Footsteps Family
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Emma Kendall
BA (hons), PGCE (primary), NPQH
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Miss Emma founded Footsteps in 2014, along with Miss Bryony. Since then she has built the business from a small, mobile tutoring company into the fully operational school we have today. Emma is passionate about the education and happiness of the children in her care and is determined to build and lead a strong team of committed, happy professionals.
Emma is an experienced primary school teacher, originally from Yorkshire, England. As well as her degree in combined studies (Psychology, Education, Music and English) and her teaching qualification, she also holds a level 4 diploma in Child Psychology and a National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). Before moving to Cayman, Emma worked in a large, inspirational independent school in Leeds and spent her summers volunteering at summer camps and in children’s homes in the UK, Bali and India.
Emma is a musician – she plays piano to grade 8 and loves to sing. She hopes that music and drama will be an integral part of school life at Footsteps! Emma has lived in Cayman since 2013 along with her husband and is Mum to three little girls.
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Bryony Platt
BA (Hons), PGCE (primary), NPQH
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Miss Bryony has lived and worked in Grand Cayman for 15 years. She spent the first 6 years teaching at Cayman Prep, followed by a management role in a Cayman preschool. Miss Bryony also has several years of experience as a private tutor on island. In her spare time, Bryony enjoys playing field hockey and is the vice president of the Cayman Islands Hockey Club.
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Benjamin Desrosiers
Inclusion Specialist, Teacher of RE and ‘Healthy Me, Healthy World’
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Eloise Jones
(BSc Hons), PGDE (Primary)
Ripples Classroom Teacher and Early Years Lead
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Catherine Kenny
BA (Hons) PGCE
Oceans Teacher and KS1 English Lead
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Natalie Scott
BA (Hons) PGCE
Surfers (Year 7) Class Teacher and Head of English
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Miss Scott moved to Grand Cayman in 2019, after spending her holidays here, finally following her younger sister to this beautiful island. She has been teaching for over 20 years, trained at the University of Cambridge as a Secondary English teacher and since then has worked in a range of settings in the UK, but also in refugee camps in France and private schools abroad. Whilst teaching English is her passion, she has also currently teaches drama and history to Year 7. As a teacher, Natalie has worked hard to stay on top of educational research and changes and helps lead staff training for the teachers at our school. She is a qualified Advanced Skills Teacher, a Specialist Leader of Education and in recent years, was granted a Fellowship from the Chartered College of Teaching. She has contributed to a number of Educational books, spoken publicly about her experiences and passion for teaching and was voted The Times’ Educational Blogger of the Year back in 2016. Whilst she has always been driven by her career- one which has given her a number of wonderful experiences managing and leading schools and national recognition for her skills in school improvement- and still cares deeply about making a difference, she likes to spend time with her family; walk their dog; read good books by the pool; gain a few more laughter lines and to spend time outdoors. She can be found exercising most days (when not injured), in order to work off her love of chicken wings and burgers.
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Steven Flight
BExSc, PGDE, MTeach
Teacher of Physical Education, Science and Outdoor Learning
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Charlotte Hubble
BA (Hons), PGCE
PE Teacher and Ripples Classroom Teacher
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Katie Gunn
BA (Hons)
Waves Classroom Teacher
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Becky Turner
BEd (Hons)
Breakers Class Teacher and Maths Lead
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Danielle DeCecco
BEd (Hons)
Splashes Class Teacher
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Kate Barden
BA (Hons) PGCE
Tides Class Teacher
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Sarah Knowles
BSc (Hons), PGCE, NPQML
Whirlpools Class Teacher
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Simon Allnutt
BEd Mus (Hons)
Music Teacher
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Mr A has been teaching for over 26 years, having trained at University of Plymouth’s Rolle College. He plays piano and didgeridoo and is an avid composer of music for TV and film. Mr Allnutt has worked at schools in Finland, Qatar and Devon, where he was Head of Music at Torquay Girls’ Grammar School for 16 years. There he directed their award winning choir and orchestra, as well as leading students to academic success.
In 2015 Mr A moved to Cayman with his wife, where he took a post in a Government high school. He worked with students extensively on their instrumental skills, creating several high-profile bands, who performed at community events across the island.
Mr A is a passionate teacher of music and loves the way that music allows students to discover their own voice – musically, emotionally, creatively and personally. He loves to travel, taking photographs, collecting vintage Aloha shirts and spending time with his wife and two dogs. He is now lucky to be part of the Footsteps team, bringing music and song to the students and school community alike.
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Taryn Thompson
Splashes Class Teaching Assistant
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With her love for the Cayman Islands, she returned in 2016 with her two daughters to continue her teaching career. Taryn is very happy to join the Footsteps family as their curriculum ties into her educational training and love for learning through nature and play!
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Beverly Samuels
Teaching Assistant
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Sarah Hanley
B(Ed)
High Level Teaching Assistant
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Abigail Mahdavi
Teaching Assistant
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Chelsea Phillips
B(Ed)
High Level Teaching Assistant
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Charlotte Lewis
Administration and Admissions