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John Madejski Academy

Our Staff

At John Madejski Academy, we have some of the finest teachers and teaching staff in the country. They are highly motivated, committed, and passionate about providing our pupils with the best education possible.


Leadership Team

J Heap - Principal -contact@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

M Mayne - Vice Principal (Behaviour & acting SENCO) - mmayne@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

C Smith - Vice Principal (Academic) - csmith@johnmadejskicademy.co.uk

F Manning - Assistant Principal (Maternity Cover) - fmanning@johnmadejskiacaemy.co.uk

G Bull - Assistant Principal (Personal Development) - gbull@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

A Tombs - Associate Assistant Principal - atombs@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

E Collins - Assistant Principal & SENCO (Maternity Leave) - ecollins@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

S Barton - Designated Safeguarding Lead - sbarton@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Pastoral Team

S Barton - Designated Safeguarding Lead - sbarton@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

C Dallimore - KS3 Pastoral Manager - cdallimore@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

L Brawn - Youth Officer - lbrawn@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

G Van der Waag - PSW - gvanderwaag@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


SEND Team

M Mayne - (acting) SENCO - mmayne@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

E Collins - Assistant Principal and SENCO (Maternity Leave) - ecollins@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

M Shaw - SEND Administrator - mshaw@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

C Rawlinson - Teaching Assistant - crawlinson@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

T Hickey - Teaching Assistant - thickey@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

C Mills - Teaching Assistant - cmills@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

S Barnes - Teaching Assistant - sbarnes@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


English Team

A Hussain - Head of English - ahussain@johnmadesjkiacademy.co.uk 

A Ali - English Teacher - aali@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

G Crawford - English Teacher - gcrawford@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

A Vandwani - English Teacher - avandwani@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

J Maritshane - English Teacher - jmaritshane@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

E Collins - English Teacher - ecollins@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Maths Team

R Naqvi - Head Of Maths - rnaqvi@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

B Butler - Maths Teacher - bbutler@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

J Hupe - Maths Teacher - jhupe@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

I Uzodinama - Maths Teacher - iuzodinama@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

N Khanam - Maths Teacher - nkhanam@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

F Manning - Maths Teacher - fmanning@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk 


Science Team

J Carson - Head of Science - jcarson@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

D Fitzgerald - Science Teacher - dfitzgerald@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

S Kelly - Second in Science - skelly@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

M Elhance - Science Teacher - melhance@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

F Kousar - Science Technician - fkousar@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Arts & Technology Team

P Chilton-Murphy - Head of Art - pchilton-murphy@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

F Pate - Art and Graphics Teacher - fpate@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

S Yip - Art and Graphics Technician - syip@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

D Green - Head of Food Technology - dgreen@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

L Sadler - Food Technology Technician - lsadler@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Music Team

G Bull - Music Teacher - gbull@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

G Odeh - Music Teacher - godeh@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Humanities Team

J Davidson - Head of Humanities - jdavidson@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

K Shotter - Second in Humanities - kshotter@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

R Morrish - History Teacher - rmorrish@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

W Vasey - History Teacher - wvasey@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Languages Team

C Smith - Languages Teacher - csmith@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

S Silva - Languages Teacher - ssilva@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Physical Education

C McNicholas - Head of PE - cmcnicholas@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

D Smith - PE Teacher - dsmith@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

C Burgess - PE Teacher & Head of Year 10 - cburgess@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

A Tombs - PE Teacher - atombs@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

T Morgan - PE Teacher - tmorgan@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Computer Science team

R Gulla - Computer Science Teacher - rgulla@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Business, Sociology & Psychology 

L Barnard - Head of Business - lbarnard@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

S Wentzel - Head of Sociology & Psychology - swentzel@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Religious Education

R Walker - Head of RE - rwalker@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Performance Sport Team

M Johnson - Director of Performance Sport - mjohnson@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

M Butcher - Director of Football - mbutcher@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

C Haynes - Youth Academy Basketball Lead - chaynes@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

S Nuruzade - Basketball Academy Head Coach

G Frecklington - S&C Lead Basketball

J Polston - Performance Football Coach


Administration Team

If you need to speak to our administration team, please email: contact@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk 


IT Support Team

If you need IT Support, please email: support@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Site Team

If You need to speak to our Site team, please email: siteteam@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk


Year 7 Team

Head of Year 7 - S Lambourn - slambourn@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

7b/Tu1 (Emerald) - F Pate

7a/Tu1 (Amber) - D Smith

7b/Tu2 (Ruby) - L Barnard

7a/Tu2 (Amethyst) - J Maritshane


Year 8 Team

Head of Year 8 - C Dallimore - cdallimore@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

8a/Tu1 (Amber) - A Ali

8a/Tu2 (Amethyst) - N Khanam & A Vandwani

8a/Tu3 (Emerald) - S Silva

8b/Tu1 (Ruby) - E O’Shea

8b/Tu2 (Diamond) - K Shotter


Year 9 Team

Head of Year 9 – J Mantey - jmantey@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

9a/Tu1 (Amber) - S Kelly

9a/Tu2 (Amethyst) - I Uzodinma

9a/Tu3 (Emerald) - G Odeh

9b/Tu1 (Ruby) - S Madondo

9b/Tu2 (Sapphire) - D Green


Year 10 Team

Head of Year 10 - C Burgess - cburgess@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

10a/Tu1 (Amber) - D Fitzgerald

10a/Tu2 (Diamond) - S Wentzel

10a/Tu3 (Emerald) - M Elhance

10b/Tu1 (Ruby) - T Morgan

10b/Tu2 (Sapphire) - R Morrish


Year 11 Team

Head of Year 11 - B Butler bbutler@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

11a/Tu1 - J Carson

11a/Tu2 - R Naqvi

11a/Tu3 - J Hupe & E Canepa

11b/Tu1 - A Hussain

11b/Tu2 - R Walker


Year 12 Team

Head of Sixth Form – hking@johnmadejskiacademy.co.uk

Year 12 Tutor - C McNicholas  

Year 12 Tutor - W Vasey 

Academic Mentor / EPQ Lead – G Crawford 


Year 13 Team

Year 13 Tutor - G Crawford 

Year 13 Tutor - R Gulla