Meet our Teaching Staff

All our tutors are graduates in their subject, many with postgraduate degrees and with teaching qualifications. Some of our tutors are also examiners and all keep fully up to date with syllabus developments. They are enthusiastic, committed, supportive and approachable, and students are encouraged to feel free to consult them outside lesson times.

The Principal and Director of Studies can also be seen at any time.

Principal

Sally Powell  BA  PGCE  MPhil  DPhil Oxon read English Literature at Royal Holloway College, University of London. She went on to take a Post Graduate Certificate in Education at University College, Oxford, before completing a Masters and Doctorate in Victorian Literature at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Deputy Principal and Director of Studies

James Allder BA read Geography at King’s College, London and the London School of Economics, after which he passed with commendation the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law.

Vice Principals

Margaret Smallman BA PhD read Spanish at King’s College, London, where she also took a doctorate in Spanish literature.

Kerim Aytac MA London studied Communications and Film for his degree, and took a Masters in Photography, both at Goldsmiths College. He has been widely exhibited and has worked as an arts journalist.

Head of GCSE

Fiona Van Zyl ATCL LTCL QTS  PGDIP MA read English and Drama at Trinity College of London. She graduated from the GTP programme and achieved her QTS. She went on to complete a Post Graduate Diploma at Roehampton University, as well as her Masters at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Directors

Edward Browne  MEng University of Bristol, Eton College
Robert Marsden FCA, MBA Eton College and INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

Collingham's joint founders were Nicholas Browne BA Clifton College and Jesus College, Cambridge and the late Dr. John Marsden. Nicholas Browne was formerly a councillor for Hammersmith & Fulham (1978 – 1986). For the last 15 years, he has been Chairman of Trustees for the Brunswick Club for Young People. Dr Marsden was educated at the Sorbonne and Bonn university, he was a former House Master at Eton College. For his service in the Second World War, he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the French Croix de Guerre and the American Bronze Star.

Teaching Staff