How We Teach

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Senior Leadership
Educational Leadership
Admissions

MEET OUR TEAM

Every Northbridge student is welcomed into our warm and friendly community. It’s our familial environment that leads to great learning.

Frances Morton

Principal

Frances qualified as a teacher in 1994 in the UK, and spent three years teaching there before joining the international circuit. She has taught in the USA, the UAE, New Zealand, Argentina, and Colombia, and for 12 years has been a senior IBDP examiner.

Sarah Newton

Head of Secondary

An experienced educator, Sarah was born and raised in the UK. After leaving the country, she worked at international schools in Egypt and China, before joining Northbridge in 2022.

Aidan Stallwood

Head of Primary

Originally from London, in the United Kingdom, Aidan has been a senior leader for 12 years in three schools, in which time he has been afforded unique experiences to lead on developing curriculums that best fit a school's context. After working at our sister NAE school in Guangzhou, he returned to the familiarity of the Nord Anglia family.

Simon Ostheimer

Director of Admissions & Marketing

Simon is a born and bred Hong Konger, who has lived in Southeast Asia for the last 13 years. Before joining Northbridge, he worked at top international schools in Phuket and Bangkok covering admissions, marketing and communications, with a decade's prior experience as a magazine and newspaper editor in Thailand, Malaysia, and China.

MEET OUR TEAM

Every member of the Northbridge team contributes to our reputation as Cambodia’s premium school.

Frances Morton

Principal

Sarah Newton

Head of Secondary

An experienced educator, Sarah was born and raised in the UK. After leaving the country, she worked at international schools in Egypt and China, before joining Northbridge in 2022.

Aidan Stallwood

Head of Primary

Gill Presland

Deputy Head of Secondary and MYP Coordinator

Gill started teaching in Australia, then held teaching and leadership roles in IB schools in Indonesia, Thailand, and Japan. Gill is an experienced MYP coordinator and curriculum developer, and has designed and led professional development workshops for the IB.

Kohulan Jeganathan

Deputy Head of Secondary and IBDP Coordinator

Before joining Northbridge to teach IBDP Chemistry in 2016, Kohulan specialised in genetics and bioinformatics in Canada. In 2021 he was promoted to Deputy Head of Secondary.

Karel van der Linden

Deputy Head of Primary

Karel was born in Thailand, grew up in the UK and is a Dutch national. He has almost 20 years of experience as an educator and has worked in the UK, Thailand and Singapore before coming to Cambodia. With a daughter at school, he was extremely excited to join the team at NISC and his family enjoy what Cambodia has to offer.

Donita Bell

Assistant Head of Primary and PYP Coordinator

Before joining Northbridge, Donita worked in Australia and China as an Early Years and Primary grade leader, and PYP educator. Her values of belonging, compassion and playful inquiry are her guide for action towards the importance of communication, life-long learning and building connections with each other and the environment.

Robbie Alexander

Assistant Head of Secondary Pastoral

Originally from Scotland, Robbie has over 15 years' experience in international education, primarily in the area of pastoral care. Before moving to Cambodia, he also lived and worked in Vietnam and Malaysia.

MEET OUR TEAM

Every member of the Northbridge team contributes to our reputation as Cambodia’s premium school.

Simon Ostheimer

Director of Admissions & Marketing

Born in the UK, Simon grew up in Hong Kong, where he is a permanent resident. Before joining Northbridge, he worked at international schools in Phuket and Bangkok, with a decade's prior experience as a magazine and newspaper editor in Thailand, Malaysia, and China.

Chamnan Heng

Admissions Manager

Before joining Northbridge in 2018, Phnom Penh native Chamnan worked for several of the city’s major international five-star hotels, where she handled various accounts including tour operators and travel agents, government departments, and global airlines.