Elizabeth Clarke

Physics specialist, qualified teacher and experienced academic leader with an MSci (Hons) in Engineering Physics, postgraduate particle-astrophysics research at CERN and extensive experience across independent, international and boarding-school settings.

Former

Head of Physics at St Louis International School, Milan, with Physics teaching experience at Charterhouse. Experienced across GCSE, IGCSE, A-Level, Pre-U and IB Physics, combining deep subject expertise with curriculum leadership, academic standards, STEM enrichment and pastoral care.

Proven organisational leader: founded and led a successful tuition academy serving around 90 students and later managed a multi-million-pound organisation with substantial multidisciplinary teams.

Director / Managing Director - Dutton Construction Ltd

(2016-01 - 2026-01)

Senior leadership of a multi-million-pound construction and facilities-management organisation.

• Built and led an organisation with more than £2m turnover, 25 office staff and around 50 subcontractors.
• Led operations, finance, HR, compliance and complex client delivery.
• Managed budgets, strategic planning, organisational risk and multidisciplinary teams.
• Brings substantial transferable leadership, systems and people-management capability to academic leadership.

Founder & Lead Tutor - Dutton Academy

(2016-01 - 2026-01)

Founded and led a GCSE and A-Level tuition centre. Dutton Academy developed from and incorporated the earlier Space Inspired education venture in 2016.

• Grew the academy to a peak of around 90 students across Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths.
• Provided individual learning plans plus Oxbridge and Russell Group guidance.
• Recruited, trained and led tutors and established academic standards.

Head of Physics - St Louis International School - Milan, Italy

(2014-01 - 2016-01)

Led the Physics department and taught IB Physics.

• Oversaw Physics curriculum, teaching, assessment and academic standards.
• Delivered IB Diploma Physics to a diverse, predominantly EAL cohort.
• Built a collaborative team culture focused on teaching quality and student outcomes.
• Prepared students for competitive university destinations, including Russell Group institutions.
• Completed IB CAT2 Physics professional training in Athens.

Founder & Creative Director - Space Inspired - STEM Education Consultancy

(2009-01 - 2016-01)

Science education, outreach and curriculum consultancy; merged into Dutton Academy in 2016.

• Delivered school workshops, public lectures and mobile planetarium programmes.
• Established GCSE Astronomy provision and created teacher CPD and curriculum resources.
• Worked on public-engagement activity with NASA astronauts and ESA astronaut Tim Peake.

Physics Teacher - Charterhouse School - Godalming, Surrey

(2013-01 - 2014-01)

Physics and Chemistry across IB, IGCSE and Pre-U in a leading boarding school.

• Guided Pre-U Personal Investigation practicals using advanced data logging and ICT.
• Assessed Pre-U, IGCSE and internal examinations; assisted with papers and mark schemes.
• Wrote UCAS references, including for Oxbridge candidates.
• Ran the British Physics Olympiad, coached a boys' cricket team and undertook full boarding and pastoral duties.

Trainee Teacher (GTP) - Minsthorpe Academy & Kings School - Wakefield

(2012-01 - 2013-01)

Graduate Teacher Programme across two schools.

• Delivered Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths at GCSE and A-Level.
• Used ALPS target-setting and tracking and guided AQA ISA/EMPA assessments.
• Developed a Key Stage 3 scheme introducing modern Physics applications.
• Founded and ran a STEM club with observatory trips, telescope use and a cosmic-ray detector.
• Led British Olympiad and UK Rocket Challenge entries and organised a NASA JPL Curiosity Skype.

Education & Public Liaison Officer - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

(2007-01 - 2008-01)

• Delivered public lectures and Particle Physics Masterclasses.
• Coordinated and supported more than 150 STEM Ambassadors.

Communications & Training Manager - Sheffield Hallam University Finance Directorate

(2008-01 - 2009-01)

Postgraduate Research - Particle Astrophysics - CERN / University of Bologna / Marseille

(2000-01 - 2003-01)

• ANTARES neutrino telescope research, including detector calibration and dark-matter simulation.
• Advanced study in High Energy Astrophysics and Quantum Mechanics.
• Undergraduate teaching in Astronomy and C++.

MSci (Hons) - Engineering Physics - Sheffield Hallam University (1996-01 - 2000-01)

Foundation - Science - University of Sheffield (1995-01 - 1996-01)

A-Levels and 11 GCSEs - Penistone Grammar School

QTS - Graduate Training Programme - Wakefield ITT Partnership (2012-01 - 2013-01)