Valete - goodbye

Valete

MRS VICTORIA DENNY-MORLEY

Learning Support Assisant

Mrs Torie Denny-Morley was originally covering for Mrs Loader during her maternity leave and, remarkably, her first experience of teaching at Bedford School was teaching remotely via Microsoft Teams. Her previous experience in the army was invaluable in supporting the school in times of crisis. She also made herself invaluable at Bedford Prep School, and took on the role of Head of Year 8 for a term, and did a tremendous job. When she finished her maternity cover, we were lucky enough to keep hold of her as a Learning Support Assistant. The family have made a move down to Somerset and we wish her all the very best.

MISS MOLLY ORME

Teacher of Latin

Miss Molly Orme has been an excellent maternity cover for Madame Moira Comani. We have very much enjoyed Miss Orme’s kindness, vivacity and sheer energy, as a Latin and Classics Teacher, and filling in as a form tutor for 8L, as well as filling in a number of other roles supporting the boarding house and all school events. She also gave her time to Year 3 boys who needed some catch-up reading sessions following the pandemic. She has been a wonderful colleague; her contributions have been hugely appreciated by colleagues and boys, and we wish her all the best as she takes up a full-time position at Downside School in Somerset.

MISS CATHERINE DOHERTY

Art Technician

Miss Doherty has been our Art Technician since September 2020 and coped with the frustrations of the pandemic very well indeed. She has been a superb member of staff, whose influence has been visible daily throughout school with the wonderful art displays. She has a First Class degree in Fine Art from University of Creative Arts (Canterbury) and an Art and Design Foundation Diploma from Loughborough University and she runs her own business, Catherine Doherty Fine Art, and the type of commissions she undertakes can be seen on her website: www.catherinedoherty14.wixsite.com/cdohertyart. Skills learnt in these areas were very much in evidence in the displays of boys’ work which adorned the walls, as well as in her art workshops delivered for the boys. Miss Doherty has taken up a new role at Tate Britain as an art handling technician.

MRS JOY LEESON

Maths Teacher

We say a fond goodbye to Mrs Joy Leeson, who retires after 17 years as a member of the Bedford School Community, the last six of which have been in the Prep School. Before the Prep School, she was part of the Bedford School Study Centre team. Mrs Leeson has been a teacher for over 30 years, starting at St Greg’s where she taught one of the school’s Governors (who talks of her inspirational teaching!). An enormous thank you to her for her dedication in Maths teaching, tutoring and sports coaching in her time in the Prep School, and good luck for the next stage! She is our only current international sportswoman, and we will miss not only her great sense of humour, but also the regular batch of Welsh cakes she makes for the Staff Room.