Staff, Directors & Patrons

Senior Leadership Team

  • Jennifer Roscoe MA (Oxon) NPQH PGCE QTS SLE MCCT

    Principal

  • Amanda Doyle BA (Hons) PGCE

    Vice Principal - Director of Teaching and Learning

  • Matthew Bodels LLB (Hons) PGDipEd

    Assistant Principal - Data, Progress and Innovation

  • Alan Brown

    Operations Manager

  • Joanne McKeirnan BA (Hons), PGCE, M.Ed, NPQSL

    Head of Student Support and DSL

  • Emma Louise Thomas

    Executive PA

  • Sarah Owen Jones

    Director of Communications and Development

  • Laura Coard

    Deputy Director of Higher Education and Voice Teacher

  • Angela Mills

    Head of Finance

Vocational Team

  • Aaron Parker

    Deputy Director of Vocational Training (Dance)

  • Anna Hall

    Classical and Contemporary Lead

  • Aimee Azari

    Dance Teacher

  • Alison Hughes

    Teacher of Dance

  • Callum Cartledge

    Teacher of Dance

  • Charlotte Ingleson

    Dance Teacher

  • Dina Robinson

    Dance Teacher

  • Haley Thorbinson

    Dance Teacher

  • James Liley

    Dance Teacher

  • James Wilson

    Dance Teacher and Outreach

  • Joanne Redhead

    Dance Teacher / DDE Tutor

  • Kelly Stevens

    Dance Teacher and Social Media Manager

  • Laura Meeson

    Dance Teacher / DDE Tutor

  • Laura Quin

    Dance Teacher

  • Lynne Holt

    Teacher of Diploma in Dance Education (DDE)

  • Mark Hindle

    Dance Teacher

  • Rachel Sargent

    Dance Teacher and Industry Lead

  • Bethany-Jayne Dalton

    Tap and Jazz Lead and Industry

  • Wendy Lockwood

    Director of Lower School Dance

  • Alex Hammond

    Assistant Director of Theatre Arts

  • Jessica Joslin

    Acting Teacher

  • Jessica Mann

    Drama Teacher and LAMDA

  • Josh Thomas

    Acting Teacher

  • Kirsty Brennan

    Curriculum Leader of Drama

  • Louise Maddocks

    Deputy Director of Vocational Training in Acting and Musical Theatre

  • Tim Bond

    Assistant Director of Acting

  • Andy Davies

    Musical Director and Accompanist

  • Andrew Saunders

    BA Tutor

  • Gareth Bretherton

    Vocal Coach

  • Hannah Selby-Hughes

    Vocal Coach

  • Jean Fearnall-Williams

    Vocal Teacher

  • Joseph Mann

    Vocal Coach

  • Judy Kent

    Vocal Coach

  • Oliver Ashley

    Musical Director

  • Robert Bannon

    Musical Director and Performance Opportunities Coordinator

  • Sean Boyes

    Vocal Coordinator

  • Shaun Aquilina

    Vocal Coach

  • Anthea Garratt

    Injury Prevention and Wellbeing Co-ordinator

  • Wing Lam Tsang

    Instrument Tutor and Piano Teacher

  • Jonathan Rowlands

    Music Teacher

  • Katherine Rooney

    Assistant Director of Music

  • Lynsey Blair

    Music Teacher

  • Marija Scott

    Accompanist

  • Mercy Birch

    Music Teacher

  • Phil Knowles

    Accompanist

Teaching & Learning Team

  • Alex Rigsby

    Curriculum Leader of Humanities

  • Andrew Hanson

    Teacher of Science

  • Chris Poole

    Teacher of Art

  • Clare Hampson

    Lead Practitioner for Teaching and Learning Science

  • Clare Horton

    Technician

  • Helen Donovan

    Leader of Learning Support (SEND Provision Coordinator) and Teacher of Geography

  • Jamie Kong

    Curriculum Leader of Mathematics

  • Joanne Nicklin

    Teacher of Maths

  • Julien Lebas

    Teacher of French

  • Mark Caulfield

    Lead Practitioner for Teaching and Learning English

  • Naomi Wanford

    Teacher of English

Wellbeing and Learning Support

  • Emma Coupe

    Pastoral Support Manager

  • Fiona Morrison

    Pastoral Assistant

  • Hannah Curtis

    Pastoral Assistant

  • Larissa McGhie

    SEND Learning Support Assistant

  • Ola Kopera

    SEND Learning Support Assistant

Professional Services

  • Andrea Norton

    Finance Administrator

  • Chris Currie

    Facilities Operative

  • Emma Kelly

    Finance Administrator

  • Hannah Siebenmann

    Communications Administrator

  • Jack Walton

    Communications Officer

  • Joanna Harris

    Registrar

  • John Siddley

    Facilities Operative

  • Ken McClelland

    Facilities Manager

  • Maisie Eccleston-Tuohy

    Events Manager

  • Marsha Ellams

    Accountant

  • Mike Hart

    Facilities Operative

  • Mitch Beetham

    IT Technician

  • Nathan Storm

    Head of Productions

  • Nicola Moxon

    Higher Education Coordinator

  • Rhian Lyon

    Performance and Communications Coordinator

  • Phil Webb

    Technical Theatre Manager

  • Suzanne Davies

    Finance Administrator

  • Tamara Lyon

    Receptionist

  • Thomas Cane

    Exams and Data Manager

Board of Directors

Directors can be contacted via The Hammond: 

Address: The Hammond, Hoole Bank House, Mannings Lane, Chester, CH2 4ES​

Email: contact@thehammond.co.uk​

Phone Number: 01244 305 350

Kathy Cowell OBE DL
Chair of the Board, Finance

Carol Penny
Vice Chair of the Board

John Devoy
Secretary to the Board

Thomas Matthews

Fiona McGladrigan

Debbie Silcock

Anna Sutton

Patrons

  • Dollie Henry

  • Wayne Sleep

  • James Pearson