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Dr Adrian RainbowPhD, MA, MA, PGCE, BA
Dr Rainbow was born and raised in Canada by his parents Tony and Mo, both of whom were headteachers. Adrian graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts (double major) in English Literature and Philosophy and finished his college football career as an All-Canadian Quarterback. Following his childhood dream of playing…
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Kathryn Hager ConroyBA, MA, DPhil (Oxon)
Katie grew up on the East Coast of the United States, and the one constant in the many places she has lived is a love of Latin. That love brought her to her BA in Classics, cum laude, from Washington and Lee University in Virginia. During this degree she was able to study at Trinity…
Abigail HowardBSc PGCE
Abigail grew up in Sussex, and followed her interest in Science to Kent University where she gained a BSc in Biomedical Science. Abigail had the opportunity to work in a local Special Educational Needs school for boys with Emotional, Social and Behavioural special needs. She loved working with the children and so did a PGCE…
Claire WeberMA
Claire was educated in France, she holds two Masters’ Degrees, one in English Literature and Culture and another in Teaching French as a Foreign Language. She taught French to foreign students for two years at the Languages University in Angers (France) before arriving at HCH in September 2008. Fascinated by teaching and passionate about children’s…
Rachel Bowles
As Head of School Development, Rachel is responsible for the strategic and operational development of the school. Rachel oversees the school's public facing strategy in order to best raise the profile of HCH; this includes marketing and admissions as well as outreach, alumni development etc. Rachel also oversees the functions of the school reception and…
Thomas McCarthy-WardMSci PhD PGCE
Thomas studied chemistry (with some maths and astrophysics) at the University of Bristol, gaining first class honours in his master of science. He then completed teacher training in Kingston before teaching chemistry and physics in Westminster. Thomas subsequently attended Imperial College London, completing a doctorate in chemistry in 2012, studying plastic electronics. Since then he…
Anja LichtenauBSc PGCE
Anja is a qualified teacher of Mathematics and English as foreign language and holds the equivalent of a Master’s degree with Mathematics and English as main subjects and Pedagogy as a subsidiary subject from the University of Saarbrücken in Germany. Anja has lived in the UK for many years and has taught at King’s College…
Caroline GéhinBA MA PGCE
In addition to her passion for sharing her love of French culture and language, Caroline is committed to the restoration of a wide range of secular and religious stained glass in locations across South Wales and the UK. She has extensive experience working with children, teenagers and adults in art, stained glass and French. In…
Clarisse GheurMA
Clarisse was born and educated in Belgium. She graduated with an MA degree in Romance Philology and then obtained a teaching degree in French, and in French as a foreign language. She has lived in Spain and is a fluent Spanish speaker. She has taught French in a secondary school in Brussels and also for…
Robert ArmigerBA PGCE
Rob grew up in Gloucestershire, where he was a cathedral chorister and music scholar, and studied English Literature at Durham University. He then spent a handful of years working in the City before completing his PGCE. Before joining Hampton Court House, Rob spent sixteen years teaching English in a variety of schools in London and…
Eve BlackwoodBA MSc
Eve graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a BA in Illustration and went on to study Animation for a Post Graduate Diploma. Her graduation film was shown at that year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. After a period teaching Film and Animation for a range of clients as varied as The National Museum of Scotland…
Francesca SimkinBA MPhil PhD
Francesca is half French, part British, and part American. She was born and grew up in central London, where she attended the Lycée Charles de Gaulle, St Paul’s Girls’ School, and Westminster School. She has degrees in literature from Princeton, Oxford, and the University of Chicago, and has taught English, French, and humanities to a…
Anne-Françoise RopertBA MA (Sorbonne)
After her baccalauréat, Anne-Françoise took a French law degree and then her Master’s in Politics at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she later taught (political science, sociology and philosophy). When her family moved to Germany, Anne-Françoise reinvented herself as a teacher of children rather than undergraduates. Anne-Françoise moved to England in 2008 and helped to…
Roy HeadeyDMS
Before joining HCH, Roy was Performance Director for the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) where he developed the Kingdom’s elite sport strategy, and coached the national rugby team. He is still consulting for the SAOC on a number of projects. He is a Non-Executive Director of Welsh Weightlifting, an expert panel member at Sport Resolutions…
Caith Olnick
Caith joined Hampton Court House as an EAL teacher in September 2010. Since then, she has completed further training courses in teaching English to Younger Learners. Tuition can be delivered on a one to one or group basis, either during or after school. By maintaining close contact with parents and subject teachers, EAL tuition is…
Emma PoskittBA OCR Dip SpLD
Following her degree in politics and history at Newcastle University, Emma travelled in South America and then joined the Civil Service. She worked in various positions at OFSTED, and at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, working on a bill team and writing speeches for ministers. During this period, she volunteered as an adult…
Aleksandra TimarovMA AdvDip
Aleksandra graduated in piano performance (Bachelor and Masters degree) from the University of Arts in Belgarde, Serbia. Aleksandra also has a post-masters qualification ‘dîplome de virtuosité’ from Geneva. Aleksandra has won many top prizes in numerous piano competitions in Serbia, Italy and France. She has performed in Serbia, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland and England as…
Raya KostovaBMus Hons PGADip
Raya grew up in Varna, Bulgaria and was awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music (BMus) and later at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, from where she obtained a first class PGADip and won numerous awards. She has been performing as a concerto soloist since the age of 11…
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