Meet our Staff
Meet our dedicated staff, here to support your child to achieve their full potential whilst at Heworth Grange:
Senior Leadership Team:
- A Denholm - Headteacher
- V Carter - Deputy Headteacher - Curriculum & Standards
- C Froom - Assistant Headteacher - Assessment & Remote Learning
- J Hulse - Deputy Headteacher - Teaching, Learning & Professional Learning
- M Searles - Assistant Headteacher - Personal Development
Pastoral Team:
- L Anderson - Attendance Manager
- C Bell - Careers and LRC Co-ordinator
- P Blanchard - Director of Mental Health
- H George - Director of Pastoral Care
- A Hetherington - Attendance Assistant
- D Longhurst - Attendance Assistant
- S Reid - Innovation Centre Manager
- J Tait - EAL Manager
- M Tiggs - Head of Personal Development and RE
Heads Of Year:
- L Benson - Year 7
- J Maynard - Year 8
- L Gates - Year 9
- R Chippindale - Year 10
- H George - Year 11
Safeguarding Team:
- A Haddon - Director of Welfare
- C Onions - Safeguarding Manager
SEND Team:
- J Mitchell - SENDCO/Assistant Headteacher
- A Kelly - Deputy SENDCO
Administration Team:
- K Gordon - Business Support Officer
- J Scott - Business Support Officer
- K Doherty - Administration Assistant
- D Forster - Administration Assistant/Staff Wellbeing Support
- J Warren - Administration Assistant
- M Williams - Administration Assistant
- S Smith - Exams and Data Officer
Applied Learning:
- L McMahon - Head of Applied Learning
- M Grigg - Teacher of Business Studies/T&L Team
Art:
- K Wanless - Head of Visual Arts
- S Kilpatrick - Teacher of Art
Computing:
- G Bainbridge - Head of Computing
- J Hope - Teacher of Computing/Lead co-curriculum
English:
- H McDonald - Associate Assistant Headteacher - English
- J Patterson - Quality of Education Lead - English
- C Tunnicliff - Head of English
- A Cleeves - Teacher of English
- L Gibbons - Teacher of English/KS3 co-ordinator of English
- H Jeffries - Teacher of English
- J Mitcham - Teacher of English
- A Peart - Teacher of English
- S Sherriff - Teacher of English
Food/Technology:
- J Thompson - Head of Design Technology
- C Waggit - Teacher of Food Technology/Cover Supervisor
- S Hill - Teacher of Food Technology
- C Nicod - Teacher of Technology
Humanities:
- C Buxton - Head of Geography
- T Graham - Head of History
- S Rostron - Geography Teacher/Head of Achievement KS3
- R Frame - Teacher of Geography
- L Greenwood - Teacher of History /T&L Team
- C Swatts - Teacher of History/T&L Team
- N Thompson - Teacher of Geography
- M Winter - Teacher of Geography
Maths:
- K Maddock - Associate Assistant Headteacher - Maths
- R Kinghan - Quality of Education Lead - Maths
- J Johnston - Head of Maths
- D Chalk - Teacher of Maths
- D Khachikian - Teacher of Maths
- J Lee - Teacher of Maths
- C Loftus - Teacher of Maths
- R Moore - Teacher of Maths
MFL:
- L Rump - Head of MFL
- K Davis - Teacher of Italian
- C Morgan - Teacher of MFL
- V Smith - Teacher of MFL
- R Williams - Teacher of MFL
Music:
- C Hudson - Head of Arts
- E Anderson - Teacher of Music/Rewards Lead
- N Hughes - Teacher of Music
PE:
- D Beresford - Head of PE
- S Brooks - Deputy Head of PE
- S Rennie - PE Teacher/Head of Achievement KS4
- R Morris - Newcastle United Foundation Co-Ordinator
- B Vause - Teacher of PE/School Sports Partnership Lead
Performing Arts:
- S Owens - Interim Head of Expressive and Performing Arts
- R Burford - Teacher of Dance
- J Scobie - Teacher of Dance
- G Gatenby - Teacher of Dance
- Z Slade - Teacher of Drama
Science:
- D Nicholson - Quality of Education Lead - Science
- M Murray - KS3 co-ordinator - Science
- V Fenwick - Head of Science
- H Browne - Teacher of Science
- G Gardner - Teacher of Science
- J Laws - Teacher of Science
- J Mather - Teacher of Science
- L Shreeve - Teacher of Science
- C Wassell - Teacher of Science
Student Support:
- D Abrahamson - Teaching Assistant
- L Ambler - Teaching Assistant
- Z Amine - Teaching Assistant
- J Breakingbury - Teaching Assistant
- V Carr - Counsellor
- A Gray - Teaching Assistant
- C Gregory - Teaching Assistant
- D Hall - Teaching Assistant
- G Henderson - Teaching Assistant
- L Korsbo - Cover Supervisor
- D Kudlacik - Teacher/Cover Supervisor
- A Mills - Teaching Assistant
- N Pinkney - Teaching Assistant
- A Turnbull - Teaching Assistant
Site Staff:
- D Watts - Site Manager
- S Mullen - Caretaker
Technical:
- D Forsyth - Technology Technician
- A Hollamby - Performing Arts & Media Technician
- M Hawkins - Senior Science Technician
- D Stones - Science Technician
- C Wright - Senior ICT Support Engineer