Our team

Working together to improve primary science for the better

STAFF

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.

Fiona Wherlock

Development Manager

Fiona joined the Trust in 2014.

Tobie Roffey

Operations Manager

Tobie joined the Trust in 2015 as the Trust’s Project Manager. She has been involved in a number of…

Rob Nicholson

Head Of Finance

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

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.

Dr. Paul Denley

Project Consultant

Dr Paul Denley has been a project consultant to the Trust since 1998 - close to its inception.

Caroline McGrath

Project Consultant

Details to follow soon.

TRUSTEES

The Primary Science Teaching Trust is supported by a Board of Trustees whose knowledge and experience span business, law, IT, finance, education and science.

The Patron of PSTT is Dr Peter Doyle CBE: Former Director of AstraZeneca Group PLC.

Angela Iannetta

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

David Lathbury

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

David Prendergast

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

Derek Bell

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

Helen Ferris

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

Helen MacPhee

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

Kirsten Younger

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

Martin Hollins

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

Mike Rance

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

Rima Nasser-Ferris

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

COLLEGE MENTORS

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