Our staff

Zuhra Ullah 

Associate Assistant Headteacher: Head of Sixth Form

I am proud to be involved in the development of the Sixth Form students at this crucial and exciting time in their lives. Being responsible for their teaching and learning, their academic progress and personal development is a great privilege. In my present role I work alongside the Student Support Managers, an expert tutor team and the Sixth Form team at Ralph Thoresby to ensure the effective day to day running of the Sixth form. I am responsible for the tutorial, study and wellbeing programme, which includes the delivery of the wider curriculum such as EPQ, Progression Module, Brilliant Club, Mentoring, Internships, Paired Reading Programme and many other opportunities to help equip our students with the knowledge, skills and experience for their journey beyond Lawnswood. It is a pleasure to work with a diverse and vibrant student community to support and stretch them to reach their full potential to successfully progress to higher education, apprenticeships or employment.

Steve Curtis

Student Support Manager

With years of teaching experience in a range of specialist settings, I soon realised the relationship between student wellbeing and academic progress. I feel incredibly privileged to now focus my time entirely on supporting students on their academic journey as they prepare for their next steps beyond the Lawnswood community. As Student Support Manager, I am always on hand to provide students with what they need, whether it be further information on local opportunities available to them or simply a listening ear.

As a sixth form team, we pride ourselves on providing students a diverse study programme that not only provides students with the knowledge and experience to shine in their Post 18 applications, but to also provide first hand experiences, including university campus visits and a bespoke work experience programme.

Vicky Shaw

Student Support Manager