Alexander Houstoun-BoswallBA
Much of the ethos of Hampton Court House is drawn from Alex’s recollection of the positive elements of the schools he attended as a child, initially the Lycée Francais in NY and then Colet Court and Westminster in London. Alex works closely with the Headmaster and senior management team developing strategy and vision and defining…
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Eliana, Lady Houstoun-BoswallISIT (Paris)
Eliana is the principal founder of Hampton Court House and the former founder and Headmistress of the Harrodian. Eliana studied French and Russian Linguistics at Georgetown University and obtained a postgraduate degree at the Ecole d’Interprètes at the Sorbonne in Paris. Her first job was teaching English as a foreign language at West London College.…
Guy HollowayMA (Cantab), NPQH, FRSA
Guy is a co-founder of Hampton Court House and was Director of Studies from 2001 to 2008. He studied at King’s College School, Wimbledon, before reading English at Peterhouse, Cambridge (1986-89). Guy is a member of the Independent Schools Association and holds the NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship), awarded by the National College for…
Jon W L HindMA (Cantab) NPQSL
Jon read Mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge, where he also rowed, played croquet, performed and directed for university drama and even joined the Officer Training Corps. After deciding against a military career on the advice of his rifle instructor (something to do with barn doors at 30 paces), he went directly into teaching. Four happy…
Jose M Alvarez-CamposMA
José grew up in Madrid and holds an honours degree in politics as well as a postgraduate teaching degree (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). He is now a postgraduate student of philosophy, with a particular interest in Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Rawls and the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. He has lived in London for several…
Ben RuddinBSc MSc PGCE
Ben was born in London and went on to study Geology at the University of Southampton. He then went onto explore Geography further in his Master’s degree. He spent two months in the Peruvian Andes surveying the effects of tourism on the ‘Santuario Histórico de Machu Picchu’, reporting back to one of the agencies responsible…
Sarah Carroll
Sarah started her career as a Production Assistant in the Drama Department at the BBC and went on to become an Assistant Floor Manager then Assistant Producer. She worked on several drama productions before moving to Children’s Programmes. Whilst bringing up two sons, she decided to make a career change and obtained the NNEB qualification…
Jamie WilsonBA MBA DipM MCMI PGCE
After university, Jamie attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery. He served in many different roles within the ‘Gunners’, undertaking demanding staff posts including Chief of Staff, Military Assistant and instructor at the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham. He has commanded at many levels and deployed to…
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…
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…
Gerry CirilloMA PGCE
Gerry grew up bilingually in Italian and English. He gained his PGCE in 2000 after having taught English abroad for 11 years including postings in Italy, Greece and Egypt. He has taught students to GCSE, A Level and beyond. A firm believer in teaching language and grammar through literature and drama, Gerry is keen on…
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…
Tom RobsonBA
Thomas started coaching at 15 years old teaching rugby, cricket and football to juniors in North Wales. During his time at university he studied in-depth modules exploring different methods of coaching in a variety of sports. Thomas was one of the first to complete the coaching apprenticeship scheme at England Sports Group in April 2010…
Rachel Bowles
Rachel is the School Registrar and Head's PA. Before working at Hampton Court House she has worked for over a decade in Marketing, Recruitment and Widening Participation in the Higher Education Sector. Rachel has a love of the creative arts and in her spare time writes film and television reviews as well as plays. She…
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…
Rachel TurnerBEd MA EYPS
After beginning her working life in the patent section with Exxon in London, Rachel left there to train to be a teacher at Didsbury School of Education. After completing her degree, Rachel moved to Richmond where she began working with younger children. Rachel has set up a nursery school which she ran for 13 years.…
Rebecca RoweBA SpLD
Having gained a degree in Political Studies from Exeter University, Rebecca pursued a career in corporate banking, firstly for a Japanese bank and for ten years with Credit Suisse. She left banking to become a full time mother during which time she took on a number of voluntary roles including Chair of Governors at a…
Adam D’SouzaBA
Adam read Classics at Royal Holloway before beginning his career in advertising and market research, where he contributed to a project studying the psychology of car buying that won a Market Research Society award. Adam later moved into the world of entrepreneurship: his first venture was a home furnishings retailer and he has helped to…
Kieran BruntBA (Cantab)
Kieran is a musician, writer and teacher who graduated from St John’s College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar. Before this he studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, where he was the first ever singer to win the Angela Bull Memorial Prize for final year musicians. As a singer he has…
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…