Our Staff
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Ed Elliott
Head
Ed Elliott was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Worcester. He gained a College scholarship, a University Prize and a First Class degree reading Geography at St Anne’s College, Oxford. On graduation, he joined banknote printers De La Rue plc as a management trainee and held posts in marketing, purchasing, and production in the UK, Malta and the Republic of Ireland. In 1992, Ed left the industry and began his teaching career at Whitgift School in Croydon becoming Assistant Head of Sixth Form in 1995.
In 1997, Ed joined The Perse as Head of Sixth Form, and in 2001 became Director of Studies with responsibility for the curriculum.
In 2004, Ed became Deputy Head (Staff), and took over as Head in September 2008. Ed is Vice-Chair of the HMC Academic Policy Committee with a special interest in public exam issues.
Ed is the co-author of University Applications, Making a success of them and a contributory author of Leading Schools in the Twenty First Century. He sits on the standards and regulatory compliance committees of Cambridge Assessment, and is a member of the Advisory Councils of both The Perse Singapore and The Perse Suzhou.
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James Piper
Head of the Perse Prep
James Piper was educated at Repton School, Derbyshire, and Durham University (BA: Classics), before completing a PGCE (Classics) at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
After dipping his toes into accountancy with Deloitte, he built up teaching experience in Kenya and N Yorkshire before joining the Dragon School, Oxford, as an NQT in 2000. There he became Head of Classics, was Master i/c Cricket, and ran a Year 6 boarding house. He also became an ISEB setter for Common Entrance Greek, a role which he still fulfils.
In 2011 James became Deputy Head at Bilton Grange Prep School, Rugby, before starting at the Perse Prep as Head in September 2014. In 2015 he completed an MEd (Educational Leadership) at the University of Buckingham.
In 2018 James started as a governor at Eastbourne College, Sussex and in 2020 he joined the Advisory Council for The Perse School Singapore, as well as taking on responsibility for the Junior Division of the Perse.
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Francesca Heftman
Head of the Perse Pelican
Francesca Heftman was educated at Benenden School in Kent and the University of Manchester (BA Hons in Psychology), before completing a Primary PGCE at Homerton College, The University of Cambridge. Having initially taught Key Stage 2 at Colville Primary School in Cambridge, Francesca joined the Pelican in 2012 where she worked across both the Early Years and Key Stage 1 as a dedicated and passionate class teacher.
In her role as Literacy Co-ordinator, Francesca developed many areas of the literacy curriculum; notably introducing and developing the Hemispheres handwriting programme across both the Pelican and the Prep. Francesca joined the Pelican Senior Leadership Team as KS1 Leader in 2015 and was appointed Head of the Pelican in August 2020.
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Alison Shakespeare
Bursar
Alison Shakespeare joined the Perse in 2018. She read geography at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge and subsequently joined PricewaterhouseCoopers, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. She worked in a series of senior finance roles before becoming Business Director and Clerk to the Governors of Leicester Grammar School Trust in 2006.
During her 12 years as Business Director of Leicester Grammar, Alison oversaw the relocation of the Trust’s schools to a new green field site and a major expansion of pupil numbers. As Bursar of the Perse she is responsible for all support functions, including the School’s finances, IT, HR, buildings and grounds.
Alison is an ISI Compliance Inspector, carrying out school inspections for the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) and is also a member of the ISI Education Advisory Forum, a strategic body which advises the ISI Board. She has previously served as a Director of the ISI, a Director of the Independent Schools Council, and a Trustee and Director of the ISBA (Independent Schools Bursars Association). She was national chair of the ISBA 2017-18.
Pelican School teaching staff
- Mrs L Ankin
BEd (Cambridge) - Mr T Ankin
BA (Canterbury Christchurch) - Mrs M Baxter
BSc (Lancaster), MA (London) - Mrs J Brixey
BA (Oxford) - Miss E Brunt
BEd (Leicester) - Mrs A Cockley
BA (Leeds) - Miss J Coppola
MA (Leeds), BA (Leeds) - Mrs F Heftman
BA (Manchester) - Mrs S Humphrey
MEd (Cambridge), BA (Durham) - Mrs J Hurt
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge) - Mrs N Manlay
BSC (Newcastle) - Ms C Mayes
BSc (Anglia Ruskin) - Ms M Zwalf
BA (London)
Prep School teaching staff
- Ms S Abbott
BSc (Coventry) - Miss P Barbour
BSc (Durham) - Mr W Bidwell
BA (Canterbury Christchurch) - Miss E Bonner
MA (Cambridge) - Mr T Bown
MA (Cambridge), MEd (Buckingham) - Mrs C Cassidy
BA (Bath) - Mrs J Coleman
BA (Glasgow) - Mr R de Alberquerque
BA (Nottingham) - Miss J Dipple
BA (Bristol) - Mr N Farrant
BSc (Bedfordshire) - Mrs J Evans
BSc (Sheffield), PGCE (Sheffield) - Mr P Harris
GRSM, ARCM (Royal College of Music London), ALCM, AMUSLCM (London College of Music) - Mr T Knowles
MA (Cambridge) - Miss E Lowe
BSc (Liverpool) - Mr E McGregor
BA (Glamorgan) - Mr D Nicholes
BSc (Open University) - Mrs H Paul
BSc (Edinburgh) - Mrs E Piper
MTheol (St Andrews), - Mr J Piper
BA (Durham), MEd (Buckingham) - Mr J Reston
BA (Manchester), MEd (Cambridge) - Mrs L Robertson
MA (Edinburgh) - Ms A Sanders
BA (Leeds) - Mrs C Soares Winter
MA (Cambridge) - Mr D Wansell
BA (Heriot-Watt), MA (Heriot-Watt)
Upper teaching staff
- Dr C Anderson
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) - Miss H Anderson
BSc (Loughborough) - Mr S Armitage
BA (Oxford), MA (Oxford), MPhil (Cambridge) - Mrs C Arthur
BA (Exeter) - Mr I Attenborough
BSc (Loughborough) - Mr J Attwood
MMath (Nottingham) - Miss S Bai
MSc (Oxford) - Mr M Baird
BA (UCL) - Mr C Baker
BSc (Hons) (Open University) - Mr P Baker
BSc (Nottingham) - Miss N Bareham
BSc (Essex) - Mr D Barrett
BA (East Anglia) - Miss E Bellamy
BA (York), MEd (Cambridge) - Mr D Bennett
BA (Durham) - Miss R Bennett
BA (Leeds) - Mr S Bevan
MPhys (Oxford) - Dr W Blackaby
MChem (Bath), Phd (Bath) - Mrs S Blackburn
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge) - Dr L Blaxill
BSc (Glasgow), PhD (Durham) - Miss H Bolton
BA (Birmingham) - Miss P Boxhall
BSc (York) - Mr D Brunskill
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge) - Ms M Brunton
BA (Oxford), MA (Oxford), ARCM (RCM)
- Dr C Buchanan
BSc (Liverpool), PhD (Exeter) - Mr J Buckley
BSc (York) - Miss L Bullivant
BA (Huddersfield) - Ms E Calvert
BSc (Leicester) - Mr P Carley
BEng (Sussex), MSc (London) - Miss H Carmell
BA (Oxford) - Mr A Catherall
BA (Cambridge) - Mr C Cerny
BA (Warwick), MA (London) - Dr R Chen
PhD (Cambridge), MS (Cambridge) - Miss S Church
BA (Oxford), MA (Oxford) - Miss A Cockerill
BA (Durham) - Mrs N Copeland
BA (Cambridge) - Miss N Cottingham
BA (Oxford) - Mr G Couper-Marsh
BSc (Aberdeen) - Dr A Courtney
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge), MPhil (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) - Mrs S Covey
BA (Newcastle) - Mr T Cox
BA (Cambridge) - Mr H Craig
BA (Kings’ College London) - Miss D Creese
BSc (Bristol) - Dr E Croft
BA (Queensland), BSc (Queensland), BSC (Hons) (Queensland), MPhil (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge), MSt (Cambridge) - Mr D Cross
BA (Exeter), MEd (Cambridge) - Miss C Darwin
BSc (Bristol) - Miss M D’Asaro
BA (Palermo), MA (Pisa) - Dr G Davies
MPhys (Oxford), PhD (Durham), MSc (Durham) - Dr G Denes
MA (Cambridge), BA (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) - Mr E Dickens
BA (Oxford) - Mr E Dingwall
BSc (Northumbria) - Miss M Diss
BSc (Edinburgh) - Miss L Dollman
BA (Nottingham) - Mrs A Eccles
BSc (Bristol) - Miss O Edgerton
BSc (Warwick) - Mr E Elliott
BA (Oxford), MA (Oxford) - Dr M Ellison
BA (Cardiff), MA (UCL), PhD (UCL) - Mr J Escalante-Phillips
BSc (Warwick) - Mr S Featherstone
BA (Warwick) - Miss H Flowers
BA (Exeter) - Mr S Foster
BA (Cambridge) - Mr M French
BA (Cambridge), MEng (Cambridge) - Dr V Gardner
BA (Newcastle), DPhil (Oxford) - Dr D Gilbert
MBBS (London), BSc (UCL) - Mrs P Girdwood
BSc (Portsmouth) - Mrs E Gladwell
BSc (East Anglia) - Dr M Goodson
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) - Mr S Gray
BSc (Hull) - Mr C Green
MA (St Andrews) - Mr J Green
MA (Cambridge) - Mr D Gwilt
MA (Cambridge), MEng (Cambridge) , MBA (London) - Miss M Hall
BA (Liverpool) - Mr R Hayward
BA (Coventry) - Ms C Henderson
BSc (Stirling) - Miss A Henfrey
BSc (Durham), MA (Cambridge) - Ms G Howling
MA (Royal College of Art) - Mrs F Hughes-Morgan
BA (London) - Mr C Ingram
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge) - Mr S Jack
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge) - Miss E Jacob
BSc (St Andrews) - Dr F Jayatilaka
MSc (Oxford), PhD (Oxford) - Ms S Jones
MSc (Edinburgh), BSc (London) - Mrs E Jones
BA (Bath), MA (Bath) - Dr V Kadelburg
BA (Cambridge) PhD (Cambridge), MMath (Cambridge) - Mr B Keeble
BA (Brighton) - Miss E Kenzie
MMathPhys (Warwick) - Mrs E Kenzie
BA (Birmingham), MSc (London) - Mr F Kerr-Dineen
BA (Durham) - Dr T Khimyak
PhD (Cambridge) - Mrs C Killick
BA (Durham) - Mrs H Knight
BA (Oxford) - Mrs C Knowles
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge), - Mrs R Lambert
BSc (Durham), MA (Durham) - Mr C Larner
BA (Durham), PGCE (Buckingham), MSc (Oxford) - Ms M Li
MA (Essex) - Miss V Lipp
BSc (Durham) - Mrs E Lloyd
MA (Oxford) - Mrs N Long
BA (Belfast) - Mr T Lunn
BA (York), MA (Warwick) - Mr G Machin
BSc (Bristol) - Dr D MacLennan
BA (Durham), MA (Durham), PhD (Durham) - Mr R Mahendra
BSc (Hull) - Mr N Mainiero
BA (Leeds) - Mr L Marwood
BA (Nottingham), MPhil (Cambridge) - Mrs R McCreath
BA (Oxford) - Mr E Miller
BSc (Hons) (Open University) - Dr W Miller
BA (Cambridge), MSci (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) - Ms S Mitchell
BA (Sheffield), MA (York) - Dr R Mitchell
PhD (Cambridge) - Miss J Moore
MA (Edinburgh) - Mr R Morgan
BA (Oxford), MA (Oxford) - Dr W Morgan
BA (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield) - Mrs R Myers
BSc (Southampton) - Dr A North
MChem (Oxford), PhD (Cambridge) - Miss K Nugent
BA (London), MSc (London) - Mr B Parker
BA (Cambridge) - Mrs S Patterson
MEng (London) - Miss N Payne
BSc (Loughborough) - Miss B Pearson
BSc (Exeter) - Mr O Peat
BA (Exeter) - Mr J Peckett
BSc (Loughborough) - Mrs E Pepona
MSc (Greece), MSc (Edinburgh), MPhil (Brunel), MA (London) - Ms K Pledger
BA (Exeter) - Mr A Pritchard
BA (Kent) - Mr G Richards
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge) - Mr P Richards
BA (Nottingham), MA (Nottingham) - Mr J Riley
MA (London) MSc (Bristol) - Miss H Roberts
BA (Cambridge) - Mrs K Roberts
MMath (Liverpool) - Mrs E Rothwell
BSc (Liverpool), MA (Anglia Ruskin) - Miss A Ruffle
BA (Cambridge) - Miss K Salmond
MA (Edinburgh) - Mrs K Sennitt
MBA (France) - Mrs R Sharp
BA (Wales) - Miss H Sherry
BA (Cambridge) - Miss H Singleton
BSc (Sheffield), MA (Cambridge) - Dr P Slatford
PhD (Bristol), MSc (Bristol) - Mrs C Smith
BSC (Queen’s Belfast) - Mr G Smith
BA (Newcastle upon Tyne) - Mr R Smith
BA (Oxford), MA (Oxford) - Mrs A Stewart
BSc (London) - Ms C Stuart
BA (Brighton) - Mrs L Sturgeon
BSc (Loughborough), MSc (Loughborough), MA (Durham) - Mr W Taylor
BSc (York) - Mr S Thomas
MA (Cardiff), BA (Exeter) - Mr M Thompson
MEng (Durham) - Ms H Thorpe
BA (Warwick), MSc (Westminster) - Dr D Tricker
BA (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) - Mrs D Vernon Purvis
BA (Cambridge) MA (Cambridge) - Mr N Walpole
BSc (Melbourne), PhD (Melbourne) - Mrs M Wilkins
BA (Cardiff) - Mr A Williamson
MPhil (Cambridge) - Dr D Wilson
BA (Oxford), PhD (Nottingham) - Mrs S Wilson
BA (Tuebingen) - Mrs A Wingfield
BSc (Brunel) - Mr B Wingfield
BA (Oxford) - Mr E Wiseman
MEng (Oxford) - Mrs J Woodbridge
BA (London), GDL (London) - Mr L Woods
BEd (Plymouth)
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