Heathfield's Headmistresses
Unknown-1900 ... Miss Carrie Sage
1990-1921 ... ... ... Miss Edith Gayford
1921-1964 ... ... ... Miss Marian Norris
1964-1974 ... ... ... Miss J.H.S. Johnson
1974-1988 ... ... ... Mrs. Wyn Ribchester (school moved to Pinner in 1982)
1988-1996 ... ... ... Miss Jean Merritt
1997-2010 ... ... ... Miss Christine Juett
2010-2011 ... ... ... Mrs. Susan Whitfield
2011-2014 ... ... ... Mrs. Anne Stevens
The following is a list of teachers who have mostly been taken from memories of those posted on the Old Girls News page. There are inevitable gaps, and if you can fill in any of the blanks please email HeathfieldHarrow@gmail.com. That would be fantaaaaabulous (as Pamela Maltby always used to say)
Names marked with an asterix were recalled by Sheila Ellis with her comments alongside some of them.
Annie - in the kitchen
Miss Asher - Geography *
Mrs Audus - Biology *
Miss Bacon
Miss Baker - Kindergarten *
Mrs Pat Barker (aka Miss James) - English
Miss Barnes
Miss Beal - Biology *
Miss Beaumont - Lower I or Upper I (?)
Miss Bedwell - Upper II
Miss Winifred Beverley
Miss Black - Domestic Science
Miss Boylan - Elocution
Miss Boobyer - Lower II
Miss Briggs
Miss Buchan - P.E. and games
Miss Burton - English
Miss Camplin - Upper Kindergarten at St. Keverne
Miss Chapman - Music
Miss Charlesworth - ?
Miss Clare (became Mrs. Ridley) - P.E.
Miss Clegg - French
Miss Coates
Miss Crabtree - Music
Miss Croxton - School Secretary
Miss Dick - Elocution
Miss Doodian - St. Keverne
Mrs Drake - Art
Miss Edwards - Junior school
Miss Fairman - Handiwork in the Junior school
Miss Flack - Elocution
Miss Garnet
Miss Goudie - History
Miss Gray
Miss Gunn
Miss Guy - History
Miss Hamlyn - Geography
Miss Harmon - Maths
Miss Henderson - Art
Miss Horner - Music
Miss Jack - St Keverne (Kindergarten?)
Miss James -(married and became Mrs. Barker) English
Miss Jarman - Geography (remembered as being very strict, but wonderful at drawing)
Miss Barbara Johnson - Needlework
Mme Justamon - French
Miss Kerley - Latin and Lower V (*She and Miss Stokes-Rees petrified Sheila!)
Miss King
Miss Lancashire - English *
Miss Lambert - Piano, Strings and Orchestra
Miss Lawrence - St. Keverne Kindergarten
Miss Marten - Kindergarten (?) at St. Keverne
Miss Mason - Lower II
Nellie who served lunches
Miss Nind - Gym *
Mrs Norman - Physics (*A very capable teacher)
Miss Norris - Headmistress. (She was a Math teacher when she first joined Heathfield.)
Miss Owen - Geography
Mrs Parsons - Maths *
Mrs. Purser - History (*Great teacher. Sheila was sad when she left)
Miss Ramsey - Scripture / Religious Education
Mrs Riddle - Chemistry (*lovely teacher. Sheila completel lost interest in
Chemistry when she left)
Miss Riley - Biology ( *Very strict, but Sheil grew to respect her a lot)
Miss Roberts - Transition at St. Keverne (*remembered as a kind and
caring lady )
Miss Roberts - The Housekeeper (and Cook?)
Mrs Roguski - Lower IV class teacher (?) Biology
Mrs Olga Rye - English and Assistant Headmistress (*A dramatic lady and Sheila love reading "My Family and Other Animals" with her)
Mr Oleman - Spanish
Mrs Perry - Geography & PE (Always wore a whistle around her neck)
Mrs Mary Salmond - Maths (in the 60s)
Mrs Shindler - Maths
Miss Starling - Upper Kindergarten at St. Keverne
Miss Steed - kitchen
Miss Stokes-Rees - Maths (see Miss Kerley above*)
Mrs. Sutherland - Art
Miss Talent
Miss Tucker - French
Mrs Varah - Upper II *
Miss Ven - Kindergarten at St. Keverne
Miss Voce - Art
Miss West - Music, Choir and piano
Miss Whitfield - Art (wore long skirts and nail varnish in an array of colors)
Miss Williams - Upper Kindgerten *
Mrs Windross - Music *
Miss Woodhouse - Upper I
Miss Woods - English (from Rhodesia and only spent 1 year at Heathfield)