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 | Dr Michele Benn |
| Dean of Academic Care | Mrs Cath Evans |
| Dean of Curriculum | Mrs Fiona Elliott |
| 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 | Ms Sascha Bass (Acting Term 3 2023) Mr Douglas Broadbent (from Term 4 2023) |
| Dean of Academic Care | Ms Sascha Bass Mrs Sharna Kershaw (Acting Term 3 2023) |
| Dean of Assessment and Reporting | Ms Jessica Farrell |
| Dean of Community Learning | Mrs Vanessa Kirollos |
| Dean of Lateral Learning | Ms Priscilla Curran |
| 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 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 7 | Ms Amy Wilson |
| Year 8 | Mr Jonathan Eloff |
| Year 9 | Mr Luke Mottee |
| Year 10 | Miss Ji Mee Lee |
| Year 11 | Miss Charlotte Richards |
| Year 12 | Mr Ron Gordon |
Senior School Heads of Academic Departments
| Applied Science | Mrs Rikki McMillan |
| Christian Education | Rev Brie Pattison Miss Niamh Friel |
| Design and Creative Arts | Ms Gillian Legge |
| English | Mr Tim Archer |
| History | Mrs Cheryl O’Loan |
| Languages | Ms Teresa Alonso-Lasheras |
| Mathematics | Ms Svetlana Onisczenko |
| Performing Arts | Ms Jodie Spooner-Ryan |
| Science | Mrs Tara Richards |
| Social Science | Miss Anita Kondichetty |
Senior School Specialist Areas
| Academic Support | Mrs Joanne Spanos |
| Music (Pre-Kindergarten – 12) | Ms Jodie Spooner-Ryan |
| Sport | Mr Mark Heathcote |
| Teacher-Librarian | Ms Katie Bowie |
| Tertiary | Dr Laurel Moffatt |
| Careers Liaison | Mrs 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 |