Current Staff



Ruth SorensenHead Teacher Ruth Sorensen B. Ed. (Hons) Cert. Ed. (Loughborough)
Born in the North of England, and still with the accent to prove it, I was educated at Heywood Grammar School, Loughborough College of Education and Loughborough University.
Jean CaygillDeputy Head Mrs Jean Caygill
Jean was educated at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Darlington, and obtained her teaching qualification at Manchester.
Malcolm GoughHead of Teaching and Learning, Somerhill, Malcolm Gough
MG joined Somerhill in 1999 as Director of Studies and was appointed as Head of Teaching and Learning of the three schools in 2010.

Other Department Staff

Year Two

Room 8

Mrs Suzanne Davies
Teacher
B.A. Hons (English) (Cardiff) PGCE (Greenwich)

Mrs Tracy Wilson
Assistant
CACHE Diploma in Pre-School Practice NVQ level III

Room 7

Mrs Jane Osman
Teacher
B.Ed. Hons Southampton University

Mrs Janet Fathers
Assistant
Diploma in Pre-School Practice

Upstairs Lodge

Mrs Lesley Samworth
Teacher
B.A. Hons (Sport, Science & Geog.) (Christchurch Cant.)
PGCE (Chelt & Glos. College of Higher Education)

Mrs Bridgette Walsh
Assistant

Year One

Room 14

Mrs Linda Pratt
Teacher
Cert.Ed. (Manchester. Mather College of Education)

Mrs Anne Mallett
Assistant
Diploma Pre-School Practice

Room 3

Mrs J Caygill
Teacher
Cert.Ed. (Elizabeth Gaskell College, Manchester)
Advanced Dip.Early Years (Christchurch, Canterbury)

Mrs Dalton
Teacher
B.Sc. Hons (Chemistry. & Geology) (Keele)
PGCE (Christchurch Canterbury)

Mrs Sandra Jeffrey
Assistant
Registered Childminder

Room 13

Mrs Ruth Johnson
Teacher
B.A. Hons (Theology) (Hull), PGCE (Westminster Oxford)

Mrs Isabel Dwyer
Teaching Assistant
City and Guilds 7307 Teaching Course

Reception

Room 15

Mrs Emma Cannon
Teacher
B.A. Hons (Glamorgan)
PGCE (Christchurch Canterbury)

Mrs Julie Taylor
Assistant
NVQ Level 3 Early Years and Education

Room 17

Mrs Tiffany Diamond
Teacher
B.A. Hons (Primary Education) (Christchurch,Canterbury)

While Mrs Diamond is on maternity leave:

Miss Sarah Hutchings
Teacher
B.A. Hons (Early Years) (University of Greenwich) and EYPS

Miss Stephanie Kemp
Assistant
CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing

Room 16

Mrs Pauline Relf (Reception Co-ordinator)
Teacher
BA (Hons) (Christchurch Canterbury), PGCE (University of Greenwich)

Mrs Lynne Trull
Assistant, NVQ 2 Early Years Child Care, Learning and Development

Kindergarten, Old Stable Court

Mrs Jane Southall
Teacher
Cert.Ed. (London)

Mrs Anne Salmon
Teacher
B.Sc.Hons (Geography) (Exeter) PGCE (Canterbury)

Mrs Carolyn Clutterbuck
Teacher
Nursery Teacher. S.R.N., Montessori AMI Diploma

Mrs Susie Palmer
Teacher
NNEB

Mrs Alison Cowen
Assistant
NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Child Care, Learning and Development

Mrs Amanda Dawes
Assistant
NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Child Care, Learning and Development

Mrs Susan Peacock
Assistant
NAMCW (1995) and NAMCW (1999) in Nursery Management with Merit NVQ Level 3

Mrs Sally Weare
Assistant
B.A. Hons (English) (Nottingham) NVQ Level 3 Early Years Child Care, Learning and Development

Nursery, Rooms 4 and 5

Mrs Carol Saving
Nursery Co-ordinator
BA Hons PGCE Primary

Mrs Noleen Bryce-Borthwick
Nursery Teacher
Montessori Early Childhood Cert

Mrs Linda Stopps
Assistant
Registered Childminder, NVQ Level 2 Childcare

Mrs Jane Dorey
Assistant
NNEB/Registered Childminder, NVQ Level 3 Child Psychology

Mrs Marie Metcalfe
Assistant
Cert.Ed (French), London

Specialists

Mrs Edwina Billing
Music Teacher
Cert.Ed. (Music Specialist) (Trent Park College of Education)

Mrs Marie Metcalfe
French Teacher

Mrs G Whitlock
Swimming
ASA Full Swimming Teacher's Certificate

Mrs N Davis
PE
BA (Hons) (Northumbria University) PGCE (Carnegie College, Leeds)

Special Educational Needs

Mrs Valerie Pope
Cert.Ed. & Music (Goldsmiths College)
Hons in Education PGDLD