Abraham
The Abraham CrestAbraham House was established in 2006.
Motto: “Aspiring Together”
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Ken GrocottHouse Staff
- Mr Ken Grocott: MA Cantab, Director of Boarding, Designated Person for Child Protection. Friday evening and weekend duties (L5th tutor). Ken is now in his third stint as boarding housemaster, having run School House twice in recent history. He taught at Oakham and Malvern before arriving to teach at Brighton as Head of Geography in 1990. He helps with cross country and football, and is also overseeing our links with Tsinghua School in Beijing. He has three children at the college, and his wife Mary is also a full time classical guitar teacher in our Music department.
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 704334 - Mr. Ben Collie: BSc (Hons) Liverpool PGCE Resident Deputy Housemaster, Head of PSHE, Science teacher, L6 tutor Tuesday evening. Mr. Collie is a Biology and Chemistry teacher and joined the college in 2004. He lives 2 minutes from the college on Eastern Road, and runs the house in Mr. Grocott’s absence. He runs the Sailing activity and manages Rugby and Football teams. He is also a Navy officer in the Combined Cadet Force. He is on duty Tuesday evenings each week, and on weekends through the year; he can be contacted on:
Office - +44 (0) 1273704334 Mobile: 07791 911016 - Mr. Matthew Reeve BA Hons Newcastle PGCE, Monday evening tutor, Biology teacher, L6 tutor. Mr. Reeve is a Biology teacher and a keen sportsman. He lives 2 minutes from the college on Eastern Road, and is in his third year as an Abraham tutor. He runs cricket and rugby teams throughout the year, teaches members of the sixth form how to cook, and enjoys sharing his interest in the contemporary history of his native Ireland in house assemblies and scholarship lectures.
Office - +44 (0) 1273704334 Mobile: 07817 787355 -
Miss Cecile Mayanobe: MA Information Studies Brighton MA English Clermont Ferrand QTS French House tutor first evening prep (L5th Form Tutor)
Cecile is the Head Librarian at the school and she is also the school’s careers advisor. She is a diligent and approachable tutor who has an excellent working relationship with her charges. She keeps the library open until 7pm each evening for boarders to do their prep. She is an excellent rock climber, and takes boarding trips to local venues Her hobbies are reading, rock concerts, travelling and photography.
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 704200
House Leaders
- Arnold Kwok (Head of House)
- Fergus Elias (Deputy Head of House - Social Events)
- Joe Charnaud (Deputy Head of House - Charity)
- Harry Leonard (Deputy Head of House - Sport)
Abraham House Sixth Form Social Evening