Contacting Staff

Who to contact

Academic queries

Please contact your child’s subject teacher for academic queries such as your child’s progress or a question about homework. You can also contact Deputy Headteacher, Mr Penny (wjp@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk). 

To contact a teacher, please email admin@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk with the intended recipient clearly marked in the subject line. We will ensure your request is passed on to the relevant member of staff.

Pastoral queries

Please contact your child’s tutor for queries relating to behaviour, welfare, and wellbeing, for example a change in home circumstances. You can also contact Deputy Headteacher, Mr Waters (rpw@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk). 

Staff list

To email a member of staff, please use their initials followed by the school's address, or send to admin@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk with the intended recipient clearly marked in the subject header. You can also use the Contact Us form.

Pastoral

Heads of House
Attenborough House        Mr J Bashford (jbp)    
  Miss C Poole (crp)
Frank House     Mr J Crowford (jzc)  
  Miss K Ayre (kla)
Hawking House Mr D Freeman (df)
  Mrs J Nelder (jen)
Owens House Miss J Kelly (jek)
  Miss F Mitchell (frm)
Parks House Mr M Hirons (mdh)
  Mrs E Tandy (ekt)
Rowling House Mrs R Stickland (rks)
  Mr S Evans (she)
Learning Support and Student Support 
Mrs S Groves (sg) Designated Safeguarding Lead 
Mr R Mudge (rjm) SENCo 
Mrs V Weir (vmw) SEND Lead Practitioner 
Mrs C Lloyd (ctl) Owens & Attenborough House Welfare Lead 
Mrs L Cubbins (ljc) Hawking & Parks House Welfare Lead 
Miss C Davis (mcd) Rowling & Frank House Welfare Lead 
Literacy
Mrs S Haines (sah) EAL Coordinator
Mrs C Rimen (ctr) Librarian 

 

Academic

Art
Mr S Taylor (dst) Head of Department 
Miss E Askew (ea) Assistant Head of Department 
Mrs J Lewis (jal) Teacher of Art 
Mrs J Pedley (jmp) Teacher of Art 
Mrs K Ferguson (kmf) Teacher of Art 
Mrs C Robinson (csr) Teacher of Art 
Business and Economics 
Mrs P Dennis (pkd) Head of Department
Miss R Wolsey (rw) Teacher of Business
Mr L Kelly (lpk) Teacher of Business 
Miss K Hanley (kjh)  Teacher of Economics
Computing and ICT
Mr H Hunt (hh) Head of Department
Mr A Gulliver (ag) Head of A-Level Computing
Mr R Waters (rpw) Teacher of Computing 
Miss C Rubringer (cjr) Teacher of Computing
Design Technology
Mr B Gibbons (bgg) Head of Department 
Mrs S Alat (ssa) Assistant Head of Department
Mrs G Elliott-Squire (ge) Teacher of Design Technology
Mr J Bashford (jpb) Teacher of Design Technology
Mrs L Joice (lgj) Teacher of Design Technology
Mrs F Leighton (fjl) Teacher of Design Technology
Drama and Dance
Mr M Banks (mb) Head of Department
Mr D Freeman (df) Teacher of Drama
Miss K Austin (kma) Teacher of Drama and Dance
Education for Life
Mrs B Dixon (bjd) Head of PSHE
Mrs S Groves (sg) Assistant Headteacher
Mrs V Allen (vja) Teacher of PSHE/Religious Studies
English, Film and Media
Mr J Burnford (jjb) Head of English
Mrs E Tandy (ekt) Head of KS3 English 
Mrs L Tomkins (lgt) Head of KS4 English 
Mrs A O'Dwyer (ajo) Head of KS5 English
Ms P Owen (pjo) Literacy Coordinator
Miss E Knibbs (eek) Teacher of English 
Miss C Poole (crp) Teacher of English 
Miss J Kelly (jek) Teacher of English 
Ms A Dalton (ad) Teacher of English 
Miss R Sloan (rcs) Teacher of English 
Mr M Cratchley (mrc) Teacher of English 
Miss K Fletcher (kjf) Teacher of English 
Miss K Ayre (kla) Teacher of English 
Miss E Page (eap) Teacher of English 
Mr A Morrison (atm) Teacher of English 
Mr S Jefferies (pa)  Headteacher / Teacher of English 
Mr R Watts (rdw) Head of Film and Media
Geography
Mrs R Spooner (res) Head of Department 
Mrs L Christie (lrc) Assistant Head of Department
Mr K Warren (kw) Teacher of Geography
Mr T Randall (tcr) Teacher of Geography 
Mrs C Buckley (cb) Teacher of Geography 
Mr W Penny (wjp) Teacher of Geography
Health and Social Care
Mrs C Jaep-Evans (cbj) Head of Department
History and Politics
Mr P Lockyer (pal)  Head of Department 
Miss D Ryland (dar) Assistant Head of Department 
Mr R Pope (rjp) Teacher of History
Mrs L Hemsley (lh) Teacher of History
Miss A Rawstorne (aer) Teacher of History
Miss M Brown (mab) Teacher of History
Maths
Mrs S Williams (scw) Head of Department
Mrs R Patel (rp) Assistant Head of Department
Mrs K Bowers (klb) Assistant Head of Department
Miss R Panniers (rmp) KS3 Maths Coordinator
Mr J Spashett (js) Teacher of Maths
Mr P Liles (pnl) Teacher of Maths
Mr L George (ldg) Teacher of Maths
Mr C Smith (cjs) Teacher of Maths
Mrs S McCormack (sam) Teacher of Maths 
Mr E Evans (ee)  Teacher of Maths 
Mrs R Bruwer (rb) Teacher of Maths
Ms R Panniers (rmp) Teacher of Maths
Modern Languages
Mr D Bass (dab) Head of Department
Miss R McKinlay (rlm) Head of Mandarin
Mrs T Avila (tba) Head of Spanish
Mrs J Gerstenberg (jcg) Assistant Head of Modern Languages/Head of German
Mrs L Littlewood (ll) Assistant Head of Sixth Form/Teacher of Modern Languages
Mrs E Barnard (esb) Teacher of Modern Languages
Miss A Taylor (ajt) Teacher of Modern Languages
Miss C Church (cmc) Teacher of Modern Languages
Mrs C Bonsor (cjb) French Assistant
Mrs M Martin-Dominguez (mem) Spanish Assistant
Music
Mr M Cutress (mjc) Head of Department
Mr J Clift (jac) Teacher of Music
Miss S Rheam (scr) Teacher of Music
Psychology
Miss F Mitchell (frm) Head of Department
Mrs J Nelder (jen) Teacher of Psychology 
Physical Education
Mr O Winterbottom (ogw)  Head of Department 
Mrs J Shermon-Tame (jcs) Assistant Head of Department
Mr G Taylor (glt) Teacher of Physical Education
Mr J Crowford (jzc)  Teacher of Physical Education
Mrs R Stickland (rks) Teacher of Physical Education
Mr M Hirons (mdh) Teacher of Physical Education
Miss M Goddard (mkg) Teacher of Physical Education
Mr R Burrows (rbb) Teacher of Physical Education
Miss E Rogers (efr) Teacher of Physical Education
Mr R Burrows (rbb) Athletic Development Lead 
Religious Studies
Mr T Playfair (tsp) Head of Department
Mrs V Allen (vja) Assistant Head of Department 
Mrs L Rudge-Wills (lrw) Teacher of Religious Studies 
Mrs S Deacon (sjd) Teacher of Religious Studies
Mr A Tomlin (adt) Teacher of Religious Studies
Science
Mrs I Sampson (is) Head of Department
Mrs S Love (sl) Head of Chemistry 
Miss L Rivers (lvr) Head of Biology
Mr O Hynes (owh) Head of Physics 
Mrs T Jackson (tjj) Head of KS3 Science 
Mrs S Greenwood (skg) Teacher of Science 
Miss E Hardcastle (ech) Teacher of Science 
Miss O Cole (occ) Teacher of Science 
Mrs E Fisher (ejf) Teacher of Science 
Miss A Douglas (acd) Teacher of Science
Mrs K Whitlock (kjw) Teacher of Science
Miss S Sheppard (shs) Teacher of Science
Mr S Evans (she) Teacher of Science
Mr D James (daj) Teacher of Science
Miss E Wilkinson (ew)  Teacher of Science 
Sociology
Mrs J Daniels (jnd) Head of Department 
Senior leadership Team
Mr S Jefferies (pa) Headteacher
Miss K Hanley (kjh) Deputy Headteacher
Mr W Penny (wjp) Deputy Headteacher 
Mr R Waters (rpw) Deputy Headteacher
Mrs S Groves (sg) Assistant Headteacher 
Mr K Warren (kw) Assistant Headteacher
Mrs L Hemsley (lh) Assistant Headteacher 
Mr L Kelly (lpk) Assistant Headteacher
Mr G Taylor (glt) Assistant Headteacher
Sixth Form
Mr K Warren (kw) Head of Sixth Form
Mr R Pope (rjp) Deputy Head of Sixth Form (pastoral)
Mrs L Littlewood (ll) Deputy Head of Sixth Form (academic)
Mrs L Rudge-Wills (lrw) Assistant Head of Sixth Form

 

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