Staff Contact Details
Mr Nicholas Higham B.Ed Headmaster
Mr Julian Godwin, B.Ed Deputy Headmaster, Head of History, Head of Boarding
Mr John Slingsby, BEd Deputy Headmaster, Director of Sport
Mr Christopher Sketchley, MA, PGCE Director of Studies, Head of Classics
Mr Mark Harrison, BA, PGCEDirector of Activities, Housemaster, Year 3 Tutor
Dr Dolores Ansell, BSc, PhD, Head of Scholars, Science and Maths
Mr Paul Arnold, BSc Head of DT,Assistant Housemaster
Mrs Myriam Barker, BA, PGCE, French
Mr Vincent Conyngham, BA, MA, BMus, FTCL, LTCL, ALCM, Head of Music
Fr John Fairhurst, OSB BSc, Chaplain and Head of Religious Studies
Mrs Kate Green, BSc, PGCE Head of Science
Fr. Philip Rozario, OSBBA, BTh, Assistant Chaplain and Religious Studies, Marketing
Mr Andrew Hollins, Cert.Ed. Head of Mathematics,ICT
Mrs Emma Leonard, BA, Girl's Games and PE
Miss Michelle McKenzie, BEd., Geography, Maths and PE
Mrs Nancy Newlands-Melvin, BA, PGCE Head of French
Mrs Maria Richardson, BA, PGCE, English, Key Stage 2 Co-ordinator, Year 5 Tutor
Mrs Angela Scott, BEd.,Head of English
Mrs Laura Waley, BEd., PGCE, Head of Art
Mrs Victoria Walker, BA, PGCEHead of Lower School and Year 4 Tutor
Mrs Jill Wood, BA, English, PE and EAL
CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS
SPECIAL NEEDS
Mrs Gaynor de Barr, Cert.Ed, Cert.Sp.Ld(OCR)
PRE-PREP and NURSERY
Miss Kate Oakley, Head of Pre-Prep and Year 2 Teacher
Mrs Libby Cook Nursery Tutor
Mrs Susan Davies, BA,PGCE, Reception Tutor
Mrs Rachel Eglinton, BEdYear 1 Tutor
Mrs Marian Mortimer, BA Nursery Tutor
MATRONAL STAFF
Mrs Pat McManus Senior Matron
Mrs. Jenny Thackray Matron
Mrs Louise Harrison - Health Care Assistant Matron
OFFICE STAFF
Mrs Glynis Skehan School Secretary
Mrs Lynn Harrison School Secretary
GOVERNORS
Mr Ben Houghton(Chairman) headmaster@stmartins.ampleforth.org.uk
Chairman since 2000, and formerly chairman of the committee which integrated St Martins Nawton and Ampleforth College Junior School. Former army officer and stockbroker. Trustee of three national charities involved in drug abuse, housing and missing people. Former parent of pupil at SMA.
Fr Francis Davidson francisd@ampleforth.org.uk
Monk of Ampleforth Abbey. One of the Trustees of the Ampleforth Abbey Trust.
Education: Fort Augustus Abbey School, Scotland; Fribourg University, Switzerland; and Blackfriars, Oxford.
Experience: Taught English for 25 years in two schools. Housemaster in Fort Augustus Abbey School for 4 years. Headmaster of Fort Augustus Abbey School for 13 years. Headmaster of Portsmouth Abbey School, Rhode Island, USA, for 5 years.
Parish priest of St. Mary’s, Bamber Bridge, Lancs for 6½ years.
Mrs Rachel Fletcher rf@ampleforth.org.uk
Director of Admissions for Ampleforth College.
Mrs Trina Hagerty trinah@ampleforth.org.uk
Episcopal Delegate for Education, RC Diocese of Leeds. Responsibility for strategic planning [81primary schools, 17secondary schools] across 8 local authorities.
Chairperson: Diocesan Council for Education. 40 years teaching experience in catholic, and secular, state maintained secondary schools. Head teacher: The Salt Grammar School [11-19 co-ed; 1,500 students] 1989 – 2001. Representative of West Yorkshire head teachers on Leeds University Court 1994- 2002. Contributor to Leeds University PGCE course [school management]. Consultancy for ASCL. Grandparent of former boarding pupils at St Martin’s, Ampleforth
Mrs Jacquie Pern j.pern@btinternet.com
Jacquie has four children, three of whom are at St. Martin’s Ampleforth and one is at Ampleforth College. Jacquie lives in Gilling East. She owns and runs The Pheasant Hotel in Harome which is just a few miles from the school.
Mrs Josephine Pitt josephinep@ampleforth.org.uk
A mother of 4 children and grandmother of 5. She was a parent at both Gilling and Ampleforth. She is a trained Primary school teacher and adult education tutor and also a trained marriage counselor. She spent some 20 years in the Parenting Support sector, working for Parenting UK and the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners until her retirement in February 2009. She is a keen linguist and enjoys meeting people from all over the world; her languages are Russian, German and French. She lives in Whenby on an organic farm where her husband rears and finishes beef cattle and sheep.
Mr Graham Wood henrys@ampleforth.org.uk
A Governor of St Martins Ampleforthfor two years. On the board of the St Martins Trust which provides selective monetary grants to the school. Both children have attended St Martins, and subsequently St Martin's Ampleforth, from nursery age and have now moved on from Amplefoth College. He lives in the Ampleforth area which allows him to have some knowledge of the impressions of the school in the geographical area in which it operates. Professionally, a partner in a firm of Patent and Trade Mark attorneys and practices as a Chartered British and European Patent Attorney so can provide some legal and commercial experience to the Board of Governors.
Fr. Wulstan Peterburs (Procurator) procurator@ampleforth.org.uk
Mr Liam Kelly (Clerk to the Governors) lfk@ampleforth.org.uk
Ampleforth Abbey & College
York YO62 4EN
Tel: 01439 766710