Admissions: 01206 217116
General Enquiries: 01206 573389

STAFF LIST

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025

All teaching and administrative staff may be contacted by email address.

Please address emails to forename.surname @ colchesterhighschool.co.uk.

Senior Leadership team

NAME
ROLE
Ms Karen Gracie-LangrickHeadteacher
Mrs Harriet CroydonDeputy Head Academic
Ms Cora AllenDeputy Head Pastoral & Learning Support, DSL
Mr Fraser JamiesonHead of Prep School
Mr Patrick HeskethOperations Manager
Ms Helen ClarkeAdmissions Manager
Mrs Nicola LambrosGeneral Manager and Chair of Governors

Nursery Staff

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Karen HullNursery Manager, Head of Early Years and DSL
Miss Anita HenryDeputy Nursery Manager
Mrs Poppy TomlinsonNursery Practitioner

Prep School Leadership Team

NAME
ROLE
Miss Dannielle HarrisonHead of Teaching and Learning (Prep)
Mrs Claire SmithPrep School Pastoral Lead & SEND
Mrs Samantha LarwoodHead of Character Development and Wellbeing
Mr Matthew JulierHead of Outdoor Learning & Global Enrichment

Prep School Staff

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Clare YoungReception Form Teacher
Mrs Claire SmithYear 1 Form Teacher
Miss Dannielle HarrisonYear 2 Form Teacher
Miss Ruby HunteReception and Year 2 Form Teacher
Mrs Emily ProcterYear 3 Form Teacher
Miss Hazel DoorYear 4 Form Teacher & English Teacher
Mrs Anne HazellYear 5 Form Teacher & English Teacher
Mrs Katherine SmithYear 6 Form Teacher and Science Teacher
Mr Fraser JamiesonYear 4 & 5 Mathematics Teacher
Mrs Helen RobertsHumanities Teacher
Mr Adam DowsonHead of PE & Games
Miss Charlotte BontemsPE & Games Teacher
Mr Matthew JulierPE & Games Teacher
Mrs Tracy ColeSwim Teacher
Miss Mercedes Romero-FernandezHead of Performing Arts
Mrs Jessica SillettMusic Teacher Prep
Mrs Katrina BrownHead of Modern Foreign Languages
Mrs Emma MaclennanFood Science and Science Teacher
Mrs Clare MerryPre-Prep Teaching Assistant
Lucia Freire FilgueiraPre-Prep Teaching Assistant

Senior School Leadership Team

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Gemma RothwellHead of Teaching and Learning (Senior)
Mrs Samantha LarwoodHead of Character Development and Wellbeing
Mr Matthew JulierHead of Outdoor Learning & Global Enrichment
Ms Chloe HaggertyHead of DIgital and Creative Arts, STEAM and Senior Mental Health Lead
Ms Mercedes Romero-FernandezHead of Performing Arts

Business Studies

NAME
ROLE
Mr Brent Rothwell Form Teacher 9S

Digital & Creative Arts and Technology Department

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Rachel BarberForm Teacher 11C
Ms Chloe HaggertyHead of Digital & Creative Arts & STEAM
Mrs Emma TraynorForm Teacher 10H
Mrs Kate SmithComputer Science Teacher (Years 7-9)

English Teaching Staff

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Sarah FordHead of English
Mrs Sarah HoddellForm Teacher 9H
Miss Georgina DuttonForm Teacher 10S
Mrs Anne HazellTeacher

Humanities Teaching Staff

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Kate ThroupHead of Humanities
Mrs Harriet CroydonDeputy Headteacher
Mrs Olivia CullenForm Teacher 10C
Mr Kieran KitchenForm Teacher 7C
Mrs Samantha LarwoodHead of Character Development and Wellbeing
Mr Simon NewcombForm Teacher 11H

Mathematics Teaching Staff

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Michelle HewesHead of Maths
Mrs Gemma RothwellHead of Teaching and Learning (Senior)
Mr Brent RothwellForm Teacher 9S
Mrs Debbie-Ann ShoaaddinForm Teacher 7H

Modern Languages Teaching Staff

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Katrina BrownHead of Modern Foreign Languages & Form Teacher 8S
Miss Sandrine AtmadjovForm Teacher 9C
Mrs Nicola SanchezForm Teacher 8S

Music Teaching Staff

NAME
ROLE
Miss Mercedes Romero-Fernandez Head of Performing Arts
Mrs Katrina BrownTeacher
Mrs Jessica SillettTeacher

PE Department

NAME
ROLE
Mr Adam DowsonHead of PE & Games
Mr Matthew JulierPE & Games Teacher
Miss Charlotte BontemsForm Teacher 8H
Mrs Tracy ColeCPHS Swim Teacher

Science Teaching Staff

NAME
ROLE
Mrs Heather RoseHead of Science
Mr Ben AbbottForm Teacher 11S
Mr Matt RoseForm Teacher 8C
Miss Tracey MossScience Technician
Mr Terrence LivingstoneSpecialist STEAM Teacher & Form Teacher 10C

Learning Support Department (Seniors)

NAME
ROLE
Ms Cora AllenDeputy Head (Pastoral & Learning Support)
Mrs Jackie FinchTeacher
Miss Katie DixonTeacher
Victoria Lei-PlantTeacher

Peripatetic Teachers

NAME
ROLE
Mr Greg EatonStrings
Mr Ross FarleyDrums
Mrs Gillian GerrardPiano
Mr Chris KuhnertGuitar (Acoustic + Electric) + Ukulele
Mr Philip Jackson SmithPiano
Mrs Kathryn UrandWoodwind
Mr Tim CurdBrass
Mr Mark McLeanSchool Of Rock (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboard, Vocals, Harmonica and Music Production).

Support Staff

NAME
ROLE
Ms Helen ClarkeAdmissions Manager
Mrs Susan HiltonAdmissions Officer
Mrs Helen ElliotPA to Headteacher
Mrs Caroline ArbuckleExamination Officer
Mrs Laura EvansOffice Manager
Mrs Claire WilsonReceptionist
Mr Ellis StuartIT Technician
Mr Robert HarrisFacilities Manager
Mr Paddy HeskethOperations Manager
Ms Sarah WrightFinance Assistant

Admissions:01206 217116
General Enquiries:01206 573389