FLOReAT 2017
After 12 years of teaching at Sidcot School, Bristol, Jo Millar joins us as our new Head of Art. During her time at Sidcot she developed and established the Ceramics and Sculpture facilities and devised excellent provision for all students between Years 7 and 13. Having graduated with a Ceramics degree in 1995, Jo
Ben Page Head of French Ben Page has joined College as Head of French, having taught at Cranleigh School in Surrey for the past five years, after completing a PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Bath. During that time, he was also in charge of a Boys’ Sixth Form boarding house for three years, whilst also mentoring new teachers and taking a leading role in departmental planning. He is a
Thomas Patterson Head of RS, Cheltenham Prep Tom Patterson graduated from the University of Manchester in 2009 and, soon afterwards, started his teaching career volunteering as an English teacher for Fundación Estrella Brillante in Ecuador. He then returned to teach Religious Studies, Philosophy and Ethics at Sherborne School in Dorset, delivering the GCSE and A-level syllabus
Kay Rackliff Head of HR Kay became College’s new Head of HR in February 2016. Prior to joining College, she had recently spent 5 years managing the HR team for Cosine Field Marketing, part of the Omnicom Group. Kay started her career in Universities heading up the Postgraduate Office at Loughborough and working in the Research Office of Nottingham University before moving to a career in HR at Blackwell Publishing. After living overseas in Australia and New Zealand Kay came back to the UK in 2004 and worked in the HR team at RM where, amongst other things she was part of the strategic bids team working on
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continues with her own work whenever possible. As well as working in clay, Jo is selftaught in glass fusing, and has exhibited her glass work widely in galleries in and around Bristol, as well as further afield in Sussex and Bedfordshire. Several of her bespoke fused glass commissions are installed in domestic settings across the Southwest. Jo has stepped into the role of Head of Art with infectious enthusiasm and is looking forward to developing the role.
keen sportsman and has previously coached Rugby, 1st XI Football and Tennis, whilst also enjoying golf, squash and skiing. Away from College, he is a self-taught guitarist (to grade 8) and is looking forward to the opportunity to play in concerts at College in the near future. He is married to Rose, an English teacher, they are both excited about returning to the South-West and contributing to College as much as possible.
and gaining PGCE and NQT qualifications through the University of Buckingham. In 2014, Tom took up a new position as Head of Religious Studies at Peponi House Preparatory School in Nairobi, Kenya and led the department until taking up his position at the Prep. A keen coach of rugby, football, hockey, cricket and netball, Tom is looking forward to taking an active role in all aspects of school life.
the Building Schools for the Future initiative. As well as Chartered Membership of the Institute of Personnel and Development, Kay has a Masters degree in Victorian Literature from Liverpool University and a qualification in teaching English as a foreign language to adults. Outside of work Kay is proud of having completed a couple of half marathons and one full marathon very very slowly and of having learnt how to hangglide whilst living in Australia though unfortunately this did not, as she had hoped, cure her fear of flying. Kay’s husband persuaded her to move to his home county of Gloucestershire in December last year and they are enjoying doing up their new home.
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