Staff & Governors

Headmistress, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
BA (Hons) French, Birmingham. PGCE, French & Spanish, Birmingham. MEd, Educational Leadership, Buckingham. 

Deputy Head, Year 5 Teacher, Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).
BEng Portsmouth, PGCE Kingston.

Head of Pre-Prep (Rec-Y2), Year 2 Teacher, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL).
BA (Hons) French, Reading. PGCE, Canterbury Christ Church.

Assistant Headteacher, Director of STEM, Head of Mathematics.
BEng (Hons) Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham. PGCE Primary, Institute of Education, London. MA Pedagogical Leadership in School Sport & PE, St Mary's Twickenham.

Assistant Headteacher, Director of Technology, Year 5 Form Teacher.
BA Childhood Studies and Professional Practice Studies, Northumbria. PGCE, Canterbury Christ Church.

Reception Teacher, EYFS Key Person.
BSc (Hons) Pharmacology, Newcastle Upon Tyne. PGCE (Hons) Canterbury Christ Church.

Year 1 Teacher & Charities Coordinator
BA (Hons) Childhood Studies, Canterbury Christ Church

Junior Department Assistant, After School Care Supervisor.

Junior Department Assistant
BA (Hons), PGCE Goldsmiths, London.

Year 3 Teacher, Head of Drama.
BA (Hons) Greenwich.

Year 3 Form Teacher, Pastoral Lead Year 3-6.
BEd, Dunedin College of Education, New Zealand. MEd, Educational Leadership, Buckingham.

Junior Department Assistant

Year 4 Form Teacher
BA (Hons) History, University College Swansea. PGCE, Canterbury Christ Church.
 

Junior Department Assistant

Year 6 Form Teacher, Head of Cricket. 

Director of Music, Year 6 Form Teacher.
BA, Music, Hull.

Head of Art, Year 6 Form Teacher, Pastoral Lead for Welfare, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL).
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Slade School of Art, UCL. PGCE Art and Design, Middlesex. Level 3 Certificate, Counselling Skills for working with children, Place2Be. 

Head of Geography, Year 7 Form Teacher, Director of Organisation.
GRSM (Hons), Royal Academy of Music. PGCE Homerton College, Cambridge/Music.

Head of History, Director of Holiday Camps, Year 8 Form Teacher.
BSc (Hons) Sports Management, Bournemouth University
iPGCE University of Buckingham.

Head of English
BA, UEA. PGCE Leeds.

Head of Science, Director of Timetabling.
BEd, Biological Sciences, Warwick.

Director of Sport. BA (Hons) Childhood & Youth Studies, Canterbury Christ Church.

Head of Learning Development.
BA (Hons) & PGCE, PG Dip Dyslexia and Literacy, PG Cert National Award for SENCO, Level 3 Certificate, Counselling Skills for working with children, Place2Be. 

Head of Religious Studies
BA (Hons) Modern Languages, Liverpool John Moores. PGCE, Canterbury Christ Church.

Head of Modern Languages
BA (Hons) French and Spanish, University of Exeter. PGCE Primary with Spanish, Institute of Education, London.

Teaching Assistant
BSc Economics & Business, University of Southampton & PGCE (Secondary Maths) University of Greenwich.

Learning Development Assistant

Learning Development Assistant

1:1 Learning Support & School Assistant
BA (Ed) & MA (Ed) Physical & Health Education, University of Lodz, Poland. 

1 to 1 Assistant & Games Coach

1:1 Learning Support & School Assistant

Games Coach

Visiting Judo Coach

Assistant Judo Coach

Registrar, Headmistress' PA, Clerk to the Governors.
BSc (Hons) Loughborough

Office Administrator

Office Administrator & 1 to 1 Support Assistant 

Finance & Premises Manager
ACA, BA (Hons)

Marketing, HR & Alumni
BMus (Hons), BCom, MBus, Otago, New Zealand

Caretaker

School Assistant

Sibling of Solefield Old Boys

School Assistant

Solefield Old Boy

Chef Manager

Chef De Partie 

Kitchen Assistant

Violin Teacher
AGSM (Guildhall), PGCE (Goldsmiths)

Guitar BA (Hons), PGCE, ATCL
 

Trumpet Teacher
BMus (Hons)

LAMDA Drama Teacher

LAMDA Drama Teacher

Recorder & Clarinet

LAMDA Drama Teacher (Maternity Leave)

Piano GLCM, PGCE

Voice, Piano & Choir BMus (Hons), QTS

Drums
BA (Hons), Brighton. QTS, Goldsmiths. Music Scholar in Central Java Peforming Arts School.

ACMA - Former Parent

Mr Clewley has been proud to be associated with Solefield since 1993, initially as the father of three boys who each benefited from a wonderful education at the school, and since 1999 as a Governor and Chairman of the Finance Committee. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Governors in 2004, and retains the roles of Chairman of the Administration and Health and Safety Committee, and membership of the Finance Committee.
After qualifying as an accountant in 1976 he enjoyed a long career in senior financial and general management roles with Whitbread Plc in the UK and overseas. Since 2002 he has worked as a consultant and in interim management and also enjoys the challenge of being Chairman of three other diverse businesses.
He has lived in the Sevenoaks area for over 25 years. His wife is a yoga instructor and they have three grown up sons who retain many of their best friends from their memorable days at Solefield.

Mr Clewley may be contacted through the School Office, Solefield School, Solefields Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 1PH. Telephone: 01732 452 142. Email: [email protected]

Current Parent & Solefield Old Boy

As a former pupil and current parent, Mr Somjee has a long-standing involvement with Solefield School.  He has lived in Sevenoaks for most of his life.  He is a partner in a regional law firm and specialises in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.  Mr Somjee joined the Board of Governors in 2016 and is Chairman of the Finance Committee. 

BA (Hons), ACA, CTA – Current Parent

Mr Wrafter joined the Governing Body in June 2016 and serves on the Education Committee.  He and his wife moved to Sevenoaks from London in 2012 and have two young sons, who are both at Solefield School. He qualified as a chartered accountant and tax adviser, having worked in the City for most of his working life.   

BA (Hons), PGCE, MTeach - Current Parent

Mrs Foster is a former Deputy Head Teacher with over 12 years teaching experience as a French and Spanish teacher.  She has a Masters degree in Teaching and is experienced in many different areas of education ranging from pastoral care to curriculum design.  She previously worked at a large, high performing comprehensive Secondary school in North London before moving to Sevenoaks with her husband and two boys in 2015.  Both her boys are at Solefield.  

MA (Cantab), MSc (London) - Former Parent

Mr Shanmuganathan runs his own advisory business, having previously worked in government (including as a British diplomat in South Africa and Greece), finance and consultancy.  He is married to Sarah, Head of Religious Studies at Solefield. They have three children - their son is a former pupil of Solefield. He is also Chairman of Trustees for St Jude India ChildCare Centres UK.

MA Oxon, ACA - Former Parent

Mr Collini has lived in Sevenoaks for over 20 years and has two adult children. His son attended Solefield until 2011 and his wife was more recently a Teaching Assistant at the school.  He has run his own corporate restructuring and debt advisory business in Covent Garden for almost 20 years. He joined the Governing Body in 2021.

B.Ed, MA , NPQH.

Mrs Webb had a career in education teaching in the Private and Maintained sectors. She has experience as a classroom teacher, a boarding mistress, a Deputy Head, an ISI inspector and finally a Headmistress at Hilden Oaks School in Tonbridge, where the school doubled in size during her headship. She was a governor at Cobham Hall School, where she was Chair of the Education Committee.

She is delighted to be a governor at Solefield and is wholly committed to the school's inclusive, holistic philosophy. Her hobbies are gardening, horse riding and travelling.