New Academic Staff 2023 GRANT WOOLER - DEPUTY HEAD (ACADEMIC) Following the retirement of Mr Ian Vallance after eight years of dedicated service, Mr Grant Woolner has joined Luckley House School as Deputy Head (Academic) from Shiplake College where he has worked for the last five years as Master of Scholars and Enrichment and Head of Theology and Philosophy. As Master of Scholars, Mr Woolner developed Shiplake College’s Scholarship and Oxbridge programmes. Mr Woolner is a long serving academic leader whose experience also includes being the Head of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Perse School, time teaching at the City of London School and three years as Assistant Housemaster in a co-educational boarding House at Bedford School. In addition to an MA in Divinity from the University of Edinburgh, Mr Woolner also holds a PGCE from York, St John. His interests include diverse and adventurous travel, alongside running and avid reading.
DAVID ROSE – HEAD OF BOARDING With Mr Chris Hill’s promotion to Deputy Headmaster of an International School, Mr David Rose has joined us as Head of Boarding, from St John’s International School in Belgium. Prior to that, Mr Rose worked for over seven years as a Housemaster, Deputy DSL and Teacher of Business Studies. For most of his career, Mr Rose has worked in school boarding houses and has extensive experience. He also has over 20 years’ experience of teaching Business Studies. Mr Rose’s wife, Zoe, has joined boarding as an Evening Nurse and Pastoral Tutor and their eldest daughter has also started in Year 7 at Luckley.
FIONA LENNON – HEAD OF DT AND HEAD OF CAREERS After four years, Mr Scott McNaughton leaves Luckley to work at a Prep School closer to his home. Mrs Fiona Lennon has joined Luckley as Head of Design & Technology and Head of Careers from Bohunt School where she worked as Head of STEM and Subject Lead for Design and Technology. Mrs Lennon has over 20 years’ teaching experience, primarily gained at Archbishop Holgate’s School, where she worked for over 16 years. As an extension of her Design and Technology teaching role, Mrs Lennon studied for and gained a Level 6 Diploma in Careers Advice and Guidance and was awarded a Level 6 Certificate in Careers Leadership. This enables her to advise students through the transition to higher education, including the preparation of UCAS statements, apprenticeship applications or work-related documents
LIZ LAMBERT – TEACHER OF BIOLOGY Mr Philip Luton leaves Luckley to start an educational consultancy and we welcome Dr Liz Lambert who has joined the Luckley Biology Department most recently from Bohunt School and formerly from Wellington College where she worked as a Teacher of Biology, Boarding House Tutor and both a hockey and athletics coach. Dr Lambert is a wellqualified teacher with over 20 years’ experience of teaching Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of London.
LUCY HARRIS – HEAD OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY After eight very successful years, Mr Battrick leaves Luckley to go back to Wales to be closer to his family. Ms Lucy Harris has joined Luckley as the Head of Art & Photography from St Joseph’s College where she has worked for the last seven years as a Teacher of Art & Graphic Communication and for some of that time as Acting Head of Art & Graphics. Prior to that, Ms Harris was Head of Art at Gillotts School in Henleyon-Thames. Ms Harris has a genuine enthusiasm for art and design and one of her key strengths is that she is a practising artist with her own studio.
CHARLOTTE HANCOCK – RESIDENT TUTOR & TEACHER OF PE Miss Charlotte Hancock has joined us this year as a Resident Tutor and as an additional Teacher of PE. Miss Hancock recently completed her BEd through Plymouth Marjon University and her last placement was at Hele’s Academy in Plymouth. Miss Hancock has experience in a wide range of sports including rugby, football, netball, trampolining, lacrosse and aerial gymnastics. All of which she has either been involved in or taken on responsibility for one-to-one coaching/teaching and leading group sessions. Miss Hancock has also represented Devon in football for a season.