New appointments at Castledown 

The following appointments have been made to the staff at Castledown and will be taking up their posts in September 2008. 

Mrs Jean Bell                        – appointed as Deputy Head; currently Assistant Headteacher, Castledown 

Mr Stephan Madzarevic      – appointed as Deputy Head; currently Assistant Headteacher, Kingdown School 

Mr Tony Rogers                    - appointed as Assistant Headteacher; currently                                                   Head of Humanities Faculty, Castledown 

Mr David Maxwell                 - appointed as Assistant Headteacher, currently Head of English

Ms Rosie Lane                     - appointed as ICT teacher 

Ms Catherine Evans             - appointed as English teacher 

Mr David Bell                        - appointed as English teacher 

Ms Kristina Livingstone        - appointed as German teacher 

Mr Matt Price                         - appointed to PE Department as part of Graduate Teacher Programme. 

Castledown School is a small mixed rural comprehensive school situated on the edge of the Salisbury Plain. In the latest Ofsted (September 2007), the school was judged to be good in every category. The school is designated to be the first Rural Academy in the country, opening in September 2009. The sponsor is Wellington College and it is envisaged that numbers on roll will increase to 1,150, with 250 students in the Sixth Form.