School Leadership Team

The School is led by the Head and the Executive Team with a Board of Governors.

Board of Governors

Mrs Kathryn Gorman BA, MEd (Cantab)

Position:
Head

Kathryn Gorman joined as Head of Abbot’s Hill School on 1 January 2020. Kathryn holds a degree in English from the University of Birmingham and a MEd in Educational Leadership from the University of Cambridge. After University, Kathryn taught in...

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Mr Michael Waymouth, BA MA MCGI Cert IoD CMgr FCMI

Position:
Bursar

Mike Waymouth joined Abbot’s Hill School as Bursar and Clerk to the Governors in October 2023.  He has a degree in Government and a Masters in Military Technology.  His first career was in HM Armed Forces where he has served...

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Miss Katherine Bluck BA, MA (Cantab), PGCE

Position:
Head of Prep

Miss Bluck joined us in April 2022, from Frensham Heights where she was Head of the Junior School.  She was previously Head of the Lower School at Lambrook Prep near Ascot and Deputy Head of the Junior School at the...

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Mrs Sharon Schanschieff BSc (Hons) QTS

Position:
Acting Head of Senior

Sharon Schanschieff was educated in a girls’ school in London and graduated from Exeter University with a BSc (Ed) in Mathematics. She taught mathematics up to A Level in two maintained secondary schools for 11 years, before moving to Suffolk...

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Mrs Jennifer Davison BA (Hons), PGCE

Position:
Acting Deputy Head, Senior

Jennifer Davison, Deputy Head, is an accomplished educator with a rich background in the academic world. A proud graduate of Leicester University with a BA in History, Jennifer spent a decade imparting historical knowledge to A-Level students in the maintained...

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School Leadership Team

Deputy Head, Prep – Mrs C Worrell BA (Hons), PGCE (Cantab)

Nursery Manager – Mrs S Lanchbery CACHE C&E Dip L3

Assistant Head Co-Curricular – Mrs K Stephenson BA (Hons), PGCE

Assistant Head (Academic Progress), Senior – Mrs A Smith BSc (Hons), MSc, QTS

Acting Assistant Head (Pastoral), DSL and SENDCO, Senior – Miss Claire Bradley,
BA(Hons), QTS, M.Ed., NASENCO, PATOSS: AAA (Level 7)

Assistant Head (Pastoral), Prep – Mrs V López Bernal BA (Hons), MA, PGCE

Director of Marketing and Admissions – Mr J Dodd BSc (Hons), PGCE, MTL