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The Staff

ADDITIONAL NEEDS

Mrs J Olisa BEd (Cantab), MA (London) (Special

Education Needs Support Teacher)

ART AND DESIGN DEPARTMENT

Mr R J PLUMMER BEd (London), BA (London)

Mr I P Gajowniczek MA (Krakow)

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Mr P M S RENNIE BSc (London)

Mr A Howes BSc (Bangor)

Miss R Orchard BA (Cantab)

Mr L Leeves BSc (KCL)

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

Mrs L MOLYNEUX MChem (Sheffield)

Mr T Whittaker BSc (N Staffs)

Mr R J M Shaw BSc (Nottingham)

Dr J Wilson BSc (Northumbria)

Mrs M Roberts MSc (Cantab) Mrs M M Pattison BSc (Canberra)

CLASSICS DEPARTMENT

Mrs C O’CONNELL MA (London)

Ms A Bolton BA (Reading)

Ms F Cooke BA (Oxon)

DANCE

Miss K CZERNIAK

DRAMA DEPARTMENT

Miss L Hughes BA (Surrey)

Miss K M O’Connell BA (St Mary’s University College)

Mr N W A Partridge BA (Exon)

ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

Mr P BRIDGES BA (Birmingham)

Ms C Cornell BEd ( Greenwich), MSc (Cranfield)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Mr M J LIDDY BA (Bristol)

Mrs N E Anson BA (Royal Holloway) Mtcg

Mr N Skerten BA (Sussex)

Miss K M Ferraro BA (Massachusetts, USA)

Mrs S Rehlon BA (Oxon) Mrs N Dixon BA (Leicester)

GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

Mr M E HORWOOD BSc (London)

Mr I Langrish BA (Birmingham)

Mr L Brittain BA (Nottingham Trent)

HISTORY DEPARTMENT

Mrs K ROSS MA (UCL)

Mr M D Gascoigne BA (Sheffield)

Mrs M PhillipsBA (Oxon)

Mr O Bryan-Williams MA (St. Andrews)

Mr B Reekes BA (Exon)

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

Mr A INGALL MA, MEng (Cantab)

Mrs E E Barrett BEd (Warwick)

Mrs C L Henderson BSc (Southampton)

Mr C D O’Connell BSc (Exon)

Mr T Narey BSc (Sussex)

Mr H Hameed MEng (City University)

Mr M Taylor BEd (Greenwich)

Mr S Trutch BSc (Exeter)

Dr F Dilke BSc (Sussex) , PhD (Cantab)

MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

Mrs N GALLIE MA (Manchester)

Mr M J Williams BEd (London)

Miss L Monroe BSc (Aston)

Mr A J Marley BA (Exon)

Head: Miss H M M Clarke BA (Sussex) Deputy Head, Curriculum and Learning: Mrs E E Barrett BEd (Warwick)

Deputy Head, Pupils and Learning: Mr M D Gascoigne BA (Sheffield)

Assistant Head, Performing Arts: Mr S G Toyne MA (Oxon) FRSA

Assistant Head, Professional Development: Mrs H O’Sullivan BA (Exeter)

Assistant Head, Assessment, Reporting & Recording, ICT: Mr I Keary BA (West London Institute)

Acting Assistant Head: Mr S B Cathcart BSc (London)

Head of Sixth Form: Mr D Starbuck MA (Aberdeen)

Deputy Head of Sixth Form: Miss L Hughes BA (Surrey) Head of Year 11: Mr C D O’Connell BSc (Exeter)

Head of Year 10, Duke of Edinburgh: Mr L Brittain BA (Nottingham Trent)

Head of Year 9: Mr A J Marley BA (Exeter)

Head of Year 8: Mr T Whittaker BSc (N Staffs)

Head of Year 7: Mr W Martin BSc (Brunel) Teacher i/c Playing Fields: Mr M J Williams BEd (London)

Head of Faculty of PE & Games: Mr S B Cathcart BSc (London)

Head of Faculty of Maths: Mr A Ingall BA (Cantab)

Head of Faculty of Science: Mr P M S Rennie BSc (London)

Head of Faculty of English: Mr M J Liddy BA (Bristol)

Head of Faculty of Humanities: Mr M E Horwood Bsc (London)

Head of Faculty of Languages: Mrs C O’Connell MA (London)

Acting Head of Technology: Mr P A Dewstowe BSc (Brunel)

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Mr R P E Courtin BA (Orléans la Source, France)

Miss L Ashby BA (Royal Holloway)

Miss O Shirley BA (Reading)

Miss C Legouas Licence es-lettres (Université Paris XIII)

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Mr S G TOYNE MA (Oxon), FRSA

Mrs S J Cadogan BMus (Royal Holloway)

Mr S Ferris BMus (KCL)

Mr P Viveash BA (Oxon)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Mr S B CATHCART BSc (London)

Mr I Keary BA (West London Institute)

Mr W Martin BSc (Brunel)

Ms C Cornell BEd ( Greenwich), MSc (Cranfield)

Mr T C McCann BA (Oxon)

Mr D Morris BEd (Exon)

Mr G Wilson BSc (Staffordshire)

Mr I White BSc (Portsmouth)

Mrs J Stapleton BA (West London Institute)

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

Mr K J P HOLT BA (Cantab)

Mr J Garlic BSc (Loughborough)

Mr T McKennan BSc (Imperial College)

Miss A Langerman BSc (University of Natal, Pietermaritz-

burg, SA)

RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT

Mr C R Ross BA (Univ. of Newcastle, Australia), MA

(Univ. of Wales, Lampeter)

Mr D Starbuck MA (Aberdeen)

Mrs H O’Sullivan BA (Exeter)

Mrs F Etherington BDivinity (Glasgow)

TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Mr P A DEWSTOWE BSc (Brunel)

Mr J Girling BA (Bournemouth)

Mrs J Gould BA (Buckinghamshire New University)

Mr P J McDonnell BSc (Edinburgh Napier University)

HEAD, GOVERNORS & ADMINISTRATION

Mrs H EDWARDS (Head’s Personal Assistant, Head of

Personnel Services)

Mrs A WRIGHT (School Manager)

Mrs H Cox BA (Leicester) (School Receptionist)

Mrs J Pierce (Secretarial Assistant & Clerk to Governors)

Mrs L Johnson (Secretarial Assistant)

Mrs A K Swift (Administration Assistant TAL)

Mrs J Dixon (Secretarial Assistant)

ADMISSIONS

Mrs H E PITTS (Admissions Officer)

EXAMINATIONS

Mrs D MERID CAMPOREALE BA (City of London Polytech-

nic) (Examinations Officer)

FINANCE

Mr J Farnham (Principal Finance Officer)

Mrs T Costello B.Comm (Galway) (Finance Officer)

Mrs D Carpenter (Administrative Assistant)

PREMISES CONSULTANT / SCHOOL ARCHIVE MANAGER

Mr J P King BA (CNAA,) FRGS, DipPSE

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR

Mrs H Harrison BA Eng (Oxon)

LEARNING RESOURCES

Mrs L FODEN (Dempsey Centre Manager)

Mrs M J Spooner (Learning Resource Centre Assistant)

Mrs Y Scicluna (Learning Resource Centre Assistant)

Mr D E Jillings (Learning Resource Centre Assistant)

CURRICULUM SUPPORT

Mrs P Weller (ICT Assistant [Curriculum])

Mr I R Budgen (Network Manager)

Mr M M J Williams BSc (Gloucester) (ICT Technician)

Mr H Samuel (Technology Technician)

Miss K Argent (Chemistry Technician)

Mrs S Madle (Science Technician)

Miss A Jeeves (Biology Technician)

Mrs R Bevan BSc (Cardiff) (Music Administrator & Out-

reach Co-ordinator)

Mrs C Critcher BA (Strathclyde) (Music Secretary)

Mrs S Read BA (Exeter College of Art & Design) (Art &

Design Technician)

Mrs A E Jennings (Photocopying)

Ms L Keirle BSc (Westminster) (Teaching Assistant)

Mr D I White (Boatman/Coach)

Mrs L Elsley BA (Strathclyde) (Careers Advisor)

Mrs J Farrell (Careers Advisor)

SITES

Mr I SEDGLEY, BSc (Kingston) (Sites Manager)

Mr J Fisher (Assistant Caretaker)

Mr W Dixon (Handyperson/Caretaker)

Mr R Atkins ((Caretaker/Handyperson)

Mr M J Hickman (Groundsman)

SCHOOL SHOP

Mrs D Welham BA (Leeds)

Mrs L Cox BSc (Sheffield)

SPORTS CENTRE

Mr A Di Luzio LLB (Leeds) (Sports Estate Manager)

CATERING STAFF

Mr D Swann (General Catering Manager)

Mrs K Lock (Catering Supervisor)

Mrs S Mullings (Cook)

Mrs F O’Connor (Catering Assistant)

Mrs M Pancharatnam (Catering Assistant)

Miss S Hull (Catering Assistant)

Mr S Shaik (Catering Assistant)

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INSTRUMENTAL TEACHERS

Julie Monument

Helen Godfrey

Victoria Smith

Alice Kent

Patrick Taggart

Anthony McColl

Sarah Douglas

Christian Brewer

Bernie Lafontaine

Andrew Watson

Ian Stott

Mike Crowther

James Dalgleish

Gill Ford

Peter Jaekel

Martin Allen

Mike Osborn

Peter Brenton

Clinton Hough

David Kirby-Ashmore

Lisa Beckley

Andy Bush

STAFF CHANGES

It is always sad to say farewell to members of the Tiffin

community: our very best wishes go to the following:

IAN BUDGEN

Ian’s first job was with

Redifusion Research

from 1965 in the days

of black and white

televisions and before

the invention of audio

cassette tapes let

alone CDs or DVDs. He

saw the first American

colour television sets

arriving in the UK and

then had the oppor-

tunity of using one of

the first BBC comput-

ers bought by Redifusion and at this time he moved

into programing. Eventually research and development

in the UK dried up as American companies took over

British companies and moved the laboratories abroad.

At Tiffin in 1991 the building of the Chester Centre had

just been completed and Tiffin were advertising for a

term-time only technician. Ian was looking for some-

thing with less stress and more fun so applied and

joined the Technology Department to work with Dave

MacLeod and Paul Dewstowe.

Apart from being the Technology Technician, he was

also the Music Technician, the Drama Technician, the

Art Technician, the IT Technician and the “anything that

had a lead on it or looked complicated” technician!

There was little office technology in school at that time,

the school offices used manual typewriters and filing

cabinets, the library used filing cards and the canteen

accepted cash!

Curriculum computers consisted of a few BBC B and

Acorn computers. There was also a rather mysterious

DOS based management network running between the

offices of Derek Tullett, Howard Watson and Brian Hold-

en plus a few others which was obviously the thing to

have at the time…not quite sure what it did.

He became involved with the Tiffin Fairs in respect of

technical matters and instigated the video relay for the

Christmas Carol Service. He also officially took on the

whole school electronic equipment repair from Royal

Borough of Kingston (RBK) so as to reduce the down

time of faulty equipment.

Over the next couple of years the school acquired more

Acorn computers and had a basic network in Technolo-

gy, and in IT. More of his time was required to maintain

this additional equipment so the role of Art Technician

was removed from him leaving poor Irek Gajowniczek

to process his own clay on a Friday afternoon.

In 1994 deputy head Jenny Paine chose PCs rather

than the Acorns recommended by RBK’s IT Depart-

ment. Some leading-edge 486 computers running Win-

dows 3.1 were bought to form a local network in what

is now Room 20 with a server (fitted with a massive

1Gb hard drive) in George Dryden’s little office. The

school’s first Research Machines network was called

Net LM. Nowadays it would be called a thin client net-

work.

By 1996 the network had expanded to two classrooms

(with the addition of Room 19) and Pentium 75 ma-

chines were purchased and updated the operating sys-

tem to Windows 95. There were even some electric

typewriters in the office! In 1998 a whole school net-

work was installed with at least one outlet point in each

department. The new network combined the admin-

istration network and a new expanded curriculum net-

work. Ian became the Network Manager. This post,

along with the continuing role of Technology Techni-

cian, fully occupied him, thus his music and drama du-

ties were redistributed.

Expansion was rapid, with a 128kb ISDN line acquired

for remote connection, soon followed by a 2mb broad-

band connection and the first email server. This was

very advanced for a school at this time. The Dempsey

Centre, opened in 2004, increasing the computer count

to over 400. At that point he had to relinquish all tech-

nology responsibilities to become the full-time ICT Net-

work Manager. Richard Sanderson was Ian’s line man-

ager and they soon realised it was too much for one

man and Pippa Weller joined the department to provide

much needed support with ICT matters linked to the

curriculum. Interactive whiteboards were gradually in-

troduced throughout the school and SIMS more widely

used, eventually leading to electronic registration.

Mark Williams then joined them in 2007 as ICT Techni-

cian.

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Thus in his 21 years at Tiffin Ian oversaw numerous

improvements in the ICT provision at Tiffin. All of this

was achieved within tight budget restrictions. He can

retire with a great sense of pride in the knowledge that

he managed to maintain a secure and dependable net-

work which suffered from very little downtime. He had a

quiet and methodical approach to his work with his

busiest time usually being during the school holidays,

when very often he would realise the duty caretaker

and he were the only two people in school. How sad is

it that on his final day there was not a soul around to

see him off so he just switched off the light, flicked the

lock on the server room door and left.

PW

MIKE HICKMAN: an

address delivered by

MW during the tea

interval at the Widger

Match, July 2012

Today is always a day

of mixed emotions for

me. On the one hand

there’s the genuine

pleasure of putting

the 1st XI firmly in its

place yet again and

the joy of remember-

ing the phenomenal

cricketer, Widger Morley-Brown, who Tim McCann and I

were privileged to know for all too short a time. On the

other hand there’s the sadness of his death commemo-

rated each year here with this match which in Widger’s

time was a far knifier, far more contentious, far more

cut-throat game than it is today. And we remember

Widger with this magnificent cup, his cricket bat with

which he scored his 5 centuries for the school 1st XI

and the willow tree which when I planted it was this

high but which now threatens to take us over.

There are mixed emotions for Mike Hickman as well for

today is his last Widger match before he joins the ranks

of the retired. He tells me his body is packing up. Well,

we all could have told him that about 10 years ago.

Mike will finally retire I think, at the end of August. It

could be a last wind up of the rugby department who

think that they might just get to use that piece of turf

between the 2 cricket squares this winter. If he does in

August time he will have taken the last chunk out of his

head on the lethal garage door; he will have driven the

unprotected, cab-less 1958 tractor in wintry minus 5

degrees for the last time; he will have snapped his last

recoil starter cord and he will have kicked and sworn at

the 1953 auto roller for the last time. He will probably

have kicked and sworn at his last Year 10 boy as well.

I’m not sure how the school will survive without Mike. At

least, that’s what he keeps telling me. I’ll miss his daily

early morning weather forecast. I’ll miss him waking me

up after another night spent sleeping here on the

benches but above all I’ll miss his unceasing concern

for the well-being of the grounds and for his tireless

efforts in seeing that cricket is played here in the tradi-

tion that the game merits and on surfaces that are as

good as we can make them given the constraints of

money and weather. Moreover, he is kind and courte-

ous to the boys. He loves nothing better than to watch

the 1st XI play football out here on the outfield.

Whatever I think needs doing down here, Mike has al-

ways been one step ahead of me and has got it done

without my asking. Not that you get a chance to do

much asking because conversations with Mike tend to

be somewhat lop-sided. Time and again I’ve come

down here for something and Mike has talked me to a

quivering mess to the extent that I forget what I came

for in the first place.

We have suffered many groundsmen over the years.

When I first arrived, the grounds were maintained by

Kingston Council and the wonderfully named Gordon

Rainbow was our attached Groundsman. There fol-

lowed a series of crooks and second hand wheeler-

dealers, most of whom ended up at Her Majesty’s

pleasure, until Mike Hickman wrote me a letter sug-

gesting that he should take over the running of Grist’s.

That was some 15 years ago. Some 17 or 18 years ago

his son, Alistair Hickman, had opened the bowling here

for the 1st XI and indeed continued into further educa-

tion on the T.I.T.S. tours where he became the rounded

young man that you see today under the tutelage of the

educational child psychologists, Bert Seaborn and Tim

McCann.

Jill, I have to thank you for letting Mike spend so much

time here although I suspect that you may have been

quite pleased to get him out. I also suspect that you

may well be taking over from us in the 24 hour listening

department before too long.

Mike, we have found you something that will keep you

in better touch with the world and with this gift go our

heartfelt thanks for 14 years of relentless wonderful,

unparalleled work, energy and commitment to Tiffin

School.

MW

As Martin’s deputy head of cricket, I should like to add

a line on the retirement of Mike Hickman.

If Mike’s hours of work were to be calculated, they

would far exceed his brief, probably equating to 21

years of service rather than his official 14. He has pre-

pared nigh on a hundred pitches for my own cricket

teams in his time, the overwhelming majority very good:

not only do I fail to recall an injury sustained during

Mike’s tenure, but few batsmen could blame the vagar-

ies of his tracks for their dismissal, either.

What more can one say? Except from a legion of young

players (including Mike’s son Ali) who learnt and en-

joyed their cricket safely, and from me, thanks for eve-

rything, Mike.

TM

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JULIA OLISA

Julia joined the school

immediately after the

turn of the millennium.

Some thought that

surpassing this date

would cause technical

difficulties. Not only

was this unfounded

but we were additional-

ly blessed with

thoughtful , serene

beneficence. Students

were supported with

Literacy in an affirma-

tive and persistently upbeat way throughout her tenure.

In addition, small groups and whole year groups ad-

dressed the ways and means of performing to their

best in exams. To see her teach was a pleasure as

each student was not only guided in his individual diffi-

culty but they were addressed as a whole person. The

whole psychology of learning was imparted. Organisa-

tion, approach to the task and posture were all brought

in in a holistic view of education which ensured that all

who benefited from her expertise and acumen were not

just given the specific skills to help them in their area

of need but in their wider experience as well.

The students were not the only beneficiaries of her

knowledge. All staff also received the benefit of her

wisdom, whether it was on joining the school, or those

beginning teachers starting out on their qualifications.

Julia moves on to employ her expertise not just in the

family arena but typically to deepen her support of the

Thames Outreach project where she hopes not only to

continue her work in literacy with individuals but also

train key workers to support those who find themselves

in difficult circumstances, perhaps in part due to their

need to develop in that area.

RS

IAN KEARY

Ian Keary left in the

summer of 2012 after

eight years at Tiffin. He

joined in January 2004

in the PE Faculty and

in the following years

taught in the Mathe-

matics and IT depart-

ment. He became a

very successful Head

of Year 11 and in

2008 became an As-

sistant Headteacher.

Ian led the School in

its innovative work with Frog (our VLE system), assess-

ment and reporting, and in keeping the school running

to its calendar. His vision, leadership and varied skills

in management made him an excellent member of the

Senior Leadership Team. He was awarded his National

Professional Qualification for Headship in 2012 and he

gained promotion to the post of Deputy Headteacher at

Glyn School in Surrey in September 2012.

Ian’s energy, enthusiasm and dedication meant that he

kept up his sporting interests by continuing to teach PE

and coach rugby teams. Under his tutelage, the U14

side made huge improvements both as individuals and

as a team and his ability to motivate players and instil a

love of rugby was second to none. He was committed to

upholding the Tiffin tradition of wider opportunities not

only through his commitment to School sport, but also

by supporting other activities such as photography and

House competitions. As Head of Scott House he was

the first to lead them to back to back House Champion-

ships between 2006 and 2008.

Ian was an excellent colleague and member of staff

who gave generously of his time to the School and en-

couraged students to be confident and to succeed in

whatever they did.

HMC and SC

Ian proved a invaluable member of the staff team that

accompanied Ski Trips to the USA. A very capable and

determined skier, Ian was always willing to ski in the

most able group, which usually tested the instructors’

ability let alone an accompanying teacher! On one par-

ticular trip to Utah, when Ollie Baker and Matt Cragg led

presentations of thank-you gifts to each of the staff,

they decided that the most

appropriate gift for their then

Head of Year was a doll of

the Marvel character ‘The

Punisher’ - I need say no

more! With something of a

reputation for being a hu-

mourless enforcer at school,

it was on these trips that he

proved to boys that he had a

caring side and a fantastic

sense of humour, too —

particularly when holding 4 Aces and a King!

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He also coached Colts’ cricket, imparting some of his

very considerable batting and fielding skills to young

players (fortunately, none copied Crazy-arm Keary’s

bowling…). In his one full Tiffin Invitation Touring Socie-

ty Devon trip, Ian scored 132 runs, average 44, and

was labelled “tour whippet” in the field. He made 44 at

Kilmington either side of head butting a lifter and next

day, duly plastered, cut, drove and hooked with both

force and felicity as he announced our challenge to

recent National Village Championship finalists Werring-

ton. Ian’s overall staff batting average would have

been higher but for 2006—7, when he took “The

Noughties” too literally and scored five of them succes-

sively. But what an ally was IK against the 1st XI in

Widger matches, seizing the initiative, scoring runs, and

catching anything, provided it was impossible! We shall

miss him, and his 100% ethic: good luck, Ian!

TM

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Natalie Dixon

Natalie’s tenure of of-

fice at Tiffin, from Dra-

ma teacher to Head of

Drama, from Head of

Inclusion to English

teacher, guaranteed

that she touched the

lives of many students

in a meaningful and

positive way. I knew

Natalie best as a col-

league in the English

Department and, as we

set sail on the high

seas of literacy and literature, I could not have wished

for a more able seawoman as a crew mate. Natalie’s

enthusiasm was legendary and often her mere pres-

ence was enough to galvanise more salty old lags such

as myself. Her preparation was thorough and all-

encompassing, particularly with regard to the choice of

new texts to teach her students. There are scores of

Tiffinians now who, but for Natalie, would not have

known of The Bog Child. Natalie’s ability to have a foot

in both the drama and literary camps also placed her in

an enviable position. Students still talk of her Macbeth

lessons with great relish as a time when Shakespeare

came to life in the classroom; desks were banished and

the space became a stage. She had the ability to infect

those around her with learning and with her own

joy. She is greatly missed but we are sure that she con-

tinues to bring her happiness to all those fortunate to

be in her demesne.

ML

James Garlic

James started with us

as a Newly Qualified

Teacher in September

2009. Even in his first

year as a full time

teacher, it was clear

that we had a very

strong classroom

teacher in our midst,

and someone who was

totally committed to

developing the oppor-

tunities of our students

both within and out-

side the classroom. He ran a weekly Science Club,

which included entering boys for inter school competi-

tions, and thinking up exciting experiments to do that

we don’t normally do in lessons. He did the same for

sixth form students, helping to run trips to university

campuses as well as mentoring them on ‘build your

own’ projects to encourage them to take up more engi-

neering-type occupations.

At Tiffin, teachers are offered the chance to coach

sports teams. This is very demanding on one’s time, as

Saturdays must be set aside for fixtures. James

coached the Under 13 rugby side very successfully for

two years, giving up lunch breaks and weekends for

them. And as well as showing his passion for rugby, it

also demonstrates how generous he can be with his

time.

I think the most outstanding of James’ abilities is his

creativity, inventiveness if you like. I try to encourage

collaboration as one of our key strengths in the depart-

ment. We are four Physics teachers plus a technician,

and with constantly changing schemes of work, as well

as other external influences, we need to keep innovat-

ing. James has been the pioneer of so many of our ac-

complishments. One such recent example is that he

successfully liaised with the National Physical Laborato-

ry to arrange training for all of us in the use of Liquid

Nitrogen. He has built several ‘Physics inventions’ and

encourages students to do the same. To name a few - a

wind tunnel, a rubber band heat engine, a water pow-

ered dynamo, a gauss gun…the list goes on.

Professionally, James has a detailed knowledge of the

Physics curriculum, and this enabled him to design or

adapt resources to suit our pupils both in terms of the

correct level of challenge, but also keeping them en-

gaged and learning. He regularly added resources to

our Schemes of Work such as links to interesting web-

sites, or good ideas for experiments. His ‘Heat Circus’ –

a group of six experiments to demonstrate the different

methods of heat transfer –is a personal favourite of

mine, and an idea that I have unashamedly ‘borrowed ‘

several times over.

In the classroom James delivered well planned lessons

that consistently met Ofsted’s good lesson observation

criteria. They were often exceptional in terms of the

range of opportunities provided for learning in different

styles – characterised by lots of practical activities, use

of interesting news articles, research and other forms

of media. His clarity of explanations was very good, and

he has the confidence to adjust his planning to meet

the changing needs of the students. Classroom man-

agement is something that comes naturally to James.

His relationship with pupils is very positive, while main-

taining high expectations of behaviour and workman-

ship.

Within the wider school context, James is one of the

younger teachers with a ‘buzz’ around him. He is an

excellent role model, in terms of the manner in which

he presents himself, and his enthusiasm for Physics,

rugby and all his other passions.

James’ moving school will be a great loss to us. Person-

ally, as well as professionally, he has become an invalu-

able member of a close knit team. Our loss will un-

doubtedly be Doha College’s gain.

KH

Best wishes go to Katherine Lawson, Lesley Elsley and

Jude Farrell who also left at the end of the year.

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A very warm welcome is extended to:

Barnaby Reekes Teacher of History

Rob Earl Head of Economics

Alastair Ingall Head of Faculty of Mathematics

Katie O’Connell Teacher of Drama Jan Dixon Secretarial Assistant

Katherine Lawson Teacher of English

Vanessa Thomas Teacher of History

Shazia Ismail Catering Assistant

Anson Downham Assistant Groundsman

and welcome back to Rebecca Bevan, Dr Fisher Dilke and Catherine Legouas.

Promotions:

David Starbuck has been appointed Head of Sixth Form Lucy Hughes has been appointed Deputy Head of Sixth Form

Mark Horwood has been appointed Head of Faculty of Humanities and Head of Geography

Ian Langrish has been appointed UCAS & HE Co-ordinator

Craig Ross has been appointed Head of RE & Critical Thinking

Alex Marley has been appointed Head of Year 9

Tony Howes has been appointed Head of Scott House

Luke Leeves has been appointed Head of C/G House

Dr John Wilson has been appointed Careers and Work Related Learning Co-ordinator

Lydia Monroe has been appointed Languages in the Community coordinator Paul Dewstowe has been appointed to the post of Head of Department of Design & Technology

Judith Farrell has been appointed part-time Careers Adviser

Heather Harrison has been appointed to the post of Management Information Systems (MIS) Coordinator

Megan Phillips has been appointed Acting Head of History

Kristina Ferraro has been appointed Subject Leader, English

Changes:

John King has been appointed Premises Consultant and School Archive Manager

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With H.R.H Prince Edward [photo: Ian Budgen]

DAVID MACLEOD

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OBITUARY

DAVID MACLEOD

David MacLeod started Tiffin School in September 1990 after 16 years teaching at Feltham School. He arrived on a

promise from Dr Dempsey of the development of a “new subject for the school” and the building of the Chester Cen-

tre which would hold Art, Music and Technology.

David was the ideal man for this task, having the unique character to drive and challenge both staff and pupils alike. David always worked hard and quietly strived for the best standards. As the multitude of pupils he taught will testify,

the results gained and popularity of the subject rapidly proved that he had clear vision and talent. David was keen to

enable pupils to see the links between school-based studies and the opportunity of future career paths. He devel-

oped a range of links to universities and industry, including EES schemes and Arkwright scholarships.

Working with David was a privilege; his manner and supportive nature was a role model to all who were in the depart-

ment. He was never flustered and always willing to support when needed. He was keen to trust and develop his

team’s skills. This extended to the support of trainee teachers and at least 2 per year were indoctrinated into the

“MacLeod way”.

Outside the classroom David took an active role within the life of the school. He was regularly seen at Grist’s support-ing pupils in both rugby and cricket. David also was a keen sportsman in his own right, and proved to be a formidable

cricketer, playing for the staff team and touring Devon each summer. Photography Club blossomed with a yearly

competition and exhibition of what could only be described as professional quality images.

Beyond teaching, David was himself an avid photographer producing a vast array of prints and images. Always keen

to keep abreast of art and design, he regularly attended exhibitions and galleries. His subject knowledge was vast

and put to good use within his lessons.

The loss of David is huge and he leaves an enormous void within the Design and Technology department. We may

take consolation in the thought that his knowledge and values have been passed on to many hundreds of pupils who

will no doubt have fine memories of his care and enthusiasm for design.

We convey our heartfelt sympathy to his wife Tessa, his two children, Laurence and Lucy, and to his many friends

and acquaintances.

PD

I first began to get to know David on winter Monday afternoons in the early 1990s. Quietly humorous, calmness per-

sonified, understated and shrewd, he enhanced the most inclement of games sessions.

Come the summer term he somewhat shyly admitted to playing a bit of cricket, and there started an involvement

with the staff side which lasted some nine years from 1991 before repeated buffetting on the shins whilst nobly

standing in shell alley ended the liaison. He and I both liked loosening up before taking the field, and he would bowl

4 or 5 overs at me with the gloves on behind a traffic cone at Grist’s on match evenings.

Dave was, as they say, no mug with the bat (or with anything else, I should wager), and once saved us at St. Bene-

dict’s with a middle-order 34 not out. But it was with the ball that he excelled, operating at slow-medium off a short

run and delivering cutters with an occasional ‘other one’ to surprise the batsman (and often the ‘keeper, too).

Length was invariably immaculate.

On début he captured 4 wickets for 24, and when he joined the Tiffin Invitation Touring Society, relished long spells

at Kilmington in Devon, taking 5 for 42, and at his apogee 7 for 37, there. Also memorable was his analysis of 5 for

96 on the county ground at Exmouth, following which he batted out the draw for us. In all, Dave took 91 wickets at

home and in Devon, average 20.35.

This, however, in no way measures his inimitable contribution to the Society or to staff cricket. Of infinitely greater

significance was his preparedness to undertake any rôle to help his captain and team. Many will recall him running round the boundary all afternoon at Budleigh Salterton (it was the occasion on which I nicknamed him ‘Fleetfoot

Mac’), before treading on the ball truncated his tour. He would bat at whatever number he was asked, and never

complain at being taken off or, indeed, not bowling at all.

In the bar he was frugal, totally self-deprecating, and charming company – a captain’s dream. I never heard him

utter an unconsidered, or sharp word. He was a delightful fellow, and in every sense a gentleman.

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Notes and News

Special Prefects:

Classics Prefects Tom Wallace (Senior)

Caderyn Owen Jones (Junior)

Max Thomas (Junior)

Ryan Carter (Junior) Matthew Gilbert (Junior)

Jakob de Menezes Wood (Junior)

MFL Prefect: Ali Zahoor

Art Prefects Aaron Cheng

Jason Rodrigues

Dance Prefect Nitesh Nagrath

Music Prefects Charlie Hudson

Peter Lidbetter

Miko Sipin

Enpu Zhang

Performing Arts Finbar Fitzgerald

Prefects Matthew McConnell

Technology Prefects Dairui Day

Travis Joseph

LRC Prefects Jerry Chiu

Oh Hun Kwon

George Tang

Chess Prefect Shemin Sheen

Ike Lim

Head Boy: Tom Hill

Deputy Head Boys: James Chauncy Joel Nulsen

Richard Clarke George Taylor

Matthew Edmunds Shankar Saanthakumar Rudi Narendran

Prefects: Callum Fraser Olly Massey

Chris Born Peter Lidbetter

Travis Joseph Jonny Hall

Robert Forster Miko Sipin

Jack Claydon Leonardo Buter

Adam Salisbury Tommy Latimer

Tom Dolfi Oliver True

Matthew McConnell Sam McArdle Pearse Johnson Gun Woo Nam

Nathan Holt Nick Coats

Elliot Carter Danoush Mohajeri

Xarius Austin

Form Prefects: Gianluca Bush Oliver Downey

Samuel Dando Alastair Garner

Kiyan Djalai Kristjan Moore

Mohammad Farwana Denis Storey

Charles Hudson Alexander Woolfenden Ryan Jaswal Daniel Ashenafi

Calvin Man Zubair Froogh

Daniel Teh Matthew Godfrey Born

Kamran Toor Samuel Hopcroft

Kirk Willicombe Samuel Loyd

Taha Amir Shekher Parshad

Frazer Carroll Vithulan Patkunan

Ha Neul Choi Savva Theocharous

Dairui Dai Thomas Wallace Karanvir Dhillon Ali Zahoor

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From The Head’s Study

With the close of the academic year 2011/2012 I will have completed three years as Headteacher at Tiffin School. I

am delighted with the progress and development of the School and the way in which the School has continued to

show its strength academically and in its role as a leading grammar school educating some of the brightest boys and

young men in the country.

The last academic year has seen Tiffin School complete its first year as an Academy. I am often asked what differ-

ence it has made to have changed our status. Apart from the structures of the governing body and the financial pro-

cesses in managing the school, we have experienced few changes as our previous status as a Voluntary Aided

School had given us many freedoms and independence from the local authority. We continue to enjoy good relations

with the Royal Borough of Kingston and we value the role that we can play in the life of Kingston, especially in the

centre of the town.

The additional funding that would have previously gone to the Local Authority has helped address some of the major

cuts that all schools have to cope with currently from central government. Tiffin School has always had an independ-

ent approach to how it managed and ran itself based on many decades of clear and purposeful leadership. The

strong ethos and clarity of educational direction has always underpinned its success. The continued excellent work

of the Governing Body, Staff and unique support of our parents has meant that Tiffin has continued to chart a course

of success and my three years as Headteacher have been personally very rewarding and enjoyable.

I feel that we are on the verge of the next stage of progress for the School. We need to grow and develop further, not

only to make the most of our wonderful site in the middle of Kingston, but also to extend the benefits of the Tiffin

education to more students. During this last year, the Governors unveiled their latest building plans and achieved the planning permission for LRC2. This new building will make the most of our last major building area on the site

and replace the very aged hut that houses our canteen. The outstanding design that Simon Tupper, a former Tiffin

student and architect of the current LRC building and iconic Tiffin gates that now stand at our entrances, has created

for LRC2 embodies not just a sensitive building that sits well with our Tudor Wall, the Lovekyn Chapel and the Geor-

gian Elmfield building, but also encapsulates the facilities we need for the School to grow further with more class-

rooms and study space.

As I start the fourth year of my headship at Tiffin School, I would hope that we can achieve in the next three years not

only the construction of LRC2, but also sustain the highest standards of a 21st Century education. We must contin-

ue to provide that unique Tiffin education that is so rewarding for all our students who will go on to join the legion of

Tiffin boys that date back to 1880.

Hilda Clarke

Headteacher

November 2012

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Music Department Associated Board Results 2011/2012

Distinctions:

Name Instrument Grade

In addition Andrew Howe (Trombone) and Charles Hud-

son (Horn) achieved merits at Grade 8.

Examination Results

Summer 2012’s A level examination results produced

virtually 90% of grades at A*, A and B, making this the

fifth best boys’ state school nationally. A* grades, at

32.28%, and A*/A at 69.55%, both represented Tiffin

records, as did the average score per entry, and more

boys achieved three As or better than ever before – 99.

Seventeen of our leavers were awarded places at Ox-ford or Cambridge, and more than 80% went on to Rus-

sell Group universities.

Meanwhile at GCSE a percentage of 81.9 passes at A*

or A placed Tiffin an impressive sixth in its class.

MERITS

GOLD (40)

Yunis Fazaldin 7GW

Joseph Higgins 7GW

Alexander Line 7GW

Thomas Doublet 7OB

Chinmay Joglekar 7OB

Louis Palmer 7OB

Sebastian Tyrrall 7OB

Suhayl Virmani 7OB

Ben Gibson 7PM

Charles Jordan 7PM

Manish Manoj 7PM

Nitharsan Raveendran 7PM

Marley Robinson 7PM

Karunveer Varaitch 7PM

Yaamir Badhe 7SKR

Callum Davison 7SKR

Cameron Helsby 7SKR

Shiv Kapila 7SKR

Layth Mehdi 7SKR

Jay Acharya 8JKG/CH

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Felix Crowther had a fantastic year of sailing. He won

a bronze medal this August in the World champion-

ships in Holland and became the third U16 in the

world in his class.

He has now moved from Junior class to Youth and has

just has been selected as one of only ten U16s to

move into the Team GBR Youth class. He is now

ranked in the top 10 U16s in Great Britain.

Brendon Liew represented Guildford Swimming Club

in the National Arena swimming competition—they

came 5th in the country - swam in the Surrey competi-

tion in five events, and represented Kingston in the

London Youth Games at swimming and biathlon, com-

ing 6th out of 45 in the latter.

William Appleby Bassoon 1

Ben Gibson Trumpet 1

Thomas Johnson Price Trumpet 1

Richard Marvin Piano 1

Yamir Badhe Violin 2

Daniel Henderson Piano 2

Henry Willis Piano 2

Richard Nakamura Violin 3

Abhishek Datta Theory 5

Liam Voller Theory 5

Joel Nulsen Oboe 8

Nikolaj Schubert Trumpet 8

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At the end of the summer four Tiffin students undertook a highly impressive inaugural lecture project, as under.

Presentation on

Science and Religion

On

The Origins of the Universe

How many people addressed: 120 people including our very own Head of Physics, Mr Kieren Holt from Tiffin.

Date & Time: Sunday 2nd September 2012 at 14.00 hrs

Venue: At the Sikh Gurdwara (Place of worship), Alice Way, Hounslow, TW3 3UA

The Subject: Science and Religion on the Origins of the Universe.

I initiated this research and presentation at the local Sikh Gurdwara in support of the Sikh community’s efforts in

exploring different avenues on how best to improve inter-faith dialogue between members of the local ethnic commu-

nities.

The Sikhs believe that when religion is separated from Science, it degenerates into superstititions and aimless ritu-

als. Likewise, when Science divorces itself from the moral aspects of life, which religion has helped mankind to de-

velop, it deprives the human race of the virtuous qualities like mercy, sympathy, empathy, restraint, co-operation in

co-existence etc. A scientific outlook purges the religion of blind faith and lends it a universal approach.

As Einstein said

"Science without religion is lame.

Religion without science is blind".

We took a cross-disciplinary approach. After providing a synopsis of different religions, history and ideology on the

origins of our universe, the aim was to show how close modern scientific thinking is to the Sikh tenets.

The presentation started by giving a brief overview of the Big Bang theory and looked in some detail at the different

religious views on the origins of the universe and man. I was fortunate enough to have three other boys from Tiffin

School working with me on the project.

The presentation was delivered by myself, Taran Hothi, Karanvir Dhillon and Jeevan Thind. All four of us are the

members of the Exhibitions and Heritage Group at the Gurdwara. We have been groomed to deliver talks on Sikh

philosophy and ideology by the group’s leadership to community organisations, businesses and institutions of higher

learning in the country.

The legacy of Britain’s dominant position in world history over the past two centuries has resulted in a diverse reli-

gious demography which increased manifold in the later half of the 20th Century. The Sikh people are very proud of

their very rich inter-faith heritage and saw this as an opportunity to share this programme with our fellow communi-

ties in the country.

This was the first programme rolled out by the Heritage Group. After several weeks of coordination, meetings, re-

search and dry-runs, the presentation took centre stage on Sunday 2nd September 2012 at 14.00 hrs in the Exhibi-

tions Hall, at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Hounslow. We were fortunate to have a TV crew from the International

Sikh Channel and the group’s own cameramen to film the whole presentation, which was later that evening transmit-

ted on television around the world.

What was learnt from it

All religions believe that God was behind the creation of the world but the stories have a huge variation.

That the Sikh religion is closest to modern scientific thinking. That modern scientific learning, or for that matter, any

form of learning was not suppressed by the Sikh religious leadership throughout history. However, clear differences

emerge between the Sikh religion and Science on the Gas-Cloud hypothesis. Where the Sikhs believe that the exist-

ence of such gases before the Big Bang was the energy which represented the Creator (God) in His un-manifested

Form.

Future destinations

Our Group aims to inspire people to be the best they can be and to provide a platform for engagement to the wider British Society. We pride ourselves on being committed to supporting integrity, honesty, openness, personal excel-

lence, constructive self-criticism and mutual respect. We work to build a cohesive, tolerant and inclusive society in

which individuality is respected and diversity is celebrated. We all hope to take these skills to help us to prosper in

our respective fields of study and work.

Sahib Thind

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TIFFIN SHOP

Every student at the school will have made at least one

visit to Tiffin Shop, which for more than 15 years has

been the source of school blazers and much, much

more.

For the past six years the shop has made its home in

Elmfield Building, in the two rooms which used to be

the library, and which many years before that were the site of the school canteen. Prior to moving to Elmfield,

the shop was in residence in the old outside toilet

block!

Last summer term, the shop was filled once again with

a succession of nervous 10-11 year-olds, who had

come in for their one-to-one uniform fitting having

gained a place at the school. Every Tiffin student re-

members his new-boy uniform fitting, which is the first

contact he has with his new school. New parents and students are given a great deal of information as the

shop staff go through a well-practised routine, and they

leave with bags full of uniform and kit. Many parents

comment on how helpful and friendly they found their

visit:

“I was dreading this, but actually I have really enjoyed

it.”

“He was so nervous coming here, especially as the

playground was full of boys and seemed quite intimi-

dating, but now he feels much more confident about

September.”

Once they have started at Tiffin, the students are al-

ways welcome at the shop to top up on stationery or

replace outgrown (or lost!) uniform. At busy times, the

queue sometimes stretches out to the playground.

The summer term is the busiest time at Tiffin Shop. As

well as seeing all the new boys, the shop also invites

all the Year 10 students in for fittings for their Year 11

navy blazers. This summer they also hosted a special cricket day with cricket kit supplier Gunn & Moore, who

came to Tiffin to show their bats and cricket gear and

to advise keen cricketers on the size and style of bat

which suited them.

The aim of the shop is twofold: firstly to provide uni-form and kit at fair prices to parents and students, and

secondly to produce a modest profit – once all costs

and salaries are paid – which is passed on to the Tiffini-

an Ltd charity. The shop also buys books and equip-

ment for the school, negotiating best prices.

And what is the most popular, top-selling item? It is a

small plastic lightweight ball, known as an “airflow” ball

– students are allowed to play with it outside as it won’t

break windows!

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THE MUGA

The afternoon of Wednesday 5 October witnessed the official opening of both the Jim Dixon Sports Facility, our flood-

lit Multi-Use Games Area made possible by a generous donation from Mrs. J. Dixon in memory of her husband O.T.

Jim Dixon, supplemented by parental donations to the Tiffin Education Fund and a grant from PlaySport London, and the bay of eight gated Neil Desai Cricket Nets, for which we are indebted to Urmi, Ravi, Samir and The Neil Desai

Foundation.

The former is used constantly by not only boys, but staff and the local community, too: our benefactors are thus help-

ing to realise Lord Coe’s Olympic Games legacy mantra of “Inspire a Generation”.

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Salvete! Peter He Conor O'Donoghue

Cameron Helsby Jack Orso

Sami Ahmadi Adam Henderson Abdel Aziz Osman

Daoud Ahmed Joseph Higgins Louis Palmer

Okasha Ahmed Dylan Hillier Jay Panyandee

Henry Allan-Lowe Taichi Hobbs Junhwa Park

Humphrey Allen Louis Holding Chris Parsons

Sulaiman Amin Oliver Homan Kyle Patel

Jin Woo An Ishak Islam Kaif Pathan

Nnaemeka Anyamele Adam Ismail Sathanen Pathmanathan

Raj Appana Siddharth Iyer Sujanan Pazil

Thamiliniyan Aravinthan Sam Jefferies Tom Pinkerton

Hassan Asad Saarangan Jeyaratnam Robert Pratt

Blend Ashtey Ritwik Jhingran Maxi Purewal

Aman Atwal Chinmay Joglekar Sameen Rahman

Usamah Aziz Thomas Johnson Price Karam Rai

Yaamir Badhe Freddie Johnston Narmathan Rajeswaran

Sammy Baig Leo Jones Kokhulan Ramanathan

Ben Baker Ted Jones-Healey David Rapley

Shakishnan Balakumar Charles Jordan Saruhesh Ratnakumar

Jack Barrett George Jose Nitharsan Raveendran

Hal Barrow Daniel Jung Alex Robinson

Alex Belemet Shiv Kapila Marley Robinson

Bodvar Bergmann Tejas Katyarmal Tom Rouvray

Aden Biles Stuart Kaufmann Russell Royer

John Birchall Kayani Kayani Malachi Saccomani

William Birchall Danyaal Kazmi Rajveer Sahota

Alex Boitier Kia Kermani Leo Sakai-James

William Bond Vith Ketheeswaranathan Mohit Samtani

Tom Butcher Jawwad Khan Arrun Sandhu

Ali Butt Hakim Khan Gavin Sandhu

Rishab Chadha Ali Khorsandi Vithulan Sathiyaseelan

Zhen Chen Sion Kim Aaryan Sattani

Christopher Cockerill Sung Jun Kim Tomek Saunders

Matthew Cockerill Tom La Frenais Mohammad Sayed

Alex Collier Baljeet Lakhan Henry Saywell

Jonathan Collins Jake Lane Ashwin Sharma

Patrick Corcoran Nathan Langford Harris Siddiqui

Matthew Crooks Brendon Liew Lakshya Singh

Dylan Danno Alexander Line Achchuthan Sivakumaran

Tyler Danno Orfeo Llewellyn Sajjan Sivia

Kiran Dasani Orlando Low Tanmay Sood

Callum Davison Robbie Lunniss Lucas Strange

Aditya Deshpande Anthony Ma Haris Sufi

Ujjaval Dhingra Senula Madhavan Rajan Sunda

Mohamed Dib Rahul Malde Visistaa Suresh

Omar Dilery Faisal Malik Thanojan Sureshkumar

Devashish Dixit Haaris Malik Shaun Sutoh

Thomas Doublet Yaqoob Malik Abi Thavajothy

Edward Driver Delekson Manikavasakar Joe Tiernan

Joseph Dumpleton Vakisan Manoharan Liam Toner

Indran Duraisingam Manish Manoj Kevin Tozer

Cameron Edgar Richard Marvin Yaw Twum-Danso

Kai Fan Luke Mathews Sebastian Tyrrall

Jake Fawssett Henry Maxwell Angelo Umashangar

Yunis Fazaldin Karrthik Mayurathevan Dhruv Vadgama

Adam Fereday Rory McKeon James Vanstone

Oni Fernando Joseph McKnight Karunveer Varaitch

Kevin Ferrao Layth Mehdi Suhayl Virmani

Sahand Fouladiasl Raul Mehta Joseph Walsh

Milo Gardner Louis Mercier Peter Wellham

Orlando Gardner Amar Mistry Ryan Wheeler

Luke Geraghty Ben Mitchell Joseph White

Ben Gibson Marco Montepeque Samka Wijayarathne

Andrew Gilligan Ross Morey Ben Williams

Gavin Griffith Daniel Morlans Whitehead Dominic Williams

Ben Grosvenor Shovethan Murugathas Ben Willows

Kieran Hanly-Greene Vitthagan Murugesu Harvey Wong

Luke Harden Neil Narayan Alex Worthington

Josh Harris Abhijeet Neti Kerry Xu

Kieran Hashmi Anhad Oberai

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Valete!

Akash Gupta Edward Purse

Jonathan Hall Prajith Rakunathan

Bakhtar Ahmad Hyo Ki Han Kieran Reals

Ibaad-Ullah Aleem Khalid Hayat Alexander Reid

Hussam Ali Henry Herbert Hamish Robertson

Kashan Ali Thomas Hill Jason Rodrigues

Mohamed Ali Anthony Ho Jack Rogers

Mohammed Ali Alexander Hogan Shankar Saanthakumar

Aaron Alvares Nathan Holt Harmohan Sahota

Taha Amir Samuel Hopcroft Timothy Salinger

Varesh Anandarajah Rajan Hothi Adam Salisbury

Thomas Arneil Taran Hothi Aman Samra

Daniel Ashenafi Andrew Howe Aarondeep Sandhu

Callam Atwal Charles Hudson Manojan Sathananthan

Robindeep Aujla Vewegan Illampooranan Mithun Sathananthan

Xarius Austin Alexander Ireland Marko Sestovic

Kapilan Balakumar James Ireland Delan Shaweis

Michael Ban Ryan Jaswal Sharaf Sheik-Ali

Wilfred Barrow Hari Johal Faris Shoubber

Thomas Batstone Pearse Johnson Ashmeet Sidhu

William Beedham Matthew Jones Mike Simargool

James Berrow Travis Joseph Miko Sipin

Harneet Bhullar Samuel Joyce Aaranan Sivasubramaniam

Christopher Born Jasraj Kalsi Giles Smith

Matthew Born Kogul Kamalanathan Michael Smith

William Brooks Navneet Kandhari Brinthan Somaskanda

Connor Brown Sunmeet Kandhari Maximilian Spies-Majewski

Sanford Brown Geevethan Kannan Denis Storey

Gianluca Bush Keshav Kapoor Janahan Suresh

Leonardo Buter Harshan Karunakaran George Symeonides

Frazer Carroll Julien Kenrick Han-Yih Tang

Elliot Carter Stefan Knap George Tang

William Caruana Teja Kooner George Taylor

James Chauncy Rick Kular Daniel Teh

Aaron Cheng Oh Hun Kwon James Temple

Jerry Chiu Ryan Ladwa Shahil Thakar

Dongchan Choi Thomas Latimer Sayanuthan Thavaratnam

Ha Neul Choi Jack Leese Asath Thavaseelan

Richard Clarke Alex Lever Savva Theocharous

Jack Claydon Shawn Li Jeevan Thind

Nicholas Coats Peter Lidbetter Kamran Toor

Gabriel Crabb Ha Yeong Lim Harrison Tricker

Benedict Crespin Rory Long Oliver True

Matthew Crooks Samuel Loyd Steven Turner

Dairui Dai Chau Luu Mohammed Uddin

Samuel Dando Christopher Mallet Shifquat Ullah

Matthew DaSilva Calvin Man Tharshan Umasuthan

Robert Dean Stevan Manokaran George Villars

Samsher Dhami Oliver Massey Jonathan Wall

Karanvir Dhillon George Mathias Thomas Wallace

Miles Dilworth Samuel McArdle Benjamin Ward

Kiyan Djalai Matthew McConnell Dominic Williams

Thomas Dolfi Kyle McKenzie Simon Williamson

Jordan Doughty Danoush Mohajeri Kirk Willicombe

Oliver Downey Kristjan Moore Alexander Woolfenden

Jamal Durant-Inniss Kieran Mulvena Andy Yu

Matthew Edmunds Yosef Mustafa Eun Su Yun

Michael Ellison Gun Woo Nam Ali Zahoor

Nicholas Fairhurst Anirudh Narendran Enpu Zhang

Mohammad Farwana Joel Nulsen

Edmund Figueiredo Gana Nwana

Finbar Fitzgerald Jae-Young Park

Robert Forster Urim Park

Callum Fraser Shekher Parshad

Zubair Froogh Vikash Patel

Alastair Garner Vithulan Patkunan

Innogen Gengatharan Shreegovind Patwari

Thomas Gibbs Patrick Paul

Michael Gostling Joshua Powell

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Help and Support

The Parents’ Association

TPA ‘200 Club’

TIPRA (Tiffin Parents’ Rugby Association)

The Friends of Tiffin Music

The Neil Desai Foundation, for endowed prizes.

‘Light From The East’ Charities Association

Lovekyn Chantry Lodge

Mr H M Hilmy, in memory of Salim, for the school gate

The Friends of the Classics Society

And finally, all those parents who give of their time as refreshment helpers, car boot sale volunteers and all those

who serve on the many committees.

Acknowledgements

The Editor would like to record his thanks to those who have contributed to the magazine, or helped in any way in its

production, especially Pippa Weller and Hobbs the Printers. Particular thanks are due to the retiring O.T. section edi-

tor Brian Holden, whose immaculacy has so lightened my load during nine years at this post, and to school photo-

graphic supremo Alex Ireland, whose vision and skill have hugely embellished ‘The Tiffinian’ during his time here.

Apologies are offered to photographers not credited by name.

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