Key Staff

Mr Hanson has worked in education for 25 years, including 17 years as a senior leader.
Throughout his career Mr Hanson has held a wide range of leadership roles; the knowledge and experience gained from these have enabled him to forge and then exhibit his genuine passion for ensuring every child, regardless of background or starting point, has high aspirations and achieves their full potential by developing their qualities and skills to prepare them for employment or further and higher education.
For the last five years Mr Hanson has been part of the Senior Leadership team within the Outwood Grange Academies Trust where he has demonstrated a consistent record of leading rapid school transformation from Special Measures to Outstanding.
 
Being born and raised in Bradford, Mr Hanson was excited and proud to be appointed Principal at Queensbury Academy and looks forward to embedding his principles to ensure the best educational provision for the pupils of this academy to make them highly employable individuals and respectable members of the local and wider community.
 
Mr Hanson has an Honour’s degree in Musicianship from Salford University, a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from Leeds University and an NPQH from EMLC. ​

Ms. Monaghan is Vice Principal at Queensbury Academy.

She has worked in education for 23 years; 11 years as a senior leader.  She began her teaching career as an English teacher with Blackpool Borough County Council and joined Blackburn with Darwen Borough’s School Improvement Team for 3 years, developing outstanding teaching and learning in the secondary schools in the area. She remained in the Blackburn area for a further 13 years, as a senior leader where during this time Ms. Monaghan delivered training for the SSAT (Specialist Schools and Academies Trust). Her areas of responsibility have continually been raising standards of education for all students through excellence in Teaching and Learning.

Ms. Monaghan has an Honour’s degree in English with Music, from Surrey University and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from Edge Hill University.

Miss Hall has taught at Queensbury Academy for 14 years having started as an ITT and NQT leaving to undertake a second placement at another local school before returning to join the team permanently in 2004. Miss Hall has worked as an Advanced Skills Teacher, which is a role committed to improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools across Bradford by offering tailored support to individuals, departments and through delivering training to groups focusing on areas of professional development. 

In addition, she has worked as a Lead Practitioner promoting high standards of achievement through implementing challenge in the classroom at all levels. She is a firm believer in young people and empowering students to make the best progress possible through personalised learning and knows the power that encourages individuals to be aspirational can have in the classroom.

Miss Hall has a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Lancaster University. She is also a qualified Advanced Skills Teacher.

Mr Waters has worked in education for 32 years; 13 years as a senior leader. He began his teaching career as a Maths teacher at Hymers College, Hull then progressed to subject leader for mathematics at Priory School, Barnsley in 1996, before becoming first an Assistant Headteacher and then a Deputy Headteacher for 8 years at Mexborough Academy in Doncaster. Mr Waters has since held the post of SENDCO at Netherthorpe School, Chesterfield before joining the senior team at Queensbury Academy.

Being born and raised in Portsmouth, Mr Waters was happy to move away from his roots to undertake his first role in teaching in 1987! He then joined Queensbury Academy as Assistant Principal for Inclusion in April 2019.  Mr Waters is determined to ensure that any barriers to learning are broken down so that all students at the academy can leave with the best possible life chances for their future career.

Mr Waters has an Honour’s degree in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics from Warwick University.