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 | |
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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 |
George Speller PhD (Cantab) PGCE (Bedford) | Biology |
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 |
Activities Staff | |
Head of Activities - Kevin Hennessy BA HDipEd HDip Heritage Management (Cork) MEd (Oxford Brookes) | |
CAS Coordinator - Sarah Klein BA BEd (Concordia University College, Alberta) | |
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. |