PARENT PORTAL CONTACT US Home | About | Staff & Governors STAFF & GOVERNORS Head Teacher: Mrs A Lobo BEd(Hons)* Deputy Head Academic Mrs C Edwards BA(Hons) QTS* Deputy Head Pastoral Mr S Cavanagh BA(Hons) PGCE Teaching Staff: Nursery: Mrs E Payne BSc PGCE** (Head of EYFS and Nursery Manager) Mrs L Swanson BA PGCE** Nursery Teacher & Deputy Nursery Manager Mrs S Ward Nursery Teacher Mrs J Tofte EDI Level 3** Early Years Practitioner Mrs K Conti NUQ3 Mrs M Adams NVQ2** Mrs D Bryk NVQ5** Reception: Mrs E Payne BSc PGCE** Ms F Anwar BA(Hons) QTS* Miss R Edwards Year 1: Mrs J Roberts BEd(Hons) QTS Mrs J Shepherd BA(Hons) QTS** Mrs D Reed Year 2: Mrs Z Rizvi BSc(Hons) PGCE* Mr S Cavanagh BA(Hons) PGCE & Mrs H Soffe BA(Hons) PGCE* Mr I Goldsworthy BA(Hons) PGCE Year 3: Mrs G Harper BEd(Hons) QTS* Mr C Mason BSc(Hons) PGCE* Mrs H Smith BA Ed* Year 4: Mrs G Charlesworth BA(Hons) QTS* Miss R Scutt Mrs M Johanson BA(Hons) QTS* Year 5: Mrs K Dersookiasian BSc(Hons) QTS* Mrs C Edwards BA(Hons)QTS* Miss J Kershberg BA(Hons) PGCE (Maternity Leave) Ms K McManus Year 6: Mrs T Cook BA(Hons) PGCE* Mrs N Tailor BA (Hons) PGCE * Mr M Evans BSc PGCE* Specialist Teachers: Mr C Coggan BSc(Hons) QTS* – Head of Engineering, Cooking and Nutrition Mrs D Rios – Head of Art Ms D Bradley-Buxton – Director of Music*** Mrs K Freeman BA(Hons) PGCE – Music & Drama Mr R Gallagher BSc(Hons) QTS* – Head of ICT Mrs K Law BA(Hons) PGCE* – Head of Modern Foreign Languages Miss K Spinney BSc(Hons) QTS – Head of PE & Games Mr W Turpin BSc PGCE* – Boys PE & Games Miss C Murphy BA(Hons) – Librarian Mrs A Cutts Bed (Hons) – SEN/Individual Learning Mr C Kitley – Head of Outdoor Learning Teaching Assistants: Mrs J Ferber CACHE2*** Mrs C Dixon CACHE3* Miss H Gordon Mrs L Hauff Miss J Jones BSc (Hons) CACHE3** Ms A Preece CACHE3* Mrs J Ramsden NVQ3 STA HLTA** Miss F Setton Ms A Strachan CACHE3 HLTA** Mrs M Warshawsky NWQ3 STA** Miss M Williams NNEB** Mr C Littley Director of Finance and Operations: Mr M Mieczkowski BA (Hons) MBA MCMI Non-Teaching staff: Miss N Thomas – Financial Controller AAT Mrs V Appleby – Marketing & Communications Manager BA (Hons) Mrs A Graves – Head’s PA, Admissions Manager* Mrs L Beach – Receptionist* Miss A Georgiou – MIS and Data Administrator BA (Hons) Mr D Ryan – IT and Digital Services Manager Mr T Crowe – Classroom Innovation Lead Mrs S Hedley – Estates Manager Mr T Peirce – Head Groundsperson Mr M Cooper – Groundsperson Mr A Tofte – Estates Supervisor* Mr D Hedley – Estates Assistant Mrs J Harte – Housekeeper Lunchtime Assistants: Mrs J Boyce* Mrs C Cramb Mrs L Dimmer NVQ3 Mrs A Kilby* Mrs N Newman* Mrs P Rist Ms K Smith* Mrs S Suen* Cleaning Assistants: Ms J Burbridge Mr D Collins Ms M Delgado Mrs M Tracey Mrs K Pritchett Mr E Rocha * Denotes Qualified in First Aid for Schools ** Denotes Qualified Paediatric First Aider *** Denotes Qualified in First Aid at Work Governors THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR 2021/2022 CONSISTS OF:- Mr David Arnold MBE (Chairperson) David Arnold spent most of his working life in the printing and publishing industry, having built up and sold a fully integrated group of companies. He was also the owner of a specialist tour operator, Solos Holidays Limited. He is the Chairman of the Employment Resource Centre a charity involved with enabling the unemployed to return to work by retraining and honing existing skills. Three of his Grandchildren have moved on from Manor Lodge and are now at University. David is Chairman of the Board of Governors and also serves on the Finance and General Purposes Committee and the Governance and Nominations Committee. Dr Trevor Lee (Vice Chairperson) Trevor is former Principal at Merchant Taylor’s Prep in north-west London. In 2018 Trevor successfully wrote and presented two proposals to the Department for Education for the creation of two new academies in north London. He teaches internationally on strategy, leadership, collaborative learning and student well-being. Mr Graham Black Graham spent his career in banking and finance in the City, commencing at Coutts & Co and ending as Company Secretary and Finance Director for a broking firm. He went on to serve as Bursar at St Edmunds College in Ware and has also served as Business Manager at three state schools as well as serving as a Local Governor at Croydon High School, a GDST School, for fourteen years. He is currently enjoying an active retirement, taking on a number of consultancy projects. Graham is a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Mrs Sonia Coventry (Parent Governor) Sonia is EYPS qualified and specialises in the EYFS and Montessori philosophy. She is the owner and manager of her own local nursery and has extensive experience in matters relating to child development and safeguarding. Sonia has two children. Her son and daughter are both currently at Manor Lodge. Sonia is a member of the Education Committee. Mr Amol Devani (Parent Governor) Amol is the CEO and Co-Founder of an award-winning group of purpose-built nurseries and pre-schools. Amol is passionate about providing the highest quality childcare and education to the bright little stars of the future. Prior to this, Amol was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Investment Bank being responsible for overseeing a large trading and technology team. Amol aspires to use his educational, entrepreneurial, business strategy and corporate oversight skills to support the School within his role as a Governor. Amol also serves as a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Amol has three young children, born within three years of each other, two being of age to currently attend Manor Lodge. Mrs Helen Gunasekera Helen is a Solicitor and worked in private practice until 2000. She then joined and is currently a Senior Lawyer in the Government Legal Service where she specialises in Governance and Litigation. Helen has a daughter and a son who left Manor Lodge in 2015 and 2013 to attend Dame Alice Owen’s School. Her daughter was in the first intake of Manor Lodge Nursery when it opened in 2008. Helen’s husband’s family lived in Elstree for over 30 years. Helen is a member of the Education Committee and the Governance and Nominations Committee. Ms Melody Jones Melody was born in Northern Ireland and attended grammar school there before reading Natural Sciences at Durham University and completing her PGCE at the University of Manchester. Melody is a Physics teacher. She started teaching at Dover College and moved on to Wellington College where she became Head of Physics. She was Head of Lower School and then Head of Lower Sixth and Admissions at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and is now Second Master at St Albans School. Melody is a member of the Education Committee. Mr James Segal (Parent Governor) James is a practising Solicitor and has undertaken a variety of General Counsel and Company Secretarial roles in commerce and industry, having started his legal career at a City law firm. He has a broad experience across a number of legal areas including commercial contracts, business acquisitions, disputes, corporate governance, compliance and investigations. James has three children. His two sons have now left Manor Lodge and are at St Albans School and Aldenham School. His daughter remains at Manor Lodge. James is Chair of the Governance and Nominations Committee and also serves as a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Mrs Lucy Selby Lucy qualified as a solicitor and after practising for a few years, moved into business development and strategy for law firms. She is now the Borough Councillor for Aldenham East in Hertsmere. Lucy has two children who both attended Manor Lodge. They have now left and have both moved onto Haberdashers. Lucy also serves as a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Mr William Thorp (Parent Governor) Will is the CEO of Standard Bank’s International Client Solutions, leading the Bank’s businesses in Jersey, Isle of Man and Mauritius, as well as its distribution and support teams in London and Johannesburg. Standard Bank International Client Solutions employs 466 people and offers Banking, Lending, Investment and Trust and Fiduciary products to its client base both across the African continent and internationally. Will is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has worked for Standard Bank for 19 years. His previous roles include Finance Director of the Bank’s Russian operation based in Moscow, and Global Finance Director – Investment Banking, based in both London and Johannesburg. He moved to Jersey in 2012 to be Chief Financial Officer for Standard Bank Wealth International, becoming the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) in 2015. Will moved from being located in our Jersey office to working from our London location in 2019. Will also serves as a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Will is married with two children (who attend MLS) and enjoys running in his spare time. Mr Andrew Williams Andrew is the Principal of Aldenham School. He studied Materials Engineering at Loughborough University and took a PCGE in Physics at Manchester University. He has taught for over 20 years in Maintained, Independent and International Schools, specialising in Physics but his classroom experience has also included teaching Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Spanish. Andrew has worked for much of his teaching career in boarding schools and spent a number of years as a Housemaster then Deputy Head before taking on his current role. Andrew completed his MA(Ed) in Educational Leadership and Management in 2011 and has been an ISI inspector for seven years. He is married and has three children, all girls. Andrew is a member of the Education Committee. Mr Stephen Wilson Stephen taught Modern Languages at secondary schools for 35 years. For 22 years he was Head of Junior School (Years 7 and 8) at Haberdashers’ Boys with responsibility for pastoral care and progress. He has served as Governor of three schools. In addition he has been involved in activities with people with learning difficulties and children with autism. For 14 years he was Secretary of the League of Friends at a local long-stay hospital. Since retirement in 2005, Stephen has enjoyed writing children’s stories and has visited Manor Lodge to give readings from his books and to discuss PHSE issues. Stephen is a member of the Education Committee and is also the governor with responsibility for overseeing Safeguarding. 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