Leadership & Administration

Jana Stölting
Head of School

Jana Stölting studied German and History at the Free University of Berlin. After working for several years as a high school teacher at an independent school on the outskirts of Berlin, she moved with her family to South Africa in 2005 and taught at the German International School in Johannesburg. After successfully completing her Master's degree in School Management, she was appointed Pedagogical Director of the school in 2011. In January 2019, she took over the management of the Phorms Campus Berlin Mitte as Head of School.

Ingeborg Ziegler
Deputy Head of Secondary School

Ingeborg Ziegler studied English and German at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She subsequently trained as a teacher. After teaching in a wide variety of secondary schools and adult education in Scotland, Romania and Mecklenburg Vorpommern, she joined Phorms Berlin Mitte in 2013. Working first as a teacher and from 2017 as Middle School Coordinator, she has been the Deputy Head of Secondary School since 2020.

Dr. Lena Mörike
Coordinator for Grades 11 and 12

Lena Mörike studied German and History at the University of Heidelberg. In the meantime, she taught at the German schools in Singapore and Mumbai and completed her teacher training with the Second State Examination. In 2021, she received her doctorate with a dissertation on historical textbook research. Since the 2021/2022 school year, she has been teaching at the Gymnasium Phorms Berlin Mitte and has been part of the school leadership team as Upper School Coordinator since 2023.

Elizabeth Renshaw
Coordinator for Grades 7, 8, 9 and 10

Elizabeth Renshaw grew up in England and studied Engineering at the University of Cambridge.  After a brief spell in industry, she followed her passion to train as a teacher at the University of Manchester.  Since then she has worked as a Teacher of both Mathematics and Science in a wide variety of schools in England, France, Indonesia and Germany.  She joined Phorms Berlin Mitte Gymnasium as a Mathematics Teacher in 2020 and took over the position as Middle School Coordinator in 2021.

Gaby Ray
Assistant