Cardiff Staff and Governors

Educated at Durham School and Oxford University, Tom has worked in some of the UK’s leading independent schools where he has been a Head of Department, a Housemaster, Deputy Head and Acting Head.  He joined Cardiff in January 2020 and...

As Vice Principal, Paula’s focus is on ensuring that all students at Cardiff Sixth Form College have the best student experience. She is passionate about supporting young people to be resilient,  intellectually curious and to have real integrity in all...

Lisa has been working in education for many years and during her time at Cardiff Sixth Form College she has implemented a number of pastoral programmes and initiatives and is passionate about increasing resilience, confidence and self-care amongst the student...

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...

Neil Davies is the Director of Lower School at Cardiff Sixth Form College and a Teacher of GCSE, AS and A Level Geography. Prior to joining the College in September 2016, Neil spent a decade as the Course Coordinator for...

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...

Jonathan brings over a decade of senior leadership experience in private school settings. He was educated at Brunel University and the University of Leicester, where he earned an MSc in Educational Leadership. Throughout his career, Jonathan has consistently demonstrated excellence...

Tim Fish is CEO at Dukes Education with oversight of its nurseries, schools, colleges, summer schools, day camps and educational consultancies across the UK, Ireland and Switzerland.  He founded Earlscliffe in 2012 and has 35 years’ experience in the boarding...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Melanie has worked for many years in administration in many different roles for several high profile law firms. She started her career as a secretary, was promoted to a PA but quickly moved direction to a training co-ordinator role.  Melanie then...

Charlotte graduated from the University of Wales with a bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy/Religious Studies with Hons in 2005.  Since graduating Charlotte started her career in education at Newport High School as Data Manager before joining the Cardiff Sixth...

Laura Foster joined the College in 2017 in the role of UCAS Coordinator. Before specialising in applications to UK universities, she worked in higher education as a researcher and teacher of undergraduate English Literature. Her PhD, completed in 2014, focuses...

Dale is the Cardiff Sixth Form College Work Observation Coordinator and is a qualified with a Level 4 Diploma in Careers Information and Advice.  Dale works tirelessly with students to discuss their career aspirations and how this translates into their...

Ceitho joined Cardiff Sixth Form College in 2018 having returned from Australia, where he was a houseparent for two years at Immanuel College, Adelaide. Ceitho has worked at a number of UK boarding schools, as well as Whanganui Collegiate School...

Paisley joined Cardiff Sixth Form College in 2017, after completing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology (with International Study) at the University of Nottingham. Starting as a Graduate Residential Assistant, she has progressed within boarding, becoming a House Parent in 2018,...

Kristian joined the college in 2017 as a member of the student support team before working his way through various boarding roles up to Senior Houseparent. His focus is on the co-curricular provision at CSFC, overseeing the Clubs & Societies, Interhouse...

Julia joined the college in 2020 as a houseparent during COVID times. She comes from Strasbourg where she studied English literature and linguistics before completing a master’s degree in English linguistics, both at Strasbourg University. Her dissertation tackled English insults...

Angela joined Cardiff sixth form college in 2020 and has been Houseparent to the GCSE cohort before moving to Senior Houseparent in 2023. Originally from Adelaide, Australia, she has resided in the UK for the previous five years working in...

Alanna has worked in education for 30 years, teaching for most of that time. Specialising in History and the Humanities, she was responsible for planning, implementing and delivering History courses and running departments. Alanna has also run a very successful...

After achieving four A levels, Helen went to Cardiff University to study English Literature. She took a year out and worked at a prep school in Somerset as a graduate assistant before heading to Swansea University to complete teacher training...

Katie started her career in education as a Learning Support Assistant in a sixth form college, supporting students with Additional Learning Needs. While working as an LSA, she completed a PGCE, specialising in Adult Literacy. She later became a Learner...

Steve has worked in Education for 30 years. He is presently Head of House at Cardiff Sixth Form College.  He has worked primarily as a teacher of Design and headed the Design & Technology Department at St David’s Sixth Form...

Kyle read History and Politics and the University of the West of England and completed his PGCE in Citizenship at Canterbury Christ Church University where he was graded as “outstanding”. Prior to joining Cardiff Sixth Form College as Head of...

Kate is the Assistant Director of Lower School at Cardiff Sixth Form College and a Teacher of GCSE, AS and A Level Biology. Kate has worked in education for 14 years and prior to joining the College in 2022, Kate worked...

Natalie joined the college in January 2017 having graduated with a Biochemistry degree and qualified as a teacher in 2002. She has extensive experience of teaching Science at Key stage 3 and Biology at GCSE and A level, having taught...

Alex joined Cardiff Sixth Form College in September 2015. Alex is an astronomer with published research and an engineer with a successful stint in the publishing and automotive industry. He has taught exclusively in sixth form colleges in South Wales...

Martin joined the College in April 2015 and was Deputy Head of Chemistry until taking over as Head of chemistry in September 2020. He has had a love of the sciences since an early age and has a background in...

Ruth brings energy and passion to the mathematics department and dedicates much of her time to the development of resources that stimulate and inspire learners. She joins us in 2023 with over a decade of experience in leading Mathematics teams,...

Phil has taught at Cardiff Sixth Form College since September 2016 and has been the Head of Humanities for the last three years.  Prior to this he taught and headed a similar department in another sixth form college in Cardiff...

Beck Brookes is Head of English and Languages at Cardiff Sixth Form College. Prior to this she was the Programme Area Manager for English, Languages, Film and PA at St David’s Sixth Form College, Cardiff. In both roles a core...