Role: LHS Headmistress
Dates: 2012-2019
1. Where was your favourite place on campus, and why?
I’m tempted to say Charles block, due to the very deep affection everyone had for the building during my time….
2. What did you enjoy most about your role?
The students, always. End of term assemblies when everyone was so excited!
3. Is there a standout memory from your time at the school?
Everyone will say Tableaux, I’m sure, but there is something absolutely magical about it- stunning music, the atmosphere (and the occasional crash from backstage!). Staff panto was always nerve wracking and hilarious by turns (I won’t forget being booed as the ‘other Mary’ whilst I was pregnant….). The music, always- Friday lunchtime concerts as a small oasis of calm at the end of a hectic week. Oh, and being coerced into singing publicly to the year 13 leavers (Thanks, Mr Morris….)
4. Was there a particular class or year group you remember especially fondly?
You were all lovely!
5. What is one thing about your role that most people wouldn’t know?
I had so many meetings on some days that my PA had to put loo breaks in my diary!
6. What was your favourite school lunch?
Has to be sausage plait, doesn’t it?
7. How do you like to spend your time now? What have you been up to since leaving the school?
Since leaving I have been looking after a group of international schools, and have spent my time travelling to different parts of the world to meet business partners, inspect existing schools and plan, then open, new ones. As I type, I am sitting in Hong Kong where our latest project is based. We have schools in Dubai, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam already and have more planned!
8. Have you returned to the school or stayed connected since you left?
Unfortunately I spend more time out of the UK than in it- so up to now the timings have never worked out. I’d love to come to Tableaux again though.
9. Is there anything else you’d like to share about your time here?
Only another clear memory, of discovering the massive water leak in Charles block on Christmas Day and spending most of the morning sorting it out (and being eternally grateful to Lee for taking charge of the situation!)
