SUMMER FIELDS TRUST - Key Persons


Abi Hulme

Job Titles:
  • Year 2 Teacher ( Maternity Cover )

Abi McHugh De Claire

Job Titles:
  • Pre - Prep Teaching Assistant

Alan Foster

Job Titles:
  • Teacher of Classics

Alastair Chirnside

Alastair studied Classics and French at Merton College, Oxford, graduating with a double first and a half Blue in lightweight rowing. Before teaching, he worked as a fund manager for Schroders in London. In 2004, he joined Eton College to teach Classics, where he also coached rowing for several years before becoming Head of the Fifth Form, Head of the Classics Department and a House Master. Alastair was Director of Studies at Harrow, with responsibility for academic strategy, the curriculum, teaching and learning, and the Heads of Subject. In September 2021, he became the new warden at St Edward's School, Oxford. He is married to Suzannah, and they have two young children, Mary and Lizzie.

Alex Lane

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sport, Lodge Assistant ( Upper House )

Alexander Snow

Alexander Snow joined the Governing Board in 2016. He was educated at Harrow and at St Andrew's University, since when he has worked in several city institutions. He is currently Chief Executive Officer at Landsdowne Partners. With his wife Lizzie he has three children, one of whom is currently in Year 6.

Alice Godwin

Job Titles:
  • Teacher of English

Anna Blackstone

Job Titles:
  • EYFS Teacher

Anna Clinkard

Job Titles:
  • Domestic Bursar
  • Domestic Bursar / Support

Belinda Millar

Job Titles:
  • Head of Year 4, Lodgeparent ( Upper House )

Ben Jones

Job Titles:
  • Teacher of Maths

Beth McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Headmaster

Charlie Hodgkiss

Job Titles:
  • Music

Charlie Langley

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Head Pastoral, Head of Geography, Lodgeparent ( Borva )

Cheryl Sprague

Job Titles:
  • School Nurse

Chris Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Head of Design & Technology

Christine Berry

Job Titles:
  • Registrar

Claire Coolin

Job Titles:
  • Head

David Faber

Job Titles:
  • Headmaster

David Woolley

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Headmaster, History

Dominic Price

Job Titles:
  • Head of ICT, Master I / C Athletics & Shooting

Dougal Philps

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Dr John Sfakianakis

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of FGPC
John Sfakianakis has been a Governor of the school and a member of the Finance and General Purpose Committee since 2020. John was educated at the London School of Economics, Harvard and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. John started his career with the World Bank in Washington D.C. followed by a long career in various financial institutions including Samba Financial Group, HSBC, Credit Agricole, Ashmore Group, and Societe General. In 2015, John joined the GRC as its Chief Economist and Head of Research. Latterly, he became a scholar at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.

Duncan Wethey

Job Titles:
  • Head of Classics

Eddie Orr

Job Titles:
  • Head of Art

Elinor Harris

Job Titles:
  • Year 1 Teacher

Emma Webster - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Finance Director

Gareth Price

Job Titles:
  • Director of Music, Drama

Georgina McGrath

Job Titles:
  • HR, Payroll & Finance Assistant

Hannah Hudson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Music, Drama, Lodgeparent ( Savage 's )

Helen Lord

Job Titles:
  • Head of English, Deputy Director of Studies

Hilary Coad

Job Titles:
  • Learning Support Teacher

Ian Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Head of PE, Master I / C Football

Iliane Ogilvie Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Chairs the Advisory Board
  • Trustee of the David Lynch Foundation
Iliane invests in and mentors a number of early-stage women-led businesses, with a focus on sustainability and eCommerce and she is a regular panellist on development and sustainability. Iliane chairs the Advisory Board of Been, an early stage business making products entirely from materials that would otherwise end up in landfill. She started her career at Procter & Gamble in brand management and was a Strategy consultant at Accenture before joining Yahoo! in Europe. She initially ran Marketing for the UK and then became eCommerce Business Development Director for Yahoo!Europe. Iliane was Business Development Director for the Diageo Venture group and later ran Strategic Alliances for the global business. Iliane chairs the Advisory Board of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford and sits on the Pitt Rivers Board of Visitors. Iliane is a trustee of the David Lynch Foundation and is on the Advisory Board of the Lemon Tree Trust and the artisan non profit organisation Nest. Iliane spent six years as a trustee of the International Rescue Committee Europe and she was a trustee of FilmAid International for nine years, setting up and chairing the UK board in that time and also helping to establish FilmAid Asia. Iliane completed her undergraduate and post-graduate studies at Cape Town University. She speaks five languages. She is based near Oxford and has two boys, one has just left Summer Fields and her youngest is currently in Year 5.

Jack Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Head of Science, Lodgeparent ( Front Lodge )

James Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Bursar

Jeane Noel-Davies

Job Titles:
  • Head of French, Extra Languages Co - Ordinator, Head of Years 5 & 6

Jeremy Rooth - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
Jeremy joined the Governing Board in 2014, chaired the Finance and General Purpose Committee between 2018-2022 and became Chairman of the Board in 2022. He read Physical Geography at Reading University after leaving Radley College and holds an MBA from Oxford University's Saïd Business School. Jeremy is a Director of international law firm Withers LLP. His two sons were educated at Summer Fields.

Joanna Blackstone

Job Titles:
  • Pre - Prep Head

Karen Watterson

Job Titles:
  • Pre - Prep Secretary

Katherine Parry

Job Titles:
  • Learning Support Teacher

Laurence Dardenne

Job Titles:
  • Archivist
  • Librarian
  • Librarian and Archivist / Support
Laurence joined Summer Fields in September 2008 as the school Librarian on a part-time basis, taking up the full-time position of Librarian and Archivist in 2011. Prior to this Laurence worked in the Library Resource Centre at Abingdon and Witney College. Since joining the school, Laurence has been involved in a number of projects including, planning and implementing the new library now situated in New Room, curating the Summer Fields archive and more recently, creating the new archive room as well as implementing and developing the digital archive. Laurence was also closely involved in the production of the 150 th anniversary publication - Summer Fields, The First 150 Years, contributing archive material and research documents. She continues to develop alumni relations, attending alumni events, contributing archive material and assisting those researching Old Summerfieldians.

Lili Friend

Job Titles:
  • Prep School Receptionist

Lindsay-Jayne Dickinson

Job Titles:
  • Year 3 Teacher, Lodgeparent ( Mayfield )

Lizzie Keeble

Job Titles:
  • Year 3 Teacher

Louisa Ainsworth

Job Titles:
  • Year 4 Teacher, Head of Day Boys

Maggie Boardman

Job Titles:
  • Head Sister

Mariola Pawlak

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Pre - Prep Teaching Assistant
Mariola is a Teaching Assistant to our Year 3 pupils in the Pre-Prep. She is also our After School Club Leader on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Maryon Phelps

Job Titles:
  • Art Teacher, Pottery & Ceramics

Max Jones

Job Titles:
  • Head of Mathematics, Lodgeparent ( Cottage )

Nancy Foley

Job Titles:
  • Finance Officer

Nicola Donne

Job Titles:
  • Learning Support

Ollie Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Head of Boarding, Head of History

Pam Mundy

Pam is a highly experienced education professional with experience covering a wide range of senior executive educational and commercial roles. This includes educational implementation for start-up schools, leading strategic development with established school groups, assessing potential partners, recruiting and supporting senior education leaders at executive, strategic and operational levels, leadership coaching and school review, accreditation and inspection. Pam has a proven track record of success in working in multiple locations, with governments and within school/educational/commercial operations. Pam has significant expertise with K-12 schools and a specialism in early years learning, development and leadership and is widely experienced in both not for profit and profit-based schools, education groups and school start-up and marketing companies.

Richard Bradwell

Job Titles:
  • Design & Technology, Geography, PE, Swimming

Robyn Brennan

Job Titles:
  • Pre - Prep Teaching Assistant

Roger Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair
Roger Shaw is one of two Senior Masters at Radley College. His responsibilities include school policies and inspection preparation, the school database, timetable and website. He teaches Mathematics at all levels and has responsibility for overseeing Science, Information Technology and the Library. Previously he ran a boarding house and before that was Head of Mathematics at the King's School, Chester. He has also been in charge of Community Partnerships and has organised many projects in Romania and India.

Rosemary Jebbet

Job Titles:
  • HR Manager

Rosie Woolley

Job Titles:
  • Head of Theology, Philosophy and Religion, Professional Tutor

Sally Morrish

Job Titles:
  • Head of Learning Support and EAL

Sam Tully

Job Titles:
  • Prep School Receptionist

Samantha Skillings

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing and Admissions
  • Director of Marketing and Admissions / Management

Sarah McPhail

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director

Sophie Carter

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Stephanie Long

Job Titles:
  • Pre - Prep Teaching Assistant

Tom Butler

Job Titles:
  • Head of

Tom Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Head