Our Staff

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 School

Dr Michele Benn

Dean of Academic Care

Mrs Cath Evans

Dean of CurriculumMrs Fiona Elliott
Dean of StaffMs Lillian Wassef
Dean of STEMMrs Elizabeth Betbeder
 
 
Senior School
Head of CampusMr Richard Loane
Head of Student WellbeingMrs Jessica Chilton
Head of Teaching and Learning

Mr Douglas Broadbent

Dean of Academic Care

Ms Sascha Bass

Dean of Assessment and ReportingMs Jessica Farrell
Dean of Community LearningMrs Vanessa Kirollos
Dean of Lateral LearningMs Priscilla Curran
Dean of StaffMs Vicki Sheehan
Dean of Student InvolvementMr Richard Hughes
Dean of StudiesMrs Nicole Hearne
Junior School Coordinators
Pre-Kindergarten Mrs Katherin Margiankakos
Kindergarten Mrs Robynne Ronning
Year 1 Ms Bev Kwan
Year 2 Mrs Krystle Thao
Year 3 Mrs Mary Anton
Year 4 Mr Matthew Piggott
Year 5 Miss Irene Gabra
Year 6 Mrs Jennifer Wong
Languages Mme Emmeline Parent
Learning Support Mrs Frances Rupolo
Music Ms Melinda Bryant
Sport Miss Belinda Wilsher
Senior School Year Coordinators
Year 7Ms Amy Wilson
Year 8Mr Jonathan Eloff
Year 9Mr Luke Mottee
Year 10Miss Ji Mee Lee
Year 11Miss Charlotte Richards
Year 12Mr Ron Gordon
Senior School Heads of Academic Departments
Applied ScienceMrs Rikki McMillan
Christian Education

Rev Brie Pattison

Miss Niamh Friel
(Acting)

Design and Creative Arts

Ms Gillian Legge

EnglishMr Tim Archer
HistoryMrs Cheryl O’Loan
LanguagesMs Teresa Alonso-Lasheras
MathematicsMs Svetlana Onisczenko
Performing ArtsMs Jodie Spooner-Ryan
Science

Mrs Tara Richards

Social ScienceMiss Anita Kondichetty
Senior School Specialist Areas
Academic SupportMrs Joanne Spanos
Music (Pre-Kindergarten – 12)Ms Jodie Spooner-Ryan
SportMr Mark Heathcote
Teacher-LibrarianMs Katie Bowie
TertiaryDr Laurel Moffatt
Careers LiaisonMrs Meg Hall (Acting)
Senior School Coordinators of Learning Links
High Potential Learning Mrs Sharna Kershaw
Global Outlook Mr Kuhan Rajalingam
Innovation Mrs Alexandra Phillips
Research and Critical Thinking Dr Jocelyn Laurence
Service Learning Mrs Julie Shannon
Speech Mrs Charlotte Yates
Student Futures Mr Ryan Richards
Technology Ms Nicola Casaceli