Meet our staff members
As an International Baccalaureate World School, we recognise that our students are talented in many different ways. Our very experienced and talented staff team are highly motivated to contribute their knowledge to our international learning community.

Jan Stipek
Principal

Carol Pratt
Vice Principal

Laura Michele Osman
Head of Secondary

Simon James
Head of Primary

Dr. Mohamed Salameh
Director of MoE

Emily Merton
Head of Early Years

Pilar Astorga
Director of Curriculum

Rachel Smith
Assistant Head of Secondary – Pastoral and Wellbeing

Andrew Paul Turner
Deputy Head of Secondary

Aoife Abushaqra
DP Coordinator

Andrew Tomlinson
Deputy Head of Secondary - DP

Penny Thompson
Deputy Head of Primary Grades 3-5

Osama Abu Jafar
Assistant Head of Primary – Pastoral

Kerry Mesmer
Assistant Head of Early Years

Ruba Abu Hijab
Head of Arabic & Islamic

Benjamin Crosby
Head of Inclusion

Benjamin Sapwell West
Director of Sports

Rudi Pretorius
Head of Operations

Estée Caplen
Head of Admissions & Enrolment

Diana Rayyan
Arabic Administrator

Nicola Burton
Registrar

Regina Salinas
Admissions Administrator

Nour Almasri
Admissions Administrator

Monica Gracia Bringas
Marketing & Communications Executive