Academic staff at St. Clare's

We are proud of the depth, range and expertise of our academic staff. With such a highly regarded reputation for excellence and experience, we have no trouble attracting the best teachers to work at St. Clare's. We employ over 45 permanent staff plus a large number of specialists in language, sport, music and cultural classes. Teachers are selected for their academic qualifications and expertise, successful teaching experience and ability to relate to our international student community. Many of our staff are IB examiners and teacher workshop leaders.

Course Management  
Course Director - Tom Walsh MA HDipEd (Dublin)  
Dean of Students - Susan Tawse BSc (Edinburgh) PGCE  
Director of Studies - Cormack Kirby BA (Leeds) PGCE  MEd (Bristol)
Member of staff Subject
Liz Reece BA (Exeter) Dip CG (London) Careers & higher education adviser
Paul Sinclair MA (St Andrews) MA (Washington) US university education adviser
Rigmor Batsvik Cand. Mag. Adjunkt (Bergen) BA (Oxford Brookes) Norwegian
Nisha Bauluck BSc (Sussex) PGCE (Sussex) Mathematics
Kanishka Bhattacharya MSt (Oxon) Mathematics
Suso Blanco Licenciado CAP Postgrado Literatura Comparada (Santiago de Compostela) Spanish
Olga Borymchuk DPhil (Oxon) PGCE (Open University) Ukranian
Vicky Bullard MA PGCE (Oxon) English Language
Zuzana Wilson Czech
Mettte Bundvad Danish
Alice Caldock BA (Strathclyde) PGCE (Strathclyde) QTS English B
David Chaplin BA (Carmarthen) TOK
Ludmilla Checkley Diplom Mod Lang (Pyatigorsk) Russian
Clifford Culbert BSc (Kingston) PGCE (Oxford Brookes) Physics
Ricardo Da Silva Esteves PGCE (Cambridge) Maitrise LEA Spanish and French
Gerrard Daly MSc (London) MA (London) Physics
Ismailj Dauti BSc (Kosovo) Albanian Literature
Simon Davis BEd (Leeds) Physics
Jing Ping Fan MSc (Leeds Metropolitan) BA (Central China Normal University) PGCE (London) Chinese
Victoria Folkyte BA (Vilnius) Lithuanian
Ian Gill BSc (Bristol) PGCE (Lancaster) Chemistry
David Gomm BSc (Durham) PGCE (London) Environmental Systems & Societies
Catherine Gospel BA MA PGCE (London) French and German
Christos Halkiopoulos MSc (London) Psychology
Roni Hameiri-Bowen BA PGCE (Tel Aviv) MBA (Open University UK) Economics; Business & Management
Julia Hammett MA (Dundee) PGCE DTEFLA English
Keiko Harada BA MA (Osaka) MA (Kent) MA (SOAS) Japanese
David Harris BSc MEd (Bristol) PGCE (Manchester) Mathematics
Sarah Jinks BSc (Warwick) PGCE (Oxon) Biology; Chemistry
Nadia Jones MSc (Romania) Mathematics
Rory Kelly PhD (London) BA MEd PGCE (Cape Town) BEd (South Africa) MEd (ELT)(Sheffield) English
Marzena Kochanska BA (Leeds) PGCE TESOL (London) Director of English Language
Julia Koch-Cullum MA (Frankfurt am Main) PGCE (Oxon) German
Marina Kujic BA(Sarajevo) PGCE (Strathclyde) MSc (Paisley) Serbian
Matthew Dolan BSc (Bath) PGCE (Bath) Chemistry and TOK
Kicki Lurcock BA (Abo Akademi) MA (Oxford Brookes) English / Swedish
Stephen Marshall BSc PGCE (Newcastle) Geography; Environmental Systems & Societies
Alina Nachescu BA (University Timisoara) Romania Romanian
Carola Percival BA PGCE (Reading) German
Teodora Petranova MA (Sofia) Bulgarian
John Rolfe MA PGCE (London) Visual Art
Zuzana Skalicanova Gergelova Slovak
Philomena Solomon PGCE GRNCM ARCM LTCL AMus TCL CertEd Music
George Speller PhD (Cantab) PGCE (Bedford) Biology
David Staton BA (Cantab) MA (Durham) History
Victoria Staveley BA (Newfoundland) TOK
Susan Tawse BSc (Edinburgh) PGCE Mathematics
Jennifer Taylor Italian Doctorate Italian
Nang Mo Hom Tun BA (Taunggyi) Burmese
Ulf-Wedig van der Osten MA (Hohenheim) PGCE (London) Economics and Business
Jos Vos MA (Kent) BA (Oxon) BA (Leuven) Dutch
Tom Walsh MA HDipEd (Dublin) Biology
Jadwiga Wanelik Magister Filologii (Krakow) Polish
Victoria Watson BA (London) Maitrise (Avignon) LTCL Dip TEFL/TESOL PGCE (Canterbury) English
Mark Watts BA (Liverpool) PGCE (Warwick) Economics; Business & Management
Zuzana Wilson Czech
Jennifer Wirth MA (Phoenix) BA (Minnesota) Mathematics
Andrew Young BA PGCE (London) History
Suzette Youngs BA (London) DTEFLA PGCE (Strathclyde) EFL Teacher
Activities Staff  
Head of Activities - Kevin Hennessy BA HDipEd HDip Heritage Management (Cork) MEd (Oxford Brookes)
CAS Coordinator - Rebecca Pyrah BA PGCE
Activities Teacher - Vicky Hahn-Hennessy BA (Wales) TESOL
A full and detailed list of the activities offered as part of the IB Diploma and the associated member of staff is given here.

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