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
Principal | Mrs Lisa Brown |
Chaplain | Rev Clayton Moss |
Head of Operations | Mr Richard Arkell |
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Junior School
Head of Junior School | Mrs Cath Evans |
Dean of Curriculum | Mrs Jenny Wong |
Dean of Pastoral Care | Mrs Nikki Bowden |
Dean of Staff | Ms Lillian Wassef |
Dean of STEM | Mrs Elizabeth Betbeder |
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Senior School
Head of Campus | Mr Richard Loane |
Head of Student Wellbeing | Mrs Jessica Chilton |
Head of Teaching and Learning | Dr Michele Benn |
Dean of Academic Care | Ms Sascha Bass |
Dean of Assessment and Reporting | Ms Jessica Farrell |
Dean of Community Learning | Mrs Vanessa Kirollos |
Dean of Lateral Learning | Ms Priscilla Curran |
Dean of Music | Ms Jodie Spooner-Ryan |
Dean of Pastoral Care | Mrs Jenny Kemp |
Dean of Staff | Ms Vicki Sheehan |
Dean of Student Involvement | Mr Richard Hughes |
Dean of Studies | Mrs Nicole Hearne |
Junior School Coordinators
Pre-Kindergarten | Mrs Katherin Margiankakos |
Kindergarten | Mrs Krystle Thao |
Year 1 | Mrs Eun Ji Chang |
Year 2 | Mrs Robynne Ronning |
Year 3 | Mrs Mary Anton |
Year 4 | Ms Bev Kwan |
Year 5 | Mrs Irene Porter |
Year 6 | Mr Matthew Piggott |
Languages | Mme Emmeline Parent |
Learning Support | Mrs Frances Rupolo |
Music | Ms Melinda Bryant |
PDHPE | Ms Courtney Jordan |
Sport | Miss Belinda Wilsher |
Senior School Year Coordinators
Year 7 | Miss Charlotte Richards |
Year 8 | Miss Katherine Bull |
Year 9 | Ms Amy Wilson |
Year 10 | Mrs Jennifer Juhn |
Year 11 | Mr Luke Mottee |
Year 12 | Miss Ji Mee Lee |
Senior School Heads of Academic Departments
Applied Science | Miss Niamh Friel (Acting) |
Christian Education | Mrs Caely Morphew (Acting) |
Design and Creative Arts | Ms Gillian Legge |
English | Mr Tim Archer |
History | Mrs Danielle Newman |
Languages | Ms Teresa Alonso-Lasheras |
Mathematics | Mr Tobias Cooper |
Performing Arts | Ms Jodie Spooner-Ryan |
Science | Mrs Tara Richards |
Social Science | Miss 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 Connections | Mrs Jenny Greenhalgh |
Global Outlook | Mr Kuhan Rajalingam |
High Potential Learning | Ms Stella He |
Innovation | Mrs Alexandra Phillips |
Research and Critical Thinking | Mrs Sharna Kershaw |
Service Learning | Mrs Michelle Harmont |
Speech | Mrs Charlotte Yates |
Technology | Ms Nicola Casaceli |