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Our Staff

At Meriden, staff and students are part of a learning partnership. Limited class sizes ensure each student is individually known by her teachers and her special talents nurtured. Our dynamic, supportive and dedicated teachers guide and encourage the girls at every step of their educational journey and ensure girls reach their potential in the classroom and outside it.

Meriden’s teaching staff are experts at meeting the needs of girls and young women academically, pastorally, spiritually and culturally. They are highly-qualified professionals and leaders in their fields who nurture the whole student according to best-practice, evidence-based educational models and by practising the intentional empathy embedded in Meriden’s Christian foundation.

The School prides itself on providing a working environment that attracts the oustanding staff and investing in their ongoing professional development to ensure they remain world leaders in girls’ education.

Senior Academic Staff

PrincipalMrs Lisa Brown
ChaplainRev Clayton Moss
Head of OperationsMr Richard Arkell
 
 
Junior School
Head of Junior SchoolMrs Cath Evans
Dean of CurriculumMrs Jenny Wong
Dean of Pastoral CareMrs Nikki Bowden
Dean of StaffMs Lillian Wassef
Dean of STEMMrs Haris Kim
 
 
Senior School
Head of CampusMrs Vanessa Kirollos
Head of Student WellbeingMs Laura Brennan
Head of Teaching and LearningMrs Jessica Chilton
Dean of Academic CareMs Sascha Bass
Dean of Assessment and ReportingMrs Claire Marsh (Acting)
Dean of Community LearningMrs Sharna Kershaw

Dean of Lateral LearningMs Priscilla Curran
Dean of MusicMs Jodie Spooner-Ryan
Dean of Pastoral CareMrs Jenny Kemp
Dean of StaffMs Vicki Sheehan
Dean of Student AnalyticsMrs Tara Richards
Dean of Student InvolvementMr Richard Hughes
Dean of StudiesMrs Silva Mekerdichian
Junior School Coordinators
Pre-KindergartenMrs Katherin Margiankakos
KindergartenMrs Krystle Thao
Year 1Mrs Eun Ji Chang
Year 2Mrs Irene Porter
Year 3Mrs Mary Anton
Year 4Ms Bev Kwan
Year 5Mrs Paula Carey
Year 6Mr Matthew Piggott
LanguagesMme Emmeline Parent
Learning SupportMrs Frances Rupolo
MusicMs Melinda Bryant
PDHPEMs Courtney Jordan
SportMiss Belinda Wilsher
Senior School Year Coordinators
Year 7Ms Katherine Bull
Year 8Miss Charlotte Richards
Year 9Miss Tara Graetz
Year 10Ms Amy Wilson
Year 11Mrs Jennifer Juhn
Year 12Mr Luke Mottee
Senior School Heads of Academic Departments
Applied ScienceMrs Rikki McMillan
Christian EducationMrs Betty Steele-Smith
Design and Creative ArtsMs Gillian Legge
EnglishMr James Scully (Acting)
HistoryMrs Danielle Newman
LanguagesMs Teresa Alonso-Lasheras
MathematicsMr Tobias Cooper
Performing ArtsMiss Bridget Hann
ScienceMrs Chiquita Rugg
Social ScienceMiss Anita Kondichetty
Senior School Specialist Areas and Departments
Academic Support Mrs Joanne Spanos
Music (Pre-Kindergarten – 12) Ms Jodie Spooner-Ryan
Sport Mr Mark Heathcote
Teacher-Librarian Ms Katie Bowie
Tertiary Pathways Mr Ryan Richards
Senior School Coordinators of Learning Links
Cultural ConnectionsMrs Jenny Greenhalgh
High Potential LearningMs Stella He
InnovationMrs Alexandra Phillips
Research and Critical ThinkingMr David Owens
Service LearningMr Kuhan Rajalingam (Acting)
SpeechMrs Charlotte Yates
TechnologyMs Nicola Casaceli