

M M Lucas, BSc (Durham), Teacher of Maths

F M Mileham, Rowing Instructor

L A Nichols, MChem (Newcastle), Teacher of Chemistry

S E Perry, BA (Newcastle) BSc (Open), Teacher of Maths

G S Piazzi, MPhil (Cambridge) Teacher of Spanish

M H Pritt, BA (Newcastle), Teacher of German and French

C M Roxby, BA (Newcastle), Teacher of Latin

J M Raines, BA (Lancaster), Teacher of Computer Science

E Reynolds, BSc (Durham), Teacher of Maths

F Ripley, BSc (Newcastle), Teacher of Maths

B A Smith, BEd (Leeds), Teacher of Games

H Smith, BA (Northumbria), Teacher of Games

N Harkness, BSc (Northumbria), Head of Hockey

K E Riley, Teacher of Art

C G Sinnett, Teacher of Chemistry

J Strong, MA (Queens' College, Cambridge), Teacher of Spanish

S M Sweeney, BA (Surrey), Head of DT

K S Taylor, BSc (Northumbria), Teacher of Maths

C L Turnbull, BA (Goldsmiths' College, London), Head of Dance

V M Ward, BA (Queen Mary College, London), Teacher of English

R J Watson, Teacher of Music

G Wilde, BA (Newcastle), Head of History

J M Zarraga, BA, Ma (Durham), Teacher of Spanish

O A Zuch, BSc (Northumbria)

A H Barlow, BA (Northumbria), Director of Sport

H R Borland, MA (Aberdeen), Head of German

C Cedeyn, DEUG (Amiens), Certificate in Education (Sunderland), Teacher of French

K Clark, BA (Leicester), Head of Drama

S R Colquhoun, BSc (Leeds) Teacher of Biology

F S Crompton, BA (Warwick), Teacher of Maths

M F Dickinson, BEng (Newcastle), Head of Physics

A J Doig, BSc (Sunderland), Head of Cricket

K E Evans, Teacher of English

E R Forrester, BSc (Durham), Teacher of Biology

J P Gardner, MA (Girton College, Cambridge), Teacher of Geography

C Gibbs, BSc (Imperial College, London), Teacher of Chemistry

V Gill, BA (Newcastle), Teacher of English

P G Hallam, BSc (Northumbria), Graduate Sports Assistant

A Hay, BTEC Level 3, Head of Rugby

O H Jones, BSc (Liverpool), Teacher of Chemistry, CCF Contingent Commander

C L Kelly, MChem (Edinburgh), Teacher of Chemistry

T A Knight, Teacher of History and Psychology

A J Lawrenson, BA (Newcastle), Head of Latin

M Leask, Level 3 in Coaching Certificate Rugby Union (RFU), Teacher of Games

D N Leese, BSc (Nottingham), Teacher of Chemistry

C McFall, BSc (Hull), Head of Economics

K McGregor, BA (Cambridge), Head of Music

R L Morris, BSc (Northumbria), Teacher of Computer Science

L Phillips, MA (University College, Oxford), BSc (Middlesex), Teacher of English

L V Richardson, MA (Oxford), Head of MFL

S M Robertson, Head of Geography

A C Smith, BSc, MSc, PhD (Newcastle), Teacher of Physics

P Surrage, BSc (Durham), Teacher of Maths

R V Taylor, Diploma in Drama (Wales), Teacher of Drama

S R Thompson, BA (Northumbria), MA (Northumbria), Teacher of DT

R Waters, BA (Leeds), Teacher of Dance

C A Wilkie, Head of English

K Wilkinson, BA, MA, PhD (Sheffield), Head of Religious & Philosophical Studies

S Willis, BSc (Northumbria), Teacher of Physics

Sixth Form Teachers

K J Medway, BMus (Royal College of Music) (Year 13), Deputy Director of Sixth Form

D J Kelly, BSc (Dundee), Teacher of Biology (Head of Year 12)

E R Tyndall, BA (Leeds), Teacher of History (Head of Year 13)

K F Biggins, BA (Peterhouse, Cambridge), Teacher of Maths

A M Brady, MSc, BSc (Northumbria), Teacher of Psychology

L E Delaby, BA (Bordeaux) MA (Michel de Montaigne), Teacher of French and Spanish

J C Downie, BSc (Lancaster) MA (Newcastle), Head of Science

H Dresser, BA (Liverpool), Head of Academic PE

S J Dunne, BSc (Northumbria), MSc (Sunderland), Head of Computer Science

J Etherington, BSc (Manchester), Teacher of Geography

E A Evans, BA (Oriel College, Oxford), Teacher of Physics

V Hastings, BS (London), Teacher of Economics and Business

M Lambourne, BSc (Durham), Head of Biology

M V Lynch, BA (Manchester), Teacher of English/OLED

C E D Morgan, BA (Newcastle), Teacher of English

S J Nye, BA, MPhil, PhD, (King's College, Cambridge), Teacher of Religious and Philosophical Studies

R Oliver, BA (Manchester), Head of Politics

E Renshaw, BSc (Nottingham, MMath (Open) MSc (Open), Head of Maths

J Ratcliffe, BA (Northumbria), Teacher of English

S E Salisbury, BA (Durham), Teacher of English

M J Salisbury, BA (Swansea), Teacher of Geography

H Walton, BA (Leeds), Head of Psychology

K J Woolhouse, BA (Brunel), Teacher of History

C J Wilson, BSc (Northumbria), Teacher of Games

Outdoor Education and Leadership

Mrs C Cookson, Head of OLED

Mr I Cleeve, CCF and OLED Instructor

SENDCo

K Lowery, BA, (Teesside), NASENCo (Sunderland), Head of SENDCo

D A Lopes-Mulhearn, BA, (ESMAE, Porto), MA (Northumbria), Assistant SENDCo

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