Our Leadership Team

  • Interim Principal

    Babiche Deysel

  • Assistant Head

    Rita Sesay

  • SENCO

    Simon Birch

  • DDSL

    Blanca Sanchez

  • Early Years Manager

    Erika Vargova

  • Finance & Business Manager

    Stewart Wenbourne

Our Class Teachers

  • Class 1

    Amalia Thorogood

  • Class 2

    Netti Denes

  • Class 3

    Liza Zenit

  • Class 4

    Sasha Fann

  • Class 5

    Kate Armstrong

  • Class 6

    Hamish Clark

  • Class 7

    Mirna Pettengel

  • Class 8

    Lucy Hoe

  • Class 10

    Jocelyn Lloyd

  • Class 11

    Maritza Bulcock

  • Class 12

    Trudy Coutinho

Our Specialist Teachers

  • Mathematics

    Maz Khan

  • Modern Foreign Languages

    Jocelyn Lloyd

  • French

    Sophie McCook

  • German & Latin

    Caroline Schwippert

  • Helen Beesley

    Assistant SENCO, SPLD Teacher Assessor, EAL Teacher, Exam Access Arrangement Assessor

  • ICT - Chris Vezey

    ICT

    Chris Vezey

  • Careers & UCAS Advisor

    Mr James Thomas

  • Orchestra

    Simon Wagland

  • Violin

    Becky Trivett

  • Viola

    Julie Yule

  • Kemi Pennicott

    Art Teacher

    Kemi Pennicott

  • Cover Teacher

    Amanda Livermore

  • Cover Teacher

    Panos Ferindinos

  • Handwork

    Lottie Small

  • Eurythmy

    Ute Boelke Wooge

  • Dance

    Katie Durant

  • Leila Mimmack

    Drama Teacher

    Leila Mimmack

  • Games

    Emily Bell

Our Kindergarten Team

  • Mulberry Kindergarten Teacher

    Norma Copa Schenke

  • Primrose Kindergarten Teacher

    Erika Vargova

  • Daffodils Kindergarten Teacher

    Blanca Sanchez-Gameros

  • Briar Rose Kindergarten Teacher

    Antonietta Napolitano

  • Kindergarten Assistant

    Marta Gonzalez Fernan

  • Kindergarten Assistant

    Effrosyni Karadimou

  • Kindergarten Assistant

    Nahida Ali

Our Teaching Assistants

  • Teaching Assistant

    Gulcin Colkesen

  • Teaching Assistant

    Phoebe Hewison Billsbo

  • Funmibi Tula

    Teaching Assitant

    Funmbi Tula

  • Sebastiaan Deysel - Teaching Assistant

    Teaching Assistant

    Sebastiaan Deysel

Our Administration Team

  • Exam Officer and Educational Visits Coordinator

    Amanda Livermore

  • HR & Office Manager

    Nicola Coughlin

  • Jesica Ara

    Admissions & Attendance Senior Administrator

    Jesica Ara

  • Admin Assistant

    Mirjam Lisi

  •  Dezrene Haynes-Grant

    Receptionist

    Dezrene Haynes-Grant

  • IT Coordinator

    Radhika Goswami

School Executive & Trustee Governance Board

The school is an educational charity and company limited by guarantee. 

The overall responsibility for the day to day running of our school lies with the Interim Principal Babiche Deysel, supported by the Leadership team. 

The Governance Board Trustees oversee strategic direction and are accountable to the Charity Commission and the ISI for the financial and legal running of the school.

The school employs a professional Clerk to the Board and also external accountancy firm.

Governance work carried out by Trustee Governors is unremunerated and Trustees volunteer their time - on average 2-14 hours per week dependent on area of focus.

The role of Trustee Governor is voluntary. Following a formal application process Trustees are elected to the Board with appointments based on having professional skills relevant to the needs of the school Board at a given point in the school’s development.

The Board is made up of both current and former GWS parents, and also external members with no other association with the school. All Trustees work to the Nolan Principles of Public Life.

We are particularly interested to hear from prospective External Trustees, ideally with prior Board experience and with professional experience in:

  • Education

  • Safeguarding

  • Human resources

  • Property Development/Management/Estates

Are you interested in becoming a Trustee?

Governance - Governor Trustee Board

  • Professional Clerk to the Board

    Patricia Sewell : Remunerated

  • Board Chair : Safeguarding Trustee

    Katie Ballard - Unremunerated

  • Vice Chair: Trustee for Health & Safety

    Daniel Keohane - Unremunerated

  • Board Trustee : Finance Link Trustee

    Brendan McNelis - Unremunerated