LEAVING STAFF SUMMER 2018 Jack McMillan (Teacher of Maths) who joined in September 2017. Colleagues say what a tremendous zest for life and infectious sense of fun he brought to the Maths Office. He made the girls smile, as well as think, and his patience when helping anyone who was struggling is legendary. He was a wonderfully caring and energetic ambassador for LGBT+ Society, organising many exciting and thought-provoking meetings and events. Jack moves to Manchester and a post at Manchester Grammar School.
Martyn Lawley (Teacher of Maths) who joined in September 2016. Martyn has been an extraordinarily accomplished teacher who has shown a real interest in the actual craft of teaching, taking up the chance to conduct guided lesson observations whenever he could and showed a particular passion for watching – and even enthusiastically participating in – Latin lessons. He moves to Derbyshire to take up a post at Repton School.
and feminism with the girls, sensitively promoted physical and mental wellbeing and gave a series of imaginative, original and wide-ranging assemblies. She leaves to make a new life away from the bustle of London and to pursue some of her many interests.
Maria Briggs (Teacher of Biology) who joined in September 2013. Her colleagues talk in awe about her extensive knowledge of her subject, gleaned through her avid watching of every wildlife documentary going and joyfully discussed in the departmental office. Maria was a wonderful teacher and tutor with a particular interest in PSHE in the Middle School where she made an invaluable contribution. She leaves to take up the post of Head of Science at Berkhamsted Prep. Lucy Cooper (Director of Sport) who joined
joined in September 2015. Everyone in the school is in awe of her seemingly endless array of dazzling shoes, clothes and earrings – her outfits, along with her sense of fun, light up a room. One of the girls in her form said that every time she looked at Miss Bourguilleau she instantly felt happy! She turned even reluctant students of French into being passionate about the subject and her dedication to her role as a form tutor was exceptional. She leaves to take up the post of Teacher of French at St Mary’s School, Ascot.
in September 2011. Lucy was, quite simply, a brilliant teacher who guided her department with immense skill and imagination. Her prowess as an outstanding organiser was evident in the way in which she developed Sports Day into a huge and wonderfully colourful celebration of athletics for both staff and girls, with every event organised with almost military precision. However busy things may become, she was unfailingly positive and calm, with her clipboard tucked firmly under her arm. She was a superb tutor, and the girls in her care have benefitted from her high expectations of them – but such expectations are always balanced with immense kindness. She leaves to take up the post of Director of Sport at the Royal Masonic School for Girls.
Megan Murray-Pepper (Teacher of English) who
Fred Hitchcock (Assistant Head (Extra Curricular)
joined in September 2013. In Megan’s final assembly to Year 12, she encouraged the girls to think about their many roles both in, and outside, school – their ‘many selves’, as she put it. In that assembly, Megan managed to pick on the very quality that made her stand out over the past five years – the many roles which she has played and which have enriched the life of our community. She was an inspirational teacher – one colleague who had recently watched a Year 12 lesson said that she had never seen a group of students quite so captivated by what they were being taught. She shared her love of debating
and Teacher of Classics) who joined in September 2008. It is hard to know where to begin when it comes to listing Fred’s starry qualities in his various roles in the School. He was a wonderful teacher of Classics, taking immense care over every aspect of his teaching. Yet, Fred always balanced his undoubted academic rigour with a passionate belief in the vital importance of life outside the classroom; he oversaw Canonaid, and led trips to Italy, Greece, Zambia. Under his care, every aspect of extra-curricular life has flourished; he established the House system and, as one former Head of House commented, he always managed
Nadege Bourguilleau (Teacher of French) who
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