Corfe House
Welcome to Corfe
Corfe’s HM, Lucy Hamblin-Rooke
House Location: Field side
House Colour: Green
Meet the HM
Lucy Hamblin-Rooke has been Housemistress of Corfe since 2019. She teaches Sports Science and coaches hockey, netball and tennis. She was Head of Netball for two years when she first arrived at Teddies.
After leaving school, Lucy worked closely with estate agents, setting up her own business providing virtual tour photography and EPC certificates for property going on to the market. After two years she felt the draw back to sport and the pastoral life of education and went back to the school she attended, Pangbourne College. She stayed there for nine years as a teacher, Sports coach, Head of Girls’ Games, Outreach Officer, Assistant Housemistress of a boys’ boarding house and finally, for the last three years, the Housemistress of a girls’ boarding house. Whilst working at Pangbourne Lucy gained her Sports Science degree at St Mary’s University and has been teaching Sports Science ever since.
Lucy has a daughter, Olive, with her partner Jack, who is a tailor and keen sportsman.
Lucy is very proud of Corfe; all the girls and staff within it. It is a very special community, one where we care so passionately about nurturing the girls to become the best versions of themselves when they leave school.
From September 2025 Suzanne Arbuthnot will be HM of Corfe:
Meet the new HM
Corfe’s new HM, Suzanne Arbuthnot
Suzanne teaches French and Spanish and is a SCITT (our teacher training programme) Mentor in the Modern Foreign Languages Department. She joined St Edward’s in 2017 from Belfast Royal Academy, one of the oldest schools in Belfast. Suzanne studied French and Spanish at Queen’s University Belfast, where she also completed her PGCE. Her academic background is enriched by time living and working in both France and Spain.
In addition to her teaching roles, Suzanne has fourteen years of boarding experience. She has held several pastoral positions, including Assistant Housemistress at Dover College, and Resident Tutor and Assistant Housemistress for five years in Corfe. She is also an experienced sports coach, having led boys’ and girls’ hockey, athletics, and tennis.
Most recently, Suzanne returned from a sabbatical during which she spent five months travelling the length of the Andes Mountains. During this time, she taught, established connections with IB schools across five countries, and contributed to charitable work with six different foundations.
Please do come and visit us in Corfe. Make an appointment by contacting the Admissions Team on +44 (0)1865 319200.