Meet Our Team
Ardvreck has an unbelievable team of staff, they are the movers and shakers, optimists, can doers, smilers and who all care, beyond belief, about the education and wellbeing of every single child in our school.
HEADMISTRESS
Mrs Ali Kinge read Spanish and French at the University of Nottingham and subsequently gained a PGCE. She began her career as Resident Housemistress at Moreton Hall in Shropshire and, after a spell teaching in South America and raising her three boys, she resumed her career at Malvern St James. In 2005 she moved to Scotland to teach at Glenalmond College before joining Ardvreck School, working her way up to be appointed Headmistress in 2018. Her mantra for the pupils is to be Feisty and Fantastic and her number one message to the Ardvreck community comes from her love of Spanish: ¡todo es posible!
DEPUTY HEAD
Mr Peter Grant was appointed Ardvreck’s Deputy Head in January 2021.
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Peter studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before working as a professional opera singer for 10 years. Ardvreck is very much a family affair for Peter with both his daughters attending Ardvreck School and his wife Michelle, being one of our singing teachers.
In his time Peter has played rugby for Boroughmuir, London-Scottish and the Honourable Artillery Company and represented both Scotland and the Lothians at golf as a schoolboy.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Sarah Mannion
Head of Pupil Welfare & Little Ardvreck
David Knock
Head of Boarding & French
Peter Banks
Director of Studies & Science
Oliver Pearce
Bursar
TEACHING STAFF
Fraser Angus
Maths
Sarah Brown
Learning Support
Kitty Braham
Learning Support
Jessica Downey
Form Two
Flo Earl
Form One & Assistant Housemistress
Richard Gibson
History & Religious Studies
Edward Gilsenan
Latin
Michael Gray
Learning Support
Winsome Hardie
Art
Hannah Livesey
Geography
James Lugton
English
Alex Moore
Form Three & Assistant Housemaster
Sara Naylor
Little Ardvreck
Leigh Parkinson
Learning Assistant
Andy Robertson
Outdoor Learning
PASTORAL STAFF
Lucy MacLeod
House Mistress
Amelia Edwards
Assistant House Mistress
Beth Kidd
Matron
Judith Ridley
Matron
Sheila Milne
School Nurse
Janine Erdal
Uniform
ARDVRECK NURSERY TEAM
Anna Gurung
Nursery Manager
Lauren Harker
Nursery Supervisor
Gwilym Hooson
Early Years Practitioner
Louise Haworth
Nursery Practitioner
Louise Haldane
Nursery Practitioner
Andrea Campos Pena
Early Years Practitioner
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Gillian Murchie
PA to Headmistress
Annie Le Roy-Lewis
Registrar
Jane Fraser
Secretary
Gigha Smith
Marketing Director
Chris Higgo
Assistant to Bursar
CATERING STAFF
Allison Brown
Head of Catering
Rona McLennan
Chef
Barry Burgess
Chef
Julia Boxall
Kitchen staff
Marie Barton
Kitchen staff
HOUSEKEEPING STAFF
Alison Abernethy
Head of Housekeeping
Sandra Galloway
Gillian McDougall
Lisa Anderson
ESTATES TEAM
Kevin Ashworth
Head of Maintenance
Marc King
Head of Grounds