Our Staff

Senior Leadership Team

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Hilary Phillips

Head

Hilary Phillips joined as the new Head of Hanford in September 2023. She was previously Head of Lower School at Benenden and has been Head of two prep schools...

Susie Askew

Head of Boarding/Designated Safeguarding Lead

Susie is Head of Boarding and the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). She is incredibly hardworking, coming in every morning to wake up the girls...

Elisabeth Carr

Operations Manager

Elisabeth started at Hanford in September 2022, following fifteen years in education, ten of which have been in the independent sector...

Academics
Martin Askew BA Hons (Manchester) PGCE (Manchester)	Mathematics/Junior Science
Alex Bratby BEd Hons (Cantab) Dip SpLD APC	Learning Support
Helen Beal BEd Hons (Southampton)	Junior Form Teacher
Miranda Blake BA Hons (Surrey) PGCE (Surrey)	English Teacher
Tamsin Christie MA Music (Oxon) PGCE (Oxford Brookes)	Music/RS Teacher
Lindsay Curry BSc Hons (Birmingham) PGCE (Bath Spa)	Games Teacher
Vali Atkinson BSc Hons (Open University)	French Teacher
Polly Hughes BA Hons (Bath School of Art) PGCE (Bath Spa)	Head of Art/Art Appreciation
Carrie Lewis BA Hons (York) PGCE (Open)	Head of English
Steph McMillan BA Hons (Brighton)	Head of PE/Games
Mark McSweeney BSc (Cork), PGCE (London)	Head of Mathematics/Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Katharine Myers BSc Hons (Soton) MSc (Leeds) PGCE (Bath)	Science/ICT Teacher
Sara Northey BA Hons (Durham) MSc (LSE) PGCE (London)	History/RS Teacher
Flora Rawlingson Plant BA Hons (Exeter) PGCE (Dyslexia and Literacy) (Dist)	Handwork Teacher
Roddy Walker BEd Hons (Westminster College, Oxford)	Geography Teacher
Amanda Webster BSc Hons (Leeds) PGCE (Bath)	Senior Teacher, Biology and Chemistry
Suzanne Hughes BEd Hons (Bedford College)	PE/Games Teacher
Riding
Charley Bailie	Head of Riding
Amelia Allen/Victoria Christopher	Riding Team
support staff
Camilla Bashaarat MA Hons (Edinburgh)	Head of Marketing
Nicky Hunter	Domestic Bursar
Julia Horton BA Hons (Manchester) PGCE	Admissions Manager
Rachel Oakley	Head’s PA/School Secretary
Robert Jarvis and Dean Walters	Grounds and Maintenance
Joseph Tyrrell	Catering Manager
Boarding
Ruth Caldwell	Night Matron
Jane Cosgrove	Housekeeper and Day Matron
Rebecca Melville	Senior Resident Matron
Lyndsay McKinley-Nichols	Evening Matron
Bev Mortley	Resident Matron
Health
Dr Lucy Purcell	School Doctor
Jane Youngson RN	School Nurse
Deborah Amphlett RN	School Nurse