Head Teacher Sam Michau B.A. Hons (Oxon) M.A. (Oxon) PGCE (Roehampton)

After studying Psychology at Magdalen College, Oxford, Sam lived for a while in Australia, where she embarked on her first career in Personnel Management.  Not long after her return to England, she decided on a change of direction and Sam completed her PGCE at Froebel College, Roehampton.

Sam's teaching career has taken her from West London primary school classrooms to middle schools in West Sussex, before she moved to the independent sector in 2001. After 7 1/2 years at a prep school in Sussex, Sam was appointed as Head of Derwent Lodge in January 2009. She is also a qualified ISI inspector, and she thoroughly enjoys teaching Science, Maths and sport.

‘Relaxing’ for Sam means doing anything other than sitting down! Adventure racing, running, squash and skiing are her favourite sports; other leisure time is spent with her family and friends, watching films and reading. Her ambition is to see the Earth from space!