Leadership
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” ~ Steve Jobs
Sunmarke has a passionate senior leadership team and faculty of teachers with world-class experience in teaching and learning, and school administration.
Each educator has been chosen for their commitment to our core purpose of building character, wellbeing, and values in a child. Each teacher has been chosen because they believe in Sunmarke’s disruptively innovative approach to education.
Our school is guided by a Board of Governors comprising teachers, senior leaders, and a deeply committed body of parents who bring rich professional experience, oversight, and advice.
Our school is further nurtured by a deeply committed Board of Directors with over four decades of experience in the management of schools. The board constantly reinvests back in the school by bringing onboard world-class senior leaders and teachers, and investing in best educational practices and and facilities.
Our educators come from top-ranked universities in the UK. Our executive principal, Dr. Neil Hopkin, is a globally renown principal and though leader in education. Our senior leaders are nationally recognised education practitioners in the UK and our teachers have taught at leading schools in the UK and elsewhere in the world.

Mrs. Shakuntala Mankani
Founder

Mrs. Veena Vaswani
Co-Founder

Mr. Sanjay Mankani
Managing Director

Mr. Ajay Mankani
Executive Director

Mrs. Katrina Mankani
Director of Positive Education & Innovation, Managing Director Jumeirah International Nurseries

Mrs. Devika Mankani
Chief Positive Psychologist

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

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

Mr. Richard Bishop
Assistant Headteacher – Secondary

Dr. Kayleigh Sumner
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"