Our Team
Welcome to the IPC Team.
We are all here to help you.

Steven Mark
Director of the IPCSteven is the Director of the International Primary Curriculum. His educational career includes many years as a teacher and school leader in Scotland, the Netherlands and Germany. Steven has a great range of experiences working with both national and international schools.
He has spoken at conferences and delivered professional development for educators in many parts of the world. He is currently working on a book about how we can best help children and adults to develop international mindedness which he thinks may well become the key skill for 21st century citizens.

Martin Skelton
Founding Director of the IPCMartin Skelton is the co-founder and Managing Director of Fieldwork Education and he designed and was Founding Director of the IPC. Martin continues to be closely involved in its development and is passionate about learning and helping schools to improve learning.

Janice Ireland
Director of IPC Professional DevelopmentJanice has been working with the International Primary Curriculum for four years. She was Deputy Head of Primary and Head of the Lower School at The International School of The Hague for three years before that. She has extensive experience of working in schools in the UK and internationally, especially in the Middle East where she has worked in Kuwait, Egypt and Libya.
Janice is Director of Professional Development for the IPC. She also works closely with schools and advisors in Scotland who are using the IPC as well as those interested in learning more about it. Janice’s area of specialism is Early Years and she is currently studying for her Masters in Early Childhood Education with Sheffield University.

Angli Narang
Regional Team LeaderAngli has been working with the International Primary Curriculum for three years. She has ten years years of experience providing IT and curriculum solutions to schools and universities and has also taught at primary level.

Alex Johnson
Regional ManagerAlex has been working with the International Primary Curriculum for over 2 years. Prior to this Alex, worked with EDCL for several years after training as a teacher and has a wealth of experience helping schools with the tools and advice they need to support their learning focus.

Sandra Jones
Regional ManagerSandra has a degree in Linguistics and a PGCE from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Following her teaching career, Sandra moved into educational sales where she worked for Ginn and more recently, Espresso. She has been with IPC since September 2011.

Chantelle Hughes
Regional Team LeaderChantelle has been working with the International Primary Curriculum for nearly three years and previously taught in primary and secondary schools in East London and Wiltshire. Chantelle has a PGCE and Masters from the University of London.

Christine Eastwood
Regional ManagerChristine has been working with the IPC for two years. She works to support schools to introduce and develop the IPC.

Katie Fitch
Regional ManagerKatie has been working with the IPC for over twelve years, since its early days. As a class teacher in Oman she was involved in trialing the very first units of work. She subsequently took on the role of IPC leader for Learning in Sakhalin International School, Russia.

Stevie Osbourne
New Schools Support ExecutiveStevie has worked with the IPC for four years. She is responsible for all enquiries from schools considering the IPC. This includes distributing information and sample materials and answering questions. Stevie also supports schools with IPC Assessment for Learning database training.

Lori Jobling
School Support ExecutiveLori handles all after-sales support for all member schools. This includes arranging contracts for new schools, organizing the dispatch of materials to schools, generating school website accounts and answering all member school enquiries. Lori has been with Fieldwork for over six years.

Clare Sutton
MembershipClare Sutton has been working for Fieldwork Education for over four years, and is the main point of contact for educational practitioners and leaders around the world who are interested in booking professional development for their schools. Clare is a business school graduate, with a background in recruitment and account management.
In her current role as Professional Development Resource Manager, she is responsible for managing a wide range of PD opportunities, including those for the International Primary Curriculum, International Middle Years Curriculum and the Looking for Learning Toolkit, as well as project managing the International Leadership and Management programs.

Kat Tucker
Regional ManagerKatherine Tucker is a Professional Development Manager for IPC. She has been involved in all aspects of the IPC across the mileposts - reviewing units, partaking in all aspects of the accreditation process and facilitating professional learning at summer schools, conferences and international schools throughout the world.
Prior to her time with the IPC, Katherine had over fifteen years experience in education within the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA; as a classroom practitioner, a senior leader and an advisor. She has provided technical support to both government and non government agencies with a particular emphasis on improving learning through promoting teachers’ professional learning. As a lifelong learner herself Katherine is currently completing her MA at Bath University in ‘Education in and international Context.’

Sarah Brown
Professional DevelopmentSarah has been working with the International Primary Curriculum for a number of years now – first as a primary school teacher in the North of England, and currently as a member of the Professional Development team, supporting and training IPC schools around the world.
Sarah completed a Masters in Education in 2008 at the University of Manchester where she is now a visiting lecturer on the university’s PGCE course for both Literacy and Special Educational Needs.


