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)

C Bloomfield, BA (Hull)

S Blythe, BA (Sunderland)

A Bodfield, BTEC

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)

H Peters, BA (Aberystwyth)

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 and Sixth Form Teaching Staff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

K E Evans, BA (Northumbria) Teacher of English

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

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

J M Gaten, BA (University of Arts London), Teacher of Art

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

V Gill, BA (Newcastle), Teacher of English

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

N Harkness, BSc (Northumbria), Head of Hockey

V Harrison, BA (Newcastle), Teacher of Business

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

A Hay, BTEC Level 3, Head of Rugby

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

C L Hookham, MEng (St Catherine's College, Oxford),Teacher of Physics

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

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

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

T A Knight, BA (Lancaster) Teacher of History and Psychology

M Lambourne, BSc (Durham), Head of Biology

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

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

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

C McFall, BSc (Hull), Head of Economics

K McGregor, BA (Cambridge), Head of Music

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

F M Mileham, MSc (Hartpury), Rowing Instructor

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

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

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

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

R Oliver, BA (Manchester), Head of Politics

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

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

G S Piazzi, MPhil (Cambridge) Teacher of Spanish

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

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

J Ratcliffe, BA (Northumbria), Teacher of English

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

E Reynolds, BSc (Durham), Teacher of Maths

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

K E Riley, BA (Newcastle) Teacher of Art

F Ripley, BSc (Newcastle), Teacher of Maths

S M Robertson, Head of Geography

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

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

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

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

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

H Smith, BA (Northumbria), Teacher of Games

C G Sinnett, PhD (Nottingham), Teacher of Chemistry

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

P Surrage, BSc (Durham), Teacher of Maths

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H Walton, BA (Leeds), Head of Psychology

R Waters, BA (Leeds), Teacher of Dance

R J Watson, BA (York) Teacher of Music

G Wilde, BA (Newcastle), Head of History

C A Wilkie, MA (Newcastle), Head of English

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

S Willis, BSc (Northumbria), Teacher of Physics

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

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

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

O A Zuch, BSc (Northumbria), Graduate Sports Assistant

Outdoor Education and Leadership

C Cookson, BSc (Uni of Wales), Head of OLED

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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