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Staff List

Please find a full list of all teaching and non-teaching staff at Downsend School below.

 

If you wish to contact a member of school staff directly, please email them using the following email structure: firstname.surname@downsend.co.uk

Downsend School Leadership Team

Name
Role
Mrs Rebecca (Bex) TearExecutive Head
Mr James McCarthy-MitchellInterim Head of Little Downsend
Mrs Sally JohnstonHead of Junior School
Mrs Jo HawesHead of Senior School
Mr Charlie GibbonsHead of Downsend Sixth

Little Downsend Ashtead Staff List 2025/26

  • Mrs Bex Tear - Executive Headteacher

  • Mr James McCarthy-Mitchell - Interim Head of Little Downsend and Deputy Head of Nursery & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

  • Mrs Carolyn Potter - Head of Nursery and Designated Safeguarding Lead & Holiday Club Manager

  • Mr Simon Baker - Health & Safety Co-ordinator

  • Miss Kirsty Buckland - SENDCo and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

  • Mrs Amy Bryant - First Steps Teacher

  • Mrs Hayley Chalwin - Yoganory Teacher

  • Mrs Jenni Hay - Dance Teacher

  • Mrs Amy Hodges - Rising Reception Teacher

  • Mrs Natasha Ludlam - Eco Lead

  • Mrs Sarah Murray - French Teacher

  • Mrs Erin Symonds - Music Teacher

  • Mrs Rebecca Boulton - Early Learners Room Leader

  • Mrs Kelly Hilsley - Bright Beginners Room Leader

  • Mrs Megan Clarke - Bright Beginners Early Years Educator

  • Miss Rebecca Dale - Bright Beginners Early Years Educator

  • Mrs Clair Hemo - Early Learners Early Years Educator

  • Mrs Jackie Jackson - Bright Beginners Early Years Educator

  • Mrs Stephanie Marsden - Early Learners Early Years Educator

  • Mrs Sam Taylor - Early Learners Early Years Educator

  • Mrs Emily Harley - Early Years Educator

  • Miss Mel Falzon - Early Years Educator

  • Mrs Jessica Barber - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Miss Liane Corden - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Jaclyn Hugill - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Julie James - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Fiona Langley - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Holly Choudhry - Administrator

  • Mr Christian Geibelan - Chef

  • Mrs Antonella Menhennet - Catering Assistant

Little Downsend Epsom Staff List 2025/26

  • Mrs Bex Tear - Executive Headteacher

  • Mr James McCarthy-Mitchell - Interim Head of Little Downsend

  • Miss Vicky Bacon - Head of School and Year 2 Teacher

  • Mr Simon Baker - Health & Safety Co-ordinator

  • Ms Chantael Clayton - Designated Safeguarding Lead & Rising Reception Teacher

  • Miss Kirsty Buckland - SENDCo

  • Mr John Bayley - Music Teacher

  • Mrs Annette Burbidge - Intervention Teacher

  • Mrs Sharon Butler - Reception Teacher

  • Mrs Camilla Coates - Year 2 Teacher

  • Mrs Sarah Murray - French Teacher

  • Miss Marie Seivewright - Swimming Teacher

  • Mrs Jane Simpson - First Steps Teacher & Holiday Club Manager

  • Miss Lizzie Hill - Dance Teacher

  • Mr Jay Bristow - Forest School Leader

  • Mr Oliver Parks - Sports Coach

  • Mr Peter Chiarelli - Sports Coach

  • Miss Keeley Coles - Reception and Year 2 Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Claire Lacey - Reception and Year 2 Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Samantha Matthews - First Steps Teaching Assistan

  • Miss Nicola Reynolds - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Emily Rolph - Learning Support Assistant

  • Mrs Stephanie Strange - Rising Reception Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Gemma Openshaw - Administrator

  • Mrs Jo Thompson - Cook

  • Mrs Hiroko Spiteri - Catering Assistant

Little Downsend Leatherhead Staff List 2025/26

  • Mrs Bex Tear - Executive Headteacher

  • Mr James McCarthy-Mitchell - Interim Head of Little Downsend and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

  • Miss Kirsty Buckland - Head of School, SENDCo and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

  • Mr Simon Baker - Health & Safety Co-ordinator

  • Mrs Emma Duke - Designated Safeguarding Lead and Year 1 Teacher

  • Mrs Jessica Barber - Year 1 Teacher

  • Mr Jon Bayley - Music Teacher

  • Mrs Annette Burbidge - Year 1 Teacher and Intervention Teacher

  • Ms Charlotte Coulson - Year 2 Teacher

  • Mr James McCarthy-Mitchell - Reception Teacher

  • Miss Lucy Hennell - First Steps Teacher & Holiday Club Manager

  • Mrs Sally de Klerk - Reception Teacher snd First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Carolyn Maragh - Rising Reception Teacher

  • Mrs Sarah Murray - French Teacher

  • Mrs Liz Miller - First Steps Teacher

  • Mrs Sally Mockler - Reception Teacher

  • Miss Seivewright - Swimming Teacher

  • Mrs Erin Symonds - Music Teacher

  • Mrs Alex Winn-Harding - Year 2 Teacher

  • Mrs Catherine Weekes - Rising Reception Teacher

  • Mrs Katy Overton - Year 1 Teacher

  • Mrs Clare Fleming - Reception Teacher

  • Mrs Lucy Hennell - First Steps Teacher, Holiday Club Leader and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead Early Years

  • Mrs Julia Davey - Reception Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Dianne Hickey - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Mandi Humphries - Year 2 Teaching Assistant

  • Miss Charlotte Illing - Rising Reception Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Sally Jones - Reception Teaching Assistant

  • Ms Cindy Lockyer - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Victoria Munford - Year 1 Teaching Assistant

  • Miss Jodie Fraser - Year 1 Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Emma Reeves - Year 1 and Year 2 Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Hilde Richardson - Reception Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Karen Sims - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Nora Spedding - Year 1 Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Toni Toledo - First Steps Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Vicki Trinder - Year 2 Teaching Assistant

  • Miss Emily Wright - Rising Reception Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Laura Tucker Rising Reception Teaching Assistant

  • Mrs Tara Anderson - Learning Support Assistant

  • Mrs Abbie Moore - Learning Support Assistant

  • Mrs Sarah Nazha - Learning Support Assistant

  • Mrs Nicky New - Administrator

  • Mr Lee Parker - Chef

  • Mrs Kim Roberts - Catering Assistant

  • Mrs Carmen Tam - General Assistant

Junior School Staff List 2025/26

  • Mrs Bex Tear - Executive Headteacher

  • Mrs Sally Johnston - Head of Junior School

  • Miss Helen Black - Deputy Head of Junior School, Year 4 Teacher

  • Mr Tim Pearne - Junior School Leader of Learning and Innovation, Year 6 Teacher

  • Mrs Becky Davies - Junior School Leader of Enrichment (Maternity Cover)

  • Mrs Chelsea Bradford - Junior School Leader of Enrichment (Maternity Leave)

  • Mr Marc Popham - Head of Year 3

  • Mrs Marian Bayley - Head of Year 4

  • Mrs Caroline Driscoll - Head of Year 5

  • Mrs Becky Davies - Head of Year 6

  • Mrs Verity Ketteringham - Head of Junior School English

  • Mrs Sally Temlett - Head of Junior School Maths

  • Ms Robyn Temlett - Head of Junior School Science

  • Mr Marc Popham

  • Mrs Sarah Butcher

  • Mrs Chelsea Bradford (Maternity Leave)

  • Mrs Yvette De Vries

  • Mrs Marian Bayley

  • Miss Helen Black

  • Mrs Amy Sutton

  • Mrs Caroline Driscoll

  • Mrs Ljubica Carmody

  • Mr Tim Pearne

  • Mrs Becky Davies

  • Miss Lucy Bates

  • Mrs Emily Friend-Haynes

  • Mr Tim Pearne

  • Ms Robyn Temlett

  • Mrs Sally Temlett

  • Ms Sharon Corr

  • Mrs Michelle Crow

  • Miss Ella Howlett

  • Miss Rosie Kendrick

  • Mrs Lina Murray

  • Mrs Ing-Marie Rogers

  • Mrs Heather Smith

  • Miss Scarlett Bowman

  • Mrs Suzanne Victor

  • Mr Duncan Holding - Head of ADT

  • Miss Julia Aylen - Subject Leader for Art

  • Mr Darren Gardiner - Teacher of ADT

  • Mrs Katherine Hayward - Teacher of ADT

  • Mrs Alanna Harte - Subject Leader for Food & Nutrition (Maternity Leave)

  • Mrs Laura Harold - Subject Leader for Food & Nutrition (Maternity Cover)

  • Mrs Laura Crombie - Teacher of Food & Nutrition, ADT Technician

  • Mrs Ljubica Carmody - Leader of Junior School Computing

  • Mr Christopher Bryant - Head of Drama

  • Mrs Heidi Gray - Head of Musical Theatre

  • Mrs Emily Friend-Haynes - Year 6 and Drama Teacher

  • Mrs Sarah Hallsworth - Junior School SENDCo

  • Miss Gemma Skerry - Learning Support Assistant

  • Mrs Alison Richardson - Learning Support Assistant

  • Ms Ann Campbell - Learning Support Specialist

  • Mrs Suzie Soloman - Junior Learning Support Administrator

  • Miss Kate Chandler - Head of Modern Languages

  • Mrs Louise Hallam - Teacher of French, Spanish and German

  • Mrs Nicole Allison - Head of Music

  • Mrs Heidi Gray - Head of Musical Theatre

  • Mr Louis Peckham - Performing Arts Technician

  • Mr Grant Lawrence - Director of Sport

  • Miss Marie Seivewright - Head of Girls' Games

  • Mr Craig Moore - Head of Cricket

  • Mr Marcus Bell - Head of Football

  • Mr Alan Forsyth - Head of Hockey

  • Mr Callum Tilleray - Head of Rugby

  • Mr Dan Basista - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Miss Louisa Hone - Head of Netball

  • Miss Jasmine Jones - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Mr James Walker - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Miss Hannah White - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Mrs Clare Cooper - James - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Miss April Williams - Gap Student

  • Mr Daniel Franklin - Gap Student

  • Miss Lea Blanchard - Futures Coordinator

  • Mrs Natasha Ludlam - Junior School Teacher and Eco Lead

Senior School Staff List 2025/26

  • Mrs Bex Tear - Executive Headteacher

  • Mrs Jo Hawes - Head of Senior School, Leader of Pastoral and Wellbeing, Head of PSHE

  • Mr Martin Skitt - Leader of Learning and Innovation

  • Mr Grant Lawrence - Leader of Enrichment, Director of Sport

  • Mrs Anna Mercer - Senior School Transition Co-ordinator

  • Miss Julia Aylen - Head of Year 7

  • Miss Emma Chidgey - Head of Year 8

  • Mr Phillip Edwards - Head of Year 9

  • Mr Seb Olsen - Head of Year 10

  • Miss Jasmine Jones - Head of Year 11

  • Mr Duncan Holding - Head of ADT

  • Miss Julia Aylen - Subject Leader for Art

  • Mrs Alanna Harte - Subject Leader for Food & Nutrition

  • Mrs Laura Harold - Subject Leader for Food & Nutrition

  • Mrs Laura Crombie - Teacher of Food & Nutrition, ADT Technician

  • Mrs Yasmin Haq - Head of Computing and Computer Science

  • Mr Christopher Bryant - Head of Drama

  • Mrs Heidi Gray - Head of Musical Theatre

  • Mr Seb Olsen - Joint Head of English

  • Mr David Vinsen Tell - Joint Head of English

  • Mrs Tanya Haylett - Teacher of English

  • Mrs Michelle Metcalf - Teacher of English

  • Mrs Allison Eversden - Teacher of English

  • Mrs Sarah Skitt - Head of Humanities

  • Mrs Hanna Bilham - Subject Leader for Religious Studies (Maternity Leave)

  • Mrs Rebecca Suarez - Subject Leader for Geography

  • Miss Emma Chidgey - Teacher of Geography

  • Mrs Helen Clarke - Teacher of Geography and RS

  • Mrs Sophie Saunderson - Teacher of RS (Maternity Cover)

  • Mrs Jo Hawes -Teacher of Sociology

  • Miss Elise Heffermehl - Teacher of History

  • Miss Sophie Ross - Teacher of History & RS

  • Mrs Tricia Gray - Senior School SENDCo

  • Mrs Ginnie Staddon - Teaching Assistant

  • Miss Lisa Winteridge - Teaching Assistant

  • Miss Chloe Pepperrell - Learning Support Specialist

  • Ms Zahida Hussain - Learning Support Assistant

  • Mrs Lisa Brunt - Assessment and Examinations Officer, Teacher of Mathematics

  • Mr Simon Cotton - Teacher of Mathematics and Games

  • Mrs Rachel Eastment - Teacher of Mathematics

  • Mr Phillip Edwards - Teacher of Mathematics and Games

  • Mrs Alison Grimmer - Teacher of Mathematics

  • Mrs Anna Mercer - Teacher of Mathematics

  • Miss Kate Chandler - Head of Modern Languages

  • Mrs Susanna Taylor - Teacher of French and Spanish

  • Mrs Fernanda Germano - Teacher of Spanish and French

  • Mr Martin Skitt - Teacher of French and German

  • Mrs Kate Felton - Teacher of French and Spanish

  • Mrs Nicole Allison - Head of Music

  • Mrs Heidi Gray - Head of Musical Theatre

  • Mr Grant Lawrence - Director of Sport

  • Miss Marie Seivewright - Head of Girls’ Games

  • Mr Craig Moore - Subject Leader for Academic PE

  • Mr Marcus Bell - Head of Football

  • Mr Alan Forsyth - Head of Hockey

  • Mr Callum Tilleray - Head of Rugby

  • Mr Dan Basista - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Miss Louisa Hone - Head of Netball

  • Mr Adrian Dunning - Teacher of Games

  • Mr Phillip Edwards - Teacher of Games

  • Mrs Jo Hawes - Teacher PE

  • Miss Jasmine Jones - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Miss Hannah White - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Mr James Walker - Teacher of PE and Games

  • Miss April Williams - Gap Student

  • Mr Daniel Franklin - Gap Student

  • Miss Helen Gore - Head of Chemistry

  • Ms Emma Maskell - Teacher of Science

  • Miss Harriet Prince - Teacher of Science

  • Mrs Sonia Sagar - Head of Biology

  • Mrs Michelle Sehgal - Teacher of Science

  • Mrs Sugee Sriharan - Head of Physics

  • Mrs Keerti Sharma - Teacher of Science

  • Mrs Bryony Birch - Teacher of Science

  • Miss Zoe Moore - Science Technician

  • Miss Kezban Kaimak - Science Technician

  • Miss Lea Blanchard - Futures Coordinator

  • Mrs Natasha Ludlam - Eco Lead

Downsend Sixth Staff List 2025/26

  • Mrs Bex Tear - Executive Headteacher

  • Mr Charlie Gibbons - Head of Sixth

  • Ms Jennifer Kent - Teacher of Sociology

  • Mr Michael Carragher - Teacher of Economics

  • Mrs Bryony Birch - Teacher of Psychology

  • Mr Charlie Gibbons - Head of Sixth and Chemistry Lead

  • Mrs Sonia Sagar - Head of Biology

  • Mrs Michelle Sehgal - Teacher of Biology

  • Mrs Sugee Sriharan - Head of Physics

  • Mrs Rebecca Suarez - Geography Lead

  • Miss Emma Chidgey - Teacher of Geography

  • Mr Phil Edwards - Teacher of Maths

  • Mrs Holly McKenna - Teacher of Business Studies

  • Mr Craig Moore - Sport Lead

  • Mr Grant Lawrence - Head of Sport

  • Mr Callum Tilleray - Teacher of Sport

  • Mrs Sarah Skitt - History Lead

  • Mrs Elise Heffermehl - Teacher of History

  • Mr Dan Basista - Teacher of Sport Leadership

  • Ms Yasmin Haq - Teacher of International Computer Driving License

  • Mrs Natasha Ludlam - Eco Lead

  • Miss Lea Blanchard - Futures Coordinator

  • Mrs Jo Turner - Receptionist

Downsend School Support Staff List 2025/26

  • Miss Michaela Abraham - Safer Recruitment & SCR Manager

  • Mr Mark Ayling - Minibus Driver

  • Mr Simon Baker - Facilities Manager

  • Mrs Esther Booth - Data and Compliance Administrator

  • Mr Marek Brodowiak - Premises Assistant

  • Mrs Kim Collinson - Transport Coordinator

  • Mrs Joanne Cullen - Finance Manager (Cognita)

  • Mrs Laura Dickinson - School Receptionist

  • Mr David Dorrington - Minibus Driver

  • Mrs Sophie Edginton - PA to Head and Admin Manager

  • Mrs Michelle Flouris - Admissions Assistant

  • Miss Hannah Frankham - Facilities & Events Co-ordinator

  • Mr David Franklin - Minibus Driver

  • Mr Ray Gray - Premises Assistant

  • Mrs Lisa Hardwick - Senior School Administrator

  • Mrs Hannah Harrison - Admissions Manager

  • Mrs Katherine Keen - Admissions Assistant

  • Mrs Rhian Kidd - School Nurse

  • Mr John Knighting - Premises Assistant

  • Mrs Tina Levy - Finance Assistant

  • Miss Elyzabeth Leonas - School Nurse

  • Mr John Marchant - Finance Officer

  • Mr Steve McCready - Minibus Driver

  • Mrs Jane Park - School Nurse (Bank Staff)

  • Mrs Sarah Pinch - School Receptionist

  • Ms Aga Segurana - Marketing Manager (Cognita)

  • Mrs Andrea Trotter - Junior School Librarian

  • Mrs Lynn Turner - Senior School Librarian

  • Mr Greg Tweedale - Minibus Driver

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