Cambridge Staff and Governors

After serving 24 years in boarding schools in the UK and internationally in Kenya and Tanzania, fulfilling pastoral roles of Housemaster, Head of Boarding, Head of Pastoral, Senior Teacher and Head Teacher as well as teaching, marketing and admissions roles,...

Julian joined Cardiff Sixth Form College Cambridge in 2022 as its founding Head. He previously gained considerable experience in an international sixth form college in Cambridge, firstly as a teacher of Biology before moving into leadership and spending 20 years...

Chris studied History at the University of Cambridge before working in the House of Commons as a Parliamentary Adviser for a Member of Parliament. He has taught in Colombo, Bucharest, Nottingham, London and Cambridge. Alongside his main passion of pedagogy...

Gethin Thomas joined Cardiff Sixth Form College in 2015 as a houseparent and is now the Head of Boarding. He has grown up in boarding schools and has worked with boarders for over 15 years. Gethin also has a background...

Sharon has worked within the finance industry for many years before joining Cardiff Sixth Form College in September 2019 as the Bursar of the College.  At Cardiff she assists the senior management team, is responsible for the strategic management of school...

Aatif founded Dukes Education in 2015 and leads our London day schools. He is also Chairman of Cavendish Education, a group of six schools for pupils with dyslexia and autism schools; and Deputy Chairman of Governors of St James Independent Schools (including Chairman...

Tim Fish is Managing Director at Dukes Education responsible for boarding schools where he guides collaboration, best practice and performance at Key Stage 5 across the whole family.  He founded Earlscliffe in 2012 and has 30 years’ experience in teaching...

Rob is responsible for the financial management of all the Colleges and Beyond the Classroom businesses within the Dukes group.  He joined in 2017 being based originally at Cardiff Sixth Form College immediately after it became part of the Dukes...

Paul has spent over 30 years working in education as a Housemaster, Head of Boarding and Head of Pastoral Care on a wide range of senior leadership teams as well as for two education groups working with international students in...

Harley’s career began in the service sector where her attributes for communication and organisation saw her progress swiftly to managing a National Chain Hotel and also a High Street fashion Store. Over the years Harley has worked in multiple councils...

Michelle has worked in the Middle East namely, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar for leading international Independent schools for the past 15 year as an IT Manager. Implementing and managing multiple leading edge IT systems including IBM, Microsoft, Apple,...

Henrietta has worked in schools marketing and admissions for 16 years and is extremely well known and respected in the sector.  She is currently Group Director of Marketing and Admissions for all five Dukes Colleges and has worked as Marketing...

Jennifer has been working in the field of English Language Teaching for over a decade, beginning her career in Germany and the Czech Republic. She has since taught English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at university level to undergraduate students in...

Rob read BSc Financial Mathematics in his undergraduate studies at Newcastle University and completed an MA (Financial Services) before working for seven years in risk management at a major investment bank.  He opted to transfer his passion for youth work...

Didem became interested in Neuropsychology after meeting Professor Christine Temple and her main passion was based on the effects of cognitive development on genetic impairments; including Williams syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome and Turner syndrome. Didem completed a Masters degree in Cognitive...

Before becoming a teacher, I had a career in biology research. After studying biochemistry at University of Southampton and doing a PhD at University College London, I worked on the genetics of impaired copper transport in Wilson disease at the...

I completed my undergraduate and postgraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Warwick, where my PhD research focused primarily on numerical methods for analysing partial differential equations on random surfaces and domains. I have since been teaching in secondary...

I would describe myself as very calm and patient. My main hobby is art, which usually centres around painting colourful cityscapes and sunsets over water. I play chess competitively. I have collections of many things, and I enjoy learning about...

Sarah-Jane has extensive teaching experience in most aspects of the British education system including boarding schools, sixth form colleges, comprehensive and international schools. With a degree in natural sciences, a PGCE and MSc (by research) Sarah-Jane aims to bring young...

I graduated from Keele University with a first class honours degree in chemistry and history. I loved university so much that I stayed at Keele for a further four years completing a PhD in solid state chemistry. I completed a...

Girish, with over twenty years’ experience, brings a heterodox approach to A level economics teaching. He also teaches in another independent Sixth Form College in Cambridge. He has degrees from Bombay University and London School of Economics. He has a...

Jennifer has been working in the field of English Language Teaching for over a decade, beginning her career in Germany and the Czech Republic. She has since taught English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at university level to undergraduate students in...

Jem studied physics at Trinity College Cambridge followed by a side-step into an organic chemistry PhD at Oxford. He then moved to London and worked as a private tutor for many years, during which time he discovered a love of...

As a child I was drawn to maths and science which ultimately led to a PhD looking at DNA structure and hydration using x-ray and neutron diffraction techniques. My postdoctoral research years were spent studying single biomolecules using state of...

I’m a Mathematics teacher with 25 years experience and I’m just as passionate about teaching Maths (particularly Further Maths) now, as way back when I started. I love problem solving and often create challenging problems for my students to really...

Rob read BSc Financial Mathematics in his undergraduate studies at Newcastle University and completed an MA (Financial Services) before working for seven years in risk management at a major investment bank.  He opted to transfer his passion for youth work...

Didem became interested in Neuropsychology after meeting Professor Christine Temple and her main passion was based on the effects of cognitive development on genetic impairments; including Williams syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome and Turner syndrome. Didem completed a Masters degree in Cognitive...