Current Staff
Head Teacher Sam Michau B.A. Hons (Oxon) M.A. (Oxon) PGCE (Roehampton)Sam's teaching career has taken her from West London primary school classrooms to middle schools in West Sussex, before she moved to the independent sector in 2001. After 7 1/2 years at a prep school in Sussex, Sam was appointed as Head of Derwent Lodge i
Deputy Head Teacher Hilary Humphry-Baker BSc Hons (Exeter), PGCE (Brighton)Mrs. Humphry-Baker graduated from Exeter University with a 2.1 in Biology and Geography.
Head of Teaching and Learning, Somerhill, Malcolm GoughMG joined Somerhill in 1999 as Director of Studies and was appointed as Head of Teaching and Learning of the three schools in 2010.
Department Staff
The staff of Derwent Lodge bring a wealth of skills and experience to the school.
Mrs C Bingham
B. Sc. (Hons) (Politics) Teeside QTS
Mathematics Coordinator, 5BI
Mrs G Bird
B. Ed. (London) Cert Ed
Junior School Coordinator, 3B
Mrs J Green
B. Ed. Southampton Cert Ed.
History Coordinator, 4G
Mrs K Harman
B. Ed. (Hons) Sussex
Head of PE
Ms K Helyar
PGCE (The Institute of Education, London) BA Hons (Portsmouth)
Head of Learning Support
Miss E Howard-Williams
BA QTS Hons (Froebel College, Roehampton)
IT Co-ordinator, 5HW
Mrs D Jones
B.A. (Hons) Lancaster, PGCE University of Wales
French Coordinator, 6J
Mrs J Lane-Cole
B.Ed. (Hons) Art and Design (Reading) MA Art and Design in Education (London)
Head of Art and Design
Mrs L Lester
B.A. (Hons) Exeter, PGCE (OU)
English Coordinator, 6L
Mrs M Lilley
B. Sc. (Hons) Goldsmiths, PGCE Canterbury
R.E. Coordinator
Mrs S Pendlebury-Bowe
BSc (Hons) (Greenwich) PGCE (Canterbury)
PSHE Co-ordinator, 4PB
Mrs J Saby
GTCL Hons, LTCL, PGCE (Roehampton)
Director of Music, Derwent Lodge
Mrs A Taylor
B. Ed. (Southampton), AMBDA
3M
Also:
Mrs M Dicks
Classroom Assistant, I/C First Aid
Mrs K Forward
Assistant Teacher
Drama Coordinator
Mrs T Jennings
Dip. Sp N. (Hornsby Institute)
Learning Support Teacher
Miss L Kerr-Sheppard
Gap Student
Mrs G Whitlock
ASA Full Swimming Teacher's Certificate
Swimming