Richard Thompson joined Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong in 2022 as the Head of Primary. He previously worked for The British International School Shanghai, Puxi for five years, most recently as the Deputy Head of Primary overseeing teaching and learning.
Prior to relocating to Shanghai, Richard held various leadership roles in a culturally diverse inner-city school in Birmingham, The United Kingdom. Whilst there, he oversaw all components of English Reading and Writing provision, including teaching and learning quality assurance, data-tracking and assessment, and curriculum design. Throughout this time, Richard was also responsible for mentoring trainee teachers through both PGCE and Teach First Programmes.
Richard has spent several years in Nord Anglia Education, latterly in his role of Deputy Head of Primary at The British International School Shanghai, Puxi, before moving to lead Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong, as Head of Primary. Through his wealth of knowledge and experience, he is dedicated to ensuring that every student in our care is enabled to excel in their learning with both confidence and enjoyment.
Before embarking upon his teaching vocation, Richard was privileged to work for both The Royal Household, including Royal Collection Education, and The College of St. George, Windsor Castle – providing him with many fascinating anecdotes with which to engage eager students over the years! In his free time, he loves nothing more than to read, a joy that he never tires of sharing with his students.
Looking to the year ahead, Richard is looking forward greatly to getting to know our Early Years and Primary students and parents, and to seeing every one of our students flourish throughout the year.
Diane Vaughan is the Principal for Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong. She has been in education for 18 years, a senior leader for eight years and holds a degree and PGCE in IT. She also has a Certificate in Senior Leadership & Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Before becoming a teacher, Diane worked in the IT industry as a project manager, mostly in platform migrations. Naturally, she became an ICT and Computer Science teacher which has afforded her the privilege of teaching many incredibly talented students throughout a period of considerable technological change.
As well as being the school leader in managing IT teams, digital transformations, introductions of VLE (several) and eventually leading STEAM both curriculum and infrastructure in the current iteration. Two years after leaving the UK, Diane was fortunate to join a start-up school in Hanoi, Vietnam which began her senior leadership journey in Southeast Asia. Diane has been IB DP coordinator, Assistant Head, and Deputy Director. All roles in which she was accountable for academic performance, student progress, and operational running of the schools in which she worked.
Besides a love of reading – fiction and non-fiction, Diane enjoys yoga and swimming. Before the advent of COVID, she also enjoyed travelling, which she hopes to enjoy again soon. However, being unable to travel Diane has discovered that the internet is full of recipes that she can produce in the kitchen and chopping vegetables for a morning during the weekend is very therapeutic. Plus, overall, the resultant dish(es) can be very tasty.
Greg has not only worked with students on achieving academic success but has also supported their journey to becoming active and internationally minded global citizens. As an experienced IB practitioner, Greg has worked with curriculum leaders, teachers, and students to guarantee a smooth transition from the IGCSE courses to the IB Diploma Programme.
Pragmatic and organised, he has taken a leading role in the planning and running of many of our trips such as Project Week, the Adventurous Journeys for the International Award, and the Tanzania Expedition. Greg’s main interests out of school include sports, which he demonstrates in school by coaching Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong football teams.
Ian is a returnee to Nord Anglia Education. Before coming to China, he used to work at our sister school in Thailand as Admissions Manager. Directly prior to joining us, Ian was Director of Marketing and Admissions in another international School in Beijing. Ian has extensive knowledge and experience in the MAC field and understands our NAE culture well. Ian will be a core member of our SLT team and be responsible for the strategic marketing plan with prime responsibility for driving student recruitment and retention. Being a leader of our MAC team, Ian will also coach and develop the commercial, creative, and customer-orientated skills of his team.
As a Modern Foreign Languages graduate majoring in “Teaching Spanish and English as a second language”, Lina has had the fantastic opportunity to collect almost 20 years of experience in teaching languages in various international contexts. In 2003, Lina moved to England where she started working as a Spanish and French teacher in several schools including leading the MFL department for 7 years.
Lina joined the Nord Anglia family in 2015 at The British International School of Hanoi where she was the first Spanish teacher at her arrival but when she left, she was leading a very successful team of seven teachers and three languages. Additionally, Lina was leading the EAL program across the whole school. The vast exposure to different education systems, the personal experience that is required to access content in a language other than her mother tongue, the passion for teaching Spanish and the hope of being able to contribute to a world where all students can access the contents of the curriculum regardless of their origin, nationality or race, are the driving force that makes her a proud member of the Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong community.
Hari is an enthusiastic physicist who is dedicated to share his passion with all his students. He took on his first international teaching position in the Maldives before moving to China about thirteen years ago to capitalise his teaching experience as well as to explore the third largest country in the world.
Hari started his China journey in Nanjing, teaching Physics across different ages, before moving to Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong, in 2015. He chose our school to have the opportunity to teach and promote curiosity through inquiry-based learning in science.
Ian is a Primary Education graduate from Lancashire, the United Kingdom. Prior to relocating to Shanghai in 2018, Ian worked in several British schools, gaining experience of teaching in classes across the primary school system. During this time, as well as being a dedicated classroom practitioner, he led the Mathematics curriculum, which involved working across several schools to deliver professional development training. In addition to this, Ian mentored newly qualified teachers through their induction, watching them grow and develop their teaching styles and philosophies.
Having previously worked in two Nord Anglia schools as both class teacher and Head of International Primary Curriculum, Ian is excited about joining the Nord Anglia International School, Pudong, family, and is looking forward to being involved in all aspects of the community. As our EYFS and Key Stage 1 Assistant Head, he is excited to have the opportunity to further develop the curriculum by using his skillset and wide breadth of knowledge and experience to provide each student with personalised learning. In addition to teaching, Ian loves to travel. He has been fortunate to have visited many countries in different parts of the world, enabling him to explore many surrounding areas and experience varied cultures. Ian likes to keep active and to eat delicious food. In his free time, he can often be found wandering the streets of Shanghai, soaking up the vibrant culture.
Matthew is excited to be joining Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong, in his role as Assistant Head of Primary.
Prior to moving to Shanghai, Mattew led the teaching and learning of English at a leading international school in Beijing. His primary focus was on the incorporation of oracy skills to build on student’s language acquisition, whilst developing awareness of their own learning to become self-reflective, lifelong learners.
Throughout his career, Matthew has taught in leading schools across New Zealand, England and China, which has given him the experience, knowledge, and passion to create an adaptive learning style to best fit and challenge learners at our school.
In his personal time, he thoroughly enjoys engaging in physical exercise and has competed in a range of triathlons and running events. This is also an area he is passionate about promoting within our school setting by being actively involved in coaching and developing the physical well-being of all children.
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