We are sorry to see the following
members of staff leave us at the end of
the summer term–
Mrs CE Mansfield – who has been
with us for an amazing 30
years! Mrs
Mansfield
has taught art
to hundreds of our young people, giving them not
only a recreational activity but also the skills
to access higher education
and begin their own creative career. For many years
Mrs Mansfield was also in charge of careers in
school, and we thank her also for her invaluable
help with Year 9 Camp – what are we going
to do without her? We send Mrs
Mansfield our best
wishes for her very early retirement!
Mrs C Hudson – started her
life at BRGS as
a part-time teacher of history an impressive 20
years ago! She quickly moved up
to full-time as her knowledge and expertise were
recognised as being second to
none! Mrs Hudson has
also been subject leader for A’ level
General Studies and has been the driving-force
behind the history models’ exhibition. She
has been a strong supporter of music at BRGS and
a valuable help in many of our cultural trips in
England and abroad. We’re
sure she will keep in touch, and we wish her a
long and happy retirement.
Dr CE Edwards - one of our deputy
heads, and not strictly retiring as yet, but taking
a step back
from his work on the Senior Management team in
his last 18 months of teaching. Dr
Edwards’ career
has been one of high expertise in his subject area
and unflagging devotion to the school and his students.
A stalwart of the geography department, Dr
Edwards has taken field trips to places as far apart as
Iceland and Italy,
and has led skiing expeditions to France, Italy
and Canada. His work in school as examinations’ officer
and leading data analysis has impacted on thousands
of our young people. We thank him for his 18
years of leadership – but
we don’t say Goodbye as yet!
Mr SC Haycocks – Mr
Haycocks has risen through the ranks since his arrival 13
years ago as an
NQT in the English department. He very quickly
made his mark, becoming our first website manager,
then
Head of
the English faculty and finally assistant head.
Whatever he has turned his hand to he has made
a success:
Critical Thinking, Film Club, Debating Society,
timetabling, the staff nativity - and we will miss
him sorely.
We wish him luck in his promotion as he goes to
Skipton Girls’ HS
as deputy head.
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We
also said ''Goodbye" to the following members of
staff:
Ms GL Spokes - Ms
Spokes quickly established herself
at BRGS three years ago as not only an excellent
languages’ teacher
and efficient assistant head, but as the one who,
as specialist school’s
manager, led us so successfully into a change of
designation, from a technology to a maths and computing
college
and then
to embrace a second specialism, that of training
school. We are grateful for her skill and proficiency
and
wish her well in her promotion to deputy head at
Collegiate School, Blackpool, and in her forthcoming
marriage.
Ms CC Newton - Ms
Newton arrived at BRGS in
2007 to teach sociology and PSHE, quickly establishing
herself not only as an excellent subject teacher
but one
who would cheerfully help out wherever help was needed,
whether on Duke of Edinburgh or backstage during
school productions
or the Futures event. She is the
school’s authority on Gifted & Talented – and
will be remembered by many grateful sixth-formers
as their
assistant head of year. We wish her well in her promotion
to head of department at St Christopher’s HS,
and hope she will stay in touch!
Mrs JB Waddell – Mrs
Waddell has worked in
a part-time capacity in the physics department (on
and off!) since 2004, coming to our rescue more than
once when we needed a highly qualified scientist.
She has now
decidedto retire fully from teaching in order to
spend more time in her position as senior examiner
for one of
the examboards. We wish her well; we will all (especially
the Knitting Group!) miss her cheery smile and capacity
for hardwork!
Miss PA Walsh - has been with us
for only a year, but in that time she has brought
great expertise
to the maths department, and was responsible for
setting up A2 Accounting in the sixth-form. We thank
her
for her
hard work and for being a lovely form-tutor and wish
her well as she returns to her roots to teach in
Ireland
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Going even further afield is cover supervisor Ms
S McGroarty who, having ploughed the first
furrow here
as regards permanent cover supervision, now leaves
these shores to start a new life in the United States.
We extend
our thanks to these and to Mrs SM Smith and Mrs
RS Khanom who have both done maternity cover
this year, Mrs Smith in
the PE department and Mrs
Khanom in RS.
They have been an absolute delight to work with – we
have been lucky to have them as a part of our family
at BRGS.
Also leaving at the end of term, Mrs V Olek and Mrs
Heeks, who have been working in a temporary
capacity in modern languages. We thank them also
for their dedicated approach and for helping us out
in ensuring continuity for our young people. |
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