Susan Wessels
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Second Master
Marlborough, GB
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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Biography
Susan Wessels is a former double hockey Olympian currently serving as Second Master at leading UK independent co-educational boarding school, Marlborough College.
Susan has worked in education since 2004 and has been employed by three independent schools in the UK during that time, taking up senior leadership roles in all the establishments where she has worked. She possesses unique transferable skills acquired during her international hockey career and uses her sporting experience to support, encourage and inspire students, engaging in speaking, mentoring and coaching events.
Susan joined Marlborough from Framlingham College where she was Senior Deputy Head for over a decade. Previously, she held the role of Governor for Welfare at St John’s College School in Cambridge.
She commenced her teaching career at The King’s School, Canterbury, where she taught Physical Education and Geography and was Head of Girls’ Games. For the last four of her eight-year tenure, she also acted as a Housemistress.
Susan represented South Africa as an International Field Hockey Player for nearly ten years, playing in 146 international hockey matches and captaining the side for two years. She competed in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and again in the Athens Olympics in 2004 – this time as captain of South Africa. Susan also took part in two World Cups, namely Holland 1998 and Perth 2002. Her international career also included the Commonwealth Games both in Malaysia 1998 and Manchester 2002 as well as the All-Africa Games held in Harare in 1995 and Abuja in 2003 respectively.
A Founding Member of the South African Olympians Association, Susan serves on the Executive Committee of SAOA.
Having studied Sport & Exercise Technology in her birth country of South Africa, Susan first graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Geography and then achieved her MA in Educational Leadership and Management, both qualifications from the Open University.
The Record
Background
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2022 — Present
Second Master
Marlborough College
Susan serves as Second Master at Marlborough College, a fully co-educational, independent boarding school for pupils aged thirteen to eighteen.
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2004 — 2011
Housemistress and Teacher
The King's School
Susan started her teaching career at Canterbury-based independent co-educational boarding school, The King's School. She taught Geography and PE, served as Head of Girls Games and led as Housemistress for four years.
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2011 — 2022
Senior Deputy Head
Framlingham College
Framlingham College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school set in rural Suffolk, with pupils in the age range from three to eighteen.
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1995 — 2005
International Field Hockey Player
South African Hockey Association
Susan represented the South African Women's Hockey Team for nearly a decade, stepping up to captain the side over a two-year period. She is a double Olympian, competing in the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Games.
Formative Years
Education
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The Open University
Master of Education (MEd), Educational Leadership and Management
2007 — 2009
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The Open University
BSc (Hons) in Geography
2004 — 2006
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