GH team!!

Mrs India Merrett

Head of Girls' House

Mrs Merrett, formally known as Miss Patel, is happy to have been involved with life at Chetham's in a few guises-from 6th form student, Deputy Head of House, Practice Assistant, and now as Head of the Girls' Boarding House-a post she has occupied since January 2011. Born in Leeds, Mrs Merrett is half Irish, half Indian and very much enjoys playing Irish and Scottish folk fiddle. After Chet's, she studied Violin at LCM and RNCM and got married to Mr Merrett in 2012. Mr Merrett also works at Chetham's-in the Practice department, Girls' House and in Victoria House, where he is Deputy Head of House. In their spare time, Mr & Mrs Merrett love to travel and spend time with family and friends.

Miss Sarah Clarke

Deputy Head of Girls' House

Miss Clarke was born in glorious Manchester. She studied Psychology at University before coming to work at Chet’s. Before working in Girls’ House she worked with the little ones in Victoria house for nearly 2 year where she spent the majority of her time making a fool of herself. As many of you probably already know Miss Clarke LOOOVVEESS food, a lot...particularly pizza. She also has a great love of music and enjoys going to gigs and festivals when she gets the chance. As well as loving to travel and spend time her family and friends, she absolutely loves working at Chet’s with all the lovely Girls’ House residents.

Mrs Catherine Shepherd

House Assistant

Brought up in Leicestershire. Trained as a General and Sick Childrens Nurse in Birmingham. Worked in Birmingham and Manchester Hospitals.
Married to a Church of England Priest. I have three children. My son was a pupil at Chetham's and my younger daughter was a House Assistant in Victoria House.
I've been a House Assistant in Girls' House since March 1999 so I must enjoy the work!
At home, I enjoy gardening, looking after my chickens and relaxing occasionally.

Miss Kristine Healy

House Assistant

Miss Healy has been working in Girls' House since September 2010. She is a flute player who studied performance at the University of Queensland in Australia and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and she is currently working on a PhD at the University of Huddersfield.  Miss Healy grew up on the Sunshine Coast, just north of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.  Despite the somewhat distressing change in weather conditions that a move to the UK has caused in her life, Miss Healy is very fond of her adopted nation and really enjoys hearing all the stories, news and essential gossip from the fabulous residents of Girls' House during the Chetham's school year.

Miss Lucas

House Assistant

Miss Lucas has worked at Girls for over a year and really loves it! Originally from Sheffield she enjoys living in Manchester where she studied for her degree in languages. In her spare time she loves films and art and even runs a craft club on Wednesday's. Working at Girls house, she loves seeing the pupils play their instruments and if she was musical she would be a singer!!! She also loves to travel and has been to China, France, East Europe and South East Asia to name a few. In the future she hopes to continue working in education possibly teaching languages in a Secondary school.

Mrs Ana Martínez

House Assistant

Mrs Martínez was born in a town named Ibi, surrounded by mountains and toys factories in the warm and sunny South-East of Spain. She studied in the University of Alicante where she became a Teacher of Spanish (and met her husband, BTW). Although she can't hide her accent, after three years in Manchester she feels a bit Mancunian too. On her first year at Chets, she hopes to learn and contribute as much as she can to keep a fab environment. Her hobbies include literature and dance, especially Classical Ballet and Flamenco. She was taught Flamenco dancing from a very young age in Spain and this has become one of her favourite pastimes. She associates this as a part of her cultural identity and has taught others how to dance as well as use the castanets and traditional Spanish fans. And, don't tell anybody, but she also cooks a gorgeous tortilla.