Oxford Guardians, looking after your little angels. International Guardianship

Meet the team

The team at Oxford Guardians is made up of a carefully selected group of people with the right experience, background and motivation to care for your children. We have been in academic roles, welfare roles and administrative roles in the UK and overseas and we understand the needs of children as parents ourselves.

Sarah Bacon, Director Heini Calabria, Main Co-ordinator, Oxford Guardians Sarah Robson, London Co-ordinator, Oxford Guardians
Fung Fung, Oxford Co-ordinator, Oxford Guardians

Sarah Bacon,
Director, Oxford Guardians

Sarah has worked with many international children from Kazakhstan, Russia, China, Bolivia and the Middle East both in their own countries as well as in the UK. She is currently Vice Principal of an international school in Oxford with responsibilities for students’ academic development and welfare.

Heini Calabria,
Oxford Guardians main co-ordinator

Heini will be your main point of contact. She has worked with Sarah Bacon looking after overseas children and has herself been an overseas student in France experiencing many of the challenges that will face your child. Heini has a lot of experience dealing with people from different age groups and cultural backgrounds.

Sarah Robson,
Oxford Guardians London co-ordinator

Sarah has worked for many years hosting international children from all over the world. She has worked as an interpreter for the English judicial system and brings her fluency in several languages to our team.

Fung Fung,
Oxford Guardians Oxford
co-ordinator

Fung Fung came to the UK as an international student over 10 years ago and is now married with three young children. After working with overseas students during this time and remembering her own experiences she fully understand what the most important things for international students are when they move such a long way from home!
Fung Fung's role will be providing practical support and care for students, and helping them to settle down into a very different environment as smoothly as possible, allowing students to thrive and achieve their full potential, making their study successful and enjoyable.