Teaching Staff
Headmaster
Mr S A Corns - Headmaster
MA (Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge), FRSA
Deputy Headmaster
Mr J Cave - Deputy Headmaster (Curriculum)
MA (New College, Oxford)
Mr D Hopkinson - Deputy Headmaster (Pastoral)
BSc (Econ) (Wales, Swansea)
Art Department
Mr T D Birtwistle - Head of Department
BA (Central England, Birmingham)
Miss C Abrey
BA (Bradford)
Mrs R Arkwright
DipAD, ATC (Manchester Polytechnic)
Biology Department
Mr P R Taylor - Head of Department
BSc (Nottingham)
Mr P K Broadhurst
BSc (Leeds), DMS, PGCE (Lancaster), TEFL, MSc (Open)
Miss P J Disley
BSc (Leeds)
Mr S J Taylor
BSc (Liverpool, John Moores)
Miss E J Campbell - Technician
Mrs S Jensen - Technician
BSc (Bristol), PGCE (Manchester)
Chemistry Department
Mr A Sagar - Head of Department
BSc (Sheffield)
Dr M J Dearden
BSc, PhD, PGCE (York)
Dr Z M Saunders
BSc (Lancaster), PhD (Birmingham)
Mr B Eccles - Senior Laboratory Technician
Mrs S Middlehurst - Technician
Classics Department
Mr D Westworth - Head of Department
MA (St John`s College, Cambridge)
Mr J F Grogan - Head of Fifth Year
BA (Manchester)
Miss R M Wildman
BA (Leeds)
Complementary Studies & Key Skills
Mrs M S Foxley - Head of Department, Primary Liaison Co-ordinator
Cert Ed (Oxford Polytechnic), PGDip (Leeds Metropolitan)
Design Technology Department
Mr J R Hart - Head of Department
BEd (Liverpool Polytechnic)
W Alexander
BEng (Huddersfield)
Mrs R Cox
BA (Central Lancashire)
Mr M A S Sirkett
BEd (Leeds)
Mr S P Hall - Technician
Early Years
Mrs K A Marshall - Head of Early Years
BA (Edge Hill)
Mrs A Adam
NNEB (Blackburn College)
Mrs S A Nowell
BA (Manchester)
Mrs A J Nuttall
BEC (Blackburn College), NNEB (Burnley College)
Mrs K Taylor
BEd (Lancaster)
Miss D Wilkinson
BA (Lancaster)
Economics Department
Mr T R Glover - Head of Department
MA (Lincoln College, Oxford)
Mrs L M Crabtree
MA (Newnham College, Cambridge)
English Department
Mrs K L Perkins - Head of Department
BA, MA (Warwick)
Miss N Eggleston
BA (Lancaster)
Mr S P Heald
BA (Leeds)
Mr B Lead
BA, MPhil (Hull)
Ms J V St Jean - Teacher i/c Drama
BA (Lancaster)
Ethics and Philosophy Department
Mr A F Priory - Head of Department/Head of Lower Sixth Form
BA (Durham), MA (Bristol)
Mrs K Hodkinson
BA (Lancaster)
Miss P C Williams
BSocSci (Manchester)
Geography Department
Mr A E Young - Head of Department
MA (Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge)
Mr A Buckingham
BEd (Leeds)
Mr S R Northin - Head of Careers
BEd (Cheltenham)
Mr S A Smith
BSc (Loughborough)
History and Politics Department
Dr A M Brown - Head of Department
MA, PhD (St Andrews)
Mrs R A Deacon - Head of Third Year
BA (Manchester), MA (Essex & Chubu, Japan)
Mr M J Lockwood
BA, MA (Lancaster)
ICT Department
Mr M J McCann
JP, BA (Lancaster), DipPSE (Computing)
Junior School
Miss A C Wharmby - Head of Junior School
BEd (Manchester)
Mrs J H Blakemore
BA (Lancaster), LGSM
Miss K A Blount
MA (St Andrews)
Mr A J Clare
BEd (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Mr A C Keay
Cert Ed (Carnegie College)
Ms K L Lawrence - Deputy Head of Junior School
BA (Exeter)
Mrs A E Trafford
BA (Kingston)
Library
Mrs V B Dewhurst - Head of Department, Chartered School Librarian
BA (Liverpool Hope), MCLIP
Mathematics Department
Mr A N Holman - Head of Department
MA (Magdalene College, Cambridge)
Mrs C Y Gammon - Head of Fourth Year
BSc (Lancaster)
Mr R W Nicolson
BSc (Dundee), MSc (Robert Gordon University)
Miss F Pook
BSc (Kent), MSc (UMIST)
Mr M W Russell - Head of First Year
BSc (St Andrews) MA (Central Lancashire)
Mr P H Wooldridge - Examinations Officer
BSc (Manchester)
Modern Languages Department
Mr A M Rose - Head of Department
BA (Southampton)
Mr L Barré
BA (Paris X Nanterre)
Mrs M E Kellock
BA (Liverpool), MA (Bradford), LCCI Diploma
Mrs G L Simpson
BEd (Poulton-le-Fylde College)
Mrs J E Taberner - Head of Second Year
BSc (UMIST)
Mrs R M Tattersall
BA (Salford)
Music Department
Mrs E J Lashbrook - Head of Department
BMus (Royal College of Music)
Miss A Berry
BA (Leeds)
Physical Education Department
Dr M E Butler - Head of Department
BA (Warwick), PhD (Manchester)
Mr M D Hindle
BSc (Edge Hill)
Mrs M M Ingham
BEd (Birmingham)
Mr J B Morgan - Head of Upper Sixth Form
BA (Wales, South Glamorgan)
Physics Department
Mrs P Wild - Head of Department
BSc (Leeds)
Mr P T Hargreaves
BSc (Manchester)
Dr J Steel
BSc (Leicester), PhD (Durham)
Mr J D Gibson - Technician
BSc (Open), Dip.Phys (Open)
Psychology & General Studies Department
Mr P J Lowe - Head of Department
BSc (Southampton)
