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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…
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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…
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…
Anthony RobinetMA
Anthony was born in France. He grew up and studied there with always a huge interest in languages and especially English. Once he obtained his international baccalaureate, he went to university to study English. He holds an English LLCE (Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Étrangères) degree in order to become a teacher. After his years at…
Aurore DuvolletBA MA
Aurore is enthusiastic about languages, travel and arts in general and since early childhood, she has been passionate about drama. Aurore began to get children involved with drama in her first job as an animator. Aurore grew up in Normandy where she obtained a Baccalauréat in Literature and Drama and then a Master's in Theatre…
Ben RuddinBSc MSc PGCE
Ben was born and raised in London and studied Geology at the University of Southampton. He then completed a Master's Degree in Development and Environment. 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 with his…
Brenda HoltamBA PgDip
Brenda studied fine art at Falmouth School of Art and then came to London to do Postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy Painting School. After graduating she was encouraged to try for election to the Royal Watercolour Society and successfully became, at the time, the youngest ever elected member. Brenda has taught part-time in adult…
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…
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…
Emma SilverthornBA MA
Emma read English Literature at Royal Holloway University, Surrey, and then completed her Masters in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths University, London. During her writing career Emma has written for Running in Heels, The London Economic and Our Hen House amongst others. She recently completed a commissioned biography of the founders of the charity…
Esther NilesBA
Esther has always loved performing arts and moved to London from Milton Keynes to pursue her passion. Esther trained as an actress at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is a professional actress and drama/LAMDA teacher. She has taught in a variety of schools. Esther is passionate about encouraging young people to…
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…
Feng WangBA MA
Feng is a native Chinese speaker and a Mandarin Chinese teacher. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English education from Harbin University and a master’s degree in English language and literature from Harbin Engineering University. Before moving from China to the UK, Feng taught English and Mandarin for over ten years to students ranging from…
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…
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…
Helena Johnson
Helena attended University in Aberdeen where she completed a degree in Biomedical sciences followed by a masters in Neuroscience. Having found teaching undergraduate students the most enjoyable part of her masters she spent several months teaching English in Vietnam before returning to the UK and completing a PGCE in secondary science After training she has…
James SoderholmBA MA PhD
James took a PhD in British Literature from the University of Virginia in 1990. He has taught literature and philosophy in several countries, including the Czech Republic, where he was a Fulbright Scholar (2000-2002) at Charles University in Prague. James has worked in secondary schools in the UK for the last fourteen years. He once…
Janak OdedraBA
Janak graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design (University of the Arts London), specialising in sculpture. Notable successes during his time at university included showcasing his artwork at two exhibitions in London. Following graduation, Janak's passion for physical education (PE) and sport took him in a new…
John MustchinMSc
John is originally from the the Isle of Wight, though later moved to Northern Ireland where he completed his secondary education. He returned to England for University, completing his Physics MSc at King’s College London. After his studies John worked as a research assistant, at King’s and Reading University, in the meteorology department. Part of…
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…
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…
Kieran BruntBA (Cantab)
Kieran is a singer, composer and teacher based in London. He is the leader of the vocal group Shards, whose debut album Find Sound was released by Erased Tapes Records in August 2019. His recent work has led him to collaborate with Terry Riley, Nils Frahm, Michael Price and The King’s Singers. Kieran recently signed…
Laraib SaeedBSc PGCE
Laraib has a BSc in Psychology from Royal Holloway University and completed her PGCE at the Institute of Education. Her degree allowed her to complete a research internship examining emotion regulation in adolescents. She is very passionate about introducing change and volunteered in a substance misuse service for nine months; assisting psycho-educational groups to help…
Manon TournierBA
Manon was born in France, but grew up in Romania, Seychelles, Andorra and Luxembourg. She was educated in the French educational system, but always had a strong interest in the different cultures and languages she experienced. Manon holds a French diploma to work with children (BAFA), and a degree in teaching French as a foreign…
Mark McSweeneyBSc PGCE
Mark grew up in County Cork, Ireland where he gained a BSc in Computer Applications. He moved to the UK and started a career working in the airline industry developing software. He stayed in the travel industry for several years before moving over to designing and developing financial software. He was fortunate to have opportunities…
Megan EllimanBSc
Megan studied Physical Education with Sports Studies at the University of Worcester for three years. During her time at University Megan undertook a number of work placements in various schools which allowed her to gain some valuable teaching experience. Megan has a passion for helping every student perform to the highest standard in Sport. Her…
Milena FilipovicBSc MSc
Milena was born in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia, where she grew up and completed her secondary education. In 1992, upon the outbreak of the civil war, Milena moved first to Belgrade and then to Bologna, Italy, after winning a scholarship to study Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Bologna. After receiving a master's in Telecommunication Engineering,…
Rachel MercerBA
Rachel was born in Bedfordshire. She studied Fine Art in Cardiff before moving to London in 2012 to study the post-graduate programme at The Royal Drawing School. In 2014 she co-founded Mercer Chance Gallery in Hoxton with her partner Michael Chance. The gallery exhibits mostly representational paintings and drawings by contemporary artists. Rachel has taught…
Rebeca PernasBA
Rebeca was born in Spain where she graduated from Santiago de Compostela University with a Bachelor´s degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master´s Degree in Industrial Risk Assessment. After having worked in an international company she decided to undertake a new and more rewarding career in Early Years and Bilingual Education, where she has found…
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…
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…
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…
Sam DykesBSc
Sam graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc in International Business. Whilst at University, Sam discovered his passion for mathematics. Before he trained as a teacher at St Mary’s University, Twickenham he worked at a Private Equity firm where he realised he wanted to put his mathematics skills to better use. Sam firmly believes that…
Selina ShahBA PGCE
Sel grew up in the United States and Italy. After a career spanning over 20 years in IT as a programmer, support engineer, project manager and working in research and development; Sel trained as an ICT teacher attaining a PGCE from King’s College London. She has taught ICT and Computer Science to both primary and…
Sivakaarani JeyaseelanayagamBSc PGCE
Sivani moved to the UK from Sri Lanka at the age of seven and studied locally at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston. Following this, a degree in Physics with Computing at Warwick and a PGCE in Secondary Science at The University of Nottingham brought Sivani into a career in teaching that has taught and developed…
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…
Thomas RobertsBA PGCE
Thomas was born in London and went on to study History at the University of Swansea. After graduating he worked as an English teacher in northern Spain for one year, before returning to the United Kingdom to work for a media production company. In 2010 he decided to pursue a career in education, spending over…
Tom CleryMA PGCE BA
Tom is returning to teach at Hampton Court House after a decade away in the USA and Spain. During this time he obtained an MA in Geography and GIS from the University of Miami, taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate Geography and Economic Geography courses at the same establishment, published various journal and book…
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