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Bedales Schools' Board of Governors

Daniel Alexander, BA, LLM, QC
Matthew Batstone, BA, MBA
Brian Ellis, BSc, PhD, MBA
Seona Ford, BA, PGCE
Timothy Hands, BA, AKC, DPhil
Avril Hardie, BEd, JP
Brian Johnson, FRS, FRSE, FRSC, FAcadEuropa
Tim Parker, MA, MSc
Alan Redpath (Chair)
Matthew Rice, BA
Nicholas Vetch, ARICS
Edward Williams, MA, DipArch, RIBA
Franciska Bayliss, Froebel, CertEd, FRSA

If you wish to contact a Governor, please email Helen McBrown, Bursar's Assistant, or write, marked CONFIDENTIAL,  c/o The Clerk to the Governors, Bedales School, Church Road, Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 2DG.

If you wish to email a specific staff member, use the initial of their first name followed by their surname followed by: @bedales.org.uk

Head of the Three Schools

Keith Budge, MA, PGCE Oxford (University College)

Dunhurst Staff

Head
Penny Watkins, BA Cardiff

Deputy Head
James Beatty, BA Brighton

Head of Groups
Kate Olphert, BEd Bath

Senior Master
Alan Simmons, BA Open University, CertEd Exeter

Head of Curriculum
Carol Innes, BA Southampton, ALCM Piano

Head of Monitoring and Assessment; Gifted & Talanted Coordinator
Darran Kettle, BEd Oxford (Westminster College)

Dunhurst Teaching Staff

Creative Studies

Louise Banks, BEd London (Goldsmith’s) (Art)
Ken Cope, Dip AD Bristol Polytechnic (Creative Studies)
Elaine Hewitt, BA West Surrey College of Art & Design, Member Craftsman Potters Association (Art & Design)
Richard Nice, City & Guilds (Workshop)
Lyn Perry (Textiles)

Dance
Rosie Nash, CDE AISTD FDI

Drama
Simon Kingsley-Pallant, BA Brighton (Drama and Performance)

English
Andrew Alexander, BEd Hertfordshire, CertEd Bedford College of Education
Simon Kingsley-Pallant, BA Brighton
Penny Watkins, BA Cardiff

Groups Classes
Maggie Alexander, CertEd Bedford College of Education, Dip in Counselling, CertEd for Sustainability, Schmacher College (Group 3 teacher)
Madeleine Clark BA Liverpool, PGCE Worcester College of Education (Group 2 teacher)
Anderly Tudor (Classroom assistant)
Ryan Walsh, BA Northampton (Group 3 teacher)
Mags Watney, BSc Bristol, PGCE Chichester (Group 2 teacher)
Kate Olphert, BEd Bath (Group 1 teacher)
Debra Payne, BEd Sussex (Group 1 teacher)

Humanities
Judy Walker, MA Portsmouth, PGCE Buckingham (History & RE)
David Ellis (Geography)

Information Technology
Madeleine Clark BA Liverpool, PGCE Worcester College of Education
Kath Connolly, BA Surrey College (IT Coordinator)
David Ellis

Latin
Michael Lambert, BA Oxford (Jesus College), MA SOAS, London, PGCE Kings College, London

Learning Support
Lynda Adams, Diploma of Occupational Therapists, RNIB BTECH Ad Cert Braille
Fran Box, BEd King Alfred’s College, Dyslexia Institute Diploma, Assoc Member British Dyslexia Association
Moony Budge, BEd Oxford Brookes, DipSpLD
Kath Connolly, BA Surrey College, Dyslexia Action Certificate in the Practice of Teaching Dyslexia and Literacy
Lorna Emmens, BEd Exeter, MEd Manchester (Special Education), Ad Dip (VI) Cambridge Institute of Education
Gail Graham, BEd Southampton, RSA CertSpLD
Jane Peel, BEd Froebel, DipSPLD
Pam Wilson, Cert of Ed, Bingley College, Yorkshire, BA OU (Extra Mathematics)

Librarian
Angela Mowat

Mathematics
James Beatty, BA Brighton
Madeleine Clark, BA Liverpool, PGCE Worcester College of Education
Mark Collins, BEd Leeds Metropolitan
Darran Kettle, BEd Oxford (Westminster College), Diploma in Educational Coaching, Newcastle College
Mark Lyddon, BSc (University of Glamorgan, PGCE, University of Plymouth 
Catherine Murphy, MA Southampton
Debra Payne, BEd Sussex
Paula Tribe, BEd West London Institute of Higher Education

Modern Foreign Languages
Olivia Burnett-Armstrong, BA Exeter (French)
Ellie Chilton (French)
Wendy Houston, BA Nottingham, PGCE Cardiff (French & Spanish).
Caroline Massoué (French assistant)
Nick Shannon, BA Ulster, PGCE Warwick (German)

Music
Carol Innes, BA Southampton, ALCM Piano
Kathy Misson, BA Liverpool, PGCE Manchester Metropolitan
Lucienne Suter, MA Nottingham, PGCE Winchester

For visiting Music School staff, see Bedales

Outdoor Work
Nick Maddocks

Physical Education
Mark Collins, BEd Leeds Metropolitan
David Ellis
Rachel Hearnshaw, BA Brighton
Alan Simmons, BA Open University, CertEd Exeter
Ryan Walsh, BA Northampton

Personal, Social and Health Education
Sarah Chubb, CertEd Stockwell College of Education

Science
Alan Suart, BSc Birmingham, PGCE St Martin’s College, Lancashire
Pam Weston, BSc Southampton
Alan Simmons, BA Open University, CertEd Exeter

Speech and Drama
Sylvia Coates, BEd Southampton (LAMDA Speech and Drama)
Jenny de Jongh (LAMDA Speech and Drama)

Technician
Janet Auty, BSc (Eng) Kings College, London

Details of temporary staff available from the school

Dunhurst House Staff

Housemaster in Boys’ House
Alan Simmons

Housemistress in Girls’ House
Pam Weston

Senior Matron, Dunhurst
Jo Brunsdon

Day Matron
Tracey Thornton

Matron of Boys’ House
Jo Brunsdon

Matron of Girls’ House
Alex Freeman

House Tutor in Boys' House
Ryan Walsh

House Tutor in Girls’ House
Helen Retter

Assistant House Tutor in Girls' House
Susan Simmons

Dunhurst

Frances Harris (Heads Secretary)
Mandy Hopkins, Post Graduate Diploma in Relationship Therapy (Family Counsellor)
Nicky Howard (Administrative Assistant)
Caroline Keeling (Receptionist, Music Secretary)
Annie Kelly (Music Practice Supervisor)
Lucy Maiklem (Receptionist)
Anderly Tudor (Administrative Assistant/ Website)
Jenny-Clare Yeates, Diploma in Counselling (Counsellor)

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