Our Staff

Ms Lucy Owoh
Head Teacher

Ms Lucy Owoh joined HVS from Midhurst Rother College, a successful school in West Sussex, where she was the Vice Principal leading on Curriculum and Teaching and Learning.

Ms Owoh obtained her BA in English and MA in English and Education from King’s College London and was recognised as an Advanced Skills Teacher by the Department for Education for achieving exceptional standards of classroom practice. She has a keen interest in music, art and the theatre and is a passionate believer in the power of education to change the lives of young people.

Mr Kevin Kelly
Deputy Head Teacher

Mr Kelly joined HVS from The Bishop Wand School in Sunbury-on-Thames where he was the acting Deputy Headteacher. Mr Kelly was Head of Progress and Attainment for KS3 and KS4, and he was most recently the school’s child protection officer. He was also in charge of managing all the student services at the school.

Mr Kelly is responsible for Safeguarding and Child Protection and is the Designated Teacher for Looked After Children. He is also responsible for Behaviour, Attitudes & the Personal Development of our wonderful students.

Mr Kelly obtained his BA QTS in Physical Education from St Marys University in Twickenham after he moved over to England from Ireland in 1999. Mr Kelly is a sports fanatic, especially Rugby, and enjoys seeing how the students at HVS get involved within the extra-curricular clubs. The links between Academic success and exercise have been well documented and this is something that he supports within the school.

Mr Oliver Hamshar
Deputy Head Teacher

Mr Hamshar joined HVS from Salesian School in Chertsey, where he was previously an Assistant Headteacher for 5 years. He led on the Digital Strategy of the school, as well as key areas including Attendance & Punctuality, Assessment and Reporting, IT systems and Behaviour and Atandards. 

Mr Hamshar is responsible for the quality of the education at HVS and will oversee the intent, implementation and impact of all areas of the curriculum, as well as leading on attainment and progress. As the school’s lead for Pupil Premium Strategy, he will also work closely with our Head of Personalisation to ensure all students are able to make exceptional progress.

Mr Hamshar obtained his BA in Media and Film, before deciding to move into Education when he obtained his PGCE in Computing from the University of Southampton. Mr Hamshar is very keen on ‘all things’ technical and digital, from Computer Programming to Graphic Design. He believes strong literacy and numeracy skills give students the ability to develop better procedural and declarative knowledge in other subjects that will better prepare them for tomorrow’s world.

Mr Tom Robinson
Assistant Head Teacher 

Mr Robinson joined HVS from George Abbot School in Guildford, where he was Director of Sixth Form, overseeing the academic progress and personal development of over 450 students.

Mr Robinson graduated from Brunel University with a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science in 2002 and went on to gain a PGCE two years later, after a spell playing professional rugby. He has also completed his NPQH qualification through STSN.

Mr Robinson is passionate about anything sport or music related and has learnt so much from these areas of interest in developing his own leadership and communication skills. These key employability skills, amongst many others, he will be looking to develop with students who join the Sixth Form.

Mr Will Inglis

Head of Sixth Form 

Mr Inglis brings a wealth of experience to Hoe Valley Sixth Form, after a 30 year career to date.

He has studied at the University of Exeter, Università degli Studi di Catania, City University and the University of Roehampton, where he most recently completed an MA in Educational Practice. A linguist by training, and a journalist before being drawn to teaching, his passion has always been helping young people to succeed, and he has led careers for several years.

Mr Inglis’ recent research, published in his book ‘Work Ready Skills’, underpins the Work Ready Agenda at Hoe Valley.

Mrs Sarah Newman
School Business Manager 

Mrs Newman joined HVS from Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery, where she worked for five years as the School Business Manager. Prior to that she worked for ten years at a Catholic Primary school in the same role. She brings with her fifteen years of school business management knowledge and experience and has taken the role of Finance and Operations Manager at Hoe Valley where she works with the headteacher, senior leadership team and governors to ensure financial management controls are in place and is operationally responsible for personnel, IT infrastructure and site management.

Prior to her school business management roles Mrs Newman worked for 21 years in HSBC (and formerly Midland Bank).