Please download the full Safeguarding and Pastoral Team Structures below.

Our Senior Team

• Preit Chahal | Principal
• Joanne Lowther | Deputy Principal – Education
• Ruth Marklew | Deputy Principal - Pastoral and Attendance
• Gavin Mather | Assistant Principal – Inclusion 
• Suzanne Pringle | Assistant Principal – Education (Teaching and Learning, Curriculum)
• Peter Snowdon | Assistant Principal – Education Post-16
• Michael Ronan | Assistant Principal - Pastoral (Personal Development) 

Our Pastoral and SEND Team

• Ruth Marklew | Deputy Principal 

• Kerry Lane | Head of Year 9
• Jonny Duncan | Head of Year 9
• Rachael Bland | Pastoral Mentor Year 9
• Julie Rayner | Pastoral Mentor Year 9

• Catherine Akhthar | Head of Year 10
• Suzanne Dawn | Pastoral Mentor Year 10
• Harrison Butler | Pastoral Mentor Year 10

• Rosie Alamo | Head of Year 11 
• Ruth Davison | Pastoral Mentor Year 11 
• Michael Ryans | Pastoral Mentor Year 11

• Rebecca Coady | SENCO
• James Mitchell | Student Wellbeing Co-ordinator
• Mark Harrison | Associate Leader/SEND
• Alison Stanley | School Welfare & Attendance Manager
• Sarah Taylor| School Welfare & Attendance Officer

School Counsellors

You can make contact with our school counsellors by call the school office on 0191 285 1000, or by emailing us at admin@ga.newcastle.sch.uk (with the subject line FAO and counsellor name).

• Gillian Wright | Student Counsellor (working days are Wednesday afternoons, Thursdays and Fridays)
• Helen Wright | Student Counsellor (working days are Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday mornings)

Our Teaching Team