Philip Hills, Headmaster
Dr Philip Hills joined the school as Headmaster in September 2017 having previously served as Deputy Head at Hampton School. He gained a First in Classics from Cambridge, where he also directed plays and played football (he still coaches sports teams) before going on to write his PhD on Horace. Dr Hills began his teaching career at Eton and subsequently moved on to become Head of Classics at Bristol Grammar and then St Paul’s. He introduced mindfulness to the Hampton curriculum and set up a Latin outreach programme with local state schools. Dr Hills lives in Summertown with his wife, Professor Alison Hills, a Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy at St John’s College, Oxford, and their three children.
Jessica Williams, Head of Prep & Pre-Prep
Mrs Jessica Williams joined OHS as Head of Prep & Pre-Prep in January 2019, having previously occupied the role of Deputy Head and Head of Girls at Ashfold Preparatory School. With over twenty years teaching and managerial experience, Jessica began her career as a Biology teacher and then became Head of Year 7 at Aylesbury Grammar School, where she established the induction programme for new pupils entering the senior school from feeder primary and prep schools. She also served as Head of Boarding at Lucton School in rural Herefordshire and as a science teacher at Llandovery College in Wales. Having gained a first class honours degree in Physiology and Psychology from the University of Southampton followed by a PGCE from Homerton College, Cambridge, she has also taught Biology, Chemistry and Maths plus A level Psychology. A mum of three, Jessica describes herself as a keen runner and occasional tennis player who enjoys walking with her husband, also a teacher, and the family Jack Russell, Pippa.
| Name | Position |
| Dr Philip Hills, MA, MPhil, PhD (Cantab) | Headmaster |
| Dr Peter Secker BSc PhD Birmingham | Deputy Head – Academic (Mathematics) |
| Dr Sarah Squire, MA Cantab, D Phil Oxon | Deputy Head – Students and Staff (Psychology) |
| Mrs Jessica Williams, BSc (Hons), PGCE | Head of Prep School |
| Mrs Sarah Arnold, BA (Hons) Oxon | Director of Finance and Operations |
| Mrs Maria Gara, BA (Hons) Bradford, CIM, Member of the DMA Council (West) | Director of Communications and Development |
| Name | Position |
| Mr Nick Dawson, BA (Hons) Manchester, PGCE Oxford Brookes, NPQH | Deputy Head – Prep School |
| Mr Jonathan Nicholl, BA (Hons) Oxon, MPhil Sheffield | Assistant Head – Curriculum (Mathematics/Critical Thinking) |
| Miss Claire Nebesnuick BA (Hons) York, MA Oxford Brookes | Assistant Head – Co-Curriculum |
| Miss Rachael Pallas-Brown, BA (Hons) MSt MLitt Oxon | Assistant Head – Director of Sixth Form (Religious Studies/Philosophy) |
| Mr James Watts, BA (Hons) Oxon | Assistant Head – Digital Strategy (Computer Science) |
Teaching Staff
Senior School:
| Full Time | |
| Mrs Gillian Barbour | Head of Physics |
| Mr Marc Berrett | Head of Art |
| Mrs Jane Berry, BEd Sheffield City Polytechnic | Physical Education and Sport, Head of Year 11 |
| Miss Susan Berry, MA Cantab, MSc London | Biology, Science, Head of Year 7 |
| Mrs Laura Black, BA (Hons) Northumbria, PGCE Oxon | Geography |
| Miss Julie Bramall, BA (Hons) Open University, LAMDA, Dip in Performing Arts | Director of Drama, Head of Year 8; Positive Mental Health Lead |
| Miss Rachel Burton, BSc Keele | Head of Mathematics, GDST Consultant Teacher, Mathematics |
| Mrs Claire Chipchase, BSc Southampton | Mathematics |
| Mrs Penny D’Souza-Eva, BA (Hons) Essex | Mathematics |
| Miss Victoria Ferrelly, BA (Hons) Bedfordshire | Physical Education and Sport |
| Dr Peter Foster | Director of Music |
| Mr Mike Gallacher, MA Oxon | Head of Economics, Government & Politics, Young Enterprise |
| Mr Liam Gilbert | Physical Education and Sport |
| Mme Sabine Harskin, Licence Bordeaux | Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Head of French |
| Mlle Emmanuelle Hilary, Licence Rennes, PGCE Oxford Brookes | French |
| Miss Sarah Huggins, BA (Hons) Bath | Director of Sport |
| Mr Mark Huggins, BA (Hons), Oxford Brookes, PGCE, PG in Advanced Educational Practice (Special Educational Needs), PG in Working with Children with Literacy Difficulties, NASENCo | SEND Co-Ordinator and Maths Teacher |
| Ms Alison Hughes, BA (Hons) Queen’s Kingston, Ontario, Canada | Learning Support |
| Miss Sarah Hughes, BA (Hons) Kingston | Art |
| Dr Niki Karapanagioti, PhD Reading | Classics |
| Dr Alison Kelly, MA (Oxon), PhD | English |
| Mr Gary Lewin, Dip Musical Theatre | Dance, Drama, Sport |
| Mr Richard Lonsdale, BA (Hons) Oxon, PGCE (Cantab) | Head of Classics |
| Mrs Katie Lowe, BSc, PGCE Loughborough | Physical Education and Sport |
| Mr Robert Packard, BA (Hons) Lancaster, MA Leicester | Head of Religious Studies, Head of Philosophy, Politics |
| Ms Victoria Paterson | Teacher of Classics |
| Mr Jeffrey Pelling | Teacher of Drama |
| Mrs Dani Phipps, BA (Hons), PGCE, MEd (Cantab) | Head of English |
| Mr Matt Phipps, BA (Hons), MPhil, PGCE | Marketing Manager and Teacher of English |
| Dr Emma Regardsoe, BSc MPhil DPhil MRSC | Head of Science |
| Dr Mark Rushton, BSc (Hons), PhD Cardiff | Chemistry |
| Miss Eleanor Selway, BA (Hons) MA Bristol, PGCE West of England | Head of Year 10; History |
| Ms Mariam Siddiqi | Physics |
| Mr Jack Sobey, MChem Oxon, PGCE Oxon | Chemistry |
| Mr Paul South, BA (Hons) Exeter, PGCE | Head of History |
| Mrs Katya Solovyova, BA (Hons) Moscow | Head of Russian, French |
| Dr Andrew Stacey, MMath Oxon, PhD Warwick | Mathematics |
| Miss Anne Stewart, BA (Hons) Loughborough, MA Manchester | Head of Art Faculty, Head of Textiles |
| Mrs Frances Townend, MA Oxon | Religious Studies, History |
| Mr Tom Waterfield, MMath Oxon | Mathematics |
| Dr Paul Weeks, BSc PhD Cantab | Head of Biology |
| Mrs Maria Whittington, BSc (Hons) MEd Warwick, PGCE, CELTA | Biology, Science |
| Ms Katharine Yeo, BSc (Hons) Oxford Brookes | Head of Geography |
| Part Time | |
| Ms Claire Atkins, MSc Imperial College, PGCE Cambs | Mathematics |
| Mrs Anne Brazel, BA (Hons) Sheffield | History |
| Dr Emma Chorley | Teacher of German and French |
| Mrs Catharine Creak, BSc MA Durham | Chemistry |
| Ms Jane Dong, BA in Chinese Lang/Lit. PGDip, Leeds | Mandarin |
| Ms Mari Girling, BA (Hons) Oxon | Head of Year 9, English |
| Mr Andrew Jarvis, RSAMD Ad MMus Op, QTS Reading | Music |
| Ms Stephanie Lea, BA (Hons) Reading, PGCE Oxon | Geography |
| Mr Andrew Lewis | Mathematics |
| Mrs Sarah Liebrecht, BA (Hons) Oxon | Head of German, French |
| Dr Yan Liu, BSc, MSc Beijing, PhD Cambridge | Head of Mandarin |
| Mrs Emma Macfarlane | Art and Textiles |
| Miss Stephanie Masterson, BA (Hons) University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA | English |
| Ms Cathy O’Neill, BA Oxon, MA London | English, Drama |
| Mrs Jennie Rhodes, BSc (Hons) Sheffield, PGCE Sheffield | Physics |
| Mrs Emily Rymer, BA (Hons) Oxon, PGCE Institute of Education London | Spanish, French |
| Mrs Margherita Stellardi, Laurea Turin, Italy | Head of Italian |
| Mrs Judith Stone, MA Oxon | Biology, Science |
| Dr Claudia Strobel, MA Heidelberg, Germany, DPhil Oxon | Head of Careers & Life-long Learning, Classics |
| Mrs Melanie Tonks, BEd (Hons) Bedford | Physical Education & Sport |
| Ms Pepita Torbrand, MSc Psychology City University, CPsychol | Head of Psychology |
| Ms Juan Wang, BSc (Hons) Open University | Mandarin |
| Mrs Wei Wei, MA Education, Sheffield Hallam University | Mandarin |
| Mrs Nicola Westwood, BA (Hons), PGCE Oxon | Chemistry, Science |
| Modern Language Assistants – Conversation | |
| Elise Nacuer | French |
| Dr Florencia Nelli | Spanish |
| Elena Shand | Russian |
| Natascha Domeisen | German |
Prep School:
| Full Time | |
| Mrs Bianca Aslam, KS2 Teacher (maternity cover) | |
| Miss Molly Aylward, BSc (Hons) Bristol | |
| Sarah Bryan – Head of Prep Sport (maternity leave) | |
| Ms Anike Chuard, Head of KS2 | |
| Mrs Claire Coolin, BSc (Hons) University College Cork, PGCE Trinity College Carmarthen | |
| Mrs Sian Dawson, BSc (Hons) Leeds, PGCE Oxford Brookes | |
| Miss Olivia Ede, BA (Hons) Exeter, PGCE Oxford Brookes | |
| Mr James Edmonds, BA (Hons) Nottingham | |
| Ms Louise Inglott | KS2 Teacher (maternity cover) |
| Mrs Jaime Johnson, BA (Hons) Canterbury, QTS eQualitas | (maternity leave) |
| Ms Cara Kennedy-Wood | KS2 Teacher (maternity leave) |
| Mrs Rachel Lochhead, BA (Hons) Exeter, PGCE Westminster | (maternity leave) |
| Miss Louise McGarrity, BA (Hons) Keele | |
| Miss Claire Morris, BEd with QTS Winchester | |
| Miss Claudia Panatti, BA (Hons) Central Lancashire, PGCE Oxford Brookes | |
| Miss Evangeline Price, BA (Hons) with QTS Oxford Brookes | |
| Ms Stacy Ramsay | Acting Head of Preparatory Sport |
| Mrs Annette Sweeney, BA HDipEd University College Galway | |
| Mrs Louise Taylor, MA Oxon, MEd Westminster, ARCM | Director of Music |
| Miss Alison Tonks, BSc (Hons) Exeter, PGCE Exeter | |
| Part-Time | |
| Mrs Meetal Finnis, BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam, PGCE Oxford Brookes | |
| Ms Poppy Kane | KS2 Teacher (maternity cover) |
| Ms Lise Harris | |
| Miss Rachel Evans, BEd Liverpool | |
| Mrs Leeanda Chadfield, LLB (Hons) London | |
| Mrs Evelyn Hargraves, BEd (Hons) Chichester | Physical Education and Sport |
| Ms Nicola Jee Music – KS1 and Reception | |
| Ms Claire Ousey | Learning Support |
| Mrs Julia Rendell, BSc (Hons) Bristol, PGCE Cambridge | |
| Mrs Carolyn Warren, BSc (Hons) Loughborough, PGCE Oxford Brookes | |
| Mrs Beryl Winearls, MSc Oxon | Head of Science |
| Mrs Carol Ye, MSc, CACHE Level 2 | Mandarin |
| Teaching Assistants | |
| Mrs Ellen Amano, BA (Hons) De Montfort | |
| Mrs Liliane Asman, BA Lebanon | |
| Mrs Sally Collins, NVQ3 | |
| Mrs Sue Cook, Cert EYP (Open) | |
| Miss Jill Eyre, BA (Hons) De Montfort University | |
| Miss Elizabeth Futter, NVQ3 | |
| Ms Kiran Khan | |
| Ms Charlotte Harrison | |
| Mrs Debbie Prior, CACHE Level 3 | |
| Mrs Tracy Sareen, DipM (CIM) | |
| Mrs Carol Ye, MSc, CACHE Level 2 | |
| After/Before School Care & Gap Year Students | |
| ASC Supervisor at the Prep School: | Mrs Sue Cook, Cert EYP (Open) |
| ASC Assistants: | |
| Breakfast Club Assistants: | |
| Gap Year Students: | |
| Administrative and Support Staff | |
| Executive Assistant to the Head | Mrs Jenny Biggs, BA (Hons) Manchester |
| Finance Manager | Mrs Caroline Sykes |
| Finance Officers | Miss Jo Mundy and Mrs Katrina Jenkins |
| HR Manager | tbc |
| Director of Admissions | Ms Hannah Griffiths |
| Registrar | Mrs Daniela Cullen, BA (Hons) Loughborough |
| Examinations Officer | Mrs Josephine Collins, MA (Oxon), Dip Lib |
| PA to Deputy Heads (Senior School) | Ms Jennifer Fry |
| PA to Head (Prep School) | Mrs Jillian Waddell, MA Dundee, PGCE Greenwich |
| Senior School Office Manager | Miss Chloe Bartlett |
| Data Administrator | Mrs Laura Pountney |
| Administrative Assistant (Music) | Mrs Luci Brooks, BA (Hons) Soton |
| Administrative Assistant (Senior School) | Mr Colin Wade |
| Administrative Assistant/Receptionists (Senior School) | Mrs Julia May and Mrs Pauline Holdsworth |
| Attendance Administrator | Mrs Lucy Peel |
| Assistant Business Manager – Prep School | Mrs Lorraine Brooks |
| Administrative Assistant (Prep School) | Miss Vanessa Shaw |
| Administrative Assistant (Prep School) | Mrs Candida Cooper |
| Librarians | Mrs Frances Stott and Mrs Penny Didcock |
| Theatre Manager | Mr Mike Hay, BEng |
| School Nurse | Mrs Lucy Mullins |
| Administrative/First Aid Assistant | Mrs Nicola Gilbert |
| Art Technician | Ms Joanna Brooks, BA (Hons) UCA Farnham |
| Art Technician | Ms Laura Dobson |
| Sport Technician | Miss Abigail Flory |
| IT Technician | Mr Ben Watson |
| Science Technician | Ms Alyson Duckmanton |
| Science Technician (Chemistry & Science) | Miss Catherine Droungou |
| Science Technician (Biology & Science) | Miss Kay Bell, BA (Hons) |
| IT Technician | Mr Ashley Robbins, BA, PGCE South Africa, CompTIA, MCSA |
| IT Operations Manager | Mr Robert Hodgins, BSC (Hons), MCSA, MCSE, ACTC |
| Premises Manager | Mr Andy McMahon |
| Assistant Site Supervisor | Mr Kevin Webb |
| Caretaker | Mr Oscar Salinas |
| Part Time Caretaker | Mr Peter Twine |
| Groundsman | Mr Martin Newman |
| Catering | Thomas Franks Ltd |
| Visiting Tutors | |
| Art | Mrs Catalina Renjifo |
| Ballet/Modern Dance | Ms Madeleine Ford, RADTTC BPhil (Hons) Durham |
| Chess | Mr Richard Dodd |
| Fencing | Mr Steven Williams |
| Judo | Mr Tony Wilkins, BJA Senior Coach |
| Netball | Mrs Patricia Kilczinski, All England Netball Level 3 |
| Rock Climbing | Mr Richard Cole, BA (Hons) Birmingham, FBA, CWLA, MLC |
| Sailing | |
| Special Educational Needs | Mrs Juliet Taylor, Hornsby, Dip in the Teaching of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties/Dyslexia |
| Speech and Drama | Mrs Jennifer Rudnay, Dip (Hons) RADA Mr Robin Colyer, BA(Hons) Guildford School of Acting |
| Squash | |
| Tennis | Mr Ben Coomber, LTA Coach |
| Mr Ed Duncan, | |
| Mrs Melanie Riste, BEd (Hons) LTA Coach TDA Level 3 Coach and Tutor | |
| Yoga | Ms Nicki Bilham-Boult, Dip Astanga Yoga Union Edinburgh |
| Visiting Tutors – Music | |
| Bassoon | Ms Noel Rainbird, BA (Hons) |
| Brass | Mr Andy Bush, AGSM |
| Mr Julian Faultless, Dphil | |
| Mr Ian Lovell-Meade, BA (Hons) | |
| Cello | Mrs Valerie Findlay, MA LRAM |
| Mrs Claire Sadler, GGSM CertEd | |
| Clarinet | Mrs Deborah Brittain, ARCM |
| Ms Jean Cockburn, BA (Hons) LTCL | |
| Miss Maureen Lake, LRAM | |
| Mrs Jane Richardson, BMus (Hons) | |
| Mrs Patricia Miller, BA, LTCL | |
| Flute | Mr Paul Foster, LTCL |
| Miss Elisabeth Hobbs | |
| Mrs Caroline Hobbs-Smith, (BMus) | |
| Guitar | Mr Christopher Ayres, (BMus) |
| Mr Ray Burley, ALCM LLCM | |
| Mr Adam Carpenter, BA (Hons) | |
| Harp | Ms Jennifer Hill, BA (Hons) Durham, ARCM |
| Oboe | Mr Alaster Bentley, ARCM |
| Percussion | Mr Keith Fairbairn, AGSM |
| Piano | Mr Adam Carpenter, BA (Hons) |
| Mrs Jill Donald, GTCL | |
| Mrs Carol Goodall, BA (Hons), MA | |
| Miss Diana Hinds, BA (Hons) LRSM | |
| Miss Maureen Lake, LRAM | |
| Mrs Bethe Levvy, BMus MA | |
| Mr Tom McCoy, BA (Hons) MMus | |
| Mrs Maureen Rosenberg, ARCM LRAM | |
| Mrs Tatiana Thomas, PhD Moscow, MMus London, Dip CT ABRSM | |
| Recorder | Mr Paul Foster, LTCL |
| Ms Nicola Olavesen BA (Hons) | |
| Saxophone | Mr Paul Foster, LTCL |
| Singing | Mrs Lucy Ballard, BA (Hons) ARCM PG |
| Ms Cecilia Osmond, BA (Hons) Cams | |
| Mr Richard Vendome, MA FRCO ARCM | |
| Violin | Mrs Kathy Blackwell, BMus (Hons) |
| Ms Jane Griffiths, BA(Hons) | |
| Mrs Susan Reynolds, GRSM LRAM | |
| Mrs Jacqui Miles MM,BMus, LRAM,ARCM,MTC,FRSA | |
| String Coach | |
| Wind Coach | Mrs Anna Evans ARCM |