Maths
The Mathematics Department has changed significantly in recent years
Mr. C Fordyce- Head of Department
Mr Fordyce joined Durham School in September 2004, having taught Mathematics in Edinburgh for 4 years. He is maried with three children and lives with his wife and family in Caffinites as Senior Housemaster. Mr Fordyce is a qualified swimming coach and is heavily involved with swimming at Durham School. Mr Fordyce's classroom is widely accepted as the tidiest classroom in Durham School!
Mr. P. Wilson
Mr. Wilson joined the department in May 2004, having spent the previous 8 years leading the Mathematics Department at St. Leonard's RCVA in Durham. He is married with 3 children.
Mrs S Kerridge
Mrs Kerridge joined the Department in September 2007. She teaches Mathematics and some ICT. she will soon receive her doctorate from Durham University seven years of part time study, researching into methods for teaching mathematics to weaker pupils. She is best known for wearing pyjamas to raise money for local and national children's charities.
Mr. S Wright
Mr Wright joined the Department in September 2009. He is married to a veternary surgeon and became a father for the first time in 2010. As well as the Mathematics teaching Mr Wright is keen on sword fighting. He runs an activity where pupils regularly kill each other using weaponry from historical times
Mrs L Chapman
Mrs Chapman also joined the Department in September 2009, after working in a sixth form college and other independent schools in the south of England. this will explain her intense dislike of the white stuff we call snow up here!
Maths
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