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About Consilium

Consilium Academies is a multi-academy Trust working across the North of England. It has nine academy schools located in Yorkshire, the North West, and the North East. Consilium is dedicated to enriching lives and inspiring ambitions for both students and colleagues.

Meet Our Staff

Meet our dedicated staff, here to support your child to achieve their full potential whilst at Heworth Grange:

Senior Leadership Team:

  • N Rodgers – Headteacher
  • C Gibson - Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral
  • J Hulse - Deputy Headteacher - Teaching & Learning
  • C Froom - Assistant Headteacher - Teaching & Learning & DSL
  • A Haddon - Assistant Headteacher & SENDCo
  • S Rennie - Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour
  • M Searles - Assistant Headteacher - Personal Development

Attendance Team:

  • L Anderson - Attendance Manager
  • A Hetherington - Attendance Assistant
  • M Harland - Attendance Worker
  • D Longhurst - Attendance Worker

EAL Team:

  • J Tait - EAL Manager

Heads Of Year:

  • S Rostron - Year 7
  • L Gates - Year 8
  • J Maynard - Year 9
  • R Chippindale - Year 10
  • S Brooks - Year 11
  • L Heslop - Assistant to the Heads of Year

Innovation Centre Team:

  • S Reid - Innovation Centre Manager
  • N Pinkney - Deputy Innovation Centre Manager
  • C Waggitt - Teacher of Innovation Centre and Food Tech

Safeguarding Team:

  • C Froom - Designated Safeguarding Lead
  • Designated Deputy Safeguarding Leads
    • C Gibson
    • S Rennie
    • A Haddon
  • C Onions - Safeguarding Support
  • D Abrahamson - Attendance and Safeguarding Officer

SEND Team:

  • A Haddon - SENDCO & Assistant Headteacher
  • A Kelly - Deputy SENDCO & Teacher of PSHE
  • L Ambler - Teaching Assistant
  • Z Amine - Teaching Assistant
  • V Dine - Teaching Assistant
  • A Gray - Teaching Assistant
  • D Hall - Teaching Assistant
  • G Henderson - Teaching Assistant
  • A Mills - Teaching Assistant
  • S Freeman - Teaching Assistant

Administration Team:

  • K Gordon - Business Support Officer
  • A Hollamby - Head's PA and Admin Manager
  • D Forster - Administration Assistant/Staff Wellbeing Support
  • B Watt - Administration Assistant
  • J Warren - Administration Assistant
  • E Telford - Exams and Data Officer

Applied Learning:

  • L McMahon - Head of Applied Learning
  • M Grigg - Teacher of Applied Learning

Art/Photography:

  • K Wanless - Head of Visual Arts
  • J Douglass - Teacher of Art/Photography

Computing:

  • G Bainbridge - Head of Computing
  • J Hope - Teacher of Computing

English:

  • H McDonald - Associate Assistant Headteacher - English
  • C Tunnicliff - Head of English
  • J Patterson - Director of Teaching and Learning - English
  • A Cleeves - Teacher of English
  • L Gibbons - KS3 co-ordinator of English
  • H Jeffries - Teacher of English
  • J Mitcham - Teacher of English
  • A Peart - Teacher of English
  • S Sherriff - Teacher of English

Food/Technology:

  • E Thornton - Head of Technology
  • C Waggitt - Teacher of Innovation Centre and Food Tech
  • L Stewart - Teacher of Technology and Technician

Geography:

  • D Cuthbertson - Head of Geography
  • R Freeman - Teacher of Geography
  • S Rostron - HOY 7/Teacher of Geography
  • N Thompson - Teacher of Geography
  • M Winter - Teacher of Geography

History:

  • T Graham - Head of History
  • D McCaslin - Teacher of History 
  • T Thompson - Teacher of History

Maths:

  • K Maddock - Associate Assistant Headteacher - Maths
  • R Kinghan - Head of Maths
  • P Miller - Director of Teaching and Learning - Maths
  • S Fleming - Teacher of Maths
  • D Khachikian - Teacher of Maths
  • K Sharma - Teacher of Maths
  • R Moore - Teacher of Maths
  • M Selby - Teacher of Maths

MFL:

  • G Aleman - Teacher of Spanish
  • S Ward - Teacher of Spanish

PE:

  • B Vause - Associate Assistant Headteacher/Director of Progress KS3
  • D Beresford - Head of Boys PE
  • S Brooks - HOY 11/Head of Girls PE
  • R Morris - Teacher of PE

PD and RE:

  • M Tiggs - Head of PSHE and RE
  • A Kelly - Teacher of PSHE and RE
  • D Kudlacik - Teacher of PSHE and RE
  • I Pemberton - Teacher of RE

Science:

  • A Ladha - Head of Science
  • D Nicholson -  Associate Assistant Headteacher/Director of Progress KS4
  • J Allen - Teacher of Science
  • R Copley - Teacher of Science
  • J Laws - Teacher of Science
  • D Lund - Teacher of Science
  • J Mather - Teacher of Science
  • M Murray - Teacher of Science
  • M Hawkins - Senior Science Technician
  • D Stones - Science Technician

The Arts:

  • E Anderson - Associate Assistant Headteacher/Director of Arts and Culture
  • S Owens - Head of Expressive and Performing Arts
  • O Mack - Teacher of Music
  • G Gatenby - Teacher of Dance
  • Z Slade - Teacher of Drama & English

Wellbeing Team:

  • V Carr - Counsellor

Site Staff:

  • B McGurrell - Site Manager
  • S Mullen - Caretaker

Technical:

  • D Elliott - ICT Support Engineer

Time taken by staff who are union officials: 6 hours