I'm Mrs Barnes and the new Subject Leader of Geography.

I love walking along coastal paths with my husband and daughter, my lovely dog, Luna, and singing in the rain.

I'm passionate about Geography and hope that the students at KSHS will enjoy discovering the world with me!

Hello, I'm Miss Cobb and I have recently started as Subject Leader for Science and form tutor to 9RC. 

I am originally from Scotland and moved to England 6 years ago when I became a teacher, working in Peterborough. 

When I am not teaching, I enjoy playing padel, trying to get in a couple of games a week. 

I am excited to be starting my journey as KSHS and look forward to working with the students to nurture and inspire their love of science!

Hello, my name is Mrs Hastings and I am excited to join the KSHS Maths Department whilst Mrs Mahfouz is on maternity leave, as well as being tutor to 9KLM.

Following an MEng in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Southampton, I spent a decade serving as an Aerosystems Engineering Officer in the Royal Air Force. I have since retrained as a Mathematics teacher and recently completed my PGCE at Bishop Grosseteste University.

Outside of school I have a husband, two stepchildren, one son, and two border collies, who all keep me very busy. In my spare time I enjoy swimming, running, walking my dogs, camping, reading, cooking, playing games and doing Maths, of course.

Hi, I’m Mr Murdock and I’ve recently joined the school as a Computer Science teacher. I studied Computer Science at university, graduating with a First, before completing my teacher training last year at Carre’s Grammar School.

Having trained within the Trust, I’m really pleased to be staying and continuing my teaching career here. I teach across a range of year groups, from KS3 through to A Level, and I’m enjoying getting to know the students and settling into the school.

Outside of school, I enjoy sport of any kind, musical theatre and, of course, technology! I’m looking forward to getting more involved in school life over the coming year.

We spent the week celebrating European Day of Languages with a range of activities highlighting the value of languages and cultural diversity. Staff led assemblies, students enjoyed free European food tastings, and the popular ‘Catch the Teacher’ competition generated thousands of entries, with prizes awarded to several staff and student pairs.

Year 10 students took part in a postcard competition, while the highlight of the week was the Year 7 Great European Bake Off. Nearly 60 impressive entries were submitted, making judging extremely difficult. Cakes were sold by our Sixth Form linguists, raising an incredible £205.63 for the MS Society and Sleaford Twinning Society.

Congratulations to all participants, especially our runners-up Amaiya and Martha G, and the winning bakers: Raffaella, Zizi, Arabella, Charlotte, Olivia, Amber, Chloe, Izzy B and Brooke. Thank you to everyone, including parents, for making the week such a success.

Mrs L Samworth

Subject Leader - MFL

Clubs and opening hours

The afterschool Homework Club is available as a drop in for all year groups.  No prior sign up is necessary. (Mon-Thurs 3.30-4.30, Fri 3.30-4.00)

Our key stage 3 Book Club is now full, but there are still a limited number of places available for yr 7 students to join our Thursday lunchtime Library Captain team.  Please see Mrs Gibson if you are interested.

Staff are invited to nominate students who have demonstrated a Growth Mindset in the past few weeks. This might have been in lessons, in clubs, tutor time or simply around school. Please note we already award bi-annual subject badges and merits for good academic work, effort and improvement. These Growth Mindset nominations recognise those who show resilience (academic or otherwise); who aren’t afraid to get things wrong and learn from it; those who have a go, take themselves out of their comfort zone or show that even if a task is tough, they will persevere.