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Our Staff & Governors

Meet the Senior Team

Mr Rod Jackson

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Position:
PRINCIPAL
Qualifications:
MEd BA (Hons) PGCE 

Mr John Cooper

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Position:
VICE PRINCIPAL
Qualifications:
MA PGCE BSc 

Mrs Heather Bougeard

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Position:
HEAD OF PREP SCHOOL AND NURSERY
Qualifications:
BA (Hons) PGCE QTS

Mrs Felicia Springett

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Position:
FINANCE MANAGER (BURSAR)
Qualifications:
ACCA AAT

SENIOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SENCO Mrs Lisa Shannon BA (Hons) PAPAA PGCE
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC Dr Louise Clayton BSc (Hons) PGCE PhD
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PASTORAL Mrs Amanda Gwynne BA (Hons) PGCE
Assistant Principal Senco Mrs Lisa Shannon BA (Hons) PAPAA PGCE

PREP SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM

Principal Mr Rod Jackson
Head Of Prep School And Nursery Mrs Heather Bougeard BA (Hons) PGCE QTS
Deputy Head Of Prep School and Nursery Mr Richard Cranfield BA (Hons)
Head of EYFS Mrs Sophie Delaney BEd (Hons)

 

SAFEGUARDING OFFICERS 

Designated Safeguarding Lead Mrs Amanda Gwynne BA (Hons) PGCE
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer Mrs Heather Bougeard BA (Hons) PGCE QTS
Mr Rod Jackson MEd BA (Hons) PGCE
Mr John Cooper MA PGCE BSc

HEAD OF SECTION AND PASTORAL SUPPORT

Head of Sixth Form Form Mrs Charlotte Perella BA (Hons)
Head of Uppers (Years 9 To 11) Miss Hannah Elliman BSC (Hons) MA PGCE
Head of Lowers (Years 7 And 8) Miss Emily Kerruish BA (Hons)
Pastoral Assistant Mrs Louise Coy BA (Hons)

HEADS OF HOUSE

Head of Nevill House Mrs Beth Vink BA (Hons) PGCE
Head of Tudor House Mr Adam Morris BSc PGCE
Head of Woodstock House Dr Adrian Hubbard BSc, PhD, PGCE, NPQH

SENIOR SCHOOL HEADS OF DEPARTMENT AND SUBJECT LEADERS

Senior School Heads of Departments

Art  Mrs Beth Vink BA (Hons) PGCE
Business And Economics  Mr Mark Gibbons MSc GTP QTS
Chemistry  Dr Adrian Hubbard BSc, PhD, PGCE, NPQH
Design Technology  Mr Michael Pitts BEng (Hons) PGCE
Digital Learning  Mr Guy Colnbrook BA
English Mr David Paige BA (Hons) PGCE
Food And Nutrition Mrs Jennifer Allwood BEd (Hons)
Forest School Mr Phil Davies BA (Hons) PGCE
Geography Miss Chloe Chapman BSc (Hons) PGCE
Humanities Mrs Lisa Yeomans BA (Hons) PGCE
Mathematics  Mr Mark McCormack MA BEd
Modern Foreign Languages  Mrs Stephanie Reid BA (Hons) PGCE
Music Mr Peter Bennett PGCE
PE & Games Mr Ian Simpson BSc
Performing Arts Miss Deirdre Duffy BA (Hons) PGCE NPQSL
Psychology Mrs Lyndsey Taylor BSc (Hons) GTP
Science Dr Christopher Clarkson MPhys (Hons) PhD PGCE
PSHEE, REPS and Careers Miss Zoe Hall MA PGCE

Subject Teachers

Art Mrs Amanda Gwynne BA (Hons) PGCE
Art Mrs Sarah Wells B-Des
Classical Civilisation Mr Rod Jackson MEd BA (Hons) PGCE
Design Technology Mrs Beth Vink BA (Hons) PGCE
English Miss Iona Gooch BA (Hons) PGCE Maternity Leave
English Mrs Brie Bailey BA (Hons) PGCE AAS Maternity cover
English Mrs Charlotte Perella BA (Hons)
English and Drama Miss Emily Kerruish BA (Hons)
EPQ Mrs Lyndsey Taylor BSc (Hons) GTP
Geography Miss Chloe Chapman BSc (Hons) PGCE
Geography Mr John Cooper MA PGCE BSc
Geography Mrs Lyndsey Taylor BSc (Hons) GTP
History HISTORY Mr Tim Boud BA (Hons)
Maths (2nd IN CHARGE) AND GEOGRAPHY Miss Hannah Elliman BSc (Hons) MA PGCE
Maths  Miss Honor Rendall BSc PGCE
Modern Foreign Languages Mrs Isabel Ferriz-Barnes Cert Ed Dip Span QTS
Modern Foreign Languages Mrs Eva López MA PGCE
PE Miss Cameron Brown BSc
PE Mr Jake Core BA
PE Mrs Zoe Mortimer-Ford BSc (Hons) PGCE
PE Mr Brent Irvine BA Ed
PE Miss Mollie Frost BA (Hons)
Performing Arts Miss Isabel Willson BA Hons
Physics And Maths Miss Catherine Rice BA (Hons) PGDipEd
Science Mr Adam Morris BSc PGCE
Politics Mrs Lyndsey Taylor BSc (Hons) GTP
Science Dr Louise Clayton BSc (Hons) PGCE PhD
Sociology Mrs Lisa Yeomans BA (Hons) PGCE

 

PREP CLASS TEACHERS

Reception Mrs Sophie Delaney BEd (Hons)
Year 1 Mrs Alison Barlow BEd (Hons)
Year 2 Mrs Alison Persue BA (Hons) PGCE – Maternity Cover
Year 3 Ms Lucy Salmon BMus (Hons) QTS
Year 4 Mrs Lucy Machin BA (Hons) MEd
Year 5 Mr Richard Cranfield BA (Hons)
Year 6 Mrs Pippa Kerry BSc (Hons) PGCE

 

NURSERY

Nursery Manager Mrs Nina Gibbens NCFE CACHE Level 3
Lead Nursery Practitioner Mrs Marie Kane Level 3 Early Years Educator
Nursery Assistant Mrs Natalie Botwright Level 2 Nursery Practitioner
Nursery Practitioner Mrs Maria Powell Level 4 Nursery Practitioner
Nursery Assistant  Mrs Fiona Appleby BA (Hons) PGCE

 

LEARNING SUPPORT

Senior School SENCO Mrs Lisa Shannon BA (Hons) PAPAA PGCE
Prep School SENCO and Pasotral Assistant Mrs Jane Slater BEd (Hons)
Senior School Assistant SENCO Mrs Nicola Morgan NNEB BA (Hons)
Learning Support Assistants Mrs Deborah Bacon
Mrs Deborah Bacon
Miss Hannah Baker BA
Mrs Rebecca Coverdale
Miss Gemma Beeston
Mrs Louise Coy BA (Hons)
Miss Nicola Edwards NNEB
Mrs Anne Gorman
Mrs Louisa Ings BTEC Diploma Nursery Nursing
Mrs Cheryl Miller
Miss Joanna Thrower BTEC L3 Children’s Care, Learning & Dev

CRICKET ACADEMY

Head of Cricket Mr Ben Stephens
Cricket Coach Mr Ivan Humm

Netball Academy

Head of Netball Academy Mrs Georgina Inger

MARKETING AND ADMISSIONS

Head of Admissions, Marketing, Events & Fundraising Mrs Claire Bailey
Marketing Officer Mr Ethan Gilbert

 

FINANCE

Finance Manager (Bursar) Mrs Felicia Springett ACCA AAT
Finance Assistant Mr Euan Green AATQB

 

IT & MIS SUPPORT

IT Network Manager Mr Thomas Braybrook
Data Manager & Exams Officer Mrs Nicola East BSc (Hons)

 

SUPPORT STAFF 

Principal First Aider & Receptionist (Maternity Cover) Miss Delphine Masterson
Prep School Receptionist Miss Mya Ely
Science Technician Mrs Sharon Nicholson Rsci Tech
Cover Supervisor/Librarian Miss Saffiya Gwynne
School Office Manager Miss Tracey Shadbolt
Attendance Officer and Admin Assistant Miss Carys Thomas

 

ESTATES TEAM 

Operations Manager Mr Andrew Deaves
Grounds Maintenance & Compliance Assistant Mr Richard Hume
Maintenance Assistant Mr Daniel Riordan
Caretaker Mr Karl Stock

 

CLEANING TEAM 

Cleaning Supervisor Mrs Sharon Adamson
Cleaner Mr Thomas Morgan
Mrs Laura Parker-Smith
Miss Sara Willsher
Mr Robert Wright

 

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS 

School Bus Driver Mr Philip Davies
Mr Simon Fenwick
Mr Jolyon Gadd
Mr Yiannis Ioannou
Mr Frank Kennedy
Mr Philip Oliver
Mr Mark Osborne
Mr Jeffrey Russell
Mr Peter Snowling
Mr Bruce Robson
Mr Dave Harris

 

CATERING

Chef Manager Mr Justin Di Marco
Assistant Chef Mrs Katherine Burmby
Catering Assistant Mrs Sharron Francis
Mrs Melanie Inwood
Mrs Laura Parker-Smith
Mrs Gemma Thomson
Mrs Christine Rivers

 

PERIPATETIC STAFF 

Piano Mrs Rebecca Bennett Dip TCL
Singing/Piano Mrs Sophie Faith Dip ABRSM
Percussion Mr Tim Clapp Cert Ed Dip
Singing/Piano Mrs Sophie Faith Dip ABRSM
Dance Miss Gemma Hasler
Mrs Rebecca Anthony
Lamda Miss Louise Lindfield BA (Hons)
Lamda and Singing Mrs Hannah Prince De Sousa
Brass Mr Joe Morris BMus (Hons)
Woodwind and Guitar Mr Glen Johnson BMus PGCE

 

Governors

Jon Corrall

Acting Chair, Link Governor for Pastoral

Jon has been a governor since 2016. He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester and at Christ’s College, Cambridge where he read Modern Languages. He also spent a year at Munich University, and has a degree in Spanish from the Open University. He spent his career in teaching, first at Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, and then at Haberdashers’ Aske’s School in Elstree where he was Head of Modern Languages and, in his last 13 years before retirement, Deputy Head. His interests are team games, particularly cricket and rugby, mountain walking, DIY, reading, classical music and theatre.

Rod Jackson

Principal; ex officio Governor Chair of the Strategy Committee

Max Ford

Community Governor, Chair of the Education Committee, Link Governor for SEN and GMA

Max started his working life in banking, then was self-employed in high street retail, before studying for a French degree, part time at Birkbeck, London. He gained his PGCE at Homerton, Cambridge and qualified as a teacher of French and German. He was Head of MFL at Gosfield 2001-2006, and later was Head of Learning Support at Friends School Saffron Walden until he retired in 2014. Apart from the world of education, Max’s hobbies include walking, cycling, gardening, bell-ringing, village life and family. He was a former Chairman of Gosfield Parish Council. He was elected to the Governing Council at Gosfield in May 2016

Chris Brown

Co-opted Finance Governor, Chair of the Finance Committee

Chris was appointed as a governor in May 2022. He has been the Finance Director of a Colchester based company since August 2020. After reading mechanical engineering at Imperial College, Chris qualified as a chartered accountant at KPMG London before joining their Hong Kong office for 7 years. After a commercial role in the Philippines for 3 years, Chris returned to the UK working as a finance director in the care sector for 10 years and has extensive financial management experience. His interests are travel, basketball and cycling.

Ethan Gilbert

Governor elected by the Old Gosfieldians, Link Governor for 6th Form Former Head Boy of Gosfield School.

Having left Gosfield School in 2013 Ethan was elected to the Governing Council in January 2017 after being elected in by the Old Gosfieldians to represent our Alumni. Ethan’s first hand experience as a former pupil led to him becoming Link Governor for Sixth Form. These roles combined allow a fine balance between maintaining the history of the School whilst appreciating what needs to be done moving forward to best provide our pupils with the very best experience whilst at Gosfield School and for years to come.

Rex Smith

Community Governor

Rex was Director of Finance at Anglia Ruskin University for 25 years, previously working at the University of London for 10 years. He also worked for the NHS, Marconi, Debenhams, and Ford. He was a governor for various schools and colleges in Essex for 20+ years. He is now retired having spent 6 years in the USA before returning to Essex in 2020. Two of his granddaughters enrolled at the school in 2022. He is interested in performing arts, sports, family time and travelling. He volunteers to help the homeless and raises funds for numerous charities. Rex was elected in August 2022.

Rick Cranfield

Elected Staff representative

Emma Larcombe

Parent Governor Prep

Emma was elected as a Parent Governor in 2019. She is an Audit Director and qualified chartered accountant at KPMG LLP and leads the public sector audit team across East Anglia, working across the Education, Health, Charity, Housing and Government sectors, so has a strong understanding of the education sector as well as finances. Emma sits on the finance committee as part of her Governor role, Her daughter is currently in year 4 having been at Gosfield since Nursery.

Phil Davies

Elected Staff representative

Katherine Makaroff

Parent Governor

Katherine was elected as a Parent Governor in December 2023. She has a Bachelors of Business Administration, with a major in Human Resources and minor in Classical Studies from Bishop’s University. She has worked in Human Resources as an HR Manager for over 20 years, in both the public and private sectors, supporting managers in recruitment, staff development, absence management, grievances and disciplinary matters. As a Company Director of a construction company for the last ten years, Katherine has managed the Finance, Commercial and Health and Safety functions along with her HR role. Her two sons attend Gosfield School, with one currently in prep and the other in the senior school. She enjoys travel, food, reading and dog walking.

Mrs Felicia Springett

Finance Manager (Bursar)

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