About Us

Our Staff

The Team at Packwood

Packwood Headmaster stood on lawn outside main school hall

William Goldsmith BA (Hons), MSc, FRSA, FCCT
Head

Tim Leverton-Griffiths BEd
Deputy Head, Head of Boarding, Maths

Sue Rigby BA, PGCE, Dip SpLD
Deputy Head, Head of Acorns, Head of LS, Latin, Designated Safeguarding Lead

Jonathan Watt BSc, PGCE
Assistant Head (Academic), Head of Science

Suzanne Rogers BEd
Assistant Head, Teaching, Learning and Innovation, Year 3 Form Teacher

Nick Weston MA (Hons), PGCE
Assistant Head (Co-Curricular), Head of History

Picture of the Houseparents of Packwood's boys' boarding house, taken in the school grounds.
Hector and Helena Robertson Boys’ Houseparents

Magnus and Helen Caithness
Girls’ Houseparents

Support Staff

  • Natalie Shaw FCCA
    Bursar
  • Emma Weston
    Assistant Bursar
  • Sophie Davies
    Bursary Administrator
  • Catherine Goldsmith
    Admissions
  • Helen Caithness
    Admissions Co-ordinator & Houseparent
  • Kate Evason
    Marketing Manager
  • Jeremy Bayliss
    IT Manager
  • Jackie Millington
    Head’s PA
  • Caroline Dougan
    Asst Secretary
  • Helen Cooper
    Asst Secretary
  • Barbara Gallimore
    Independent Listener
  • Lena Gildam-Clark
    Assistant Houseparent, TA and Drama Assistant
  • Reef Leverton-Griffiths
    Boarding House Assistant, TA and Sport
  • Rosie Curran
    Acorns Assistant
  • Charlotte Harrower
    Graduate Assistant
  • Matilda Warber
    Graduate Assistant

Matrons & Nurses

  • Caron Lane
    Matron
  • Sara Wilkinson
    Matron
  • Ali McDougall
    School Nurse & School Counsellor
  • Jess Davies
    School Nurse

Learning Support Staff

  • Geraldine Lee Cert Ed

  • Jo Kapella BSc, PGCE, Dip SpLD

  • Etsuko Koshika BA, JFL

  • Dianne Tyler BEd, Dip SpLD

Teaching Staff

  • Sarah Boutwood BA, PGCE
    Director of Music
  • Magnus Caithness BSc (Hons), PGCE
    Biology, Houseparent
  • Mark Collins BEd
    Head of Maths
  • Judith Danks
    Packwood Acorns EYFS
  • Mary Dunn BA, PGCE
    Head of Drama
  • Roz Edwards BEd
    Head of TPR
  • Martin Ford BEd
    Maths
  • Jenny Gill BA, PGCE
    Art Teacher
  • Polly Hall BA, PGCE
    French, Year 5 Form Tutor
  • Tom Hickman BA, PGCE
    Head of Modern Foreign Languages
  • Sam Hughes MA, BEd
    English
  • Charlotte Jackson-Hutt MA (Hons), PGDE, QTS, PGCert (SENCO)
    Head of English, Librarian, Year 5 Form Tutor
  • Kirstin Leverton-Griffiths BA, PGCE
    Year 4 Form Teacher, English, Maths, Science
  • Harriet Macey 
    Packwood Acorns Year 1
  • Grace McGee BA, PGCE
    Latin
  • James Mullock BA, PGCE
    Head of Geography, PSHE
  • Fenella Nicholas BA (Hons)
    Lacrosse, Tennis
  • Helen Nogues BA, PGCE
    Head of DT
  • Kate Parry BEd
    Head of PE
  • Tammy Pembleton BSc, QTS
    Director of Sport
  • Paul Phillips BSc, PGCE
    Science
  • Stephen Rigby BA, PGCE
    Head of IT, i/c Timetables
  • Helena Robertson BA (Hons), PGCE
    Year 4 Form Teacher, English, Maths, Science, Houseparent
  • Hector Robertson BA (Hons) PGCE QTS
    Teacher of Geography and History, Houseparent
  • Nicola Tomlins BEd
    Packwood Acorns Year 2
  • Jenny Wall MA, BSc, PGCE
    Packwood Acorns EYFS, Head of Phonics
  • Leanne Willis
    Assistant Director of Sport, Teaching Assistant
Prep School Learning and Teaching

Packwood's greatest assets are its teachers and support staff, and their unending enthusiasm to see our children develop and achieve to their full potential.

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To discover what makes Packwood so unique, we invite you to join our next

Open Day

on Saturday 18th January 2025
10:30am – 1:00pm