Housemistress
Mrs R L BarkerBSc, PGCE
Mrs Bex Barker is Housemistress of South, and a part-time teacher of Biology. Former posts have included Head of Department in Bristol and Kenya as well as a Housemistress in a girls' boarding house. Prior to Cranleigh she spent four years working in Kenya with her husband and two children.
Deputies
Mrs Charlotte Allen is a Classics teacher and a tutor in South House. She joined the Classics department in 2017 to teach Latin, Greek and Classical Civilisation. Mrs Allen decided to pursue teaching while studying Classics at the University of Cambridge, from where she graduated with first class honours in 2016.
At university she specialised in Latin Literature and Ancient Philosophy – subjects about which she hopes to enthuse Cranleighans. Immediately prior to her move to Surrey, she spent a year living in Japan as a Tsuzuki scholar studying Japanese. Mrs Allen is pleased to be playing hockey again and especially looks forward to netball season. Mr Nick Drake joined Cranleigh in January 2013 as a Modern Languages teacher. He is also a tutor in South. From an early age Mr Drake had an interest in life beyond his homeland, spending some of his early childhood and education in France. This interest
in all things foreign led him to study French and Spanish at Bristol University and culminated in him marrying his Australian wife Leah. Prior to Cranleigh, Mr Drake worked as a broadcast journalist for Sky Sports and an investment banker.
When Mr Drake is not conversing in Spanish and French, he jointly heads up the pupil and parental PSHEE programme and enjoys coaching football and fives. He is a devoted Christian and his interests include psychology and his beloved Liverpool FC. He and Leah have two small children Sébastien and Arabella, who provide them with endless fun and challenge!
Resident Deputy Housemistress
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Mrs C E AllenMA, PGCE
Non-resident Assistant
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Mr N DrakeBA, PGCE, PGDip
Matrons
Tutors
Mr A K Barker
Maths Teacher
Mrs O Burt
Librarian
Miss M D Dellarosa Ratti
Teaching Assistant in Spanish
Dr D A W Hogg
Senior Tutor
Miss S J Houghton
Director of Netball
Mrs E R McGhee
Drama Teacher
Miss C Nicholls
Maths Teacher
Miss T Sellers
Chaplain's Assistant