Teaching Staff
Teachers at Brakenhale are led by our Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team. Each curriculum department below reports to a specified member of the Senior Leadership Team.
Brakenhale offers a broad curriculum and aims to provide each individual student the opportunity to work at a level consistent with their ability. All students are encouraged and supported to achieve their best.
Business
Mr L Palmer – Head of Department
Mr A George, Assistant Headteacher
Mr P McKane, Assistant Headteacher
Creative Arts
(Art, Design Technology and Photography)
Miss T Wilhelmy – Head of Department
Mr J Budden - Second in Creative Arts
Miss E Faluyi
Ms A Rutili
Ms T Suessmann
Technician: Mrs H Draper
Technician: Mr H Helyer
Technician: Miss S Vince
English & Media
Mrs D Lewis – Acting Head of Department
Ms S Coxhead
Ms K Hutchinson
Ms C Kuropatwa
Ms A Manlay, Assistant Headteacher
Ms K Marriott
Ms R Mulcahy
Miss C Rendall
Ms V Solanki
Ms S Walsh
Ms C Waring
Humanities & Social Sciences
(Geography, History, Criminology, Psychology, Religious Studies)
Miss D Bunkell – Head of Department
Ms M Kaur - Second in Department
Ms B Qalikaono
Ms N Campbell-Watson (HoY 8/9)
Mr S Colli
Mr C Collins (HoY 7)
Miss H Gerrish
Mr L Hilton (HoY 11)
Ms C Loj, Assistant Headteacher
Ms A Meacock (AHoY 8)
Ms M Sandhu
Mrs D Turner (AHoY 7)
Ms H Whitaker Flower, Deputy Headteacher [Maternity]
IT & Computing
Mr A George, Assistant Headteacher – Head of Department
Mrs S Suragala
Mrs D Turner (AHoY 7)
Maths & Economics
Ms C Naker - Head of Department
Ms V Moore – Lead Practitioner
Mrs D Smith - KS3 Lead
Ms P Bagga
Ms S Douse (HoY 10)
Mrs N Fotheringham
Miss J Freed
Miss V Solanki
Mr F Vega Rendon
Modern Foreign Languages
Mrs O Hughes, Assistant Headteacher – Head of Department
Miss D Appleton (AHoY 8/9)
Mrs F Peralta
Ms C Phillips
Performing Arts: Dance, Drama and Music
Mrs G Millard – Head of Department
Mrs E Hope
Ms S Salamani
Technician: Mrs C Chaston
Physical Education & Health & Social Care
Mrs N Lazarczuk – Head of Department
Mr C Maye - Second in Department
Mr J Boucher (AHoY 10)
Miss J Montgomery, Assistant Headteacher
Science
Mr D Woods – Head of Department
Miss S Anderson – Second in Department (HoY Sixth Form)
Ms M Almenar
Mr A Aribigbola
Ms M Kalantarzadeh
Mrs G Powell, Assistant Headteacher
Miss L Scott (AHoY 9)
Mr J Swynford-Lain
Technician: Mr A Petrie-Pink