School Leadership Team

The School is led by the Head and the Executive Team with a Court of Governors.

Court of Governors

Mrs Sharon Schanschieff BSc (Hons) QTS

Position:
Head

Sharon Schanschieff was educated in a girls’ school in London and graduated from Exeter University with a BSc (Ed) in Mathematics. She taught mathematics up to A Level in two maintained secondary schools for 11 years, before moving to Suffolk...

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Mr Michael Waymouth, BA MA MCGI Cert IoD CMgr FCMI

Position:
Bursar

Mike Waymouth joined Abbot’s Hill School as Bursar and Clerk to the Governors in October 2023.  He has a degree in Government and a Masters in Military Technology.  His first career was in HM Armed Forces where he has served...

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Mrs Jennifer Davison BA (Hons), PGCE

Position:
Deputy Head, Senior

Jennifer Davison, Deputy Head, is an accomplished educator with a rich background in the academic world. A proud graduate of Leicester University with a BA in History, Jennifer spent a decade imparting historical knowledge to A-Level students in the maintained...

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School Leadership Team

Deputy Head, Prep – Mrs C Worrell BA (Hons), PGCE (Cantab)

Nursery Manager – Mrs S Lanchbery CACHE C&E Dip L3

Assistant Head Co-Curricular – Mrs K Stephenson BA (Hons), PGCE

Assistant Head (Academic Progress), Senior – Mrs A Smith BSc (Hons), MSc, QTS

Assistant Head (Pastoral), DSL and SENDCO, Senior – Mrs Claire King,
BA(Hons), QTS, M.Ed., NASENCO, PATOSS: AAA (Level 7)

Assistant Head (Pastoral and Co-Curricular) – Mr Thomas Babiker-Thurston, M.Ed, BA (Hons)

Assistant Head (Pastoral), Prep – Mrs V López Bernal BA (Hons), MA, PGCE

Director of Marketing and Admissions – Mr M Harvey, MBA

Pre-Prep and Prep School

We are pleased to announce that, beginning in September 2025 (*) our Pre-Prep and Prep School will be co-educational.

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(*) Subject to DfE approval