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Meet the Team: Academic Staff
The College staff represent a balanced complement of experience and dynamism. Dedication, commitment, passion and expertise are qualities common to the teachers, coaches and administrative staff. The College is in a fortunate position to attract highly qualified and motivated staff when vacancies occur. Academic staff members have extensive experience with the Independent Examination Board examinations. Kearsney’s remarkable level of involvement includes four moderators, nine senior markers and 18 markers (2023). This contributes to Kearsney’s academic excellence.
HODs are shown in bold and pictured.
Headmaster:
Mr P Lees – BA BEd (Hons) PGCE
Accounting:
Mrs C Vermeulen: HDE MEd – HOD Accounting / Head of Interns and Mentorship
Mr B Steyn: BCom HDE – Accounting
Afrikaans:
Mrs S Cairns: HDE – HOD Afrikaans
Mr M Badenhorst: BA (Ed) – Mathematics / Afrikaans / Housemaster, Haley
Mrs J Gaines: BSoc Sci LLB PGCE (Cum Laude) – Afrikaans
Mr H van Ellewee: BEd (Hons) HDE FDE – Afrikaans
Mr N van Heerden: BEd – Afrikaans
Mr A van Zyl: BA HDE – Afrikaans
Art:
Mrs J Hicks: MTech PGCE – HOD Visual Arts
Ms Emma ten Cate: BA (Hons) PGCE – Visual Arts (Part time)
Business Studies:
Mr W Marsden: HDE – HOD Business Studies
Ms A Fripp: BCom HDE FDE ACE – Business Studies / Director of Clubs and Culture
Mr A Kemp: BEd HMS – Business Studies/EMS
Chaplain:
Rev. Kym Bishop: BTh (Hons) MTh PGCE
Counselling:
Mrs K-J Coleman: B Soc Sci (Hons) M Soc Sci – Counselling / Life Orientation
Drama:
Ms U Singh: BA (Hons) – HOD Dramatic Arts
Mrs E Stockil-Smith: MA PGCE – Dramatic Arts
Engineering Graphics and Design:
Mr D Moodley: HDE – HOD EGD
Mr M Delport: HDE FDE – EGD
Mr V Sookdavu: BEd – Grade Assistant Gr 10 / EGD
English:
Mrs J Curtiss: BA HDE – HOD English
Ms N Arndt: BA (Ed) – English / Grade Head Gr 9
Mrs T Landman: BA – English
Mr S Ngema: BCom (Hons) LLB, PGCE – English
Mr N Mahabeer: BEd – English / House Master, Sheffield
Mrs H Milne: BSocSci HDE – English
Mr A Morgan: BA (Hons) PGC – English / Senior Grade Head / Grade Head Gr 11
Mr A Ryan: BA (Hons) PGCE – English
Mr M Saville: B Journ (Hons) PGCE – English / Grade Head Gr 10
Geography:
Mr M Savage: BEd – HOD Geography
Mr W Amos: BA (Hons) HDE – Geography
Mr J Robinson: BA HMS – Geography
Mr T Boyce: BEd – Geography
History:
Mr N Peacock: BA (Hons) HDE – HOD History / IEB Senior Sub-examiner History P2
Mr J Waldburger: BA PGCE – History / Finningley Housemaster / IEB Sub-examiner History P1
Mr K Ngema: BEd (Hons) – History / Assistant Grade Head Gr 11
Inclusion:
Mrs M Venter: BEd Psych (Hons) – Head of Wellness / Inclusion Programme / Academic Support
isiZulu:
Mr B Ndaba: BPaed, PGDPI – HOD isiZulu / Assistant Head of Interns and Mentorship
Mr M Zungu: BSS (Hons) – Deputy Head: Pastoral Care, Community Relations and T&D / i/c Community Outreach / isiZulu
Mr S Mtshali: BEd – Assistant Grade Heade Gr 9 / isiZulu / Life Orientation
Information Technology:
Mrs C Elliott: MSc PGCE – HOD Information Technology
Life Sciences:
Mr D Macdonald: BSc (Hons) HDE – HOD Life Sciences / Head of Dayboys
Mr D Sookdeo: BSc (Hons) PGCE – Life Sciences
Ms D Fihlela: BSc PGCE Life Sciences / Life Orientation
Life Orientation:
Mrs D van Zyl: HOD Life Orientation
Mrs K-J Coleman: B Soc Sci (Hons) M Soc Sci – Counselling / Life Orientation
Ms D Fihlela: BSc PGCE Life Sciences / Life Orientation
Mr S Mtshali: Assistant Grade Heade Gr 9 / isiZulu / Life Orientation
Mathematics:
Mr M Ancillotti: BSc HDE – HOD Mathematics
Mr P Kirsten: BSc HDE FDE – Senior Deputy Headmaster / Mathematics
Mr A Willows: BSc HDE – Deputy Headmaster / Mathematics
Mr M Badenhorst: BA (Ed) – Mathematics / Afrikaans / Housemaster Haley
Mr S-M Ceronio: BEd HMS (FET) – Mathematics
Mrs R du Plessis: BSc PGCE – Mathematics / Grade Head Grade 8
Mrs V Govender: BEd (Hons) – Deputy Head: Academics / Mathematics
Mr S Green: BEd (FET) – Mathematics / Housemaster, Pembroke
Mrs S Hotz: BSc PGCE – Mathematics
Mr N Nkabinde: BEd (Hons) – Mathematics / Physical Sciences
Mr A Prinsloo: HDE – Mathematics / Housemaster, Gillingham
Mr N Rodda: BEd – Mathematics
Media:
Mrs H de Marigny: Media Centre Manager
Mrs S Bezuidenhout: Librarian
Music:
Mr B Kruger: MMus, LRSM UPLM PG Cert – Director of Music
Mr J Brolin: MMus, Head of Subject Music and Orchestra
Mr D Langley: B Prac Mus (Hons) – Piano Studies / Accompanist
Physical Science:
Mrs S Murray: BSc (Hons) HDE – HOD Science
Mr S Main: HDE – Science
Mr N Nkabinde: BEd (Hons) – Mathematics / Physical Sciences
Mr B Thompson: HDE SecEd FDE ACE – Grade Head Gr 12 / Science
