​Meet the Okehampton College Staff Family

​Senior Leadership Team

year TEAMS

Tutor teams

Elise Arden Trew	Year 7	EAT	Beech house
Jade Wilde	Year 7	JWW	Maple house
Charli Sizmur	Year 7	CHS	Oak house
Vicky Hall	Year 7	VLH	Ash house
Simon Quick	Year 7	SQ	Ash house
Paul Sharpe	Year 7	PS	Elm house
Emily Lang	Year 7	EL	Beech house
Abigail Brown	Year 7	AB	Maple house
Samantha Dennis	Year 7	SLD	Elm house
Valerie Thomann	Year 7	VAT	Oak house
Kim Daniels	Year 8	KED	Beech house
Jon May	Year 8	JDM	Oak house
Ellen Morrison	Year 8	EM	Ash house
Paul Barnett	Year 8	PNB	Elm house
Sally Vine	Year 8	SV	Maple house
Lee Turnbull	Year 8	LTU	Maple house
Matt Bailey	Year 8	MAB	Ash house
Megan Turner	Year 8	MT	Elm house
Simon Fox	Year 8	SRF	Oak house
George Maloney	Year 9	GM	Elm house
Mark Workman	Year 9	MW	Oak house
Jim Dunn	Year 9	JAD	Ash house
Jerica Bray	Year 9	JLB	Maple house
Natalie Spiller	​Year 9	NSX	Oak house
Lena Janyk	Year 9	LKJ	Maple house
Rachel Bertram	Year 9	RKB	Beech house
Laura Ashleford	Year 9	LAS	Elm house
Dan Rossiter	Year 9	DR	Ash house
Sophie Littlewood-Horner	Year 9	SL	Beech house
Cameron Giles	Year 10	CAG	Elm house
Caitlyn Scullion	Year 10	CSC	Oak house
Paul Sullens	Year 10	PMS	Ash house
Ken Abbey-Pobee	​Year 10	KA	Oak house
Lily Ewen	Year 10	LE	Beech house
Robert Buyers	Year 10	RB	Maple house
​Emma Watson	Year 10	EW
Laura Samuel	Year 10	LRS	Maple House
Jim Parker	Year 10	JHP
Simon Ashby	Year 10	SA	Beech house
Chris Henderson	Year 11	CHE	Ash house
Alice Hawkins	Year 11	AJH	Oak house
Emma White	Year 11	EMW	Elm house
Sarah Carter	Year 11	SLC	Maple house
Laura-Jane Dufty	Year 11	LJD	Beech house
Charlotte Wates	Year 11	CW	Elm house
James Rodgers	Year 11	JDR	Beech house
Kat Redstone	Year 11	KR	Ash house
Jo Teixeira	Year 11	JBT	Maple house
Paul Scarbrough	Year 11	PAS	Oak house
Gavin Collins	Year 11	GWC

FACULTY OF ENGLISH, LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES

Alice Hawkins	Head of English
Charli Sizmur	Assistant Head of English
Siobhan Foley-Bearne	Teacher of English and in charge of Literacy
Dominic Carnell	Teacher of English and Media Studies
Jerica Bray	Teacher of English
Emily Lang	Teacher of English
Paul Sharpe	Teacher of English
Abigail Brown	Teacher of English
Natalie Spiller	Teacher of English
Annabel Skelton	Assistant Principal and Teacher of English
Megan Turner	Teacher of English
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Charlotte Wates	Head of Languages
Lena Janyk	Teacher of Languages
Laura Samuel	Teacher of Languages
Valerie Thoman	Teacher of Languages

​FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING AND ECONOMICS

Sarah Carter	Head of Mathematics
Value	Assistant Head of Mathematics
Gareth Barker	Teacher of Mathematics and Head of Year 7
Tess Hodgson	Teacher of Mathematics and Head of Year 10
Kenneth Abbey-Pobee	Teacher of Mathematics
Samantha Dennis	Teacher of Mathematics and Assistant Head of Year 7
Vicky Hall	Teacher of mathematics
Daniel Rossiter	Teacher of Mathematics and Assistant Head of Year 9
Johanne Searle	Teacher of Mathematics and Assistant Post 16 Leader
Sally Vine	​Teacher of Mathematics
Laura-Jane Dufty	Head of Computing
Lee Turnbull	Teacher of Computing and Business Enterprise and Assistant Head of Year 8
​Robin Hancocks	Teacher of Computer Science ​
​Neil Sproats	Teacher of Business Enterprise & Economics and Assistant Principal

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Emma Dean	Head of science
Sophie Littlewood-Horner	Subject Lead for Chemistry
Paul Scarbrough	Subject Lead for Biology
Paul Barnett	Teacher of science
Rachel Bertram	Teacher of science
Value	Teacher of science
Ellen Morrison	Teacher of science
Lily Ewen	Teacher of science
Jade Wilde	Teacher of science
Krystal Ketcher	Teacher of science and Assistant Principal
Julie Luckhurst	Teacher of Health & Social Care
Chris Henderson	Head of Technology
James Dunn	Asissstant Head of Technology
Simon Quick	Subject Lead for Food and Catering
Simon Ashby	Teacher of Technology
​Carol Dunn	​Teacher of Technology
​Jayne Hill	​Teacher of Technology
​Jon May	​​Teacher of Technology
​Arron Wilson	​Teacher of Technology and Head of Y11
Michael Deacon	Science Technician
Lisa Alvarez	Science Technician
Dale Tyler	Science Technician
Julia Tallowin	Science Technician
Ian Sampson	Technology Technician

FACULTY OF SPORT AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS

Kathryn Redstone	Head of PE and Sport
Matthew Bailey	Teacher of PE and Sport, and Duke Of Edinburgh Lead
Gavin Collins	Teacher of PE and Sport
Bernice Hachipuka	Teacher of PE and Sport, and Assistant Principal
Kristopher Harris	Teacher of PE and Sport, and Assistant Head of Year Post 16
Caitlyn Scullion	Teacher of PE and Sport
Naomi Wilcock	Teacher of PE and Sport, and Duke Of Edinburgh Lead
Joanna Tiexeira	Head of Expressive Arts
Danielle Murray	Head of Art
Victoria Hobbs	Teacher of Art
Elise Arden Trew	Teacher of Art
Kim Daniels	Teacher of Art
Lucy Roberts	Head of Drama
Gry Nielsen	Teacher of Drama
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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Laura Doxford	Head of Humanities
James Rodgers	Acting Head of Humanities and Subject Lead History
Emma White	Subject Lead Beliefs and Values
Laura Ashelford	Teacher of Humanities: Beliefs and Values and Geography
Simon Reardon	Teacher of Humanities: History and Beliefs and Values
Simon Fox	Acting Subject Lead: Geography
Cameron Giles	Teacher of Humanities: History
Michael Gurney	Teacher of Humanities: Geography
Jim Parker	Teacher of Humanities: Geography - Assistant Head of Year 10
Olivia Wheeleker	Teacher of Humanities: Geography, and Head of Y8
​Emma White	​Teacher of Philosophy
Olivia Wheeleker	​Teacher of Sociology

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STUDENT SERVICES safeguarding TEAM

student SERVICES TRANSITIONS TEAM

Bernice Hachipuka	KS2 to KS3 (Primary liaison)
Olivia Wheeleker	KS2 to KS3 (Head of Year 7)
Sarah Carter	KS3 to KS4 (Options choices)
Tess Hodgson	KS3 to KS4 (Head of Year 9)
Neil Sproats	KS4 to KS5 (Head of Post-16)
​Vanessa Little	KS4 to KS5 (Post-16 Support)
Julie Luckhurst	Careers
Neil Sproats	KS5​ to University and Employment
Vanessa Little	KS5 to University and Employment Post-16 Support)
Johanne Searle	KS5 to University (Assistant Head of Year 13)
Kristopher Harris	KS5 to University (Assistant Head of Year 12)

student SERVICES ADMINISTRATION TEAM

Abigail Campbell	Attendance Officer
Isabel Simpson	Examinations Officer
Jackie Stevens	Curriculum Support
Lisa Thompson	Curriculum Support
Vanessa Little	Sixth Form Support
Dawn Weir	Pastoral Support