Sarah Proudlove - Chandos 3rd Form Tutor
A modern languages graduate of the University of Durham, Sarah taught English as a Foreign Language in Venice, Italy, and Lyon, France, during her degree. After graduating she studied for the Cambridge Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) and subsequently lived and taught in Clermont-Ferrand, France, gaining experience with learners of a wide variety of ages and abilities. During this time she embarked on the University of York’s MA (by distance) in Teaching English to Young Learners.
On returning to the UK in 2007, she was appointed Head of English as a Second Language (ESL) and resident tutor of Stocks’s House at Felsted School, Essex and spent a happy three years there. She joined College in September 2010 as Head of English as an Additional Language (EAL). Sarah is an enthusiastic member of the army section of the College CCF and in 2011-2012 is Officer Commanding the Recruit Company (fourth form).
Sarah is passionate about choral singing, having sung with numerous choirs including the Choir of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, the award winning Northern Spirit Singers and the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. She now spends her holidays working with young singers at the junior andtraining levels of the NYCGB organisation. Her other interests include travel and expeditions, winter sports, outdoor pursuits, scuba diving, French and Italian language literature and film, solo singing and piano.
Sarah McNee - Chandos 3rd Form Tutor
Miss McNee is new to College this year, having come from Millfield School where she taught for two years. Before that she did her degree in Classics at Cambridge University, specialising in Latin literature. She also took and continues to take an interest in archaeology and has been on digs in Italy. In her spare time she can be found reading novels, watching films and going to the theatre; indeed she is a self-confessed lover of all of the arts.
Hetty Hubbard - Chandos 4th Form Tutor
Hetty Hubbard joined College in September 2009 as a member of the Design and Technology Textiles department. Educated at Christ College Brecon, she went on to study Fashion Photography at the University of Gloucestershire. She still pursues her passion for photography in her spare time and has a very keen interest in fashion, travel, outdoor pursuits and walking and training her dog Sooky.
Jenny O'Bryan - Chandos 4th Form Tutor
Jenny O'Bryan was educated at the King's School Worcester, did a Short Service Limited Commission with the Army in her gap year and then progressed to Nottingham University where she gained a First in Biology. She then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Adjutant Generals Corps. She served in Northern Ireland and Kenya.
Upon marriage to Ian, she left the Army and a spell as Operations and Administration Manager at PA Consulting Group revealed that she hankered after a more rural life, managing a veterinary practice. Two boys - Charlie and Tom were the result! Whilst her children were small she co-owned and ran a successful restaurant, until the call of teaching became too great and she undertook a PGCE. Her first teaching job was at King's School Worcester as a Science teacher and she was quickly promoted to Head of Year 7.
Her main passion remains her horse riding having successfully trained young horses and evented from an early age, although her work commitments do not allow her to compete these days. Now skiing and visiting the wine tasting regions of the world with her family, as well as their farmhouse in the Brecon Beacons fills any spare time.
Bronwen Kaja - Chandos 5th Form Tutor
Bronwen Kaja joined Cheltenham College in September 2009. She is Resident Tutor in Chandos and runs the Textiles department, teaching all year groups.
She has previously taught in Hereford, Bristol and more recently at Wellington College where she introduced Textiles to the curriculum, and was Assistant Housemistress in their first girls’ Lower College boarding house.
Before training to teach she ran her own business designing and selling a range of unique Christening Wear. She spends her holidays in Umbria, where she has a small cottage. When she is in Italy she enjoys free machine embroidery, painting, writing and visiting the many beautiful towns and villages in the surrounding area.