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Staff & Leadership Team

We believe that an exceptional school innovates, empowers and encourages its leadership in the pursuit of excellence. Together, our Local Governing Board (LGB) brings diverse perspectives to act as a critical friend and a trusted advisor to the Senior Leadership Team, as it seeks to realise its bold ambitions for the School. Our members draw on senior specialisms in finance and law, education, commerce, media, communication and sport, and benefit from the spiritual guidance offered by Reverend Jonathan Wilkes, who has been a member of the LGB for many years.

The LGB meets four times per academic year to review Surbiton High School’s Strategic Plan within the context of everyday life at School and to discuss any other pressing matters which may arise. Our meetings are dynamic: they aim to provide a balance of support and challenge for the School as we work in partnership with its leadership to anticipate and capitalise on change. Periodically, we are also joined by members of staff who update us on focus areas including Sports, Well-being and Safeguarding, and help to provide us with a full and rounded insight into life at the School.

Please see the full staff list and contact form.

 

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Mr Matthew Shoults

Position:
Principal

Raised in south-west London, Matthew read Classics at Worcester College, Oxford. After two years in the Civil Service Fast Stream, he took his PGCE at Cambridge University, before starting his teaching career at King’s College School Wimbledon, teaching in both...

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Mr Matthew Close

Matthew
Position:
Senior Vice Principal

Having read Geography at Durham University, Matthew went on to study his PGCE at Pembroke College, Oxford, followed more recently by an MSc in Educational Leadership from Leicester University. He has worked in the independent sector for over twenty years;...

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Mrs Paula McIntyre

Position:
Head of the Girls' Preparatory School

Paula read English Language and Literature at Salford University before completing a PGCE at Edge Hill. She began her career teaching English in a large state secondary school. After relocating to the southeast, she worked in people management—first in international recruitment,...

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Mr Byron King

Position:
Head Boys' Preparatory School

Having first joined the Surbiton High School community as a Year 5 Form Teacher at the Girls’ Prep, Mr.King later became Deputy Head at the Boys’ Prep.

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Mrs Olivia Adams

Position:
Vice Principal-Educational Excellence & Innovation

Growing up in Leeds, Olivia discovered Classical Civilisation at Sixth Form College, before going on to study Classics at King’s College, Cambridge, where she learnt Latin and Greek from scratch. Whilst there, Olivia enjoyed four years coxing her college women’s...

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Mrs Kavita Patel

Kavita Patel
Position:
Vice Principal, Staff Development & EDI

Kavita read Genetics at Liverpool University before going on to the Institute of Education to study for her PGCE. Her experience spans state, independent and grammar schools, with 12 years at The Tiffin Girls’ School as Head of Years 8...

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SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Ms Charlotte Demetz

Position:
Assistant Principal - Compliance, Health and Safety

Mrs Rebecca Francis

Position:
Assistant Principal - Pupil Development and Well-being

Mr Jonathan Owen

Position:
Assistant Principal - Director of Sixth Form

Ms Louise Buckley

Position:
Director of Finance & Operations

Mrs Sara Stockdale

Position:
Director of Marketing, Communications & Admissions

Mrs Cara Edwards

Position:
Director of HR

Mrs Alexis Orlovac

Position:
Deputy Head Girls' Preparatory School

Mr David Williams

Position:
Deputy Head Girls’ Preparatory School

Mr Adam Buckingham

Position:
Deputy Head Boys' Preparatory School

Mr Ed Fielding

Position:
Deputy Head Boys' Preparatory School - Learning & Teaching

Miss Kelly Nayler

Position:
Assistant Head (Girls' Prep) - Pre-Prep

Miss Danielle Kilpin

Position:
Deputy Head Boys' Preparatory School

Mrs Rosanna Hazell

Position:
Assistant Head (Girls' Prep) - Pre-Prep
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