Samantha Steed, MEd.

Samantha has spent her 25-year career working in education in the UK, Dubai and Hong Kong. She has extensive experience of Primary education, with a particular expertise in the Early Years. She is a qualified Transformational Coach.

Career:

Samantha began her school leadership journey at Prospect House School in Putney as Deputy Headteacher (Early Years and KS1), before becoming Headteacher of Haresfoot School in Hertfordshire. She then joined the Senior Leadership Team of the Berkhamsted Schools Group as Headteacher of Berkhamsted Pre-Prep. Her move into International education took her to Dubai where she was the Founding Principal of Ranches Primary School growing the roll from 40 to over 600 children in four years. She was one of the UAE’s Educational Influencers in 2017.

Samantha worked for Harrow International Schools Limited based in Hong Kong as the Director of Lower School Education. In this role, in addition to supporting the existing Harrow Schools across South East Asia she was involved in setting up five new Harrow Schools and five new Little Lions (early years) units. Her responsibilities included appointing, supporting and mentoring senior leaders, recruiting teachers, and writing the Chinese-English Bilingual Primary Curriculum for all of the Harrow schools in China.

Samantha returned to Headship in 2021 taking up the reins of Kellett Prep School (Kowloon Bay Campus) in Hong Kong. Most recently she served as the Interim Head of Repton Prep in Dubai seeing the school through a period of transition, staying on as an onsite consultant for Cognita with a remit for quality assurance.

Samantha is a qualified BSO Inspector.

Education:

She trained as a Primary School Teacher at the well renowned Froebel College, which is now part of the University of Surrey. She subsequently completed a Masters-in-Education (with Distinction) with the University of Winchester in the U.K. researching ‘Wellbeing Initiatives in Schools in Dubai’.

Samantha is a qualified Transformational Coach supporting clients through periods of change in their professional and personal lives.