Leadership Team

Miles Chester grew up in Richmond – he was educated at Grey Court School and Richmond College. He graduated from Edinburgh University with an Honours degree in Biological Sciences and completed his PGCE at Roehampton Institute, specialising in Primary Education.

Miles taught for nine years in a number of inner-London primary schools, before being appointed as a Deputy Head in 2004. Miles was appointed as Head of New King’s Primary School in Parsons Green in 2008; he led the school to become an academy in partnership with Thomas’s London Day Schools.

He continued to lead the school as Head of Thomas’s Academy from 2015, later moving into an Executive Head role working across the group of schools as Director of Community Outreach. Miles was awarded an MBA in Educational Leadership from the London Institute of Education in 2013.

Miles is married to Shabana, a London GP. They have three boys who are at various stages of secondary and tertiary education.

Colette grew up in London and was educated locally, in Rickmansworth. After leaving school she worked at Harrow School in the sports department, where her interest in teaching began.

Looking to widen her experiences before committing to teaching, she then worked in London and America for various businesses to broaden her skill set before graduating with an Honours degree in Primary Education, specialising in computing and geography, from St Mary’s University College, Twickenham.

Colette started her teaching career working in London schools, beginning in Early Years and progressing to Assistant and Deputy Head roles. Her interests lie in progression in literacy and phonics across all ages to create lifelong readers, born from her passion for high quality texts, stories, and literature.

Colette has served on senior leadership teams for over ten years and has completed her National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL) at the Institute of Education at University College London. Colette is the Senior Deputy Head and is the School’s Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Gemma studied Psychology at the University of Southampton before completing her PGCE at the University of Cambridge. She began her teaching career in Reception and has since gained extensive experience across a number of West London primary schools, working across Nursery and Reception.

More recently, Gemma completed a Master’s in Early Years Education at UCL and is currently completing her NPQ in Early Years Leadership, continuing to deepen her knowledge of Early Years practice. She is passionate about giving every child the very best start to their education and particularly enjoys using the school’s ‘Learning Friends’ to help children build strong foundations for future learning.

Gemma joined the Prep as Head of Nursery in 2012 and was later appointed Deputy Head of Pre-Prep in 2022 before becoming Assistant Head (Early Years) in 2025.

Colleen joined in 2018, supporting our Administration and Site Team. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in English in 2008.

Throughout her career, she has worked in various business roles including: retail management, operations management and customer service.

In her capacity as SBM, she now leads HR, procurement and all site operations functioning at the school.

In 2019 she completed a diploma in HR and completed the diploma in School Business Manager (via ISBL) in 2021.