The Abbey School enjoys an enviable reputation for academic excellence. Our highly qualified, experienced and dedicated staff mentor our girls through the years with an emphasis on independent learning. Abbey girls are usually of a high academic ability but the school’s ethos remains the ultimate priority – that of aiming to provide the best opportunity for every girl to achieve her own personal full potential.

Headmistress

Mrs B Stanley BA (Queen's Belfast), PGCE (Leicester), FRGS

Deputy Head - Whole School

Mrs S N Jones MA Ed (Open), BSc (Reading), PGCE (Oxon)

Deputy Head - Senior School

Mrs R Dent BA (Southampton), QTS (Reading)

Deputy Head - Operations and Communications

Mrs K Macaulay BEd (Newcastle) 

Director of Sixth Form

Mr B Fanning BA, Cert Ed (Oxford)

Head of Junior School

Mrs C Ryninks MA (Warwick), BA (Cape Town, SA), HDE (Cape Town, SA)

Junior School Assistant Heads

Mrs L H Glithro BSc (St Andrews), PGCE (Reading), MA Ed (Open)

Mrs Y B Goldthorpe BA (Huddersfield), PGCE (Oxford Brookes)

For key contact information click here.The full list of teaching staff can be downloaded below.