YEARBOOK
FROM THE HEADMASTER
Welcome to the 2023/2024 yearbook, a visual celebration of so many of the ingredients that have combined over the last twelve months to make Arnold House such an inspiring community.
The first section, over almost forty pages, captures all that is so special about the Pre-Prep. We are proud of how the setting is now established, providing our youngest three year groups with an outstanding environment to stimulate development in all key areas. The chairs and tables may be lower at Marlborough Place but our ambitions for the boys are not, and their curriculum is no less varied than the one their older peers enjoy. We look forward to seeing the first cohort completing the transition from Pre-Prep to Prep: they are certainly excited by it and have very strong foundations on which to build.
Looking through the Prep School sections, I am delighted by the happy-faced reminders of just how well we meet our stated goal of educating ‘the whole boy’. The day-to-day timetabled curriculum is not always the most photogenic and so publications such as this can lean away from the intellectual. You will find, however, plenty of evidence for intellectual development through Maths, Reading, Science, Chess, History, Classics, Geology, Debating, to name just a few. Every boy is enjoying creativity, whether in Art, Music, Design, or Drama, and physicality in a vast array of sports and contests but also on surfboards and kayaks, bicycles and climbing walls.
Two things stand out to me. Firstly, these pages show not just the curricular but the extracurricular and for that to be such a rich programme is testament to the staff, who work so hard in the classroom but also to take the boys beyond it. Secondly, the palpable sense of camaraderie and support that exists through the school, as we all help shape great citizens, not just fine-tuned brains.
Do enjoy all that follows, from Shakespeare to Skiing, and everything in between: Arnold House really is a special place to be.
Giles Tollit Headmaster
PRE-RECEPTION
RECEPTION
TRIPS & WORKSHOPS
FOREST SCHOOL
TEACHING & LEARNING
TRACTOR DAY
YOUNG V&A
LONDON ZOO
KEW GARDENS
STANBOROUGH PARK
NATIVITY PLAY
SUMMER PLAY
CHRISTMAS
END OF YEAR CELEBRATION
SPORTS DAY
YEAR 2
VICTORIAN DAY
GREAT FIRE OF LONDON WORKSHOP
RAF MUSEUM
NATIVITY PLAY
SUMMER PLAY
YEAR 3
MAGIC CIRCLE
ANCIENT EGYPT WORKSHOP
ANCIENT EGYPT MODELS
PIRATES OF THE CURRY BEAN
FORENSIC SCIENCE WORKSHOP
VERULAMIUM
ROYAL INSTITUTE
CAMPING AND TEAMBUILDING @ EDGE
MR HUMBUG SEES THE LIGHT
JUNIOR PRIZE GIVING
AH 118TH BIRTHDAY
CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND
ARNOLD HOUSE 24HDRAMATHON
BOOK WEEK
WORLD BOOK DAY
CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH WEEK
SPENDING TIME WITH ARNOLD
HOUSE SINGING COMPETITION
ART & DESIGN
WINTER ENSEMBLES CONCERT
YEAR 5
TEAMWORK WEEK DEVON
SHAKESPEARE ROCKS
YEARS 5&6 MATHS WORKSHOP
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM
HORNIMAN MUSEUM
LEADERSHIP WEEK DEVON
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
HOCKNEY LIGHTROOM
ROME
SHAKESPEARE SCHOOLS FESTIVAL
BURGUNDY
DRAGONS’ DEN
BATTLEFIELDS
EXPLORERS TRIP TO ICELAND
ARMISTICE DAY
SENIOR PRIZE GIVING
AH CHESS TOURNAMENT
CHARITY & COMMUNITY
SUMMER CONCERT
AH SUMMER FAIR
SKI TRIP TO MURREN
SPORTS DAY & ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
TWENTY/20 CRICKET MATCH
COLTS FOOTBALL TOUR
RUGBY & HOCKEY TOUR TO BELFAST
HORSE RIDING
STAFF LIST
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT TEAM
Mr Giles Tollit: Headmaster
Mr John Hill: Deputy Headmaster (Academic), Head of History, Head of RS
Mr Sebastian Stones: Deputy Headmaster (Pastoral), Head of Geography, Games
Mr Christopher Kerr: Senior Master, Director of Sport, Games
Miss Rekha Ruda: Director of Studies, Data Manager, IT
Mr Dayne Matthews: (6H), Head of Assessment & Pupil Progress, Senior School Transfer, Maths, Geography, Games
Mr Jon Harahap: Head of Years 7&8, Head of IT, Maths, Games
Mr David Cox: Head of Y5&6, Senior School Transfer, History, Maths, Games
Mrs Katherine Paul: Head of Y3&4, General Subjects, Games
Mr Josh Wint: (3H) Head of Y3&4 (maternity cover), General Subjects, Years 3&4 Games Coordinator, Risk Assessment Coordinator (Trips)
Mrs Susie Dart: (2A) Head of Year 2, General Subjects
Mrs Victoria McKenzie: Head of Pre-Prep TEACHING STAFF
Mrs Danusia Adamska-Baszko: Assistant Director of Music
Mrs Lydia Alukwe-Boyes: General Subjects
Mrs Sophie Austen-Smith: Head of Art & Design
Miss Rachel Ayrton: (1A) General Subjects
Mrs Pauline Baker-Jackson: Laboratory Assistant
Mrs Annabel Batty: (4A) General Subjects
Miss Masuma Begum: Teaching Assistant (Early Years)
Mrs Maddison Bennett: (3A) General Subjects
Miss Kelly-Ann Brennan: Deputy Head of Pre-Prep, RA Early Years
Miss Anna-Sophie Bulder: (8A) Head of Classics, History
Mrs Camilla Clark: Teaching Assistant
Mr Louis Davidson: English
Miss Nadine Dawkins: Teaching Assistant (Early Years)
Mrs Donna El Jacifi: Deputy Head of Learning Support
Miss Trudy Fedak: Teaching Assistant
Ms Leonie Flynn: Librarian, Head of Reading Development, English
Ms Vanessa Geffriaud: Early Years (PRH)
Mr Sean Gleeson: Head of Maths, Games
Ms Elaine Glennon: (2H) General Subjects
Miss Sofia Gonzalez: Teaching Assistant
Mrs Elena Gregoriou-Ostojic,Head of Learning Support, English
Miss Natalie Hall: (6A), Head of English, Games, Activities Coordinator, Wellbeing Coordinator
Miss Vicky Hennessy: Early Years (PRA)
Mr Harry Hodgson: Teaching Assistant (Early Years)
Miss Zafirah Hussain: Teaching Assistant
Mr Alex Ingram: (7A) PE, Games, Canons Park Coordinator
Miss Sara Jolly: Art Assistant
Miss Lizzie Jones: General Subjects
Mrs Sarah Jones Keyworth: English, Art
Miss Monika Karlik: Teaching Assistant
Miss Joyce Lam: Early Years
Ms Patricia Legan: (1H) General Subjects, NQT & New Staff Mentor
Mr Ned Lutyens: (5A) PE
Ms Lucy McCartney: Teaching Assistant (Early Years)
Miss Rachael Mackley: (4H) General Subjects
Mrs Lucy Matthews: General Subjects
Ms Pranvera Mehmeti: Teaching Assistant
Mr Harry Millburn-Fryer: (8H), PE, Games
Mrs Keeley Miller: (5H) Head of Science, Head of PSHE/SRE, Games, Environment Coordinator
Mr Luke Ofield: Assistant Head of Drama, Games
Mr Andrew Pyner: French
Mr George Ragias: Teaching Assistant (Early Years)
Mrs Anita Ram: Teaching Assistant (Early Years)
Miss Emma Rafferty: (RA) Early Years
Mrs Jo Rendell: Head of Drama, General Subjects
Miss Isabella Rose: Science
Miss Nikki Stewart: Teaching Assistant (Early Years)
Mrs Aneta Struzik Mazur: Maths, IT, CPD Coordinator
Mrs Kacie Taylor: (RH) Early Years
Miss Charlotte Thomson: (2H) General Subjects (training leave)
Miss Molly Traeger: Teaching Assistant, Years 1&2 Drama Coordinator
Mrs Daisy Watts: (7H) Head of French, Visiting Speakers Coordinator
Mrs Anna Wootten: Support Teacher and Forest School Lead (Early Years)
Mr Christopher Wray: Director of Music
PERIPATETIC TEACHERS
Mr Jon Alagoa: Taekwondo
Miss Abbie Burrows: Flute, Recorder
Mrs Eva Eugeniou: SEND
Ms Aviva Frei: Speech & Language Therapist
Mrs Grazyna Fulford: Literacy Specialist
Mr Fabio Fernandes: Classical Guitar
Mr David Ferris: Piano
Mrs Kathryn Gilbert: Speech & Language Therapist
Miss Susanna Heard: Singing
Mr Myrom Kahaner: Neuro Development Therapist
Mr Tom Kwaterski: Brass
Mr Anthony Lawton: Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone & Recorder
Mr Jason Little: Guitar
Mr Alex Nelson: Drums
Mrs Felicity Sadler: Violin
Miss Nika Shoot: Piano
Mr Jean-Paul Wallace: Chess
Miss Ariane Zandi: Cello
ADMINISTRATIVE & SUPPORT STAFF
Mrs Elizabeth Winter: Director of Finance & Resources
Miss Caz Clarke: Housekeeper
Miss Megan Cullinane: PA to Head of Pre-Prep
Mr Henry Vaughan: Chef Manager, Lexington Catering
Mr John Dawson: Assistant Groundsman, Canons Park
Miss Emma Faulkner: Registrar
Miss Fhilisha Grant: Lunchtime & Breaktime Supervisor
Miss Ella Mcadam: Reception
Mrs Stephanie Miller: Head of External Relations (Marketing, Fundraising, Events)
Miss Maka Bulei Mohamed: Day Support Cleaner (Early Years)
Miss Chioma Okeke-Aru: Reception
Mrs Frances Peel Yates: Compliance & HR Manager
Mr Nicholas Richards: School Facilities Officer
Mr Peter Salvadori: Caretaker, Marlborough Place
Ms Marian Tang: Headmaster’s PA/ Office Manager
Mr Daniel Vaz: Caretaker, Loudoun Road
Mr Jonny White: Head Grounds Manager
Mrs Penny Williams: Assistant Registrar
Mr Louie Worrell: Assistant Grounds Manager
