A MOTIVATED woman who wants to help students thrive has been appointed as a new headteacher at a Sandhurst School.

The school located on the grounds of Wellington College will see the England Under18 hockey trialist join in January 2023.

Jane joins from Swanbourne House School, Buckinghamshire with Andrew Barnard departing from Eagle House in December after 17 years.

Jane was an England U18 hockey trialist, before reading law at Cambridge University, where she also played Rugby Union for the Women’s Blues team and rowed for her College.

She also spent the first half of her career as a very successful Barrister and later a District Judge in the Family Courts.

Reflecting on her appointment, Jane said: “I am very much looking forward to spending more time getting to know the school and its community of pupils, parents, colleagues and governors over the coming months before taking up my post in January 2023.

"Eagle House is clearly a good and very special school and together we have a great deal of potential to be even better. The school is also most fortunate to have its partnership with the mightily impressive Wellington College, from which we will be looking to build stronger relationships and create further opportunities for our pupils.

I am very excited to have the opportunity to work with the Eagle House and Wellington College teams to lead and serve Eagle House through its next successful chapter of educating, supporting and inspiring our wonderfully diverse cohorts of day and boarding children from age 3 to 13 to be the best and most fulfilled that they can be, with us and in their future lives.”

Jane brings with her to Sandhurst her husband, Mark, a horticulturist, strength and fitness trainer and former international middle and long distance triathlete, and two of her three children, Connie (Year 10) and Alex (Year 2).

Her eldest daughter, Lydia, will remain in Lincolnshire where she is in the Sixth Form at school and trains as a recently selected member of the GB Pony Eventing Team.