Leadership
Sunmarke has a world-class Senior Leadership Team and faculty of Teachers with deep experience in teaching and learning, school administration and governance, and curriculum delivery and assessment.
The team is further guided by a passionate Board of Directors with over two decades of experience in building and managing schools.
Our educators come from top-ranked universities in the UK. Our senior leaders are nationally recognised education practitioners and our teachers have taught at leading schools in the UK and within the UAE.
Mrs. Shakuntala Mankani
Founder & Chairperson - Fortes Education
Mr. Sanjay Mankani
Managing Director
Mr. Ajay Mankani
Executive Director
Mrs. Katrina Mankani
Director of Positive Education & Innovation, and Managing Director of Jumeirah International Nurseries
Mrs. Devika Mankani
Chief Psychologist - Fortes Education
Dr. Neil Hopkin
Executive Principal
Mr. Paul Kelly
Head of Secondary
Mrs. Tracey Bishop
Deputy Head of Secondary
Miss Claire Young
Deputy Head of Secondary
Mrs. Catherine Hill
Deputy Head of Secondary
Miss Lianne Brown
Deputy Head of Secondary
Miss Andrea Higgins
Head of Primary
Miss Annie Griffth
Assistant Headteacher – Primary
Mrs. Linzi Hammond
Head of EYFS
Mrs. Helen Sloan
Assistant Headteacher – EYFS
Miss Lucy Nicholls
Assistant Headteacher – Primary
Mr. Richard Bishop
Assistant Headteacher – Secondary
Dr. Kayleigh Sumner
Assistant Headteacher – Positive Education & Wellbeing
Mr. Thomas Housham
Assistant Headteacher – Secondary & Head – Sixth Form
Ms. Jayne West
Assistant Headteacher – Inclusion
Mrs. Jodie Bradley
Head of Faculty - English
Miss Sarah Appleford
Head of Faculty - Science
Mr. Michael Parr
Head of Faculty - PE & Games
Miss Stephanie Aitken
Head of Faculty - Design & Technology
Mr. Robin Hill
Head of Faculty - Languages
Mrs. Ibtihaje Adel El Senne
Head - Arabic & Islamic Studies - Fortes Schools
Mrs. Tara Wilkie
Head of Faculty - Mathematics
Mrs. Petal Darnley
Second in Faculty - Business & Economics
Miss Laura McLean
Second in Faculty – Social Sciences
Miss Claire Benett
Second in Faculty + Head of Performance
Miss Jehan Toubia
Head of Year 12 & 13
Mr. Hossein Mansour
Head of Year 11
Miss Teresa Edwards
Subject Lead English – EYFS
Mrs. Faye Wright
Year Group Leader - FS1 and Subject Lead Mathematics - EYFS
Mrs. Sadia Chaudry
Year Group Leader – FS2
Mrs. Hannah Casey
Secondary – SENCO & Head of ELL
Mrs. Areij Mustafa
Islamic Studies B (Non-Native)
Mrs. Engy Mohammed
Deputy Leader - Arabic & Islamic Studies and Subject Lead - Arabic B (Non- Native)
Mr. Amin Elbadrawi
Subject Lead – Arabic A (Native) – Primary
Mrs. Wafaa Fouad Ahmed
Subject Lead – Arabic B (Non- Native)- Secondary
Miss Gemma Munro
Subject Lead Mathematics - Primary
Sophie Moore
Subject Lead Science – Primary
Mrs. Eimear Dennehy
Subject Lead English - Juniors
Mrs. Maria Parkhouse
KS5 & Chemistry Coordinator and IBCP Program – Service Learning
Mrs. Prima Hunter
KS4 & Biology Coordinator
Miss Eloise Seddon
KS3 & Physics Coordinator
Miss Thespina Newsome
IBDP Coordinator
Mr. Michael Scott
IBDP Program - Extended Essay Coordinator
Miss Morgane Bollengier
IBDP Program - Language Development Coordinator
Miss Natalie Hadfield
BTECH & IBDP Program - Personal & Professional Skills Coordinator
Miss Victoria McKeown
Primary – SENCO
Miss Lucy Wood
EYFS – SENCO
Miss Semi Hilmi
Head of Faculty – Psychology & Sociology
"Our staff recognise that each child has their own individual needs and abilities and that shaping their character is the true purpose of education – which will enable them to eventually be good citizens when they go out into the world"