Stephen Hausey, director of @school-in-UK, has worked in or for private schools as a teacher, housemaster, development director and consultant in the UK and overseas for over 30 years. Stephen has extensive, practical experience of overseas markets and the international recruitment process in South East Asia,  Europe and the Middle East.

stephen@school-in-uk.com

Neil Pockett, co-director, was a Head in the UK private school sector for 23 years. Neil led the UK preparatory school sector in the recruitment of overseas students, and in developing working programmes and routines to cater for them in the school environment. He has actively recruited in overseas markets, travelling extensively, as well as having considerable experience in placing students into UK senior schools. Neil is an Independent Schools Inspector.

neil@school-in-uk.com

Godfrey Bishop was formerly Principal of Mussoorie International School in India and Deputy Head of Monkton Combe School near Bath. He has also run a language school in France and spent a number of years as a senior educational consultant in London. Godfrey currently writes for The Good Schools Guide.

godfrey@school-in-uk.com

Geoff Martin has been Head of Department, Boarding Housemaster, Director of Studies, an Inspector with the Independent Schools Inspectorate and until recently the Deputy Head of Reed’s School, Cobham, UK. Over the past ten years he has developed close links with the Dutch education system and is a regular visitor to The Netherlands as well as a number of other countries.

geoff@school-in-uk.com

Julian Bewick was for many years the Independent Schools' Council Information Service's statistician and webmaster, responsible for collecting, collating and producing the whole range of ISC statistics required for the ISC Annual Survey, ISC Handbook and the independent school league tables, published in the national press.

Julian's long and distinguished career in the UK independent education sector has also seen him as a boarding housemaster and a deputy head.

julian@school-in-uk.com

GERMANY

Studiendirektor Benno Jost-Westendorf is our own in-country Germany and Austria representative, living in Recklinghausen. Benno has extensive experience of the German and UK education systems, having worked in both, and is an 'Internatsberater' of long-standing. For many years, Benno worked for ISC International.

german-info@school-in-uk.com 

RUSSIA

Julia Genkina lives in St Petersburg, where she is teaching and tutoring English. She visits the UK regularly and understands the UK education system and in particular the values of UK boarding schools. Julia has considerable experience in the placement of Russian students in UK schools, language schools and colleges.

julia@school-in-uk.com

 HONG  KONG

CHINA

Amanda Li is a graduate in Integrated Business Administration at the CUHK. She is active in Chinese culture, notably with the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Assoc, organising and leading in social service activities, developing youngsters’ social awareness, helping in the preparation of out-bound tours and teaching in English programmes for primary and secondary children.

email: amanda@school-in-uk.com

Els Kwantes was born in Belgium and is a graduate in French literature and linguistics from Leiden University in The Netherlands. In recent years, she has lived and worked in South Africa and the United Kingdom. In August 2007 she returned to The Netherlands with her family and she now works as a supply teacher in Dutch schools. As a result of her extensive experience, Els has a very good working knowledge of the UK, Dutch and Belgian educational systems.

email: els@school-in-uk.com