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community for their support.

When I started at LGGS in 2004 as Deputy Headteacher, I would never have thought that I would be retiring as Headteacher in 2023!

However LGGS is a very difficult school to leave. There is a very special combination of supportive parents, hard working staff and of course the wonderful young people, whom it has been a privilege to work with. LGGS students really are a delight. It has been lovely to hear from former students who have been in touch on hearing of my retirement. I would like to give a special mention to one such student, Rebecca Sunter, as she embodies so much of LGGS. It was a pleasure to show Rebecca and her mum around LGGS recently. Rebecca was one of my first Head Girls, in 2008. As Head Girl she showed outstanding qualities of kindness and compassion and always knew how to have fun too!

Rebecca went on to study Geography at LSE and has worked with a range of UK charities and foundations to address inequality and injustice. She is currently working as a Portfolio

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Manager for the Guy & St Thomas Foundation and is currently Programme Director for the vitally important work on children’s health and food. In this role, she leads to ensure children and young people in Lambeth and Southwark and other urban areas have access to good nutrition. Rebecca is like so many present and former LGGS students who give back to their community and embody our values of care, contribute and challenge. I am sure LGGS will continue to develop and support young people who will make an impact on “the wider world.” It has been a pleasure to work at LGGS and I wish everybody connected with the school all the very best for the future.

Mrs J Cahalin, Headteacher

This Easter we are also saying goodbye to three key members of LGGS staff.

Mr Ian Jones, our IT manager and Head of Apprenticeship training is leaving to take up a new post as Head of the IT team for the Bay Learning Trust. Mr Jones has worked hard to ensure LGGS staff and students have had access to the very best IT provision. We wish him all the best in his new role.

Mrs Judith Ram Prasad who has been on secondment this year to study at Durham University has confirmed that she is leaving to focus on her Ph.D. Mrs Ram Prasad has taught languages at LGGS since 2008. We thank her for all her hard work, her kind and caring work as a Year 7 tutor and the contribution she made to extra-curricular life both as Head of House and her support of music at LGGS.

Finally a heart felt thank you to Ms Jen Pardoe, Assistant Headteacher, who is leaving to take up a promotion as Vice Principal at Morecambe Bay Academy. Ms Pardoe has achieved so much in her time at LGGS. She has been an excellent senior leader with a wide range of responsibilities including safeguarding, the sixth form and personal development, as well as an outstanding teacher of Drama and Theatre. She has worked closely with students to foster equality and diversity at LGGS and leaves a legacy of greater inclusivity in the school. Ms Pardoe will be much missed. We wish her all the very best for the future.

Mrs Jackie Cahalin, Headteacher

After Easter we will be welcoming our new Sixth Form leaders and saying thank you to all the Year 13 students who have contributed to our school community.

SIXTH FORM LEADERSHIP TEAM 2023-2024

Head Student

Abi Smith

Leader: Academic

Audrey Brennand

Leader: Charity

Lali Atherton

Leader: Equality

Manal Faisal

Leader: Events

Emily Yates

Leader: Sixth Form Council

Siobhan Young

Leaders: Transition

Klaudia Bronis

Charlotte Mason

Fiyin Oladejo

Leader: Wellbeing

Grace Bateman

Aalborg Olivia Emsley

Perpignan Jessica Argall Grace Rose Emily

Abbey Rhodes Izzy Walling

Lublin Lucy Cashin Lucy Fisher Cate Matthew Jorja Collins

Thea Egan Ollie Walsh

Rendsburg Diya Sharma Faheema Dasu Thashmi Peries Kate Bloe Daisy Tao

Sports Leadership Team

Sports Captain: Lucy Smith

Deputy Sports Captain: Jessica Felton

Assistant Sports Captain (PE Council and Student Voice): Elizabeth Wareing

Assistant Sports Captain (Wellbeing and Mentoring): Honor Brown

Assistant Sports Captain (Year 7 and 8): Emma Dodsworth

Deputy Assistant (Year 7 and 8): Sacha Liver

Assistant Sports Captain (Dance and Gymnastics): Hannah Coldwell

Deputy Dance Captain Team: Jessica Rafaelli, Daisy Tao, Amelia Slaney, Paige Evans