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Simon Barber
Headmaster
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Sophie Barber
Head of Pastoral Care
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Guy Musson
Deputy Headmaster
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Tom Buckner
Assistant Head (Common Room)
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John Mawson
Senior Master Pastoral, Designated Safeguarding Lead
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Matt O’Conor
Assistant Head (Operations)
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Jon Pinchin-Hughes
Head of Boarding
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Davide Baldanzi
Head of History
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Paul Bellingham
Head of RS & PSHEE
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Angela Bidgood
Librarian
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Luke Busfield
Head of Science
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Ian Carter
English
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Simon Evans
(SLT), Head of Teaching & Learning, Head of Maths
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Gabriel French
Head of Performing Arts
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Kelly Gore
Head of English
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Kate Hamilton-Bowker
Head of Learning Support
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Tom Hawkins
Director of Sport, Maths
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Oscar Jenkyn-Jones
Sixes (Year 4)
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Elizabeth Livermore
Head of Sixes (Year 4)
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Simon Loup
French, Geography
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Tanisha McCraw
Acting Director of Music
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Richard Maynard
D.T.
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Milly Musson
English
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Sophia Panaretou
Head of Classics
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Tamara Parnell
Textiles, Ceramics
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Tory Pinchin-Hughes
Senior Houseparent, English
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Zane Plescia
(SLT), Head of Computing & Digital Strategy
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Robert Romanes
Classics
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Derrin Shea
Learning Support
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Guy Smith-Bingham
(SLT), Head of Assessment and Tracking, French
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Jordan Smyth
Science
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Annie Toon
Learning Support
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Karl Turner
Head of French
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Will Western-Kaye
Head of PE, Sports Development
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Nadine Parrington
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Derrin Shea
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Nicola Wilson
Learning Support
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Pinchin-Hughes
Senior Houseparents
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Alison Bridge
Matron (VIs)
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Amy Cleaver
Matron (IVs)
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Jemma Crane
Matron (IIs)
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Isabelle Panikian
Matron (IIIs)
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Shiri Sutcliffe
Matron (Is)
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Camryn Tabraham
Matron (IIs)
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Sarah Lander
Headmaster's P.A.
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Maura Brittain
Bursar
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Sue Baggott
Assistant Bursar
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Carolyn Gregory
School Secretary
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Rebecca Philpott
Registrar
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Malcolm Heppolette
Estates Manager
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Charles Butterworth
Chairman
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Neil Brooks
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Richard Cormack
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Ruth den Besten
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Logie Fitzwilliams
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Alex Henshilwood
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Andy Hinchliff
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Ben Holden
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Stewart Johnston
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Michael Smyth-Osbourne
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D'Arcy Vigors
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Rupert Wiggin
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Rebecca Salt
Lead Nurse
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Nicola Brown
School Nurse
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Johanna Makin
School Nurse
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Sarah Humphreys
Marketing & Development
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Lawrence Hetherington
ICT
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Vicky Chapman
Music Administrator
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Simon Barber
Headmaster
S.W.T. Barber, BA (Hons), Durham University, PGCE (Latin, PSHE)
Sophie Barber
Head of Pastoral Care
Guy Musson
Deputy Headmaster
BA (Hons), Durham University, PGCE
Tom Buckner
Assistant Head (Common Room)
T.C. Buckner, BA (Hons), Portsmouth, PGCE Assistant Head (Common Room)
John Mawson
Senior Master Pastoral, Designated Safeguarding Lead
J.R. Mawson, BA (Hons), Exeter University, PGCE (Senior Master Pastoral, Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Matt O’Conor
Assistant Head (Operations)
M.D. O’Conor, BSc (Hons), University of Edinburgh, PGCE (Assistant Head, Operations)
Jon Pinchin-Hughes
Head of Boarding
J.G.J. Pinchin-Hughes, MA (Hons), University of St Andrews, PGCE (Head of Boarding)
Davide Baldanzi
Head of History
D. Baldanzi, LLB (Hons), Durham University, PGCE (Head of History)
Paul Bellingham
Head of RS & PSHEE
P. Bellingham, BA (Hons), University of Liverpool, (Head of RS, PSHEE) (Choir Music)
Angela Bidgood
Librarian
BA (Hons) University of Birmingham
Luke Busfield
Head of Science
L. A. Busfield, BSc (Hons), Newcastle University, QTS (Head of Science)
Ian Carter
English
BA (Hons), University College Cardiff, PGCE
Simon Evans
(SLT), Head of Teaching & Learning, Head of Maths
S. Evans, BA (Hons), York University (Head of Teaching & Learning, Head of Maths)
Gabriel French
Head of Performing Arts
G.T. French, BA (Hons), University of Cape Town (Head of Performing Arts)
Kelly Gore
Head of English
Mrs K.L. Gore, BA (Hons), University of Sussex, PGCE (Head of English)
Kate Hamilton-Bowker
Head of Learning Support
Mrs K.M. Hamilton-Bowker, Hornsby Dip. (Head of Learning Support)
Tom Hawkins
Director of Sport, Maths
T.G.W. Hawkins, BSc (Hons), University College Worcester, GTS (Director of Sport, PE, Maths)
Oscar Jenkyn-Jones
Sixes (Year 4)
O. Jenkyn-Jones, BSc (Hons), University of Bristol (VIs)
Elizabeth Livermore
Head of Sixes (Year 4)
BA (Hons), Durham University, (Head of Sixes)
Simon Loup
French, Geography
S.P.T. Loup, LLB (Hons), Exeter University, QTS (French, Geography)
Tanisha McCraw
Acting Director of Music
Mrs T.L. McCraw, BMus (Hons), Royal College of Music, QTS (Sixes)
Richard Maynard
D.T.
R.R. Maynard, BA (Hons), Aston University (DT)
Milly Musson
English
Mrs C.T.D. Musson, BA (Hons), Durham University, QTS
Sophia Panaretou
Head of Classics
MA, University College London (Head of Classics)
Tamara Parnell
Textiles, Ceramics
Mrs. T. Parnell, BSc (Hons), Leicester, Textiles (Ceramics)
Tory Pinchin-Hughes
Senior Houseparent, English
Mrs. V. E. Pinchin-Hughes, BEd, Homerton College, Cambridge (Senior Houseparent, English)
Zane Plescia
(SLT), Head of Computing & Digital Strategy
Mr. Z Plescia BCom (Honours) Rhodes University; PGCE (Head of Computing & Digital Strategy)
Robert Romanes
Classics
R.E. Romanes, MA (Hons), Christ Church, Oxford, PGCE, CTEFLA (Classics)
Derrin Shea
Learning Support
TESOL Cert., Cert. Ed.
Guy Smith-Bingham
(SLT), Head of Assessment and Tracking, French
BSc (Hons), Bristol University, PGCE (Head of Assessment & Tracking, French)
Jordan Smyth
Science
J.J. Smyth, BSc (Hons), Plymouth University, PGCE
Annie Toon
Learning Support
Mrs. A. Toon, BA (Hons), University of Warwick, PGCE, Hornsby Cert
Karl Turner
Head of French
BA (Hons), University of Reading, PGCE (Head of French)
Will Western-Kaye
Head of PE, Sports Development
W.R.J. Western-Kaye, BSc (Hons), University of Exeter, PGCE (Sports Development, History)
Nadine Parrington
Mrs N. Parrington, BA (Hons), Reg MRCSLT
Derrin Shea
Mrs D. Shea TESOL Cert., Cert. Ed.
Nicola Wilson
Learning Support
Mrs N.A. Wilson, Cert OCR SpLD
Pinchin-Hughes
Senior Houseparents
Is, IIs, and IIIs
Alison Bridge
Matron (VIs)
Miss A. Bridge, NNEB
Amy Cleaver
Matron (IVs)
Ms A. Cleaver
Jemma Crane
Matron (IIs)
Isabelle Panikian
Matron (IIIs)
Miss I. Panikian
Shiri Sutcliffe
Matron (Is)
Ms S. Sutcliffe BA (Hons)
Camryn Tabraham
Matron (IIs)
Sarah Lander
Headmaster's P.A.
Maura Brittain
Bursar
Sue Baggott
Assistant Bursar
Carolyn Gregory
School Secretary
Rebecca Philpott
Registrar
Malcolm Heppolette
Estates Manager
Charles Butterworth
Chairman
Charles Butterworth has been a Governor since 2012 and took up the Chairman role in Summer 2021. He was educated at Radley College and Bristol University. He is a senior executive with over 24 years’ experience within large multinational corporations in the technology, telecommunications and investment banking sectors. Charles’ son attended Ludgrove from 2012-2016.
Neil Brooks
Neil Brooks joined the Ludgrove governing body in 2018 and has previously sat on the board at Sandroyd School. He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and Warwick University. He spent eight years as an officer in the British Army until changing to a career in teaching. He was headmaster of Cothill House (2003 – 2011) and ran an outreach programme with the Cothill Trust and the Natural History Museum before a brief stint as the Principal of the Cothill Trust. Neil became the Principal of the Fulham Schools in 2016 and moved to be Headmaster of Cranleigh Prep School in 2018. He is married to Tracy who has supported him throughout his career and is a member of the Pangbourne College Governing body. They have two grown up sons.
Richard Cormack
Richard Cormack has been a Governor since 2016. He was educated at Eton College and The University of Edinburgh. He has had a 25+ year career in investment banking in London and Hong Kong. His son was at Ludgrove between 2013-2018.
Ruth den Besten
Ruth den Besten became a governor in 2020. She was educated at Tormead School, Guildford and Jesus College, Oxford where she took a first in history and coxed the University lightweights. Ruth is now a barrister specialising in civil fraud. She has undertaken work for the Social Mobility Foundation and Advocate and is a mentor for underrepresented groups at the Commercial Bar. She has two sons at Ludgrove.
Logie Fitzwilliams
Logie Fitzwilliams has been a Governor since 2021. He was educated at Ludgrove, Harrow and The John Hopkins University in America. Logie is a Partner at Brown Advisory and heads the firms International business. He began his career at Brown Advisory in America in 2003 as an equity research analyst. Following this, Logie started the firm’s International business in 2008 when he relocated from Baltimore to London. Logie, his wife Annabel and their three children, Honor, Arlo and Lochie split their time between Berkshire, London and America.
Alex Henshilwood
Andy Hinchliff
Ben Holden
Stewart Johnston
Stewart Johnston has been a Governor of Ludgrove since 2012. He was educated at Ludgrove and Harrow. He has worked as an Insurance broker since 1974 and spent considerable time in South America. He is married to Emma and has five children, including three sons who went to Ludgrove. He is a Trustee of the Ludgrove Foundation and the Ludgrove School Staff Pension Scheme.
Michael Smyth-Osbourne
D'Arcy Vigors
D’Arcy Vigors has been on the board of Governors since 2018. Born in Canada, she has worked in the fashion industry for over 20 years, both as a model and designer, travelling extensively throughout Asia and Europe, working in print and television for clients such as Chanel, Cartier and Donna Karan, eventually settling in London. She completed a Foundation degree in Art in Design as well as a BA in Womenswear Design at the London College of Fashion, while working for the British design label Goat during its formative years. As well as being on the main board, D'Arcy is also on the Pastoral and Academic sub committee. She is married to Ollie Vigors and they have 2 boys currently at Ludgrove.
Rupert Wiggin
Rupert has been on the board since 2012 and is chairman of the Estates Committee. He has been in the property business for twenty-five years and now runs his own property consultancy business in London. He is married to Katie and they have three children. Their son was at Ludgrove. Rupert was also at Ludgrove and left in 1982.