Our team

Prof. Dudley Shallcross

Chief Executive Officer

Prof. Dudley Shallcross was awarded the first National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education…

Dr. Sophie Franklin

Cluster Director

Sophie joined the Trust as a sponsored postgraduate student in October 2010, after obtaining a BSc…

Alison Eley

Academic Director

Alison Eley has been a Fellow of the Primary Science Teacher College since 2012.

Sue Martin

Programme Director

Sue Martin has been a Fellow of the Primary Science Teacher College since 2011.

Tobie Woods

Head Of Operations

Tobie joined the Trust in 2015 as a Project Manager and is now our Head of Operations. She has been…

Rob Nicholson

Head Of Finance

Rob Nicholson joined PSTT as Head of Finance in March 2016.

Fiona Wherlock

Development Manager

Fiona joined the Trust in 2014.

Peter Sainsbury

Cluster Advisor

Incorporating his interest in succession leadership and science, Peter has set up and led a number…

Karen Copeland

Administrator

Karen joined the Trust in 2015.

Rebecca Clarke

Administrator

Rebecca joined the Trust in April 2016 from a background in project work and education…

Naomi Hollis

Event Manager

Naomi joined the Trust in May 2017 as our newly appointed Event Manager.

Kate Redhead

Regional Mentor

Kate is the PSTT Regional Mentor for the Birmingham and Midlands areas.

Ruth Shallcross

Regional Mentor

Ruth is the PSTT Regional Mentor for London and the South East

Angela Iannetta

Trustee

Angela joined Primary Science Teaching Trust as a trustee in 2006.

David Lathbury

Trustee

David C Lathbury is the VP of chemical development at AMRI.

David Prendergast

Trustee

Dave is an IT professional with over 35 years’ experience and has worked in many different industry…

Derek Bell

Trustee

Derek is a teacher, researcher, advisor and advocate for improving and enriching education for all.

Fred Young

Trustee

Former Chief Executive Officer of SSERC

Helen Ferris

Trustee

Helen Ferris studied law at Bristol University before qualifying as a solicitor specialising in…

Helen MacPhee

Trustee

Helen joined AZ in 2004 as Strategy Director for the UK marketing company.

Kirsten Younger

Trustee

Kirsten Younger is a solicitor who specialises in helping companies and individuals to resolve…

Martin Hollins

Trustee

Martin has been a Trustee since 2005, when he was leader of the science and technology team at the…

Mike Rance

Chair Of Trustees

Mike Rance became a Trustee in 2005 and was appointed Chairman in 2006.

Rima Nasser-Ferris

Trustee

Rima joined Primary Science Teaching Trust as a trustee in April 2015.

Carol Sampey

With over 30 years’ primary experience of teaching Year 2 to Year 6 behind her, Carol has held the…

Debbie Jones

Debbie Jones is an Area Mentor for the Primary Science Teaching Trust.

Dr. Alison Trew

Before teaching, Alison worked as a research biochemist on various projects; cancer, pre-eclampsia…

Janet Barnett

Janet Barnett became Area Mentor for North-East England in 2015 after retiring from the primary…

Kathy Schofield

Area Mentor

Kathy Schofield joined the Trust in February 2013 after a long and varied career, namely as a…

Michele Grimshaw

Michele Grimshaw joined the Trust as the North West Area Mentor in October 2015 after teaching in a…

Nina Spilsbury

Nina Spilsbury has over 40 years’ experience of teaching age groups, from Nursery to Secondary, in…

Sarah Eames

Details to follow soon.