Little Dukes welcomes Pippa Pop-ins! by Dukes_Education

Little Dukes welcomes Pippa Pop-ins Nursery Schools

A guide for new early years settings joining our family

TOGETHER WE’RE EXTRAORDINARY

Contents 1 Introduction A Welcome from our Founder and Chairman, Aatif Hassan - p. 6

2 What is Dukes? An Extraordinary Family - p. 10 Our Structure - p. 12 Our Strategy 2025 - p. 14 Our History - p. 16 Our Family - p. 18

3 Working together How We Work Together - p. 24 How We Lead - p. 26 How We Govern - p. 28 How We’re Organised - p. 30

4 Getting to know us The Dukes Hub - p. 34 Our People - p. 36 Ways to Meet Dukes - p. 38 Useful Contacts at Dukes - p. 42 Dates For Your Diary - p. 44

Welcome

Chairman’s welcome

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

What wil Dukes bring?

1 2 3 4

Purposeful leadership and exceptional people.

Welcome to Dukes. In this guide, we give you a brief introduction to Dukes – who we are, why we do what we do, and how we work together.

parents, and celebrating our staff.

I know that for some of you, news that you are joining us can be a

Strategic focus, extra funding,

bit daunting. The unknown always is. However, I’d like to reassure you that, in becoming part of Dukes, you have joined an organisation that is led by the right values. I left the world of finance for a reason: I went through some extremely challenging experiences in my life that reinforced for me that there’s more to the world than making money. I wanted to do something that filled me with a sense of purpose. A reason to get up day in, day out and work tirelessly because I felt inspired. And the thing that fills me with that purpose? Seeing my children - all our children - learn, soak up the wonder in the world; see the extraordinary. That is what I’m here to make happen with Dukes, and I chose your school because I saw it happening there too. I really look forward to meeting you and getting to learn and understand what is unique and special about your school in more depth. Through willing, positivity, and having the experience of our pupils unwaveringly at the forefront of our hearts and minds, I believe this new union will be the start of something really special.

It’s people first at Dukes, starting with our pupils; ecompassing our We look for people who put their heart into what they do, and then help them to lead.

and a growth mindset.

Being part of a wider family means more stability and security. In turn, this makes room for being more ambitious, and doing new and exciting things.

Team & peer-to-peer training. Ultimately, great education is

simple: quality teachers, spending quality time with students. We

are working hard to make Dukes the best place for staff training & development anywhere in the sector, so our teachers can do what they’re best at, better.

Shared resources

From US universities or digital

marketing, to setting up a summer school, there is a wealth of niche expertise within Dukes that we can share to deepen the experience of our students.

Aatif Hassan, Founder and Chairman

What is Dukes?

A quick tour of Dukes: the why, what, and how.

W H AT I S D U K E S ?

An Extraordinary Family The formula for the best education has been the same for thousands of years: quality teachers

Individuals in a family are not all the same. Each of our member

spending quality time with students. At Dukes, we are firm believers that nurturing closer

organisations has its own, unique take on how to deliver outstanding

relationships between people is the best way to help bring these learning experiences about and

teaching and learning. Each has its own brand, ethos, history, its own

enable the education community to thrive.

special place in the community.

Dukes is more than a collection of excellent individuals. We are a community of people -

We love this and we want to keep it this way.

educators, parents, and young learners - who connect in closer ways to raise the bar for all. But there is also commonality. For us to work together well, there must be Being part of Dukes means belonging to a family that is there for the long run. We strive together

a common thread that weaves through the whole organisation, drawing us

and we celebrate together. It’s a community for sharing and growth. And for those who share our

together, connecting us, making us strong.

purpose and our values, it’s a home, where extraordinary things can happen. At Dukes, our shared purpose and values form our common thread.

Our Purpose

To inspire and empower our children to live an extraordinary life Our Values

We lead with heart

deliberately. Though each may have a different approach, in every one, these

We love learning

We are for:

Placing the highest value on people.

Joy in learning at every stage of life.

We are against:

Putting results before people.

Education as a means to an end.

We choose every new school very

We’re a team

We do it well

We are for:

Once you’re part of the set, you’re set for good.

Expecting the best from everyone and for everyone in the family.

We are against:

Isolation.

The ordinary.

principles are embedded at the core.

W H AT I S D U K E S ?

Our Structure Dukes has brought together a curated selection of exceptional schools and nurseries. Around them, a collection of further offerings beyond the classroom offer our students the very best opportunities for developing their talents and pursuing their ambitions. As a family, we want to be with our pupils the whole way through their journey, as they ready themselves to take their next steps in life.

The Dukes Offering

“No one can be an expert in everything, but with such talent across Dukes, our collective expertise is something really special.” Richard Fletcher, Director of Performance

W H AT I S D U K E S ?

Our Strategy 2025 Across the group we are making great strides towards excellence in our five strategic priorities.

1. Operational resilience

Doing it well So how will we measure whether it’s working?

Pupil numbers

How many are coming to us? How many are staying? For how long?

Are our parents and

Happiness

pupils reporting that they are happy?

5. Acting as a responsible organisation

right structures, resources and settings to succeed

How we re-invest into our educational settings, the

Educational outcomes

Staff retention & satisfaction

Compliance

Dukes Foundation and Are our academic programmes delivering?

Do people love working with us?

Are we upholding rigorous standards of care?

Are we looking healthy enough

Financial stability

to ensure we can provide quality education for our children in the coming years?

Ensuring we have the

sustainability initiatives

2. World-class admissions

Dukes Flywheel

Providing exceptional customer services

4. Quality of product

3. Having the best staff

Making our teaching and

Caring, supporting and

learning experience for our

rewarding our most

pupils extraordinary

important asset

W H AT I S D U K E S ?

A quick family history 2013

2015

Oxbridge

Summer Boarding

In March 2024 we will celebrate our 9th birthday! So much has been accomplished in the first few years of Dukes and 2024 shows no signs of slowing down. Here is a brief look at some of the many highlights.

2016

2017

2018

Rochester

Building the

Cardiff Sixth

Knightsbridge School, Miss

Independent

Crown, our

Form College and

Daisy’s Nursery, Eaton Square,

College joins

Culture Book,

Earlscliffe join

The Lyceum, Sancton Wood,

Applications

Courses and Fine

MARCH 2015

is the first

Arts College join, US

Dukes Education

organisation to

university application

formally launched

The Dukes Publications series is

and Twickenham Park Day

become a ‘Dukes’

support is added to our

launched: three market-leading

Nursery join

organisation

consultancy offering

titles on university admissions

is published

2019 NOVEMBER 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019

OCTOBER 2019

AUGUST 2019

JULY 2019

JUNE 2019

MAY 2019

APRIL 2019

A-List UK

Active

Lyceum

joins

Education

moves into

Group joins

new building

Radnor House School

Hopes & Dreams

SEPTEMBER 2019

Twickenham joins

Montessori Nursery

The inaugural

School joins

Dukes Schools

building. Eaton Square Prep

School and St Margaret’s

Nursery, and Bright

Conference

moves into new building

Montessori School join

Beginnings join

2020 CHRISTMAS 2019 The family, 1000 people strong, sits down to Christmas Dinner together

JANUARY 2020

Sancton Wood moves

Broomfield House

Heathside School,

into new Bateman Street

School, Kew Montessori

Reflections

2021

Dukes turns

MARCH 2020

JANUARY 2021

FEBRUARY 2021

MARCH 2021

JUNE 2021

SEPTEMBER 2021

SEPTEMBER 2021 Dukes completes purchase

Bassett House,

First Senior

The Career Portal

Chiswick & Bedford

Hampton Court

Eaton House

Broomwood Hall Lower,

Orchard House,

Leaders

joins Dukes

Park and St Andrew’s

House joins

Schools join

Broomwood Hall Upper,

of Kneller Hall and

Northcote Lodge,

announces that it will be the

Northwood Senior and The

new home of an expanded

Kindergartens group join

Radnor House School

and Prospect

Conference

College join Dukes

House join

2022 SEPTEMBER 2022

SEPTEMBER 2022

JUNE 2022

MAY 2022

APRIL 2022

MARCH 2022

NOVEMBER 2021

CSFC opens new campus in

Hove Village

The Pointers

Dukes Club

InvestIn Education &

Inaugural Dukes

Devonshire House

Duchess of Cornwall attends Dukes Poetry

Cambridge, and Eaton Square

nurseries join the

school in

launches

JK Educate join the

sustainable

School joins the family

Together event at Royal Geographical Society

opens new 6th form college

Dukes family

Blackheath joins

Dukes family

careers week

the family

2023

JULY 2023

Institute of Education, Dublin,

Notting Hill Prep

Ireland joins Dukes Education

joins the family

2024

NOVEMBER 2022

JANUARY 2023

FEBRUARY 2023

MARCH 2023

JUNE 2023

NOVEMBER 2023

JANUARY 2024

First international school

The family, 2500

Copperfield Int

The International

Colégio Júlio

IEP joins the

Pippa Pop-ins

joins Dukes, as United

strong gathers at

School Verbier

Sharing School joins

Dinis joins

Dukes family

joins the family

Lisbon International

Wembley Stadium for

joins the family

the Dukes family

Dukes Education

School becomes part of

the Dukes Education

the family 16 16

APRIL 2023

conference

United Kingdom MANCHESTER

WOLVERHAMPTON

Sancton Wood School, Cambridge • AGES 1-16

Our collection of university application

providers of day camps and residential

consultancies represent the best worldwide.

Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge Campus • AGES 16-18

CAMBRIDGE Nursery School

Meet the family

We are proud of our ever-growing community of nurseries, schools, colleges, summer schools and educational consultancy services.

London

Preparatory School Senior School Sixth Form College U

Ultimate Activity Camps

Summer Boarding Camps

InvestIN Education

Heathside School Hampstead AGES 2-13

Devonshire House School AGES 2-13

Hampstead Fine Arts College

Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School

AGES 13-18

OLD STREET • AGES 0-5

Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School CITY ROAD • AGES 0-5

CHELTENHAM

The Lyceum School Bassett House School

International

AGES 3-11

AGES 2-11

Miss Daisy’s Nursery

Eaton Square Senior School, Mayfair*

HYDE PARK • AGES 2-5

AGES 11-18

United Kingdom

Orchard House School

Broomfield House School AGES 3-11

Portugal

Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School

AGES 3-16

POOH CORNER • AGES 2-5

Eaton House Belgravia School • AGES 3-11 Eaton Square Preparatory School • AGES 2-11

BROOK GREEN • AGES 2-5

Miss Daisy’s Nursery

CHELSEA • AGES 2-5

BELGRAVIA • AGES 2-5

London Park School, Belgravia* • AGES 15-18

Miss Daisy’s Nursery KNIGHTSBRIDGE • AGES 2-5

Kindergartens

MOUSE HOUSE • AGES 2-5

KEW MONTESSORI • AGES 0-5

Kindergartens

THE PARK • AGES 2-5

BUMBLE BEE • AGES 2-5

St. Andrew’s College, Cambridge • AGES 15-18

CAMBRIDGE

Cardiff Sixth Form College • AGES 15-18

Riverside Nursery Schools

AGES 3-11

TWICKENHAM GROSVENOR

AGES 0-5

Northcote Lodge School • AGES 8-13

AGES 3-11

Broomwood Hall Upper School • AGES 8-13

PARK • AGES 0-5

Kindergartens

Radnor House School • AGES 9 - 18

The Pointer School

London Park School, Clapham* • AGES 11-18

Prospect House School

AGES 11-18

TWICKENHAM GREEN MONTESSORI

BIRMINGHAM

Broomwood Hall Lower School • AGES 8-13

Kindergartens MOUSE HOUSE • AGES 2-5

Kneller Hall School*

Riverside Nursery Schools

Eaton House THE MANOR BOYS SCHOOL • AGES 4-13

MOUSE HOLE • AGES 2-5

TWICKENHAM PARK • AGES 0-5

MILTON KEYNES

THE MANOR GIRLS SCHOOL • AGES 4-11

Kindergartens

Riverside Nursery Schools

Riverside Nursery Schools ST MARGARETS MONTESSORI • AGES 0-5

Sancton Wood School, Cambridge • AGES 1-16

WOLVERHAMPTON

Dukes Education WATERLOO PLACE OFFICE

Miss Daisy’s Nursery

AGES 3-11

Riverside Nursery Schools

United Lisbon International School

Knightsbridge School

Kindergartens

AGES 3-11

Kindergartens THE PARK • AGES 2-5

CRESCENT II • AGES 2-5

Northwood Senior School • AGES 11-16

Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge Campus • AGES 16-18

OXFORD CHELTENHAM

Tutoring & Exam Preparation

Offering internships, personalised career

Offering high quality, bespoke support

guidance and 1:1 networking opportunities

for children aged 7 - 18.

Hampton Court House School AGES 2-18

BRISTOL

*From Sept 2023

Rochester Independent College • AGES 11-18

BATH NEWBURY TAUNTON

FOLKESTONE

SOUTHAMPTON

BRIGHTON BOURNEMOUTH

Reflections Day Nursery & Forest School AGES 0-8

Earlscliffe AGES 15-18

Hove Village Nurseries AGES 0-5

Dukes Education

Dukes Plus

Founded 2015, Dukes brings SummerinSchools & Day Camps

Summer Schools &

University Application

Day Camps Expertise together a carefully curated group Dukes brings together the UK’s leading providers of day camps and residential summer courses. Dukes brings together the Our collection of university of schools that represent excellence University Application Expertise UK’s leading providers of application consultancies in British education. Our central Our collection of university application consultancies represent the best worldwide. day camps and residential represent the best team is based near Piccadilly. From summer courses. worldwide. Career Preparation here, we serve our schools, providing Offering internships, personalised career guidance and 1:1 networking opportunities from administrative support and training, industry-leading professionals whilst promoting high performance,

United Kingdom

BRISTOL

Career Preparation

COLCHESTER

LONDON CARDIFF

CARDIFF

Dukes brings together the UK’s leading

St. Andrew’s College, Cambridge • AGES 15-18

BIRMINGHAM

Cardiff Sixth Form College • AGES 15-18

University Application Expertise

summer courses.

MILTON KEYNES

OXFORD

Summer Schools & Day Camps

Tutoring &and Exam Preparation leadership, well-being.

Career Preparation

Tutoring & Exam

Offering internships,

Preparation

personalised career

Offering high quality,

guidance and 1:1

bespoke support for

networking opportunities

children aged 7 - 18.

from industry-leading professionals.

LONDON

Offering high quality, bespoke support for children aged 7 - 18

Rochester Independent College • AGES 11-18

BATH

from industry-leading professionals.

NEWBURY TAUNTON

FOLKESTONE

SOUTHAMPTON

BRIGHTON Earlscliffe

BOURNEMOUTH

Hove Village Nurseries Reflections Day Nursery & Forest School

AGES 15-18

International

AGES 0-5

AGES 0-8

See next spread for all of our London based schools *

Ireland The Institute of

Meet the family

United Kingdom

Education Dublin

Nursery School

AGES 12-19

Switzerland

Preparatory School

Copperfield International School Verbier • AGES 3-18

Founded in 2015, Dukes brings together a carefully

Senior School

curated group of schools that represent excellence in British education.

Sixth Form College U

Ultimate Activity Camps

Summer Boarding Camps

InvestIN Education

and training, whilst promoting high performance, leadership, and well-being.

Colégio Júlio Dinis AGES 3-18

Our central team is based near Piccadilly. From here, we serve our schools, providing administrative support

Portugal

Spain IEP Group

Portugal United Lisbon International School • AGES 3-18 International Sharing School • AGES 0-18

London Heathside School Hampstead AGES 2-13

Nursery School

We are proud of our ever-growing community of nurseries, schools, colleges, summer schools

Devonshire House School

Preparatory School

and educational consultancy services.

AGES 2-13

Hampstead Fine Arts College

Senior School

Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School

AGES 13-18

Sixth Form College

OLD STREET • AGES 0-5

Pippa Pop-ins Nursery Schools

Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School CITY ROAD • AGES 0-5

The Lyceum School

Notting Hill Prep

Bassett House School

AGES 4-13

HYDE PARK • AGES 2-5

Pippa Pop-ins

AGES 2-11

London Park School, Mayfair*

NURSERY SCHOOL • AGES 2-5

Kindergartens

AGES 11-18

POOH CORNER • AGES 2-5

Orchard House School AGES 3-11

Broomfield House School AGES 3-11

Riverside Nursery Schools

Kindergartens POOH CORNER • AGES 2-5

Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School

Knightsbridge School

BROOK GREEN • AGES 2-5

Miss Daisy’s Nursery CHELSEA • AGES 2-5

Miss Daisy’s Nursery KNIGHTSBRIDGE • AGES 2-5

Kindergartens

WATERLOO PLACE OFFICE

Eaton House Belgravia School • AGES 3-11 Eaton Square Preparatory School • AGES 2-11 Miss Daisy’s Nursery BELGRAVIA • AGES 2-5

London Park School, Belgravia* • AGES 15-18 Kindergartens

MOUSE HOUSE • AGES 2-5

Pippa Pop-ins

KEW MONTESSORI • AGES 0-5

Dukes Education

AGES 3-16

Miss Daisy’s Nursery

AGES 3-11

Miss Daisy’s Nursery

THE PARK • AGES 2-5

NURSERY SCHOOL • AGES 2-5

Eaton House

Radnor House Prep Riverside Nursery Schools

Kindergartens

AGES 2-11

MOUSE HOLE • AGES 2-5

ST MARGARETS MONTESSORI • AGES 0-5

Kindergartens

Riverside Nursery Schools

Kneller Hall School*

MOUSE HOUSE • AGES 2-5

TWICKENHAM PARK • AGES 0-5

AGES 11-18

Riverside Nursery Schools RIVERSIDE, HOLLY ROAD • AGES 0-5

Riverside Nursery Schools TWICKENHAM GREEN MONTESSORI

Broomwood GIRLS AGES 8-13

CRESCENT II • AGES 2-5

TWICKENHAM GROSVENOR PARK • AGES 0-5

From Sept 2023

20 20

Hampton Court House School AGES 2-18

PRE-PREP • AGES 3-7

BOYS AGES 8-13

Kindergartens Riverside Nursery Schools

The Pointer School

Broomwood

AGES 0-5

Radnor House School • AGES 9 - 18

THE MANOR BOYS SCHOOL • AGES 4-13

London Park School, Clapham* • AGES 11-18

Prospect House School AGES 3-11

THE MANOR GIRLS SCHOOL • AGES 4-11

Kindergartens THE PARK • AGES 2-5

AGES 3-11

Working together

An overview of how Dukes is structured & how decisions are made.

WORKING TOGETHER

How We Work Together When a new organisation becomes part of Dukes, we interact in three ways. Backed by Dukes

Most aspects of our organisations are run autonomously at the local level. We then have some elements that are kept consistent, and some which are managed centrally.

Dukes Role: Stability, investment, strategic leadership pportunity to be more ambitious thanks to O additional security

Autonomous

Consistent

eg:

Centralised

Enhanced by Dukes Dukes Role: Industry-leading training and development A hub for sharing excellence Expertise & additional bandwidth provided by the central team for services such as HR, marketing, accounting pportunities to explore new avenues with O guidance from those with experience

Connected by Dukes Dukes Role: ccess to a network of exceptional schools A and the people within them Peer support at all levels of your organisation Shared expertise of some of the best educational organisations in the UK Competitors become allies pportunities to do bigger, better things O through collaboration

eg:

Teaching & Learning

Safeguarding Software

Compliance & Statutory Policies

Local Marketing & Brand

Health & Safety

Budgets, Payroll, Insurance

Curriculum

Approaches to inclusion

Finance Accounting

Locally-led

Kept the same

Centrally-led

By ensuring most activity

By making some processes

Moving some processes to

and decision making is led

and systems consistent

centralised manangement

at the local level, we enable

throughout Dukes, we

frees up administrative

the leadership and the

reduce the overall costs,

pressure on our

staff on the ground to react

allowing further investment

organisations, enabling

quickly to the needs of their

into individual schools, and

the focus to be on the pupil

communities.

improve communication

experience as much as

throughout the family.

possible.

WORKING TOGETHER

How We Lead The Board Our Founder, Aatif, is supported on the Board

Tim Fish looks after the colleges and the Dukes

by our Chief Financial Officer, Jon Pickles, and

Plus family of specialised consultancies services

four Managing Directors.

and education experience providers.

Professor Mark Bailey is responsible for our

Libby Nicholas is Managing Director for

schools in central London and Cambridge.

our day schools and nurseries in west London and Worthing.

Dr Glenn Hawkins is responsible for our

David Goodhew is the Managing Director

international schools in mainland Europe.

for a number of schools in Central London and Cambridge.

Our Leadership Framework Aatif Hassan

Professor Mark Bailey

Dr Glenn Hawkins

Founder and Chairman

Managing Director

Jon Pickles

Tim Fish

Libby Nicholas

David Goodhew

Chief Financial Officer

Managing Director

Each school has its own Board of Governance chaired by our Founder, Aatif, with at least one further Lead Governor (Managing Director & Dukes Board member) and an independent governor. Each Beyond the Classroom (BTC) organisation has an equivalent review led by Dr Glenn Hawkins. These meetings take place termly and are the engine room for all decisions. They feed into the ExComm meetings.

The Education Advisory Board Alongside our Board of Directors, our four Education Advisory Board members advise on educational practice and school governance throughout Dukes.

Board of Governance

Neil Roskilly

Jenny Aviss

Christine Leslie

Pam Mundy

Senior Advisor and Governor

Senior Adviser and Governor

ExComm These are strategic meetings attended by the Head of each organisation, grouped together in their divisions (Boarding Colleges, Outside of London Schools, London and Cambridge Schools and BTC). These meetings allow for collaboration and greater sharing.

Board of Directors The four ExComms form the basis of reporting to the Dukes Board of Directors, who also meet formally every term, plus an additional annual strategic review.

WORKING TOGETHER

How We Govern Our sense of purpose shows us where we’re going, and our values remind us the way in which we want to go about running the family. Alongside these, we have four key non-negotiables that direct how we govern:

Long-term thinking

Local management & flat structure

Investment in people

Staying pupil-focused

“We’re not remotely interested in quick gains at the expense of long-term growth. If we’re doing our job right, our children will be with us for years, so long-term thinking is everything.” Aatif Hassan, Founder 28

“Our central support functions operate on a ‘service’ model. These departments exist to serve the teams in our schools and organisations and help them excel.”

How We’re Organised

Claire Little, Director of People

Chairman

Dukes Board of Directors MD Schools

MD Schools

MD Colleges

Central London & Cambridge

Greater London & SE

Boarding & International

Beyond the Classroom

Finance, HR, H&S Admissions

Principals / Heads

Heads of Business

CFO

Director of Marketing / Sales

Director of People

Finance Directors (Divisional)

Brand, PR, Digital Marketing, Schools Marketing

Leadership, Training, HR and development of our team

Finance team

M&A / Legal / Property

Director of IT

KSS

KS1 - KS4

EYFS

School governors and education advisory board Accountable Person

Support

Getting to know us

An introduction to some of the faces, initiatives, & events you’ll get to know.

GETTING TO KNOW US

Get connected!

The Dukes Hub One of the very first things you should do, now that you are part of Dukes, is register on the Dukes Hub. The Dukes Hub is an online space where we can come together and share our love of learning. The Hub is a place where we can leverage the expertise that we have across the family by allowing the nurseries, schools, and colleges to share best practice and collaborate beyond the face-to-face.

A place to connect with people in similar fields from other schools and organisations to share best practice.

Register now at www.dukeshub.com A central portal for accessing, Once you’ve registered, you will be able to access our central information channels:

booking, and certificating training opportunities through the Dukes Learning & Development Academy.

● Teaching & Learning ● Pastoral & Boarding

A ‘live’ site, where educational

● EYFS

materials are stored and updated by

● Mental Health & Well-Being

our Subject Champions - individuals

● Heads & Principals

from schools across the family who

● Admissions & Marketing

collate, curate, and create content for

● People, Compliance, & Policies ● Beyond the Classroom ● Environmental Social Governance 34

their peers on the Dukes Hub.

Our People Aimee Kimbell Principal, Riverside Nursery Schools

Adam Anstey Head, Broomfield House School.

Ciara Doyle Nursery Area Manager, Hove Village Nurseries

Darryl Wideman Principal, Radnor House School

Zanna Clarke Principal, Miss Daisy’s Nursery

Stephanie Piper Head, Radnor House Prep School

Jo Allen Principal, The Kindergartens & Reflections Nursery

Henrietta Adams Head, Chiswick & Bedford Park Prep School

Nazish (Naz) Usman Principal, Hopes & Dreams Nursery

Henry Keighley-Elstub Head, Devonshire House School

Rik McShane Director, Little Dukes

Katherine Vintiner Principal, Hampton Court House School

Nadia Ward Head, Heathside School

Lisa Maynard Damian Quinn Director of Estates Director Dukes Schools of Estates

Chris Skulte Finance Director, Dukes Plus

Sarah Knollys Head, Notting Hill Preparatory School

Richard Settle Principal, Sancton Wood School

Isaac Dossa Katherine Tracey Whittington Finance Director Almeida Outer London Finance Director Group Financial Schools Little Dukes Controller

Catherine Robertson Finance Director, Central London & Cambridge Schools

Kit Thompson Head, Orchard House School

Mike Stanley Head, The Lyceum School

Michael Hodge Head, Prospect House School

Richard Fletcher Director of Lauren Huntley Performance HR Manager

Jon Pickles Chief Financial Officer

Stacey Smith HR Manager

Suzi Longstaff London Park School

Kevin Doble Principal, Broomwood Schools

Ross Montague Head, Eaton House Belgravia

Dr Adrian Rainbow Head, LPS Mayfair School

Louisa McCafferty Head, Broomwood Girls

Claire Fildes Head, Eaton House Girls

Susan Brookes Head, London Park School, Clapham

Tim Fish Managing Director, Colleges & Dukes Plus

Libby Nicholas Managing Director, Schools & Little Dukes

Aatif Hassan Founder & Chairman

Olivia Campbell L&D Executive

Charlotte Pereira PA to the Board

Geoff Marston Paul Ludlow Lee Tattum Group Compliance Compliance UKVI Director Director Colleges Manager

Wayne Marshall Principal, St Andrew’s College

Tom Arrand Principal, CSFC Cardiff

Luke Hayward Managing Director, Ultimate Activity Camps

Gareth Collier Executive Director, CSFC

Julian Davies Head, CSFC Cambridge

Will Finlayson Director, Summer Boarding Courses

Joss Williams Head, Earlscliffe

Emmy Schwieters Head, Fine Arts College Hampstead

Candida Cave Principal, Fine Arts College Hampstead

Hugh McCormick Head, Copperfield International School, Verbier

Alistair Brownlow Principal, Rochester Independent College

Yvonne O’Toole Principal, Institute of Education, Dublin

Caron MacKay Head, Broomwood Pre-Prep

David Wingfield Head, Eaton House Boys

Magoo Giles Principal, Knightsbridge School

Sebastian Hepher Principal, Eaton Square Schools

Charlotte Crookes Head, The Pointer School

Shona Colaco Head, Knightsbridge School

Patricia Watt Head, Eaton Square Prep

Eliza Cummings-Cove Marketing & Admissions Director

Enrico Golia Kevin Chung Ronak Mehta IT Director IT Manager IT Manager

Claire Little Director of People

Vivienne Melville Executive Assistant

Sarah Segrave Principal, Eaton House Schools

Annika Yerushalmy Marketing & Admissions Director

Tim Moss General Counsel

Kelly Gray Head, Bassett House School

David Goodhew Managing Director, Schools

Alex Goddard Media Production Manager

Rob Humphreys Finance Director, Colleges

Sam Holderness Dukes Club

Gianluca Polidori Group Sales Director, Dukes Plus

Dr Glenn Hawkins Managing Director, International Schools

Prof. Mark Bailey Managing Director, Schools Diogo Belo Business Development Director

Kathleen Kay Platform Manager, Dukes Club

Laura Skinner Project Director, Dukes Brand

Janine Funsch Business Development Director

Scott Giles Group Sales & Marketing Director

Alicia Luba Director, Oxbridge Applications

George Rendell Co-founder & Director, The Career Portal

Alison Bissell Director, A-List Education

Hitesh Chowdhry Co-Founder, InvestIN Education

Glen Fendley Dukes Foundation Director

Julie Fish Sales Director, Summer Courses

Di Booth Sustainability Director

Jonathan Cuff Dr Ricardo Tavares Colleges Director Dukes Plus Director

Shameer Thobhani Co-Founder & Managing Director, InvestIN Education

Katie Krais Managing Director, JK Educate

Jakub Nawrocki Dukes Plus Digital Lead Andrew Kingston Senior Digital Marketing Manager

Chris Hennessy Head of Digital

Anna Aston Director of Communication

Henrietta Lightwood Global Director of Marketing & Student Recruitment

Matthew McLarty International Recruitment Manager

Natalia Volchugova Associate Director, International Student Recruitment

Ben Murray Marketing & Admissions Director, Little Dukes

Anthony Wheeler Dukes Club Marketing Manager

Connie Cooper-Berkhout Marketing & Events Co-ordinator

Marco Carvalho Director, Colégio Júlio Dinis, Porto

Dr. José Azcue Head of School, United Lisbon International School

Teresa Costa Monteiro Miguel Santos General Manager, Chairman United Lisbon International International School Sharing School, Lisbon

GETTING TO KNOW US

Oxbridge, Medicine, & US Expertise

Ways to meet Dukes

leading consultancies in university application expertise into Dukes. For any Dukes school with GCSE and A-level students considering Oxbridge, the US, or competitive courses like Medicine, our consultancy teams are an invaluable resource for guidance, events, and specialised materials.

The Annual Awards

Oxbridge Applications, founded in 1999, is the oldest, largest, and most successful

Since our very first year, we have maintained a tradition

Oxbridge application specialist consultancy

of getting the whole Dukes family to sit down together for

in the world. Their annual research into the

a black tie, festive lunch. In the beginning, we were only

admissions process, unique resources, and

15 people or so, but now that we are over 2,000 staff, the

2,000 Oxbridge-educated tutors all over the

event is really quite special.

world make them the authority on applying to Oxford and Cambridge.

As part of the celebration, we host The Dukes Annual Awards Ceremony. Throughout November, all staff are

On the US side, A-List Education’s data-led

given the chance to nominate their colleagues to win one

approach to SAT and ACT test preparation,

of 10 awards. Winners are selected by the Board, and on

and detailed understanding of the application

the day, invited on stage to collect their trophies. It’s a

process to the 4,500 universities in the US

wonderful opportunity to mark the incredible service of

make them the leaders in US application

our staff across the organisation.

support in the UK.

Dukes Training — Purposeful Leadership — Mental Health & Wellbeing — Teaching & Learning At Dukes, we have set ourselves the goal of being, unequivocally, the best place in the sector for training and developing our staff. At every level of the organisation, from Senior Leaders to newly qualified teachers and beyond, we provide a combination of bespoke and contracted training programmes that target the three key areas set out above. In 2020, our bespoke, 18-month Senior and Middle Leaders training programmes were officially accredited by the University of Buckingham, recognising them as representing true excellence in personal and career development. If you’re interested, you can contact Richard Fletcher, Director of Performance, for more information. (Contact details, p. 42)

We are delighted to have brought the UK’s two

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Poetry Together A project by Gyles Brandreth and Dukes Education Poetry Together, which is now entering its fourth year is a project that encourages schools to link with local care homes, bringing young and old together to celebrate the joy of learning poetry by heart. 2021 was a hybrid event, with virtual submissions from all over the world and a wonderful day of performance and celebration at the Royal Geographic Society in November. Following its annual success since 2019, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, Gyles Brandreth, and Dukes Education (funded by our Foundation) have agreed to combine our respective resources to repeat the initiative in 2022. Information on how to sign up will be available in the coming months.

The Dukes Essay Prize Spring of each year sees the opening of our annual Essay Prize. This nationwide event is inspired by the infamous old entrance exam to All Souls College, Oxford, in which students are given a single word on which to write an essay

The Dukes Hub

to captivate, inspire the imagination, and demonstrate

Launched in 2020, the Dukes Hub is an online portal for staff

Students are invited to write 1,500 words on one of seven,

throughout the Dukes family. Its purpose it to make it easy for

single-word titles such as ‘Duty, ‘Time’, or ‘Sequence’.

anyone in our schools to access important information about

Their essays are assessed blind by our judges, and winners

Dukes and high-quality personal development resources, for free,

receive a prize, along with an outstanding achievement to

as a benefit of being with us.

discuss on their personal statements.

their brilliance.

Even more importantly, the Hub is an online location where you

connecting people in similar positions in different organisations so

The Dukes Foundation

that you can help and learn from each other.

The Dukes Foundation is the separate

can connect with people in similar positions to you across Dukes. We have developed discipline-based groups, such as Heads of Departments across Key Stages, or Pastoral Lead groups,

charity entity of Dukes. Through the

Newsletters Watch out for these news-packed emails in your inbox. We send them out once every half-term and they include major announcements you need to know about.

Foundation we are able to fund free nationwide education initiatives like Poetry Together, contribute to charitable education projects in deprived countries, and bolster the bursary offerings closer to home in our schools. It was through the Foundation that, during the trying period of 2020, Dukes was able to be the first school group to offer funding support to parents, enabling them to keep their children at school.

GETTING TO KNOW US

Useful Contacts at Dukes

Compliance, Legal & Operations Damian Quinn Operations Director DUKES SCHOOLS

Leadership, Training & HR Dr Glenn Hawkins

Geoff Marston Director of Compliance

Managing Director glen.hawkins@dukeseducation.com

Vivienne Melville Claire Little

For support with:

Director of People

HR guidance and policy advice, career and succession management, and the Dukes Hub.

Executive Assistant

Director of Performance

Property projects.

Finance Director

damian.quinn @dukeseducation.com

For support with: Finance. rob.humphreys @dukeseducation.com

COLLEGES

For support with: Inspections and compliance. geoff.marston @dukeseducation.com

For support with: Liaison with the Board. Key Dukes dates, timings and Dukes events. vivienne.melville @dukeseducation.com 020 3696 5300

claire.little@dukeseducation.com

Richard Fletcher

Rob Humphreys

For support with:

Tim Moss

For support with:

General Counsel

Legal issues and property purchases.

Learning & development, Dukes staff training programmes, and the Dukes Hub.

tim.moss @dukeseducation.com

richard.fletcher@dukeseducation.com

Information Technology Brand, Marketing & Admissions Scott Giles

For support with:

Group Sales & Marketing Director

Sales and Marketing Strategy.

Chris Hennessy

For support with:

Head of Digital

Enrico Golia IT Director

For support with: Information Technology. enrico.golia @dukeseducation.com

scott.giles @dukeseducation.com

Central Email Addresses

Digital marketing, digital content and websites. chris.hennessy @dukeseducation.com

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marketing@dukeseducation.com

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poetrytogether@dukeseducation.com

General enquiries, or when you’re not sure where to go For any marketing or branding queries For anything related to our initiative, Poetry Together For support with the Dukes Essay Prize To share content you’d like us to feature on our website/ newsletters/social channels

2024 & BEYOND

Dates for your diary 2024

24th May Little Dukes Leaders Development Day

2025

6th January Dukes Conference

Dukes Education 14–16 Waterloo Place London SW1Y 4AR 020 3696 5300 info@dukeseducation.com dukeseducation.com