Staff

Senior Leadership Team

Mrs Mairéad Jewell BA (Hons) (Dublin) HDipEd (Dublin) MA (London)
Acting Headmistress – Teaching & Learning
Head of English

Dr Sophia Daire BSc (Hons) (Sussex) PhD (Sussex)
Assistant Head – Pupil Progress
Science (Chemistry)

Mrs Laura Sardina BSc (Spain)

Acting Assistant Head - Ethos & Teacher of Spanish

Associate Members of SMT

Mrs Victoria Sumner BA (Hons) (Brighton)
Designated Safeguarding Lead and Wellbeing Manager, PE teacher and Associate SMT Member

Chaplain

Fr Frank Calduch
School Chaplain

Teaching Staff

Miss Angie Blanco BA (Valencia)

Director for Parental and Pupil Development & Teacher of Spanish

Mr Michael Dowd BSc (Limerick)
Teacher of English
SENDCo Lead & Deputy DSL

Mr Ophir Even BA (Hons) (Oxon) PGCE (St Mary's Twickenham)
Teacher of Latin

Mrs Joanna Walton BA (Hons) (Goldsmiths), PG Diploma (Acting)

Lead Teacher of Drama

Miss Melanie Clark BA (Hons) (Manchester) STUD GEN REG BRIT(Rome) Cert. Higher Ed. (London)
Head of Religion, Ethics, Philosophy

Mrs Laura Fernandez MSC in Pharmacy UAH, MSC in Science Teaching UAH

Teacher of Biology

Dr Grace Gates B.Mus (Hons) (Kingston), M.Mus (Surrey), PhD (Kingston)
Director of Music

Mrs Lorraine Keane BA (Hons) (Lancashire) PGCE (Cambridge)
Head of Maths

Mr Sammi Mushtaq BSc (Hons) (Birmingham), PGCE (London)

Teacher of Maths

Miss Nicola Kreinczes BA (Hons) (Sheffield) PGCE (London), MA (London)
Director of Higher Education
Head of History

Mrs Lara McManamon BSc (Hons) (London)
Computer Science Teacher
Exams Officer
IT Services

Mrs Sofia Abasolo BA Oxon PGCE (London)

Teacher of English

Mrs Constance Cereze MA Legal history, Universite Paris II, PhD History and Philosophy of Law, Universite Paris II

Teacher of French

Dr Nisha Obano BA (Hons) (Aberystwyth), MA (SOAS), PhD (Sussex)

Head of Careers

Miss Matilda Radcliffe (BA Hons Glasgow School of Art)
Head of Art & Deputy DSL

Mrs Karolin Tang  BSc Environmental Science - Linkoping Sweden, MSc Sustainable Development – Uppsala, Sweden

Teacher of Geography

Mrs Katiba Choudhary BSC (HONS) PGCE (Manchester) PG(Dip) (Dyslexia) AMBDA BDA

Teacher of Science

Mr Alexander Williams BA (Hons) Sports Coaching and Physical Education (Plymouth) 

Head of Sport

Mr Harshil Patel BSc Hons (University of Leeds) PGCE with QTS (University of Buckingham)

Assistant Head of Sport

Miss Lisa Newbould  BA (Hons) (Manchester) MA (Leeds)

Arete Programme Lead

Mrs Maribel Pardo de Vera Teaching Cert. for Higher Education in Maths UNIR, QTS UK Dept. for Education, TECNUN – University of Navarra
Teacher of Maths and Science

Miss Fay Bowler

Teaching Assistant

Miss Elena Finaldi

Teaching Assistant

Miss Guadalupe Costantini

Teaching Assistant

Mrs Mari Warren

Teaching Assistant

Peripatetic Teachers

Mr Ian Watt BMus (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

Guitar

Mr Robert Fordjour

Drums

Miss Jemma Love BMus (Hons) (Guildhall School of Music and Drama) Dip ABRSM

Woodwind

Miss Natalia Wierzbicka LTCL LLCM BMus(Hons) (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dancer), MMus (London College of Music) PGCEi Prof Dip (Royal Academy of Music)
Violin

Ms Julia McCullough BMus (Distinction)
Voice

Miss Sophie Walby Trinity College of Music) (BA Hons) BMus (Hons) TCM, MISM

Voice

Ms Anna Samant (LGSM and GMus)

Piano and Voice

Tristan Horne (BMus, PGDip)

Cello

Non Teaching/Support Roles

Mrs Vicky Sumner
Designated Safeguarding Lead
safeguarding@thelaurelsschool.org.uk

Ms Sally Norman
Head of Admissions & Marketing 
admissions@thelaurelsschool.org.uk

Mrs Isabel Lamb BA (Hons) (Oxford Brookes)

HR & Compliance Manager; Digital Marketing Manager
i.lamb@thelaurelsschool.org.uk

Mrs Lynn Howell
School Administrator & PA to the Headmistress
l.howell@thelaurelsschool.org.uk

Science Technician

Mrs Barbara Pereira

School Housekeeper

Mrs Dorothy N’Tinu

School Caretaker Team

Mr Custodio Rodrigues

Mr Daniel Nawrotowicz

PACT Educational Trust Staff

Mr Ben Fowler
Bursar & Operations Manager

Miss Sharna Stevens
Finance Administration & Payroll

Miss Claire Turney
Credit Controller

Mrs Lupe Sedoufio
Estates & Health and Safety Manager

Mr Omar Hassanali

IT Manager