Queen's Gate Senior School girls in an art lesson

Our Staff & Governors

Senior Management Team

Miss A Wallace

Miss Amy Wallace, Principal of Queen's Gate School
Position:
Principal
Qualifications:
MA MPhil (Cantab), PGCE (Oxon)

Mr C Kendall-Daw

Vice Principal of Queen's Gate Christian Kendall-Daw
Position:
Vice Principal
Qualifications:
MA (Wales), BA (Hons) (York), PhB (Rome), STB (Rome), QTS, FCCT, FRSA

Mr D Shaw

Position:
Interim Bursar
Qualifications:
BA (Oxon)

Mr J Denchfield

Mr James Denchfield DSL (Junior School)
Position:
Director of the Junior School
Qualifications:
BA (Hons) PGCE

Mr P Williams

Phil Williams
Position:
Director of Curriculum
Qualifications:
MA (Oxon)

Mr M Crundwell

Mark Crundwell
Position:
Director of Teaching, Learning & Assessment
Qualifications:
Bsc (Hons), MPhil (Lond), MEd (Dist), QTS

Ms C De la Pena

Charlotte De La Pena DSL (Senior School)
Position:
Director of Pastoral Care
Qualifications:
BA (Hons), MA, PCGE (Manchester)

Miss N Holgate-Smith

Miss N Hlgate-Smith Assistant Director of Pastoral Care
Position:
Assistant Director of Pastoral Care
Qualifications:
BA (Hons), PGCE

Ms C Gittens

Miss Coleen Gittens Head of Sixth Form
Position:
Director of Sixth Form
Qualifications:
LLB (Hons), PGCE

Our School is a charitable trust and its work is overseen by a Board of Governors, some of whom are Old Girls, whilst others are past parents and all offer a wealth of experience and expertise.

Governors

Chair - Mrs Reica Gray

After attending Queen’s Gate, Reica undertook a Technical Theatre course at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her seventeen year career in professional theatre embraced a variety of roles from stage manager to producer, but never one on the stage.

Following a break to raise her two children, Reica attended Kingston University where she took a BA and MA in English. At the same time she worked as a writing advisor and mentor for fellow students. Latterly she set up and ran a writing centre at the University’s Business School, where she enjoyed working with students across a range of nationalities, cultures and abilities. Reica is a keen advocate for developing critical thinking skills. She is currently acting as a consultant to another university to help improve their student outcomes.  Her outside interests include entertainment of all kinds, from opera to Ozark.

Carol Davis KC

Following her degree in English Literature, Carol headed to the Bar. Since being called to the Bar in 1996, Carol has practised from Littleton Chambers in London. She specialises in Employment litigation and professional discipline. She has a recognised expertise in discrimination law and high-value Employment Tribunal litigation, commercial employment matters in the High Court and regulatory work, with a particular emphasis on financial services, education, and healthcare. Carol was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 2021. Carol lives in London with her husband, two daughters and an assortment of pets.

Mr William Gillen

Bill Gillen BA (English), MA,Cert Ed, is Chair of the Educational & Pastoral Committee and Lead Safeguarding Governor. He is a retired HMC headmaster with 18 years’ experience in two large independent co-educational day schools and has been a senior Governor in both a state boarding school and an independent girls’ day school. Bill is a member of the Worshipful Company of Educators, London.  

Educated at RBAI, Queen’s University, Belfast and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, Bill became Head of English at Newcastle-under-Lyme School and then Deputy Head at RGS, Guildford with brief respites from the classroom to enjoy an English Speaking Union Travel Scholarship to the USA and a Schoolmaster Fellow Commonership at Pembroke College, Cambridge.  

He believes strongly in educating the ‘whole student’ by offering as comprehensive a curriculum as possible; and also in both pupil and staff exchanges worldwide.

Mr Shai Hill

Shai began his career on the buyside at what is now JP Morgan AM, before moving to the sellside where he worked in several research roles. He was Head of Research at Macquarie Group for 10 years before founding lntegrum ESG in 2018. Shai has an M.A. in English from Cambridge University.

Miss Camilla Trefgarne

Born and raised in SW London, Camilla is a Queen’s Gate old girl. After leaving QGS in 2006 she went on to read psychology (BSc) at Royal Holloway and proceeded to gain several post graduate qualifications; including a Postgraduate Certificate in Therapeutic Arts for Children, from The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education and Early Years Professional Status from Kingston University. In 2014 she founded Parsons Green Nursery (PGN) in Fulham, after the initial success of their first Nursery, PGN expanded in 2020 opening a second nursery on the Fulham Road. Parsons Green Nursery now provides pre-school education to approximately 200 children living in SW London.

Peter Trueman

After nine years with Price Waterhouse, from 1983 Peter has worked in the financial side of advertising, marketing and communication businesses. He spent over 30 years in the Omnicom Group starting as Finance Director of BMP with spells in contract publishing, in PR,  in the OMD media network, as CFO Europe, then in the DAS Group of Companies also as CFO Europe until retiring in 2019. Peter is married to Jane, a former Queen’s Gate pupil, and has a BA in PPE from Oxford University.

Mr Jonathan Dobson
Mr Gary Li
Mrs Manina Weldon

The Chairman of Governors may be contacted through the Bursar. The Registered Office is 133 Queen’s Gate, SW7 5LE.

 

Our Staff

Junior School

Director of Junior School – Mr J Denchfield BA (Hons), PGCE
Form Tutor Preliminary  – Miss E Allan BA, BEd, PGCE
Form Tutor Transition  – Mrs Y Dhaliwal BA, BEd, MEd
Form Tutor IB Younger Years Coordinator –  Miss M MacDonnell BA, PGCE
Form Tutor IA – Miss C Charles BA, QTS (Maternity Cover)
Form Tutor IIB, Drama Coordinator, Senior Tutor – Mrs C Makhlouf BEd (Hons)
Form Tutor IIA, Acting Assistant Director of The Junior School – Miss P Shingles BA (Hons), PGCE
Head of III Form, Director of Outreach and Operations – Mrs L Kyle BA, PGCE (Maternity Leave)
Form Tutor III, Teaching and Learning Coordinator – Mr M Molero Segura BA (Hons), PGCE
Form Tutor in III Form, Mathematics Coordinator – Miss K Jonczyck MA (Jagiellonian)
Assistant Librarian, Archivist, Teacher of Italian – Sig.a C Podavitte Dottoressa in Archeologia, Milano (Maternity Leave)
Junior School Music Coordinator – Ms H P Jang BMus, MMus, LRAM, PGCE, PGDip
Junior School French Coordinator – Mr A de Burlet BSC, PGCE
Reading Coordinator, Teaching Assistant – Mrs S Leigh BA, MA, PGCE
Associate Teacher – Mrs J Van Loon MSc
Teaching Assistant – Mrs Y Meneely Dip., NCFE Level 2
Assistant Librarian – Mrs E Bennett BA, CertLibrary (Maternity Cover)
PA to the Director of the Junior School, Junior School Secretary – Miss P Jackson PSA Dip.

Senior School

Joint Head of Remove – Mr D Karamoutas BA (Hons), PGDE
Joint Head of Remove – Miss K Lamkin BA (Hons), MLitt, PGCE
Head of Form LIV – Ms A Habib BSc (Hons) (Imperial), MSc (UCL), PGCE
Head of Form IV – Mrs L Sleator BA (Hons) (Goldsmiths), PGCE (Greenwich)
Head of Form V – Mr A Cohen MA, PGCE, QTS
Head of Form UV (Academic) – Mr M Crundwell BSc (Hons), MPhil (London), MEd, QTS
Head of Form UV (Pastoral) – Miss G McLister BSc (Hons), PGCE
Assistant Director of Sixth Form (Futures) – Mrs I Cornwall-Jones MA (Hons), MA, PGCE
Assistant Director of Sixth Form (Pupils) – Mr F Baden-Powell MA (Hons), Msc, PGCE (Intl.)
Assistant Director of Sixth Form (Pupils) – Ms E Adler Dipl.Wirtsch-Inf., MA, PGCE
Director of Sixth Form – Ms C Gittens LLB (Hons), Barrister, PGCE

Art & Design

Mr S Mataya BA, PGCE
Ms M Vazquez BA, MA, PGCE
Miss N Sitko MFA (Poznan Academy of Fine Arts), QTS 

Art, History of

Mrs I Cornwall-Jones MA (Hons), MA, PGCE

Biology

Mrs P Garty BSc (Hons) (Bristol), PGCE
Miss L Coulton BSc (Hons), MSc, PGCE
Ms A Habib BSc (Hons) (Imperial), MSc (UCL), PGCE
Miss S Ramachandran BSc, QTS

Careers

Mrs I Cornwall-Jones MA (Hons), MA, PGCE

Chemistry

Mrs C Mayne BSc, PGCE
Mr A Selkirk BSc, BComm, PGDip
Mrs V Manson M.Chem, PGCE

Classics

Mrs A Mitropoulos BA, MPhil, PGCE
Mr R Moss BA (Hons),MA, PGCE
Mrs N Clear BA (Hons), PGCE
Miss K Lamkin BA (Hons), MLitt, PGCE
Miss A Wallace MA MPhil (Cantab), PGCE (Oxon)

Computer Science

Ms E Adler Dipl. Wirtsch.-Inf., MA, PGCE
Mr A Todorovic BA (Hons) MIT (ITE), PGCE, OCT/QCT 
Dr B Meghani EngD

Design & Technology

Mr R Manning BA (Hons), MA
Mrs L Sleator BA (Hons) (Goldsmiths), PGCE (Greenwich)
Mr D Karamoutas BA (Hons), PGDE
Mr K Lynn BA (Hons)

Drama & Theatre Studies

Mrs D Pajovic BA (Hons), PGCE
Mr C Harvey BA (Hons), PGCE
Miss N Holgate-Smith BA (Hons), PGCE

EAL

Miss K Forouzan BEd, ESL (Teacher of SEN with EAL)

Economics

Miss A Smith BA (Hons) PGCE
Mr F Baden-Powell MA (Hons), MSc, PGCE (International)
Ms C Gittens LLB (Hons), Barrister, PGCE

English

Mr M Spicer BA, BEd
Miss D Cappella BA (Hons), PGCE 
Mrs M Hirst BA, MA, BEd
Miss S Cadwallender MA, QTS
Ms M Taylor BA (Hons), PGCE
Miss N Holgate-Smith BA (Hons), PGCE

French

Mme F Collombon Maitrise Langues Etrangeres Appliquees, Licence Anglais Langues et Civilization, PGCE
Mme S Riglet BA (Hons), CAPES IUFM (Paris), PGCE
Mr P Solomons, BA, MA, LLP
Mme V Poirot Licence Langues Vivantes Étrangères (Anglais), PGCE
Mr A de Burlet BSc, PGCE

Geography

Miss E Moor BSc, PGCE, FRGS
Mr M Crundwell BSc (Hons) MPhil (London), MEd, QTS
Miss S Scott BSc (Hons), MEd, PCET, PGCE

German

Frau I Atufe-Kreuth MA Mag.phil., Cert. Ed.

Graphic Communications

Mr K Lynn BA (Hons)

History

Mrs J Ditchfield MA (Hons) (Cantab), PGCE
Mr F Baden-Powell MA (Hons), MSc, PGCE (International)
Mr B James BA (Hons), PGDE
Miss A Wallace MA MPhil (Cantab), PGCE (Oxon)

Italian

Mr S Mocci MA, PGCE

LAMDA

Ms J Doolan BA (The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama), MA

Latin

Mrs A Mitropoulos BA, MPhil, PGCE
Mr R Moss BA (Hons), MA, PGCE
Mrs N Clear BA (Hons), PGCE
Miss K Lamkin BA (Hons), MLitt, PGCE

Learning Enhancement

Mrs S Lane MA, BEd, PGC, (NASENCO), PGC Lang., Lit and Dyslexia

Mandarin

Ms L Fan MA (Education), BA, MA (Education) Dipl. Montessori Pedagogy

Mathematics

Dr K Baskerville PhD (Cantab), BSc (Hons), QTS
Mr G Salimbeni BA, MA, PGCE
Mr P Williams MA (Oxon)
Ms A Helm BSc, PGCE
Mr A Chaudhry BSc, MEd, PGCE
Miss J Coghill BA, BEd, QTS
Mr T Wong BSc, PGCE
Miss S Ramachandran BSc, QTS

Music

Mr I Webb-Taylor MA
Ms L Sansun MA, LRAM, MTC

Music (Peripatetic Staff)

Brass – Mr S Cheney LRAM, ARAM
Cello – Mr F Brikcius MgA
Clarinet/Saxophone – Miss S MacTaggart BA, MMus
Flute – Ms Y Hu MMus, ArtDip RCM
Guitar – Mr J Lofving BMus, MA
Harp – Miss E Beyer BMus, MMus, LRAM
Percussion – Mr D Marini MSc
Piano/Theory – Ms A Chua MA, FLCM, LLCM, Dip. KODALY, Dip. Performing and Teaching YAMAHA
Piano/Theory – Mrs G Haynes Dip (Piano ED and Accomp.)
Piano/Theory/Accompanist – Miss M Tham MA, MM, PGDipRAM, BMus (Hons), FLCM, LLCM, LRAM, LMusA, ATCL
Singing – Ms L Sansun MA, LRAM, MTC
Singing/Theory – Mr M Georgiou BMus
Singing – Mrs K Gibson BMus (Hons)
Violin – Mr G Irwin BA, MPhil, PGCE

Philosophy

Mr A Cohen MA, PGCE
Mrs N Clear BA (Hons), PGCE

Physical Education

Ms J Marshall BPsySc (Hons), PGCE
Miss E Pillow BA (Hons)
Miss G McLister BSc (Hons), PGCE
Mr A Labourt
Miss M McCrone BSc (Hons), PGCE
Miss K Eastwood BSHP, PGCE (Waikato)
Miss M Poulou BSc, QTS

Physics

Dr J Mercer PhD (London), BSc (Hons) (Imperial), ARCS, PGCE
Mr H Tsang BSc, MSc, MPhil, PGDE, QTS
Miss S Ramachandran BSc, QTS

Psychology

Ms A Moffat Bsc (Hons), Msc, PGCE (PCE)

Religious Studies

Mr A Cohen MA, PGCE
Mrs N Clear BA (Hons), PGCE
Ms C De La Pena BA (Hons), MA, PGCE (Manchester)
Mrs C White da Cruz BA (Hons), MLitt (Oxon), PGCE
Mr B James BA (Hons), PGDE
Mr C Kendall-Daw MA (Wales), BA (Hons) (York), PhB (Rome), STB (Rome), FCCT, FRSA, QTS

Science

Dr J Mercer PhD (London), BSc (Hons) (Imperial), ARCS, PGCE
Mr T Wong BSc, PGCE

Sociology

Mr S Zakir BA (Hons), MA, PGCE

Spanish

Sta S Gomez Licenciada en Filologia

Non-teaching and Technical Staff

Art Technician – Ms S Saeed BA, MA, PGCE
DT Technician – Mr K Lynn BA (Hons)
Senior Science Technician – Mr M Sell MSc
Science Technician – Mr S Alom BSc, MRES
Head Librarian, VLE Coordinator – Mrs E Scott BA, MSc, US Teaching Certificate
Assistant Librarian – Sig.a C Podavitte Dottoressa in Archeologia, Milano (Maternity Leave)
Assistant Librarian – Mrs E Bennett BA, CertLibrary (Maternity Cover)
Head of PE Operations – Miss C Lamb-Wilson BA (Hons)
PE Assistant – Mr J Murphy SEQ Level 2
School Counsellor – Mrs R Keohane BSc, MSc, MBACP
School Counsellor – Miss A Scarfe UKCP MBACP CPCAB
PSHE Provider – Mrs I Johnson HG Dip.P, Dip.Systemic Family Psychotherapy, Dip. Education
PSHE Provider – Mr P Johnson HG.Dip.P,BSc

The Bursary

Interim Bursar – Mr D Shaw BA (Oxon)
Financial Controller – Mrs O Lynn BCom, ACCA
Bursar’s Assistant – Lady S Wilkinson
Finance Assistant – Ms J Matwiejczuk MA

Administrative and Operations Staff

In-House Counsel – Mrs S Andela MA (Cantab)
PA to the Principal – Mrs V Goddard
Registrar – Mrs C Roberts-Beresford BA
Communications & Marketing Manager – Ms H Thomas BA, MA
Communications and Examinations Assistant – Mrs P Augustus-Little
Creative and Marketing Assistant – Miss R Southcott BFA
Developments and Partnerships Manager – Miss P Shareefy MA (Hons)
Examinations Officer – Miss N Sitko MFA (Poznan Academy of Fine Arts), QTS
Recruitment Coordinator – Miss A Myers BA (Hons) (Warwick)
Senior School Secretary – Mrs B O’Rourke DCE, CACHE
Assistant Senior School Secretary – Ms S Roberts
Junior School Secretary & PA to the Director of the Junior School – Miss P Jackson
IT Network Manager – Mr H Hirani BA
IT Support – Mr N Sureshkumar BSc
Catering Manager – Mr K Mehta
Maintenance Manager – Mr J Newman
Maintenance Support – Mr R Thatcher
Housekeeper – Mrs S Lewis
Assistant Housekeeper – Mrs T Iacono