Senior Leadership Team
Senior Leadership Team
Mrs Julie Peterson
Principal
BA (English), Dip Hort (Distinction), Dip Tchg
Mrs Stephanie Russell
Deputy Principal – Student Wellbeing
BA English and History (Hons), Dip Tchg
Mr Paul Dine
Deputy Principal – Teaching and Learning
Btech (Hons), Dip Tchg
Mrs Rachel Roberts
Assistant Principal – Student Outcomes
BA (Hons) History
Leadership Team
Mrs Kelly Ives
Director of Boarding
Physical Education, Health
BPhEd (Hons), QTSTchg
kelly.ives@woodford.school.nz
boarding@woodford.school.nz
Boarding Mobile: 021 244 8548
Mr Alexander Nixon
Director of Sport
BA, BBS, GDip Tchg
Ms Joanna Cakebread
Director of Performing Arts
BMus (Hons), Dip Tchg
Reverend Raewyn Hedge
School Chaplain
BEd, Dip Tchg
Mr Ted Jones
Business and Operations Manager
BA
Mrs Rebecca Ainsworth
Director of Communications
BComm
Heads of Departments
Dr Marina Alexander
Head of Mathematics
PhD Physics and Mathematics, Dip Tchg
Ms Barb Benson
Head of Design and Creative Technologies
TTC
Ms Hayley Dustin
Head of Intermediate Department
BEd (Tchg), MA (TESOL)
Ms Rebecca Trethowan
Head of English
BA, GDip Tchg
Mrs Sue Pommarède
Head of Languages
BA (Hons), Dip Tchg, Dip SLT
Mrs Annemarie Mirams
Head of Science
MSc (Hons), Dip Tchg
Mr Nicholas Fitness
Head of Social Sciences
BA, GDip Tchg
Mrs Annette Watson
Head of Physical Education, Tauroa Dean
BPhEd, Dip Tchg
Teaching Team
Miss Sophie Davies
Year 7/8 Teacher, Intermediate Dean
Ba Nursing, GDip Tchg
Mrs Rhiannon Fitness
Geography, Social Studies, Rouncil Dean
BSc, PGDipSci (Geog), GDip Tchg (Sec)
Mrs Annabel Flynn
Physical Education and Health Teacher
BPhEd, MTchgLn
Mrs Sarah Johnson
English Language Learning (ELL)
B.PhEd, Dip Tchg, CELTA
Mr Ryan Kaarsemaker
Mathematics
BScE, BEd(Sec:Maths)
Mrs Pam Knight
Technology
Dip Home Ec, TTC, Dip Spec Subjects
Ms Lynn McKenna
Intermediate teacher, Year 9/10 Literacy
Wallingford Dean
BSc(Hons), Dip Tchg
Mrs Jo Menzies
Geography
BA, Dip Tchg
Mrs Lorna Morice
Intermediate teacher, English, Diverse Needs Leader
BAg Com, Dip Com, Dip Tchg
Ms Diane Morris
Visual Arts, Technology, Design and Photography
BFA, Dip Tchg
Ms Jane Perry
Pathway Programmes, Careers
MA
Mr Andrew Plant
Classical Studies and English, Frimley Dean
BA, MA (Hons), Dip Tchg
Mrs Amy Reid
English
BA, Dip Tchg, MTchg (USA)
Miss Danielle Rieter
TIC Drama, Wallingford Dean
MTchgLn, BA
Ms Kimberly Robertson
English
BA, PGDip Tchg, PGCert TEAL
Mrs Carissa Vaughan
Business Studies
LLB, BCom, GDip Tchg
Mrs Nicola Williams
Technology, Home and Nutrition
Dip Tchg, BEd, Dip Home Sci, Dip BusSt
Ms Jan Winsley
Mathematics
M.M.ED
Ms Sue Wood
Science
Mrs Liz Cheyne
Teacher Aide
Cert Ed Support
Mrs Jill Foster
Teacher Aide
ATCL
Mrs Amy van den Hout
Teacher Aide
Dip Tchg
International Team
Ms Gabrielle Nguyen
Director of Global Education
BBS, GDip Mrkt
Mrs Sandra Flessak
Global Student Coordinator
BPhEd, GDip Tchp
Mrs Sarah Johnson
ESOL Teacher
English Language Learning (ELL)
B.PhEd, Dip Tchg (Sec), CELTA
Mrs Debbie Starck
ESOL Teacher
BA HDE, Cert TEAL
Administration Staff
Mrs Lisa Lee
Principal’s Personal Assistant
Mrs Robyn Walsh
Senior Leadership Assistant
Mrs Jenny Thompson
Finance Administrator
BBS
Mrs Kim Reed
Administration Office Co-ordinator
kim.reed@woodford.school.nz
enquiries@woodford.school.nz
office@woodford.school.nz
Mrs Suzanna Elliott
Administration Assistant
suzanna.elliott@woodford.school.nz
office@woodford.school.nz
Mrs Mary Sherratt
Archivist
Health Centre
Dr Karen Irwin
School Doctor
BM, DA, DRCOG, FRNZGP
Dr Lee Knight
School Counsellor
PhD, DipCIP
Mrs Caryn Williams
School Nurse
BN and Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning
Ancillary
Ms Briar Chalmers
Sport Administrator/Coach
BSC
Mr Warren Chaplin
Comms and Marketing Co-ordinator
B Des (VCD)
Mrs Cathrine Maiorana
Laboratory Technician
B Food Tech (Hons)
Mr Jay Berriman
IT Technician
BCS
Boarding
Mrs Kelly Ives
Director of Boarding
BPhEd (Hons), QTSTchg
kelly.ives@woodford.school.nz
boarding@woodford.school.nz
Boarding Mobile: 021 244 8548
Mrs Sue Macphee
Assistant Director of Boarding
Mrs Joyce Clark
Assistant Boarding Manager
Boarding Mobile: 021 244 8548
Mrs Jeanette Cooper
Assistant Boarding Manager
Boarding Mobile: 021 244 8548
Ms Vivienne Wharehoka
House Supervisor
BSocPrac Counselling, Dip Tchg
Boarding Mobile: 021 244 8548
Grounds
Mr Greg Bott
Custodian
Mr Duncan Ives
Groundsperson
Mr Ross Southen
Groundsperson