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All teachers and assistants share a strong interest in languages and innovative pedagogies and work together to achieve a common goal: to inspire creativity, a love of learning and international mindedness within a nurturing and collaborative learning environment and empowering students to become committed global citizens.
The relationships between adults and students within our school are founded on communication, understanding and mutual respect.
In addition to organising and monitoring activities within their classes, the teaching team is involved in all day-to-day activities including educational outings, naps, mealtimes and transitional periods between activities.

Hélène Dubourdieu
School Principal

Brad Edwards
Head of Secondary School

Marie Christine Marcelino
Head of Early and Primary Years FR/ENG

Vanessa Almeida
Head of Primary Years PT/ENG

Claudia Figueira
Head of Operations

Ana Carolina Sousa
Portuguese Teacher

Ana Marta Barreto
Science Teacher

Arthur Faulks
EY Teaching Assistant

Andreia Pinto
Homeroom Teacher

Anne Bouvet
Forest School and Multidisciplinary Team Assistant

Augusto Pereira
Art & Design Teacher

Carmo Mendes
Early Years Homeroom Teacher

Catarina Silva
Homeroom Teacher

Catia Gaudiano
Early Years Homeroom Teacher

Charlotte Auger
Physical Education Teacher

Clara Fouquet
Early Years Homeroom Teacher and Early Years Coordination

Clare Blackburn
English Teacher

Claire Honigsbaum
Music Teacher

Cláudia Albuquerque
English Teacher and Head of Pastoral

Constança du Boislouveau
Homeroom Teacher

Célina Papanicola
Homeroom Teacher

Daniella Costa
Homeroom Teacher

Damien Duthen
FLE Teacher

Denise Lyness
Early Years Teaching Assistant

Denis Pinto
Early Years Homeroom Teacher

Emily Foskett
Homeroom Teacher

Fabiana Esposito
Sciences & Biology Teacher

Fabien Barbet
Math Teacher

Fabien Daireaux
Economics & Social Sciences Teacher

Félicia Martins
Homeroom Teacher

Fernando Vaqueiro
Physical Education Teacher

Inês Encarnado
Portuguese Teacher

Joana Pombeiro
Portuguese, History & Geography Teacher

Joana Loureiro
Portuguese Teacher

Joana Pedro
Homeroom Teacher

John Wilson
History & Humanities Teacher

Jorge Mendes
Physical Education Teacher

Jules Carrier
History & Geography Teacher

Kelsey Ransick
Multidisciplinary Team Teacher

Kirsty Nicols
English Coordinator

Kris Smith
English Teacher

Leonor Wong
EY English Teacher

Lise de Freitas
Homeroom Teacher

Mafalda Almeida
Early Years Teacher

Maria Ana Vouga
Homeroom Teacher

Maria Manuel Costa
Multidisciplinary Team Teacher

Maria Gomes
Support and Supervision

Mark Mares
Homeroom Teacher

Marta Bento
Homeroom Teacher

Marta Morais Sarmento
Math & Sciences Teacher

Martha Gomes
Early Years Teaching Assistant

Mary Hill
Homeroom Teacher

Mathilde Farnabe
Homeroom Teacher

Mckenzie Courtney
Homeroom Teacher

Pauline Junquet_Sciences
Physics & Chemistry Teacher

Pauline Zaragoza
Early Years Homeroom Teacher

Pierre-Yves Cordier
Physical Education Teacher

Priya Chambers
Homeroom Teacher

Rémy Ronzoni
Homeroom Teacher

Rita Costa
Homeroom Teacher

Rita Mendes
Music Teacher

Ross Torres
English Teacher

Romain Bação
Homeroom Teacher

Romain Tarenne
Computer Science Teacher

Rizlane Moumen
Lettres Modernes and History & Geography Teacher

Sabine Pierrel
Forest School Leader

Sandra de Robeck
Math Teacher

Sandy Pereira
Early Years Homeroom Teacher

Siegfried Maillard
Math Teacher

Svetlana Moisés
Multidisciplinary Team Assistant

Talia Boyer
Multidisciplinary Team Teacher

Tammy Kong
Early Years Teaching Assistant

Therese Kubilos
Homeroom Teacher

Tiffany Edwards
Language Coordinator

Tiphaine Perrigueux
Multidisciplinary Team Coordinator

Victoria Stewart
Homeroom Teacher

Ana Soraia Fonseca
Librarian Assistant

Andrea Figueira
Support & Supervision

Beatriz Barroso
Support & Supervision

Beatriz Lorrana
Support & Supervision

Bernardo Benedito
Support & Supervision

Claudia Marques
School Nurse

Daniela Graça
School Nurse

Daniel Guedes
Support & Supervision Team Coordinator

Daylis Segura
Support and Supervision

Fabiana Paulino
Support & Supervision

Filipe Azevedo
Maintenance

Gonçalo Costa
Support & Supervision

Jessica Lourenço
Psychologist

Marc Samman
Maintenance

Maria Gomez
Support and Supervision

Michel You
Support & Supervision Team Coordinator

Natalia Moreno
Library & Supervision

Rita Lancastre
School Librarian

Valdemar Traça
Support and Supervision

Ana Boto
School Secretary

Carla Ribeiro
Accounting

Clémence Pasquier
Admission Manager & Afterschool Club

Isabel Lopes
School Office and Administrative Manager

Liliana Freitas
Head of HR

Madalena Henriques
Finance & Accounting

Margarida Gonçalves
Admissions Manager

Patricia Barbosa
Finance Officer
“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
— Plato
