Prior to relocating to Shanghai, Richard held a range of leadership roles at a culturally diverse inner-city school in Birmingham, the United Kingdom. During this time, he oversaw all aspects of English Reading and Writing provision, including teaching and learning quality assurance, data tracking and assessment, and curriculum design. He also mentored trainee teachers through both the PGCE and Teach First programmes.
Richard has spent several years within Nord Anglia Education, most recently serving as Deputy Head of Primary at The British International School Shanghai, Puxi, before joining Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong, as Head of Primary. Following his successful leadership of the Primary School, Richard has now taken on the role of Principal. Drawing on his wealth of knowledge and experience, he is committed to ensuring that every student in our care is empowered to thrive, both academically and personally, with confidence and enjoyment.
Before embarking on his teaching career, Richard was privileged to work with The Royal Household, including Royal Collection Education, and The College of St. George, Windsor Castle. These experiences have provided him with many fascinating anecdotes that he continues to enjoy sharing with eager students.
Outside of school, Richard loves nothing more than reading, a passion he never tires of sharing with his students. As Principal, he looks forward to working closely with students, parents and the wider school community, and to seeing every student flourish and achieve their full potential.
Greg has not only worked with students on achieving academic success but has also supported their journey to becoming active and internationally minded global citizens. As an experienced IB practitioner, Greg has worked with curriculum leaders, teachers, and students to guarantee a smooth transition from the IGCSE courses to the IB Diploma Programme.
Pragmatic and organised, he has taken a leading role in the planning and running of many of our trips such as Project Week, the Adventurous Journeys for the International Award, and the Tanzania Expedition. Greg’s main interests out of school include sports, which he demonstrates in school by coaching Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong football teams.
Ian is a returnee to Nord Anglia Education. Before coming to China, he used to work at our sister school in Thailand as Admissions Manager. Directly prior to joining us, Ian was Director of Marketing and Admissions in another international School in Beijing. Ian has extensive knowledge and experience in the MAC field and understands our NAE culture well. Ian will be a core member of our SLT team and be responsible for the strategic marketing plan with prime responsibility for driving student recruitment and retention. Being a leader of our MAC team, Ian will also coach and develop the commercial, creative, and customer-orientated skills of his team.
As a Modern Foreign Languages graduate majoring in “Teaching Spanish and English as a second language”, Lina has had the fantastic opportunity to collect almost 20 years of experience in teaching languages in various international contexts. In 2003, Lina moved to England where she started working as a Spanish and French teacher in several schools including leading the MFL department for 7 years.
Lina joined the Nord Anglia family in 2015 at The British International School of Hanoi where she was the first Spanish teacher at her arrival but when she left, she was leading a very successful team of seven teachers and three languages. Additionally, Lina was leading the EAL program across the whole school. The vast exposure to different education systems, the personal experience that is required to access content in a language other than her mother tongue, the passion for teaching Spanish and the hope of being able to contribute to a world where all students can access the contents of the curriculum regardless of their origin, nationality or race, are the driving force that makes her a proud member of the Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong community.
Hari is an enthusiastic physicist who is dedicated to share his passion with all his students. He took on his first international teaching position in the Maldives before moving to China about thirteen years ago to capitalise his teaching experience as well as to explore the third largest country in the world.
Hari started his China journey in Nanjing, teaching Physics across different ages, before moving to Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong, in 2015. He chose our school to have the opportunity to teach and promote curiosity through inquiry-based learning in science.
Ian is a Primary Education graduate from Lancashire, the United Kingdom. Prior to relocating to Shanghai in 2018, Ian worked in several British schools, gaining experience of teaching in classes across the primary school system. During this time, as well as being a dedicated classroom practitioner, he led the Mathematics curriculum, which involved working across several schools to deliver professional development training. In addition to this, Ian mentored newly qualified teachers through their induction, watching them grow and develop their teaching styles and philosophies.
Having previously worked in two Nord Anglia schools as both class teacher and Head of International Primary Curriculum, Ian is excited about joining the Nord Anglia International School, Pudong, family, and is looking forward to being involved in all aspects of the community. As our EYFS and Key Stage 1 Assistant Head, he is excited to have the opportunity to further develop the curriculum by using his skillset and wide breadth of knowledge and experience to provide each student with personalised learning. In addition to teaching, Ian loves to travel. He has been fortunate to have visited many countries in different parts of the world, enabling him to explore many surrounding areas and experience varied cultures. Ian likes to keep active and to eat delicious food. In his free time, he can often be found wandering the streets of Shanghai, soaking up the vibrant culture.
Matthew is excited to be joining Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong, in his role as Assistant Head of Primary.
Prior to moving to Shanghai, Mattew led the teaching and learning of English at a leading international school in Beijing. His primary focus was on the incorporation of oracy skills to build on student’s language acquisition, whilst developing awareness of their own learning to become self-reflective, lifelong learners.
Throughout his career, Matthew has taught in leading schools across New Zealand, England and China, which has given him the experience, knowledge, and passion to create an adaptive learning style to best fit and challenge learners at our school.
In his personal time, he thoroughly enjoys engaging in physical exercise and has competed in a range of triathlons and running events. This is also an area he is passionate about promoting within our school setting by being actively involved in coaching and developing the physical well-being of all children.
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