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.

Rob Nicholson

Head Of Finance

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

Peter Sainsbury

Cluster Advisor

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

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

Wendy Woodsford

Senior Office Administrator

Colette Mackie

Senior Events Administrator

Sagra Diaz Mata

Finance Assistant

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.

Ian Dormer

Trustee

Michael Reiss

Trustee

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

Area Mentor For Wessex And Wales

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

Debbie Jones

Area Mentor For The West Midlands

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

Dr. Alison Trew

Area Mentor For The South West

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

Janet Barnett

Area Mentor

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

Kathy Schofield

Area Mentor For Northern Ireland

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

Kulvinder Johal

Area Mentor For Greater London

Kulvinder Kaur Johal has been teaching in a large multicultural school in East London for over 20…

Michele Grimshaw

Area Mentor For The North West

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

Nina Spilsbury

Area Mentor For The East Midlands

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

Sarah Eames

Area Mentor For The West Midlands

Sarah Eames is a part-time, year 4/5 primary teacher at Sandfield Close in Leicester. She began…