Aldenham School, Founded 1597

Teaching Staff

Head of Aldenham Foundation
Mrs A Hems MA (Oxon)

Head of Senior School
Mr AM Williams BSc (Loughborough), MAEd (Chichester)

Bursar & Clerk to the Governing Body
Mr K Mahon MA (Kings Lond)

Commercial Director
Mr PM Dunstan BA (Wales)

Director of Finance & HR
Mrs S Toye FCCA

Deputy Head (Academic)
Dr PJ Reid (Nottingham)

Deputy Head (Co-curricular, Outreach & Operations)
Mrs K Miller BA Birmingham

Assistant Head (Learning )
Mr L Harding MA (Oxon)

Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mr PM Dunstan BA (Wales)

Assistant Deputy Head Academic
Mr TM Hoskins BA (Oxon)

Assistant Deputy Head Pastoral
Mrs LM Gall BEd (West London Inst)

Head of Sixth Form
Miss KF Cooke BA (Exeter)

PASTORAL AND TEACHING STAFF

Chaplain
Rev T Richardson

Housemasters / Mistresses

Senior Houses
McGill's - Mr MI Yeabsley BSc (Dunelm)
Beevor's - Mr S Pennycook BSc (Nottingham)
Paull's - Mrs R Cassell BA (Wales)
Kennedy's - Mr J Kerslake BA (Birmingham)
Leeman's - Mr GL Cornock BA (Southampton Solent)
Riding's - Miss LOW Jones BA (Reading)

Junior Houses
Martineau's - Mr SG Dawe BA (Sheffield Hallam)
Woodrow's - Miss NE Brewer MA (UCL)

Art
Mrs EJ Custins MA (Beds)
Ms K Nicholson* MA UCL (Slade).
Ms J Silver BA (Beds).

Classics
Miss KF Cooke BA (Exeter)
Mr JWR Goss MA (UCL)*
Mr TM Hoskins BA (Oxon)
Miss E Sherman

Computer Science
Mr CJ Chandler BSc (Teeside)*
Miss G Banting
Mr N Nayake-Singh

Design Technology
Mr NS Alom BA (Beds)
Ms J Daniel 
Miss CEC Macdonald BA (Westminster)*

Drama
Mr E Avdjian BA (Queen Mary, Lond)*
Miss NE Brewer MA (UCL)
Ms S Brooks  BA Hons (Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts)

Economics and Business
Mr SG Dawe BA (Sheffield Hallam)
Mr LM Flindall BA (Kingston Business School)*
Revd PS Green BA (Manchester Met)
Mrs LCR Hobart BA (Manchester Met)
Mr R Nathwani

English and Media Studies
Miss NE Brewer MA (UCL)
Mrs R Cassell BA (Wales)
Miss KF Cooke BA (Exeter)
Mr L Harding MA (Oxon)
Mr CR Jenkins MA (Roehampton Institute)*
Mrs L Sherman MA (Loughborough)
Miss H Ferry BA (University of York)
Miss A McCrae
Miss G Gaby

Extended Project Qualification
Mr TM Hoskins BA (Oxon)
Mr L Harding MA (Oxon)

Geography
Mr MG Buckland BSc (Leeds) MA (Kings, Lond)*
Mr J Coleman BA (Leeds)
Mr J King
Mr MI Yeabsley BSc (Dunelm)

History and Politics
Mr BE Frais BA (Leeds)*
Revd PS Green BA (Manchester Met)
Mr JR Kerslake BA (Birmingham)
Mr LJ Kirsten BA (Stellenbosch)
Mr AP Stephenson BA (Loughborough)
Mrs A Tekin BA (Herts)
Miss  L Thynne BA, Lancaster University

Learning Support
Ms HJ Southgate BSc (Middx), MA (UCL)*
Mrs T Patel BA (Brunel), PGCE English (UCL)

Life Matters
Mr JP Aust BA (UEA)
Miss NE Brewer MA (UCL)
Miss KF Cooke BA (Exeter)
Mrs R Kirsten MA (Oxon) MSc (Stellenbosch)
Revd JC Perris BSc (Surrey) 
Mrs AL Morris BA (York)
Miss L Sherman MA (Loughborough)*
Mr MI Yeabsley BSc (Dunelm)
Mrs B Faulks BA (OU)

Mathematics
Mr CB Doidge BSc (Kings, Lond)
Miss CJ Fulford BSc (Bristol)*
Mr M Harte BSc (Sheffield)
Mr RS Hurst BSc (Kings Lond)
Dr F Mepham BSc (Hatfield) MSc (Hatfield) PgDip (Napier)
Mr T Riley BSc (Bangor)
Ms HJ Southgate BSc (Middx), MA (UCL)
Mr P Yfantoudas MSc (Brunel)

Modern Foreign Languages
Mr JP Aust BA (UEA)
Srta MB Bustamante Law degree (Santander)*
Ms S Picquart BA (Sorbonne)
Mrs B Simon BA (Polytechnic of West London)
Mr R Tanner BA (University of Nottingham)

Music
Mr M Hallas BMus (Royal Holloway)*
Mr J Harrison
Miss S Brooks BA (Hons) Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (PRE)
Miss AL Morris BA (York)*
Miss HL George (BA (Hull)
Ms V O'Kelly a BA (Hons) The University of Wales

Physical Education and Games
Mr DL Breeze BA (Leeds Met)*
Mr GL Cornock BA (Southampton Solent)
Mrs AC Evans BA (Leeds Met)
Mrs LM Gall BEd (West London Inst)
Miss LOW Jones BA (Reading)
Miss C Meister (Trainee Teacher) BSc (Bath)
Mr AP Stephenson BA (Loughborough)
Mr R Kemp
Miss C Foote BA Hons Sport and Pe at UCLan
Mr H Stevens

Psychology
Mrs F Abdel-Karim MA (The American University)*
Mr LJ Kirsten BA (Stellenbosch, S Africa)
Miss C Meister (Trainee Teacher) BSc (Bath)

Head of Science
Mr AT Shead BSc (Auckland)*

Biology
Dr AD Camenzuli MSc (Bath)*
Mr A Gall BEd (Exeter)
Mrs R Kirsten MA (Oxon) MSc (Stellenbosch)
Mrs SD Pandya MSc (Imperial)
Dr PJ Reid (Nottingham)
Ms L Frost BSc (Polytechnic of Central London)

Chemistry
Ms S Adat BSc (University of Nottingham)
Dr DJ Paterson MChem (Exeter) MEd (Cantab) DPhil (Oxon), CSciTeach
Mr A Shead BSc (Auckland)*
Mr AD Stewart BSc (Northumbria)

Physics
Mr J Dingsdale
Mr S Pennycook BSc (Nottingham)

Head of Prep School
Mrs SM Galpin BEd (Herts)

Graduate Assistant
Miss E Lilley
Mr B Tricker


* Denotes Head or Acting Head of Department

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Aldenham Foundation

Educating children in Hertfordshire for more than 400 years, the Aldenham Foundation encompasses Aldenham Senior School for boys & girls 11-18, Aldenham Prep School (boys & girls 5–11), Aldenham Nursery (boys & girls rising 3-4), St Hilda's Prep School (girls 4-11) and Bluebird Nursery (boys & girls 2-4).

Kids learn at school

Aldenham School offers outstanding Boarding / Day options for boys and girls in a caring community. Set in a beautiful site of 110+ acres of green belt land within the M25 and close to the main London airports. Pupils enjoy an excellent all round education with room to express their individuality. Academic and social activities are given equal importance for the development of valuable life skills.

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Kids learn at school

At Aldenham Nursery and Aldenham Prep School we provide a happy, nurturing and warm environment where quality learning takes place and the needs of each individual child are fulfilled. Aldenham Prep School is a caring school where boys and girls from 3 to 11 develop and thrive. On the same glorious site as Aldenham Senior School set in 110 acres of countryside and with excellent facilities.

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Kids learn at school

St Hilda’s is a community of girls aged four to eleven years, whose infectious enthusiasm, politeness and busy purposefulness is immediately evident to visitors. The girls thrive in a caring yet challenging environment, which teaches them to be resilient and resourceful learners, and ultimately to be exceptionally well prepared to take their next step to the senior school of their choice.

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Kids learn at school

Our youngest children aged 2-4 years are encouraged to play, explore and learn, under the watchful and inspiring care of specialist staff. Our packed programmes of teacher and child-led activities are especially designed to develop the whole child in ways appealing and appropriate to their current age and stage, including specialist teaching in subjects such as dance, music, swimming, PE, French and Spanish.

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