Samanthas teaching journey started in 2005. Nicol, H. (1942) 'What the plant does with its materials'. Free schools. teacher at Katherine Warington is a huge step in Zoes development and is very excited to be part of the founding staff to develop this new school. During her career she became interested in SpLD (dyslexia) and studied further, gaining her Level 5 and Level 7 diplomas, allowing her to both teach and assess students with and for dyslexia. Drawing on her varied experiences, Sarah works with both staff and children throughout the school providing support. During the pandemic Wendy trained and volunteered as a covid vaccinator at the Harpenden public halls and more recently worked as a GCSE OCR examiner and Business GCSE and A-level tutor. Joanne is delighted to be joining the KWS music team and looks forward to supporting students to develop their vocal and performance skills. Her aim is to help every student reach their full potential and succeed, while using her skills and knowledge to promote the benefits of a healthy mind, body and soul! Feeling it was time was a change and a new challenge, she has joined KWS as part of the Learning Support Team. Her determination to become a teacher stemmed from her own school experiences. Qiaochu has been passionate about language learning and intercultural communication all her life. After a few years she moved back to Hertfordshire and over the last 10 years she has been working in two secondary schools in the Borough of Broxbourne. After four years there, she moved to an international school in Thailand, where she was promoted to the position of Head of Mathematics after one year. She likes swimming and cycling in her spare time as well as finding new adventures for the family to enjoy. During this time, as well as working in the classroom, she has supported the schools gifted students and worked with Local primary schools to help support the transition from Primary to Secondary. Katherine Warington School Lower Luton Road Harpenden AL5 5FH www.kwschool.co.uk Telephone: 01582 314777 Fax: Email: [email protected] Head teacher: Tony Smith School type: Secondary. After achieving a First class degree, Camilla took a break from education before deciding that teaching was the career for her, going on to complete her School Direct PGCE at the University of Hertfordshire in 2021/2022. Driving excellence in education by establishing the best structures to enable staff to deliver an enriching teaching experience and for students to thrive in a nurturing learning environment has been fundamental to the classroom and whole school work Tony has undertaken. This experience opened Alisons eyes to the joys and challenges of teaching, and she knew that she wanted to continue. It then provides tools and techniques to enable students to make positive change. Following a four year period teaching science at an inner city school in London, Abigail took a break from her career to look after her young family, before returning to teaching at Sandringham School in St. Albans. Alison graduated from a prestigious performing arts college having studied Dance and Musical Theatre, alongside diplomas in teaching dance. Our house system here at KWS consists of six houses, one for each form per year group. He is now a proud member of the I.T department and looks forward to seeing KWS thrive. A move out of London led to a change in career direction. Katherine Warington retired in 1957. She was then awarded a Scholarship with the Wellcome Trust at UCL to research the use of Stem Cells in treating Parkinsons. Additionally, Elizabeth has been encouraged to teach her subject with an in-depth focus on creativity and autonomy. Anthony hopes to bring his experience of nature conservation into the classroom and inspire the next generation of scientists to love, appreciate and understand the world around them. She started her career as a specialist in charity audit, before moving in-house to work as a Finance Manager and Financial Controller for national charities including the Downs Syndrome Association and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. Priya helps in her local cultural events every year by organising stages, food and evening event shows. Languages have always been a passion for Jack: having studied Spanish and French at school, Jack wanted to broaden his horizons and study a more exotic language, and so he chose to pursue a course in Chinese and Spanish at the University of Leeds, spending a year at Shanghai Jiaotong University and a term at the University of Leon. In her early thirties, Emma completed the TEFL course and travelled to Italy where she taught English to the Italian military. An investigation by Schools Week has also found Ofsted inspectors are flagging land issues in critical judgments, with one school now in limbo for seven years. She began by competing nationally at youth level covering sports from trampolining to waterskiing, and then moved on to coaching. She thoroughly enjoyed Microbiology and completed her final project in studying why certain antiretroviral drugs become resistant to HIV. Samantha loves helping students achieve their full potential, emotionally, academically and socially. Tom later moved into the Majestic Wines recruitment team and headed up the team there for four accomplished, and award-winning years, before deciding to take on a new challenge and follow a career in education. Nisha graduated with a BA honours degree in Business and Marketing at the University of Westminster. She also conducted covid tests on people and was a general covid operator during the covid pandemic. Single-academy trust: HARPENDEN SECONDARY EDUCATION TRUST. After university she went on to experience amazing opportunities working with children whilst travelling around the world. sessions in primary schools around Hertfordshire and North London. Harpenden, When we have the decision in writing with details of the conditions, Kier the appointed constructors . Katherine Warington School. After graduating from Durham University with a BSc in Psychology, Jo qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Warington's work with boron came about because an entomologist wanted to find a way of making bean plants distasteful to black fly (Aphis). As well as developing her love and understanding of English Literature through different periods, Natasha took a particular interest in scriptwriting. Clara decided a role as a learning support assistant would allow her to fulfil her passion to make a difference and help students with any difficulties they are facing. She has taught Art and design, Photography and Graphics courses across several Hertfordshire schools before undertaking her first head of department role in Luton. Open navigation menu. Andre worked for four years in South Africa, as a KS2 class teacher and Director of sport. Upon his return to the UK Jacob-John embarked on the journey to obtain his PGCE from the University of Bedfordshire. She taught for four successful years in Malaysia before returning to the UK to study Biology at university. August 2021 brought new adventures for Phoebe as she immigrated to the United Kingdom and settled in St Albans. Access. Venue information. After completing a BSc in Social Policy & Psychology at the London School of Economics, Annies interest in academic attainment for children from different backgrounds resulted in her pursuing a Masters in Education Policy at Kings College. Sonia is now thrilled and keen to help support the science department as a Lab Technician at Katherine Warington school. Jess began her career as a Registered general nurse before gaining a further qualification in Mental health nursing. [email protected], Copyright 2023 Katherine Warington School | Proudly built by Lemongrass Media -. After graduating from the University of Westminster with an Honours degree in Photographic and Electronic Imaging Science, Chris spent the subsequent fifteen years in publishing, working on a variety of books, monthly and weekly magazines. Clare is passionate about the Spanish language and culture alike and it is her firm belief that one can truly engage with a countrys people when one has the appropriate language skills, and it is precisely for this reason that she places great emphasis on equipping students with key language structures in order to encourage independent learning from a very young age. Sam has a wide range of approaches to working with her clients, with a particular focus on art and creative activities as a way to help people express themselves and examine their feelings. Following a successful spell in London, Chris returned to Hertfordshire becoming Head of Sixth Form at Nicholas Breakspear and eventually teacher in charge of ITT (initial teacher training) and overseeing the development of all new staff including ECTs. Returning to work saw a change in focus to the education sector, working with a number of Luton schools in various roles including governance administration. Realising her desire to teach, she completed her PGCE at the University of Glasgow and has been teaching now for 20 years. In addition she has recently completed training to assess and provide treatment for PTSD. During her final year, her studies focussed on optimising participation in sport through the use of different teaching strategies and pedological models. Holly strongly believes that all students should have access to the Arts and that creativity and visual literacy is vital in developing well rounded students. During this time he started to play rugby socially and was soon picked up by Premiership side Saracens. Student Teacher Ratio 19 : 1. Grass. Harry gained his Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geography from Durham University, before starting his first career in Deloitte Consulting, where he worked as a change management specialist for various FTSE 100 companies and organisations in the UK public sector. ou. Emma studied clothing and design at The London College of Fashion, going on to work in a womenswear buying office in London. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm. Our lettings are open 7 days a week with extended opening hours during school holidays. Download establishment data. All funds go to support the students of Katherine Warington School through our fundraising projects for the current academic year. graduated in Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish and Italian BA Hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London and completed her PGCE at Anglia Ruskin University. Following this successful decade in the military, he started his teacher training in 2013 in St Albans and qualified as a PE teacher. She is thrilled to begin her new adventure with Katherine Warington School and hopes that she can promote adventure, challenge, and resilience in all the pupils she comes into contact with. Spending her spare time running and in exercise classes, (when not accompanying her children to their various sports and activities), Jo brings to the schools finance department the benefits of her professional background coupled with her experience of working in a local secondary school. She firmly believes that learning a new language should be accessible and fun for all and can lead to life-changing experiences for students! During this time she gained further childcare qualifications and a Certificate of Higher Education in Psychology. Over the years, Priya has completed numerous behaviour and safeguarding training and enhanced it in her career. cole. She obtained an Honours Degree in. This year Bryony is excited to start at KWS leading the History and Geography departments. Wanting to extend her knowledge further, Elizabeth also completed a year in the industry learning about design processes. It was during this time she expanded her passion for working with young people. There may not be a report because: a newly registered school hasn't been inspected yet. After achieving a First class degree, Lucy worked as a Learning Support Assistant for a year at Roundwood Park School where she learnt to support students of all abilities and help them to thrive at school. Toilet. To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account. Jane specialises in supporting young people and does this at other local secondary schools and also at her private practice. About the role. The new KWS Head is currently Deputy Head at RPS, the new Head of English is part of the SJL SLT, the new Head of Science is the SJL Assistant Head of Science, the Trustees include the Heads of RPS, SJL and St Georges, and there is partnership with University of Hertfordshire and Rothamsted Research. Caroline previously worked in South London as a Marketing Executive for a software company. Here she gained a lot of experience and formed close relationships with the students, seeing how much the horses and the staff could help them really spurred on her desire to support young people. Upon graduating, he decided to teach English as a foreign language in Xiamen, China. She feels it is important that students gain a good grasp of Britain today and how we got here. Katherine Warington School is a secondary school located in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Information provided by PlugShare, the world's most popular map for finding electric car (EV) charging stations. With her transferable coaching skills, she now joins the KWS team as a Cover Supervisor. The Eric Morecambe Centre. In addition, as a keen footballer herself, she introduced girls football as a weekly extra-curricular activity at the school, which included coaching her team in local and international competitions, with some trophies being won! full. She studied French at the University of Liverpool, before completing her PGCE and starting her teaching career in the same city, then moving to London. Co ed from reception to year 11. very good pastoral care but academically very good too, support those who need more support and stretch those who need stretching! Central to our vision for the school is the shared belief that young people have the right to a transformational educational experience that will enable them to fulfil their potential and . After obtaining an honours degree in Psychology and Criminology, a career history involving local criminal and county courts, retail, hospitality, travel, fashion, media production, web design and even a role as an extra in Game of Thrones, (to name but a few!) With pre-admission from Wuhan University, China, Qiaochu majored in Translation and Interpreting and minored in Economics. He then joined KWS in 2021 as the Head of Humanities, responsible for Geography and History. Whilst studying, Tom took a prominent role within the Teddy Bear Hospital group, helping Primary students to understand the importance of wellbeing and first aid. During her last few years she lived in a residential home in St Albans where she died on 3 July 1993 following a stroke at the age of 95. Phoebe promptly took up residence as an English Teacher at Lea Manor High School in September 2021. Gender Co-Ed. Not satisfied with just one Masters degree, she went on to complete another, this time in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University, where she spent most of her time admiring the peacocks on campus. Starting at the age of 5, Lucy competed at National level competitions and in 2018 became the Adult Gymnastics British Champion. In 2021, Paula began volunteering at KWS and enjoyed her time assisting in the library and helping students in the classroom. After being highly encouraged by the Professors at her University and working alongside with children and young people for more than four years, she achieved her BA Hons degree in Applied Early Years from the University of Bedfordshire. He also captained the mens hockey team. Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 15 Aug 2013, Warington, K. (1934) "Studies in the absorption of calcium from nutrient solutions with special reference to the presence or absence of boron.". Feeling she had achieved all she could as a middle leader Samantha turned to the international scene where she was offered the opportunity to teach PE and Science at a very prestigious international school. Jean obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and History of Art from the University of Cape Town and an Honours Degree in Psychology from the University of Grahamstown. Nicole completed a four year degree in Physical Education, achieving a Qualified Teacher Status at the University of Bedfordshire. Shamaiza looks forward to working with the community of KWS to ensure she can inspire and engage students to develop their technical knowledge. Shamaiza graduated from the University of Bedfordshire with a BSc in Computer Science. 13/02/2022 16:03, Harpenden - Sir John Lawes/Katherine Warington/Roundwood Park School Parents should drop off/collect in the Main School Car Park located off the Lower Luton Road and walk through the Courtyard gates (under the purple canopy) and up . Tamsin grew up in Singapore during her Primary School years before moving to the UK to start secondary school. Surface. Ages 11 to 19; Mixed gender; This is a new academy which opened on 02/09/2019. Now, in her 10th year of teaching, returning to the role of Head of Mathematics she is excited to have the opportunity to enthuse and motivate the students at KWS to love maths as much as she does! [1], Katherine Warington was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire on 5 September 1897, a twin and one of the five daughters of Helen Louisa Makins and the agricultural chemist Robert Warington FRS [Jnr]. Tamsin qualified as a teacher through the Teach First training programme and has been teaching at a school in Nottinghamshire. Pursuing his love of rugby, he moved to Brazil as part of the award winning Try Rugby programme, which introduced children and communities to rugby and helped with English in Schools. Now available on your iOS or Android device. She has always had a passion to become a lab technician. Plus tard. Tom completed his BSc Hons degree in 2007 studying Sport Science and Philosophy and after working as a buyer for a successful electricals business he joined the Majestic Wines graduate management scheme where he soon became store manager, gaining wine tasting qualifications and getting to visit winemakers and vineyards around the world. Quickly realising that teaching was the route he wanted to pursue, he began his QTS training at Sandringham School before returning to KWS in 2022 as an English and History teacher. With a love for science, Samantha studied modules part time in biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology and human physiology achieving 1st class grades in all. Clara graduated from the University of Greenwich with a BSc Equine Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation degree. Sam lives on a narrowboat with her two cats and spends a lot of time outdoors, as well as spending her spare time indulging in one of her many hobbies, which include reading, music, kickboxing, yoga and long walks in the wilderness, learning about the local wildlife. Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5FH. Our ethnicity data indicates the majority is Caucasian. Later on in Jims career, he spent time at Uxbridge College as Head of School for Engineering, Technology and Innovation and then Oaklands College as Head of Department for Electrical Installation and Plumbing and Gas. 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