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.

Sagra Diaz Mata

Finance Assistant

Wendy Woodsford

Senior Office Administrator

Colette Mackie

Events and Communications Manager

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.

Kathy Schofield

Regional Mentor

Kathy is PSTT Regional Mentor for Wales.

Sarah Eames

Regional Mentor

Sarah is the PSTT Regional Mentor for the East Midlands

Dr. Alison Trew

Website Resources Developer

Tom Holloway

Regional Mentor

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

Kulvinder Johal

Regional Mentor

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

Claire Seeley

Regional Mentor

Claire is the PSTT Regional Mentor for East Anglia

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…

Ian Dormer

Chair of Trustees

Judith Wright

Trustee

Judith Wright is a Chartered Accountant and currently leads the AstraZeneca Global R&D…

Michael Reiss

Trustee

Patrick Hand

Investment Trustee

Rima Nasser-Ferris

Trustee

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

Carol Sampey

Area Mentor For Wessex And South 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 Dorset (west), Devon & Cornwall.

Alison started her career as a research scientist, namely as a biochemist, and worked for nine years…

Kulvinder Johal

Area Mentor

Kulvinder is the PSTT Area Mentor for Greater London

Lesley Hunter

Area Mentor

Lesley Hunter is the PSTT Area Mentor for Northern Ireland

Linda McKee

Area Mentor

Linda McKee is the PSTT Area Mentor for Northern Ireland

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

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