Headquarters:

143-173 Bains Road, Morphett Vale, SA 5162

Year founded:

1989

Number of employees:

240+

Phone:

8322 2333

Email:

reception@woodcroft.sa.edu.au

Website:

woodcroft.sa.edu.au

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/school/woodcroft-college

“Ambition is a positive thing”

Rebecca Hodges, Westbourne Grammar School

Shannon Warren

Principal

Rachel McCall

Deputy Principal – Quality Learning and Teaching

Andrew Griffiths

Deputy Principal – Wellbeing and Student Experience

Leadership

Shannon Warren has been the principal of Woodcroft College since 2018. Previously, she was principal of Iona College in New Zealand. She has extensive experience in educational leadership and has taught in schools in London, Brunei, New Zealand, Adelaide and Sydney. She has a Bachelor of Education from the University of Sydney, a Master of Education (Leadership and Management) from Flinders University and a Graduate Certificate in Religious Education from the University of South Australia. In 2023, Warren studied for a Certificate in School Management and Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is chair of the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia.

Principal

Shannon Warren

Rachel McCall is the deputy principal – quality learning and teaching, bringing extensive experience in curriculum development and professional learning. She has taught at Woodcroft since 1999, previously serving as head of humanities and director of learning and teaching. A drama, history and English teacher, McCall has served on many panels for the South Australian Certificate of Education Board and the International Baccalaureate Organisation, including curriculum design, exam setting, marking and moderation. She lectured at Flinders University for six years in history methodology as part of the Bachelor of Education. She is passionate about innovative curriculum design and educational leadership.

Deputy Principal – Quality Learning and Teaching

Rachel McCall

As deputy head – wellbeing and student experience, Andrew Griffiths brings extensive experience and passion to this role. Having served as head of the senior school for nearly 20 years and head of Year 12 before that, Griffiths deeply understands the critical link between wellbeing and academic success. He has advanced his expertise by earning a Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice, following his study of a Master of Educational Leadership. Griffiths continues to enjoy working closely with students in the classroom, a passion that has earned him an Australian National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEITA).

Deputy Principal – Wellbeing and Student Experience

Andrew Griffiths

“Ambition is a positive thing”

Rebecca Hodges, Westbourne Grammar School

“We are seeking to make our workforce paid in the top 10 percentage of all schools in Australia, to reduce workloads in different ways, and to provide even greater flexibility in relation to their practice”

Adrian Camm, Westbourne Grammar School

Leadership

Adrian Camm, Westbourne Grammar School

“Ambition is a positive thing”

Rebecca Hodges, Westbourne Grammar School

Leadership

Tamsyn Voyzey

Head of Senior School

Tamysn Voyzey, head of senior school, brings leadership experience in the science curriculum and pastoral support roles. She completed undergraduate studies at The University of Adelaide and holds a Master of Education from Flinders University. Voyzey’s deep understanding of the student experience helps her facilitate relevant programs in wellbeing and support for students as they strive towards academic success. She is passionate about building strong, authentic relationships with students and families. Voyzey continues to build on the many opportunities that students have at Woodcroft to be able to “find their remarkable” as they build successful pathways into the future.

Head of Senior School

Tamsyn Voyzey

Tom Charlton

Head of Middle School

Tom Charlton is the head of middle school at Woodcroft College and is responsible for overseeing the wellbeing and academic progress of students in Year 7 to Year 9. He worked in a variety of public and private schools around South Australia before joining Woodcroft in 2001. Charlton has performed various roles during his time at Woodcroft, including head of house, primary sports coordinator and head of Year 8 and is passionate about our students and the culture of the school. He believes the strength of Woodcroft’s success lies in the outstanding pastoral care provided and the commitment of our dedicated staff.

Head of Middle School

Tom Charlton

Woodcroft College is an independent coeducational Anglican school located in Morphett Vale. Established in 1989, it welcomes students from ELC to Year 12 into a progressive, engaged and energetic learning community. The college offers a broad curriculum complemented by an extracurricular program designed to encourage students at all year levels to explore and understand their potential. Its commitment is to help every student “Find Your Remarkable”. Woodcroft is known for its strong sense of community, a positive values-based culture and a learning and teaching environment driven by guiding principles. The school enjoys an enviable reputation and attracts families from across the southern region of Adelaide. Enrolments have grown to 1,600 students and the college employs over 240 staff. Woodcroft College is committed to recruiting and retaining high-quality staff with investment in professional learning, coaching and an enterprise agreement offering favourable conditions including competitive salaries and additional annual leave.

Adrian Camm, Westbourne Grammar School

Nick Smith

Head of Junior School

Natasha Olrich

Director – Early Learning Centre

Adrian Elliston

Director – Operations and Human Resources

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Nick Smith is the head of the junior school. He has been a leader in primary education since 2016 and has a passion for developing sustainable science and future education programs and building connections and community. He holds a Master of Education in Literacy and Language as well as a Bachelor of Education from the University of South Australia. He also holds a graduate diploma in leadership and management from Flinders University. Smith is the SA Branch executive of the Independent School Primary Heads Association and enjoys spending his spare time coaching junior sports.

Head of Junior School

Nick Smith

Natasha Olrich is the director – early learning centre. With a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and over 20 years of experience working with preschool aged children, she began leading Early Learning centres in 2007. Olrich is a Marte Meo practitioner and enjoys supporting our youngest learners with not only their academic learning but also their social and emotional wellbeing and creating confident and resilient school-ready children.

Director – Early Learning Centre

Natasha Olrich

After graduating with a Bachelor of Education (Hons) from Sheffield Hallam University, Adrian Elliston taught in the UK for 14 years at George Spencer School in Nottingham. His final role at the school was curriculum leader for information technology. After moving to Australia, Elliston commenced work at Woodcroft College in the science faculty as a physics teacher. His 15-year career at Woodcroft included a data management role before joining the college leadership team in 2019. As the director of operations and human resources, his responsibilities include the recruitment of teaching staff and timetabling, along with teaching a Year 12 digital technologies class.

Director – Operations and Human Resources

Adrian Elliston

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Director of people and culture Rebecca Hodges says, “Teachers want to work at our school. Despite the teacher shortage in Australia, we consistently attract a large field of quality applicants for positions that we have available. We also target high-performing and high-potential individuals that we want to work at our school.” The school’s recruitment is focused on staff who meet three criteria: humble, hungry and smart. Westbourne Grammar commits to giving staff the support and platform to develop. Some of the initiatives that enable this are:

six-month bespoke leadership and management program overseas travelling fellowships 100% paid for by the school further study program covering the cost of post-graduate tuition fees regular encouragement to attend and present at conferences locally, nationally and internationally access to external coaches along with individual career trajectory plans and personalised visibility strategies

Part of the school’s ethos is to make their people better, even if it means they ultimately move on. “Ambition is a positive thing, and if high achievers who are ambitious come in and do some great work with us for a few years before being promoted into a leadership position in another school, our principal Camm is their biggest cheerleader,” says Hodges. Other benefits staff enjoy are:

flexible work policies retention bonuses reducing the number of workdays each year pop-up neck and shoulder massage stations end-of-term staff parties access to pool and gym, including complimentary yoga and meditation

Despite being a standout workplace and attracting teachers from across Australia, Westbourne is committed to continually raising standards. Camm says, “We are seeking to make our workforce paid in the top 10 percentage of all schools in Australia, to reduce workloads in different ways, and to provide even greater flexibility in relation to their practice.”