Trained in the United Kingdom and Australia, Jill is both the Director and Principal of the Sydney School of English.
Although having taught all levels from Junior Primary to High School, Jill’s passion lies with Upper Primary. In addition to teaching, she has also studied Law and worked in film and television. In her free time Jill likes dancing and ice-skating but, most of all, cuddling her dog, Ralphie, and cats, Kevin and Lola! Jill’s students get regularly entertained with humorous stories about Ralphie, Kevin and Lola as well as anecdotes about her son, Marty, a Newington College alumnus, now currently studying Law at The University of Sydney.
With a cheerful personality and the ability to communicate with ease, Jill is popular with students and staff alike and in testament to this, her classes are consistently full term-after-term. The most rewarding aspect of working at the SSE for Jill is seeing students flourish into confident, capable independent writers with a love of language.
Besides teaching Upper Primary at the SSE Burwood on Tuesdays and Sundays, Jill also teaches Middle Primary on Mondays, Upper Primary on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and High School on Saturdays at the SSE Hurstville.