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Headmaster and Senior Management Team

Mr David Starbuck MA (Hons) PGCE - Acting Head

Mrs Kelly Mackay MSc - Bursar

Mr John Blunsdon BSc (Hons) PGCE - Deputy Head (Dep. Child Protection Coordinator & Named Person)

Mrs Nichola Crawford BA/BSc (Hons) QTS - Deputy Head (Child Protection Coordinator & Named Person)

Mr Nathan Davies MA (Hons) PGCE - Head of Lower School (Dep. Child Protection Coordinator & Named Person)

Miss Zibby Brown BEd (Hons) - Deputy Head of Lower School

Miss Carly Blair BSc PGDE - Senior Teacher and Exams Officer

Mrs Francesca Milne-McKelvie BA (Hons) MSc - Head of Admissions, Marketing and Development

Mrs Susan Allan - Human Resources Manager

Senior Pastoral Staff

Dr Allan Girdwood MA (Hons) D.Phil. PGCE - Director of Senior Studies

Mr Colin Currie MA (Hons) PGCE - Head of Clan Douglas

Mr Daniel Yeates MA (Hons) PGCE - Head of Clan Forbes

Mr Edward Aldred-Dow BEng (Hons) PGDE - Head of Clan Gordon

Mrs Helen Hague MA PGCE MEd Dip Ed - Head of Clan Stuart

Nursery Managers

Mrs Emma McDonald PDA Childhood Practice - Pre-School Manager (Dep. Child Protection Coordinator)

Miss Susan Paterson SVQ Level 3/Mrs Kayleigh Taylor NVQ Level 4 - Ante Pre-School Manager

Miss Pam Edmonstone NVQ Level 4 - Toddler Unit Manager

Mrs Alison George SVQ Level 3 - Pre-School Supervisor

Miss Louise Watson HNC - Ante Pre-School Supervisor

Miss Deborah Menzies SVQ Level 3 - Toddler Supervisor

Bursary Staff

Mrs Kelly Mackay MSc - Bursar

Miss Eileen Grant - Assistant to Bursar

Miss Kay Smith DSRT - Assistant to Bursar

Miss Georgia Dale BA (Hons) - PA to Head of School and Finance Officer

Admissions, Marketing and Development Departments

Mrs Francesca Milne-McKelvie BA (Hons) MSc - Head of Admissions, Marketing and Development

Mrs Kate Simpson BA (Hons) - Admissions Officer

Miss Suzie Smith BA (Hons) - Digital Marketing Officer

Miss Amy Louise Park - Admissions Assistant

Upper School Teaching Staff

Miss Suzanne Rainey BA (Hons) PGDE - Head of Art

Miss Gabriela Panyova BA (Hons) - Art Teacher

Ms Jane Jensen BA (Hons) - Art Technician

Mrs Elaine Johnston BSc PGCE PGCG - Head of Biology

Mrs Claire Hughes BSc (Hons) PGDE - Biology Teacher

Miss Emma Main BSc (Hons) PGDE - Biology Teacher

Miss Emma Noble BEd (Hons) - Head of Business Studies

Ms Mae McDougall MA (Hons) PCGE DipBus - Business Studies Teacher

Miss Katie Stewart BA (Hons) PGDE - Business Studies Teacher

Mrs Susan Prentice BSc (Hons) PGCE - Head of Careers

Mrs Catherine Imlah BSc (Hons) PGDE - Head of Science

Miss Emma Main BSc (Hons) PGDE - Chemistry Teacher

Mr Andrew Martin BSc (Hons) PGDE - Chemistry Teacher

Mrs Mairi Pedrog BSc (Hons) PGCE - Chemistry Teacher

Dr Allan Girdwood MA (Hons) DPhil PGCE - Head of Classics

Mr David MacDonald BSc (Hons) PGDE - Head of Computer Science

Mr Gavin Earnshaw BSc Cert Ed - Head of Design, Technology and Engineering Science

Ms Jane Williams MA (Hons) PGCE - Head of Drama

Mrs Louise Webster MA (Hons) PGCE - Head of English

Mr Scott Brown MA(Hons), PGDE - English Teacher

Mrs Helen Hague MA PGCE MEd Dip Ed - English Teacher

Mr Scott Howden MA (Hons) PGDE - English Teacher

Ms Jane Williams MA (Hons) PGCE - English Teacher

Mrs Karen Webb BSc (Hons) MSc PGCE - Head of Geography

Mr John Blunsdon BSc (Hons) Human Geography PGCE - Geography Teacher

Mr Callum Francis MA (Hons) PGDE - Head of History

Miss Kirsty Hay MA (Hons). MSc, PGCE - History Teacher

Miss Carly Blair BSc PGDE - Mathematics Teacher

Mr Edward Aldred-Dow BEng (Hons) PGDE - Mathematics Teacher

Mrs Alina Czuchnicka BA MSc QT - Mathematics Teacher

Dr Bina Mistry MMath Part3 Mathematical Tripos PhD QTS - Mathematics Teacher

Mrs Susan Prentice BSc (Hons) PGCE - Mathematics Teacher

Ms Kim Thomas BSc (Hons) PGCE - Mathematics Teacher

Mr Peter Williams BSc (Hons) PGDE - Head of Mathematics

Mrs Amy Gooder BA (Hons) MSt PGCE - Head of Modern Languages

Miss Katharyn Campbell BA (Hons), PGCE, CELTA - Modern Languages Teacher

Ms Nuria Carballal MA (Hons) PGCE - Modern Languages Teacher

Mrs Alison Cook MA (Hons) PGCE - Modern Languages Teacher

Ms Kerry Joss MA (Hons) PGCE - Modern Languages Teacher

Mrs Iva Ostriz MA - Modern Languages Teacher

Mrs Shimei Wang BA MA PGCE DPSI - Modern Languages Teacher

Mr Colin Currie MA (Hons) PGCE - Head of Modern Studies

Miss Raluca Ghimpu MA(Hons) MRes PGDE - Modern Studies Teacher

Mr Owen Somerville BEd Mus (Hons) - Director of Music

Ms Karen Addison DipMus - Music Teacher

Mrs Shirley Magill BMus (Hons) PGCE - Music Teacher

Mr Daniel Yeates MA (Hons) PGCE - Head of PSE & RE

Mr David Starbuck MA (Hons) PGCE - PSE & RE Teacher

Mr Jimmy Lamont BEd (Hons) Physical Education - Head of Physical Education

Mr Ranald Wilkie BEd (Hons) - Deputy Head of Physical Education

Mrs Nichola Crawford BA/BSc (Hons) QTS - Physical Education Teacher

Mrs Morag Kelman BSc (Hons) MSc PGDE - Physical Education Teacher

Miss Lucy Byrne BA (Hons) QTS - Physical Education Teacher

Mrs Fiona Pratt BEd (Hons) MA NPQSL - Physical Education Teacher

Mr Gordon Fraser MA (Hons) - Physical Education Teacher

Miss Mellany Hudson BSc (Hons) MSc and PGCE - Head of Physics

Mr Lachlan Blancke BSc (Hons) PGDE - Senior Teacher of Physics

Dr Bina Mistry MMath Part3 Mathematical Tripos PhD QTS - Physics Teacher

Lower School Teaching Staff

Mrs Rebecca Shand BSc (Hons) PGCE - Lower 1α

Miss Fionna Ironside MA (Hons) - Lower 1β

Mrs Natasha Gundersen BA (Hons), PGCEi, CELTA - Lower 2α

Miss Lily Rae BSc - Lower 2β

Mrs Fiona May DipEd - Lower 3α

Miss Keira Mackay BEd (Hons)/Miss Sophie Lindsay BEd (Hons) - Lower 3β

Miss Nadine Forsyth SVQ MA (Hon) - Lower 4α

Mrs Sandra Wisely BEd/ Mrs Caragh Perrott BSc (Hons) PGCE - Lower 4β

Ms Gail Ross BA PGCE - Lower 5α

Mr Neale Davidson MA (Hons) PGDE - Lower 5β

Mr Peter Macklin BEd (Hons) - Lower 6β

Mrs Helen Roulson BEd TESOL Cert. - Lower 6g

Mrs Lynne McHattie MA (Hons) PGDE - Lower 7α

Miss Laura Sinclair BA (Hons) PGDE LTCL - Lower 7β

Miss Laura Smith BSc (Hons) PGDE - Lower 7g

Support for Learning Staff

Mrs Deirdre Webster BSc (Hons) PGCE PGC - Head of Support for Learning

Mrs Kate Watson Dip Dom. Science STC PGCIE - Lower School Support for Learning

Mrs Emilie Crighton MA - English as a Foreign Language and Support for Learning Assistant

Mrs Yasmine Kail TEFL, HNC - English as a Foreign Language and Support for Learning Assistant

Mr Chris Welch BEng (Hons) - English as a Foreign Language and Support for Learning Assistant

Mrs Federica Avella MA (Hons) CELTA - English as a Foreign Language and Support for Learning Assistant

Other Staff

Miss Emma Stewart HNC - After School Club Manager

Mrs Anna McWade BSc School - Laboratory Technician

Mrs Helen Macpherson MA Dip Lib - Librarian

Sister Maggs Simpson RGN - School Nurse

Mr Adam Yates Bsc(Hons) with QTS - Head of Boarding

Playground & Classroom Assistants

Miss Samantha Magson - Playground & Classroom Assistant

Miss Mairi Anderson - Playground & Classroom Assistant

Mrs Monika Barczewska-Herchel - Playground & Classroom Assistant

Mr Graham Clark - Playground & Classroom Assistant

Mrs Lesley Coumans MA BSc - Playground & Classroom Assistant

Miss Pam Gordon - Playground & Classroom Assistant

Miss Simona Luzanskyte - Playground & Classroom Assistant

Mr Martin Skinner - Playground & Classroom Assistant

Administrative Staff

Mrs Susan Allan - HR Manager

Miss Rachel Gallacher - Senior Administrator and PA to Heads of School

Mrs Silvia Davidson - School Administrator

Miss Claire McDonald - School Administrator

Miss Monika Bak BA - School Administrator

ICT Department

Provided by - Mother Technologies Ltd.

Estates Department

Mr Graeme Johnston - Estates Manager

Mr Adam Gray - Estates Officer

Mr Paul Cruickshank - Estates Officer

Mrs Tracy Masson - Cleaning Manager

Mr Stephen Garden - Car Parking Controller

Mr Ian Cowell - Car Parking Controller

Catering

Miss Teresa Duszyk - Catering Manager

Mr Michael McKenzie - Head Chef

Mrs Andzelika Danek - Hospitality/Catering Supervisor


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