Landmark Trustees
Martin Beazor (Chair of Trustees)
Martin has lived in Cambridge all his life and been involved in many organisations. After university he joined his family’s antique dealing business in which he is still active. He has been President of the Chamber of Commerce, member of the local Bank of England Advisory Panel and committee member of the Friends of Addenbrookes and the Friends of The Fitzwilliam. For ten years, he was a Member and Chair of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for the appointment of magistrates to the Cambridge and Ely benches. Martin was a governor of the Leys and St Faith’s Foundation for 12 years. He is a Blue Badge Guide for Cambridge.
Having family members who have benefitted from the individual attention a small, nurturing school can give and with his experience as a school governor, Martin was delighted to become a Trustee of Landmark after an inspiring visit to the school.
Rev Dr John Barrett (Vice-Chair of Trustees)
The Rev Dr John Barrett has a life time’s experience of education as a teacher, school chaplain, and 27 years as a Head teacher, including 14 years as Head if The Leys School in Cambridge and 6 years as founding head of an international school in Singapore.
He was educated at Culford School and Newcastle and Cambridge Universities. Prior to his headships, he was a college lecturer and taught in maintained and independent schools.
Since his retirement, he has been a school governor and chairs an educational trust. He is married to a former teacher and has two children and four grandchildren.
Andrew Rand (Chair of the Finance Committee)
Andrew has lived in Cambridge for 25 years having formally trained and qualified in 1989 with Baker Tilly based in Bloomsbury London. A Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience of helping both businesses and Charities keep both financially stable but at the same time reaching their goals.
He is a partner with a Mayfair based practice and manages two offices in Jesus Lane Cambridge and the village of Comberton. Amongst other business interests, he is the Chairman of a small Insurance Company and holds several Directorships. He has also previously been an auditor for an independent school in Cambridge.
Andrew’s two sons both attended local independent schools in and around Cambridge and he firmly believes they benefited enormously from the pastoral support that small independent schools can give, helping them to develop into well balanced individuals, which is why he was particularly interested in becoming a Trustee for the Landmark School.
Linda Dennis (Chair of the Education Committee)
Linda began her teaching career at the newly created Dorchester Middle School, becoming Head of Girls’ Games before moving to Nadder Middle School as Head of English. During her time in Tisbury, Linda was actively involved in a thriving amateur dramatic group and was the staff representative on the governing board. She was seconded by the local authority support non-English specialist teachers across Wiltshire for a day a week.
After starting a family, Linda moved to Cambridge and worked at St Faith’s for twenty-five years. During her time at St Faith's, she also became an ISI inspector.
Linda was then appointed Head of Ryde Junior School with Upper Chine on the Isle of Wight where she embraced the local culture including sailing and music. After an exhausting but fulfilling time Linda has now retired back to Cambridge. Before the pandemic she was an IAPS mentor for new Headteachers. Linda has been appointed to the University Constabulary.
Mark Dawes
After gaining a degree in mathematics from the University of Oxford (where he was organ scholar at Balliol College), Mark completed a PGCE in London and subsequently achieved a master of education degree from the University of Cambridge.
Mark is an affiliated lecturer at the Faculty of Education in the University of Cambridge, where he has responsibility for the secondary mathematics PGCE course and supervises higher level students. He was previously head of mathematics at Comberton Village College, a secondary school close to Cambridge, and continues to teach there, working with students from Year 7 through to the Year 13 further maths A-level students.
Outside of work, Mark enjoys running (mostly half-marathons, with the occasional marathon), is a church organist and is learning Spanish (having recently taken the GCSE – 30 years after he last did one!). He lives close to Cambridge with his wife and children.
Richard Brent
Richard took up appointment as Bursar at St Faith’s in 2008 following a career in the British Army. His time in the Army included operational service abroad; his last posting was as Commanding Officer of 39 Engineer Regiment, then in Waterbeach. He was awarded the MBE for services to bomb disposal.
In his role as Bursar at St Faith’s, Richard is responsible for the support activities in the school. He has overseen a range of major projects and been involved in many of the recent developments at the school.
Richard has a range of interests outside of work including rugby, running and canoeing. His two sons were both educated at St Faith’s and latterly at The Leys.