Sixth Form Staff

Our Sixth Form team provide support and expert guidance to our students throughout their studies encouraging independence and building confidence. On this page you will find the Sixth Form leadership team and tutors, view all Senior School and Sixth Form teachers here.

Mr Iain Regan-Smith

Position: Assistant Head, Head of Sixth Form

Qualifications: MA, BA (Hons), GTP

Iain joined Burgess Hill Girls as Head of Sixth Form in 2022. Iain started his career at the Judd School, where he was previously a pupil, and had the unique experience of teaching his own younger brother for A level. After Judd he was Head of RE and Philosophy at Merchant Taylors’ School for seven years.

Iain says his teaching career all started with one of his favourite teachers recommending he read ‘Confessions of a Philosopher’. After a gap year working in a school in Australia he subsequently went on to study Philosophy at university then trained as a teacher. Iain doesn’t like cricket, he loves it!

Mrs Jenny Scopes

Position: Head of Psychology, Deputy Head of Sixth Form, Head of Projects

Qualifications: BSc (Hons), GTP

Jenny began her teaching career at Cranbrook School and Tonbridge Girls’ Grammar, progressing as Head of Department to Rochester Grammar and then Brighton College where she was both Head of Department and ran one of the girls’ Boarding Houses. She has been Head of Psychology at Burgess Hill Girls since 2017 and in 2019, became Deputy Head of Sixth Form as well as EPQ and HPQ coordinator.

Jenny is known for using an eclectic mix of props in lessons and is a pioneer of Barbie roleplay in the classroom, using the dolls to explain the trickier concepts of A Level Psychology.

Dr D Burke

Position: Upper 6th Tutor

Qualifications: PhD, BSc (Hons), PGCE

Ms E Levett

Position: Upper 6th Tutor

Qualifications: BA (Hons), PGCE

Mrs J Ponting

Position: Upper 6th Tutor

Qualifications: MA, BSc (Hons), PGCE

Mrs S Thompson

Position: Upper 6th Tutor

Qualifications: BSc (Hons), PGCE

Mr S Challis

Position: Lower 6th Tutor

Qualifications: BA (Hons) PGCE

Mr A Gillaspy

Position: Lower 6th Tutor

Qualifications: BSc (Hons), PGCE

Mrs E Cassim

Position: Lower 6th Tutor

Qualifications: BA (Hons), PGCE

Mrs S Kruschandl

Position: Lower 6th Tutor

Qualifications: BA (Hons), PGCE, MA (Ed)