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Jacqueline du Pré JP

JP Staff Leadership

Director of Learning Mr J Conway j.conway@highworth.kent.sch.uk
Student Support Manager Mrs J Mansfield j.mansfield@highworth.kent.sch.uk

JP Student Leadership

Community Captain Mia                                                                   

JP Community Mentors

Mr A Donovan Miss E Pope Mr P Kenny and Mrs S Strand
Mr B Parrish Dr M Brown Mr S Hamill 
Mrs C Shore Mr M Clayton Mr Tony Bent

JP Community Ambassadors

Opeyemi Y8
Ava Y8
Emily G Y9
Ivy Y10

Biography of Jacqueline du Pré

JP are named after the famous British cellist – Jacqueline du Pré. She is regarded as one of the greatest cellists of all time. Her romantic style lead to international stardom by the age of 20. She regularly performed with the likes of Sir Malcolm Sargent, Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman and Daniel Barenboim, whom she later married. Her playing career was cut short after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, although she continued to teach when her health permitted it. Du Pré died in London on 19 October 1987 at age 42.


JP Charity Work

2023-2024: Demelza

2022-2023: Papyrus

2021-2022: The Lucy Faithfull Foundation

2020-2021: The Sam West Foundation. 

2019-2020: Motor Neurone Disease Association

2018-2019: The Paula Carr Diabetes Trust