Senior School Staff List
How to contact Senior School Staff
To contact any member of staff, use their first initial plus surname, followed by @ola.org.uk. For example, the email address for Dr Anonymous Teacher, would be ateacher@ola.org.uk.
Senior School Teaching Staff
Heads of Section
- Year 7 and Transition: Miss L Vick
- Head of Year 8: Mr R Somma
- Head of Year 9: Mr E Butler
- Head of Years 10 and 11: Miss J Simpson
- Head of OLA 6th: Dr E Lawson. Assistant Head: Dr J Whitty
Heads of Faculty
- Maths & Computer Science – Mr P Moylan
- Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Academic PE) – Mrs L Read
- Creative Arts (Academic Music, Art, Design Technology, Food & Textiles) – Mr N Humphreys
- Humanities (Business, Economics, Geography, History and Psychology) – Mrs S Dutton
- English (Drama and Film & Media) – Mr Aleks Raszpla
- Languages (French, Spanish and Classics) – Mrs N Samah
- Religious Studies (PSHE, RSE and Chaplaincy) – Ms A Piggott
Art and Design
Subject Coordinator: Mrs L Bainbrigge
Miss A Trevorrow
Business
Subject Coordinator: Ms L Webster BA (Hons) Nottingham, GradDip, MEd Adult Education, Sydney
Mr I Freeth BSc London
Careers
Mr C Sissons BEd St Paul & St Mary
Classics
Miss P Smith BA (Hons) Oxford
Computer Science
Subject Coordinator, Head of Digital Learning and teacher of Computer Science: Mrs S Jhalli BSc (Hons) Wolverhampton
Mrs Helené Groenewald BEd Potchefstroom South Africa
Mr P Moylan BA Oxford, PGCE Leeds
Design and Technology
Mr N Humphreys DEd Design & Technology University of Wales
Mr E Butler BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan
Drama
Dr E Lawson BA (Hons), MA Loughborough, PhD Canterbury
Mrs S May BSc Worcester, PGCE Gloucester
Economics
Subject Coordinator: Ms L Webster BA (Hons) Nottingham, GradDip, MEd Adult Education, Sydney
English
Miss S Marcus BA (Hons) Lond, PGCE Ox Brookes, MSc Oxford
Dr E Lawson BA (Hons), MA Loughborough, PhD Canterbury
Mr A Raszpla
Miss A Ventouras
Food
Subject Coordinator: Miss J Simpson
Mrs D Smee BEd (Hons) NTU
Geography
Subject coordinator: Mrs S Dutton BSc (Hons), PGCE Bucks
Mr M D’Arcy
Mr D Gibbons MBA, BA (Hons) Leeds, PGCE MMU
History
Subject Coordinator: Mrs N Nicholls MA Manchester, PGCE Manchester Metropolitan
Mr S Mills
Learning Support
Subject Coordinator: Mrs C Roberts (SENDCo)
Miss L Wright (Assistant SENDCo)
Mrs M John (ELSA)
Mrs P Koeman
Mrs Sarah Bryant BA (Hons) Bournemouth
Mathematics
Head of Maths: Dr Cinzia Di Silvestro
Mr D Leach
Mr C Cosens BSc (Hons) Lincoln, PGCE Manchester
Mr P Moylan BA Oxford, PGCE Leeds
Modern Languages
Subject Coordinator: Mrs N Samah
Mr R Somma BA Italy, PGCE Kingston
Music
Mr G Damiani
Physical Education
Director Sport: Mr J Dhiman BEd Plymouth Marjon
Head of Football: Mr E Powell
Miss M Cook BSc (Hons) Birmingham
Mrs Annette Poulain BSc Brunel
Psychology
Mrs J James BSc (Hons) Leicester, PGCE Cardiff
Religious Studies
Subject Coordinator: Mrs A Pigott BA St Mary’s, PGCE Oxford
Dr J Whitty BA Durham, MSt, DPhil Oxford
Miss L Vick BA (Hons) Oxford
Mr Aaron Khokhar BA (Hons) Warwick, MPhil Cambridge
Science
Subject Coordinator Chemistry: Mrs L Read MChem (Durham)
Subject Coordinator Biology: Miss C Gregory BSc (Hons) Western Ontario, BEd Toronto
Subject Coordinator Physics: Mrs R Harris BEng (Hons) Camborne School of Mines, PGCE Worchester College of HE
Mr Jacob Ó Gallachóir BSc (Hons) Kent, PGCE Oxford
Miss Holly Tozer BSc (Hons) Ox Brookes
Ms C Hardiman
Dr E Cantini
Swimming Pool Manager & Development Manager
Mrs Z Doy FIOS
Swimming
Miss A Didcock
Mrs S Didcock
Mrs P Koeman
Textiles
Subject Coordinator: Mrs M Nilsson BA (Hons) Southampton, PGCE Reading