Teaching Staff

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

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

Senior School Assistant Heads

Mrs G Lydford BSc (East Anglia), QTS (Reading)

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

Director of Sixth Form

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

Head of Junior School

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

Head of Early Years Centre

Mrs Ros Allen-Hall BEd (Canterbury, NZ), HDT (Christchurch College, NZ), PG Teaching Children with Special Needs (Canterbury, NZ)

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)

Director of Holiday Provision

Mrs R J Heywood BEd (Westminster College, Oxford)

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