Meet Our Authors

Damien Challenger

Damien is the co-founder of Nexus Education – a collaboration of over 11,000 schools, 500 solution providers and other key figures across the education sector. Nexus encourages, and aids, group collaboration across a number of areas including procurement and training to ensure the best possible outcomes for children in schools all over the UK. Nexus has invested over £100,000 directly into UK schools via #NeXworking.

Cate Davies

Cate has been a teacher for 20 years. She has worked internationally and across all key stages in the UK. Her secondary specialism is Performing Arts with a keen interest in PSHE/RSE. Cate is recently married with two cats who keep her busy and an allotment that requires more time than she can give it!

Rhiannon Challenger

Community Engagement Manager and Editor at Nexus Education. BA Hons English Literature.

Ben Cooper

Ben started his career after graduating from University of Cumbria – Lancaster Campus where he studied Art and Design with Primary QTS. He has taught in Manchester and overseas in Dubai where he works in a large through school. Ben is now Primary Principal. He is author of creator of WAGOLL Teaching blog and vlog on YouTube and developed the LiteracyWAGOLL website. He also writes articles for various publications including TeachPrimary. Winner of the Blogging Excellence Award at the Nexus Awards 2020.

Renaldo Lawrence

Renaldo Lawrence is an e-learning developer and educator recognized by Adobe, Apple, TechSmith and Microsoft. Renaldo develops and deploys interactive learning resources for staff, faculty, and students as an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Advanced Skills teacher. He also consults and trains across the United States and Europe on how to create and use digital media, web design, and elearning applications in the classroom. Renaldo is an Adobe Education Leader, Apple Distinguished Educator, Microsoft Innovative Educator and Educator Trainer, and an Advanced Skills teacher. He holds his masters in education.

Janelle McLaughlin

Janelle McLaughlin is an education strategist, consultant, presenter, coach, keynote speaker and trainer. Over the years she has been a classroom teacher and district administrator. Today, Janelle is also an entrepreneur, author, a social media strategist and a tech enthusiast. These passions and experiences led her to begin her own company, Innovative Education Solutions. She gets to utilise her teaching talents by working with leaders at all levels to make their jobs easier and more efficient, while focusing on the people. Specialities include: Leadership Development, Student-Driven Instruction, Blended Learning, 1:1 implementation, Effective Technology Integration, G Suite, Chromebooks, Office 365, Process Management and Organisational Leadership.

Jayne Carter

Jayne is a committed shoe lover and School Effectiveness Advisor for Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust. She loves discussing all things Early Years with anyone who will give her the opportunity and prides herself in looking after the adults in the hope that they can also look after the children. Achieve your potential! Winner of ‘Literacy / Numeracy Blog of the Year’ at the 2019 Nexus Education Awards.

Nadine Finlay

Nadine has worked with children for 17 years having originally trained as an International Montessori Directress and then moving into state schools by completing a GTP. Nadine is passionate about making the most out of every day, either at school or with her two young children. She has previously written articles that have been published in various magazines including the TES.

Joe Morgan

Joseph Morgan is a Content Executive for Twinkl; an educational resources company. Before joining Twinkl, he worked in the care sector as a support worker for St Cuthbert’s Care.

Nicola Arkinstall

Nikki is a Deputy Headteacher in a primary school in Birmingham and the Director of Staffordshire Research School. Her primary school is an English Hub and wrote the Little Wandle Phonics programme. She is Lead DSL and also Art, Music and DT lead. She is an experienced NQT mentor and is a visiting fellow for NPQS and ECF. When Nikki is not working she loves to spend time with her husband, children, friends and family. She is also a governor at her daughter’s primary school. She loves travelling, reading, listening to podcasts, watching Netflix series and swimming.

Simon Hunt

Mr Hunt is a primary school teacher who has taught Reception, Year 6 and now a mixed year 3/4 class. He loves creative and innovative ways of teaching to engage children. He is an SLE, specialising in creative and innovative teaching ideas. He shares some of his ideas through his Facebook page and connects with teachers in the UK and around the world. He has presented at various educational conferences and has provided CPD sessions, staff meetings and bespoke twilight sessions. He has also been invited to speak at the international Superpod 6 conference held on San Jaun Island, Washington USA.

Rusty May

Rusty May is a school counselor, co-author of ‘Time In Teaching’ and the creator of SchoolToolsTv.com (http://schooltoolstv.com/), a daily, one minute video program focusing on social skills and student achievement that is currently watched by thousands of students around the US and in other countries. May trains educators to put self care first, to be assertive classroom managers and to be positive disciplinarians which results in more time on task, better relational and educational outcomes, increased job satisfaction and their students acquiring the behavioral skills they need to succeed. May believes that we need to acknowledge that the entire world is experiencing historical, collective trauma and to think that we can return to academics without making mental health a priority is sheer folly. May is committed to providing students and teachers with the social-emotional resources they need to heal, catch up and move forward.

Caroline Keep

Caroline is a physics teacher at Penketh High School in Warrington. She is also the Director of Spark Penketh, the first school Makerspace in the UK embedding making across the curriculum and she has just won the 2018 TES New Teacher of the Year award for her work on STEAM learning! Caroline is also the co- founder of Liverpool Makefest, a festival to promote science, technology, engineering, art and maths and maker-education for young people. The festival is now in its fourth year and attracts over 5000 visitors annually. Caroline is also Founder of the Society of School Makerspaces, a founder member of the Guild of Makers and co-founder of the MakerNoise unconference on creativity, learning and maker education. Winner of the Nexus-Education ‘Edtech/ STEM’ blog award.

Gemma Sanchez

Gemma Sanchez, co-owner of Grow Your Mindset, has the passion for and has experienced the impact that developing a Growth Mindset can have on an individual’s belief, attitude and focus towards learning and life. With 15 years primary teaching experience (including 7 years Special Educational Needs Coordinator) she has seen how successful developing a Growth Mindset can be. Her mission is to share her knowledge and experience to empower individuals to think differently and cultivate a passion for learning, no matter what their age or position – making education better! Gemma formed Grow Your Mindset formally in September 2018 and is in the running for 2 prestigious awards this coming June for She Inspires – Women in Education award and the E3 Small business start up award. Sue is on a mission to make parenting easy and has teamed up with Nexus Education to help teacher through her extensive experience. Sue is on a mission to make parenting easy and has teamed up with Nexus Education to help teacher through her extensive experience.

Daniel Robertson

Daniel Robertson is a Digital Journey Lead for Spurgeons Children’s Charity. Prior to this role, he has worked as a Teacher of English in a wide variety of school settings.

Derek Peaple

Derek has been the Headteacher of Park House School since 2003, during which time he has played a leading role in regional, national and international education initiatives. He supported the design of the Values-themed London 2012 Get Set Education programme and was subsequently appointed as the first Chair of the Youth Sport Trust‘s National Headteacher Strategy Group. In 2013 he received the inaugural Sir John Madejski Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education and Sport and contributed to the House of Commons Education Committee’s Report, School Sport following London 2012: No more political football. Ofsted recently stated that, at Park House, a “values driven ambition for students inspired by the Headteacher drives the school’s effective improvement.” The school has also just been identified in the top 100 state schools in the country for continuous improvement in GCSE results. Derek was shortlisted for the 2016 TES National Headteacher of the Year Award.

Sue Atkins

Sue Atkins is a television presenter, author, parenting and teaching specialist. Sue regularly appears on ITV’s This Morning programme where she presents on parenting issues. Atkins also regularly appears on BBC Breakfast and the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2. Sue is on a mission to make parenting easy and has teamed up with Nexus Education to help teacher through her extensive experience.

Sheetal Smith-Batish

Sheetal is an experienced education leader in the Primary education sector. She has worked in a variety of settings in London in different leadership roles and has completed programmes such as the National Qualification for Headship. She has been responsible for many curriculum areas including English, RSE and Assessment and is currently working as an Assistant Headteacher in a secondary school and is interested in becoming involved in Further Education. As well as promoting diversity, equality and mental health, she has always been invested and successful at driving school improvement, curriculum design and achieving the best pupil outcomes through Carol Dweck’s growth mindset approach. She now lives and teaches in Oxfordshire.

Poppy Gibson

Poppy currently leads the innovate Blended Accelerated BA Hons in Primary Education Studies at ARU (Anglia Ruskin University), Essex. Poppy is a senior lecturer in education, and recently graduated with merit on the Masters in Mental Health Science (MSc). Poppy is also a qualified Inside-Out Prison Educator. Poppy previously worked for 4 years as a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, and Course Lead of the 2-year accelerated Primary Education degree, at the University of Greenwich, moving into Higher Education after over a decade working in London primary schools. Poppy’s primary research interests revolve around mental health and wellbeing, but Poppy also has a passion for edtech in helping students achieve.

Charmaine Roche

Charmaine Roche is an experienced Executive Coach and Education Consultant. She began working independently in 2013 after 29 years as a teacher and senior leader in secondary education. Her business LifeFlowBalance Coaching, and Consulting was founded in 2016. She is passionate about developing coaching as the art and science of leading and learning under pressure in a world that is increasingly uncertain, complex, ambiguous and volatile. Her work is varied but predominantly keeps her in touch with the issues and concerns in the field of education. She designs and provides coaching programmes of one to one wellbeing coaching; leadership development, resilience workshops, team coaching and resilience building training and development. She has a holistic, inclusive, creative and evidence-based approach to supporting organisations and individuals find the solutions that will work for them.

James Yates

James Yates has been teaching Science for almost ten years now. He is a self confessed Superhero geek and this led him into teaching which makes sense as he is passionate about helping people. James soon picked up Pastoral leadership responsibility in school and well as some teaching and learning roles. James is always looking to improve himself and those around him which is what he tries to promote to the young people he teaches .He is passionate about teaching the person not the student. He believes every child deserves a champion and has the right to an education. That education isn’t just subjects and qualifications but life lessons and how to socialise.

Allen Tsui

Allen Tsui is the subject lead for Computing at Willow Brook Primary School Academy in North East London where he has held the role since Summer 2020. Allen has also been a Digital Schoolhouse Leader since Summer 2023.

Lynn How

Lynn has been teaching for 20 years during which time she has been an Assistant Head and a Lead Mentor at a Teacher Training institution. Currently, she is working as a SENCO. She loves to write, including research, children‘s poetry and she has an MA in Education, NASENCO and NPQH. Lynn’s particular areas of interest are wellbeing (staff and pupil), SEND, children’s mental health, leadership, mentoring and coaching. She has written for Teacher Toolkit and has her own blog www.positiveyoungmind.com. The site hosts a range of articles, resources and info graphics on all things SEMH – including educator wellbeing. She also has a coaching group with free monthly events: www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforteacherwellbeing/ In her leisure time, she loves to spend time with her family and in the great outdoors walking and climbing. She is also a Scout climbing instructor and assessor. Her children are 10 and 6 and therefore she can appreciate first-hand the pressure children, educators and parents are under!

Dede Rittman

Dede Rittman is a 37-year veteran English/ Theater teacher from Pittsburgh, PA, teaching 35 years in the North Allegheny School District, where she also was Varsity Head Boys’ Golf Coach for 33 years, directed the spring musical and talent shows, and contributed to many district initiatives. She was a PA Teacher of the Year semi-finalist in 2011, the year she had to retire when her husband, Scott, was dying from stage four colon cancer. Dede’s book STUDENT TEACHING: THE INSIDE SCOOP FROM A MASTER TEACHER was published in September 2014 and the book has won 8 awards. Nationwide, colleges and universities are using her book, and Dede accepts speaking engagements around the country, with some focusing on education, and some on motivation. She is a guest blogger for educational magazines and was the Co-host of The Total Education Q and A Show, which was heard around the world on 120 stations in 80 countries on www.blogtalkradio.com/totaltutor. Dede gives presentations around the globe on both of her books through www.fieldtripzoom.com and www.streamblelearning.com . Dede writes a weekly blog for teacher inspiration at www.bunnyteacher.blogspot.com. GRADY GETS GLASSES, Dede’s children’s book, just came out in hardcover. The book won Best New Children’s Book 2016 from The Authors’ Zone. Dede has also won two Album of Distinction Awards from Delta Kappa Gamma in 2015 and 2017; the prestigious I AM L.E.E. (Living Education Everyday) Award in 2016; and she was inducted into the North Allegheny Sports Hall of Fame in October of 2017. Dede works very hard on promoting her books and speaking engagements. She enjoys continuing teaching grades kindergarten to college through her books!

Mr T of Mr T’s NQT/ECT support

Mr T of @MrTs_NQTs has been an NQT mentor for the past 10 years and has mentored 16 NQTs during that time. These NQTs have ranged in their abilities but have all been supported to make them the best teacher that they can be, drawing on their individual strengths and personalities. He is currently seeking to support a wider range of teachers in their early career through his twitter feed and continue to support as many teachers as he can to achieve what they are truly capable of.

Thomas Blakemore

Thomas started his career after Graduating From Edge Hill University where he studied BA (hons) Primary Mathematics Education with QTS. In the UK, Thomas taught in Upper Key Stage 2. Now teaching abroad in Dubai he teaches in Year 3 while leading humanities. Thomas started his YouTube channel in the UK to show share advice and support to parents and children at school. This has since evolved to creating videos and vlogs to support teachers globally providing an honest overview of the challenges in education and how to overcome them. Thomas regularly contributes to WAGOLL blog.

Eva Henderson

Eva joined Spencer Clarke Group in 2023 as a Marketing Assistant. Spencer Clarke Group is an award-winning SEND recruitment agency dedicated to assisting schools with their recruitment challenges and finding candidates their dream career paths.

Hannah Frances

Hannah qualified as a History teacher in 2014 from the University of Roehampton. She has taught widely across the Humanities subjects and has held additional whole school responsibility. She worked in London for four years, before moving back to Nottingham at the start of September 2017. She has blogged for #WomenEd and is involved in various communities for her subject, aspiring Middle Leaders and the development of trainee teachers. She is involved in the Legacy 110 Project and is a mentor at the University of Nottingham where she started her Masters in Education in September. She is interested in development of the curriculum, training teachers and diversity in education.

Harriet Young

Harriet enjoys going on hikes and connecting with nature with her two Labradors. Though she enjoys being vegan, she is adventurous and enjoys trying out new food. Skilled in PR, creative media, and content strategies to assist brands and companies in developing and enhancing their online presence. Primary competency: – Market and audience insight – Campaign planning and strategy – Digital initiatives that result in ‘earned’ media attention that is organic. https://www.thesixthdegree.media

Adam Watkins

Adam started his career after graduating from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David where he studied Primary Education. He has taught in Wales and overseas including Dubai and Malaysia where he taught in large private schools across primary and secondary. Adam returned to Wales a few years ago with his wife to start a family and is continuing his career as a Primary teacher and Learning Coach. He is an author and contributor to the Times Education Supplement and enjoys spending time travelling with his family and playing tennis. He is also passionate about curriculum development and innovative learning.

Gary Henderson

Gary Henderson is currently the Director of IT in an Independent school in the UK. Prior to this he worked as the Head of Learning Technologies working with public and private schools across the Middle East. This includes leading the planning and development of IT within a number of new schools opening in the UAE. As a trained teacher with over 15 years working in education his experience includes UK state secondary schools, further education and higher education, as well as experience of various international schools teaching various curricula. In addition Gary is a Google and Microsoft Certified Educator, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and an Apple Teacher plus holds CISSP, CISA and CRISC certifications.

Paula Talman

Paula Talman is the founder of iSpace Wellbeing; a complete wellbeing curriculum solution created to support schools and teachers in improving the mental and emotional wellbeing of their students. A school inspector, school nurse and safeguarding officer, Paula knows first hand how important it is that schools offer a preventative approach to mental and emotional wellbeing, including guidance on who and how to ask for help.

Toria Bono

Toria has been teaching for twenty years and has had many roles in the primary sector over this time. She loves love learning about new ways of teaching and over the past twenty years her teaching has evolved with everything that she has learnt. Recently, Toria has discovered Twitter and views it as a massive staffroom where any educator can get help and advice from thousands of others. She sees it as such a powerful tool for educators that she is doing her best to make it more available to those newer or less well-known teachers on Twitter through the hashtag #TinyVoiceTuesday…

Gemma Clark

Gemma Clark is a Scottish primary teacher, active trade union member and writer concerned with many issues including women’s rights and school safety. She has appeared on ITV news to discuss safety mitigations during the Covid 19 pandemic and regularly writes for the Times Educational Supplement. She has a passion for the wellbeing of school staff and children and is a qualified Children and Family Yoga Instructor, and Massage in Schools instructor. Gemma also believes in teacher allyship and supports anti-racist education and the decolonisation of the curriculum. She is an advocate for new the Scottish LGBT inclusion policy and a founding member and admin of a wellbeing group set up to support teachers in Scotland during the pandemic.

Mr Morgs

Mr Morgs is an experienced Year 6 teacher from South London. He is a trained SATs marker, LA Moderator and has an MA in leadership. He is interested in keeping up-to-date with current educational research, specifically related to the teaching of maths and reading.

Mike Reardon

Having been a governor and volunteer of a small rurally isolated primary school in Shropshire since he left it in 2002, Mike has made it his mission to enable collaboration and sharing of best practice within schools, without costing them anything

Niomi Clyde Roberts

Niomi is currently a year 5 teacher, SLT and Head of Science across the CHANGE partnership academy. Having been teaching for 7 years Niomi has just recently moved to a new school to develop working in a different setting. Niomi’s passions include perseverance, pedagogy, emotional intelligence and well-being.

Sammy White

Sammy is a former maths teacher having taught across secondary, alternative provisions and FE Sammy now works at Texthelp as a Teaching and Learning Specialist. Sammy was named in the EdTech 50 in 2021 and holds an ACMALT from the Association of Learning Technologists. Sammy is a Microsoft Certified Educator, Word Expert, Google Innovator, Trainer and Coach. Sammy has recently been delivering her own workshops on using GIFs to model and bridge the digital divide to UK colleges and schools. You can connect with Sammy and read more of her work at bio.link/Whatthetrig

Craig Kemp

Craig is a passionate Head of Educational Technology at a large International School in Singapore. He is a lifelong learner, dream creator and thought leader. Craig loves to inspire others and find inspiration. Co-founder of #whatisschool, #asiaED edchats and #pubPD.

Abbie Cairns

Abbie Cairns is an artist-teacher working in Adult Community Learning. She is currently completing her PhD at Norwich University of the Arts, in which she explores the identity (trans)formation of artist-teachers in ACL. Cairns identifies herself as an artist-teacher and is engaged in both art and teaching practices. Abbie is interested in how those that identify as artist-teachers in ACL came to develop their identity and is engaged in narrative research with self-selecting participants. Her research was motivated by her own lived experience of being an artist-teacher in ACL and wanting to connect with others living the same experience. Abbie is a text-based artist who makes, and exhibits work regularly. She sits on the board for Colchester Art Society and work with SPACE to facilitate the Creative Practitioner Support Programme, which supports emerging artists.

Neal Watts

Whilst working as a key stage one teacher, Neal attended a fantastic CLPE training course which highlighted the importance of reading. It became clear to him that books can be used as a vehicle to bring children’s imagination to life whilst also raising their academic achievement. He came away feeling inspired. As well as being a teacher, he is also a football coach, and during this school year, he developed a unique idea – Kickstarters.

Ms Glynn

Ms Glynn is a Math and Science teacher with a passion for travel. She has experienced different schools and cultures around the world during her 18 months abroad, often bringing this to her writing. Ms Glynn is an advocate for mental health awareness, speaking from her own battle with depression and anxiety, she is open and honest about the issues faced in today‘s education system and how we can look after ourselves and eachother in a stressful profession. When she’s not blogging or teaching she‘s scuba diving or chasing waterfalls (not sticking to the rivers or the lakes that she’s used to).

Carl Barton

Following a troubled time in his early teens, he almost made it to daytime Radio 1 before creating a “Plan B” business that left him with a short period of homelessness, serious emotional trauma and financial loss (almost 100k). He started a record label with a friend (and £10 from signing on) and within 4 years turned that into 4 albums, stadium shows, international radio play and used the success to pay off all his debt within 18 months to free himself in order to go to University. He later used the same skills to pay off all his student debt within 2 years of graduating. Setting up a community DJ school and taking back to the stage again to fund the next part of the journey. His business and production partner Damian passed away suddenly on tour in 2004, and Carl made the decision to hand all future royalties over to his family. And to walk away from chasing fame… Soon after he was recruited from a sales role within a major record label to become a Lecturer at Staffordshire University, teaching students how to survive on the rollercoaster of the music industry. Realising that many students were struggling with the pressures of studying, he qualified as a counsellor and joined the Universities trauma support team. 15 years later he realised he was being asked for his personal story and lessons learned, by more and more people. So he decided to leave the University and to create a set of shows to attempt to solve issues faced by young adults all over the UK. As a part of the research for the show he worked on the front line for 6 months, working for a mental health charity, gaining Safeguarding and Mental Health First Aid status along the way. He has also continued his work within the Radio industry helping create studios for another mental health charity. Alongside this he has spent the last decade as a go-to for various Motorsport teams, working with drivers to extract the best from themselves and their cars. This research was the basis of his MSc in Advanced Technology. Away from the stage, he is still obsessed with dance music and old VW’s.

Thomas Courtley

Thomas Courtley is a former faculty leader and teacher from South East England, with a true passion for human culture and society. For 10 years he worked within the UK educational system, in a variety of teaching roles and, over time, as head of different departments. He worked his way up the ladder with energy and dedication, seizing his chances to implement positive changes within the secondary schools he worked in. During this period of time, he worked in various roles, starting as a trainee and later taking on responsibilities as a literacy and numeracy coordinator, a history teacher, and a geography teacher. With time, he became head of humanities, geography, PSHE and RE. His deliberate choice led him to work in the outer South East London area, primarily in comprehensive schools with a substantial population of Pupil Premium Students. His personal background served as a powerful motivation to teach and connect with students who faced similar socio-economic challenges. Thomas believes that digital tools can support teachers in expressing themselves, engaging students, and promoting equality in the classroom.

Lois Letchford

Lois Letchford has been teaching struggling readers for twenty years. Specialized in teaching children who failed to learn to read through numerous reading programs, Lois has worked with students in Australia, England, and Texas. She has taught failing students at all age levels, with her creative teaching methods varying depending on reading ability of the student, teaching age-appropriate, rather than reading-age-appropriate, material. For beginning readers, she writes poetry, encouraging students to know that they, too, are authors. As her students are more exposed to a wide range of reading, she uses already existing material to re-engage students, where they become active, involved learners who can confidently enter the traditional classroom. Her non-traditional background, multi-continental exposure, and passion for helping failing students have equipped her with a unique skill set and perspective. “Reversed: A Memoir” is her first book.

Nick Sermon

Nick Sermon is a Primary School Teacher with subject leadership in the Arts and Maths. He has worked in music education for 20 years with the majority of the time being within Further Education, but he has also supported his local Music Hub and has been a Director of Music for The RAF Air Cadets establishing two national ensembles. Being Dyslexic himself he has developed a passion for technology as he has used this to support his career in education. He wants pupils to have these opportunities so to have the opportunity to express themselves and succeed. All aspects of mobile technology are considered if ultimately they raise the attainment of the pupil.

Noa Daniel

Noa Daniel, M.Ed., is an innovator and thought leader who has been building ways for students to feel visible and valuable in and outside of the classroom for over 20 years. She is a teacher, consultant, coach, and Chief Building Officer at BOB. Noa created the Building Outside the Blocks (BOB) Approach which uses personalised projects to help students build skill, autonomy and community in minimal class time. She is also a podcaster, celebrating educators through her Personal Playlist Podcast (P3). Educators share a nostalgic song, one that reflects their identity and one that is motivational or inspirational. You can read more about Noa and her work at www.buildingoutsidetheblocks.com. Noa blogs about her projects and her guests on the P3 at noadaniel7.wixsite.com/bobblog. You can reach out to her through @noasbobs or by email noa@buildingoutsidetheblocks.com.

Jennifer Wyman

Jennifer has worked and studied within child development for over 22 years. Jennifer has taken her background in early years and combined it with her own tangible lived experiences to research and develop workshops, training and courses for teachers and parents; Bridge the Gap also offer free support in the community. Jennifer is committed to researching and studying to ensure that her training and courses are up to date with the newest evidence and research. Being a relational activist Jennifer has developed simple ‘rapport steps’ that help fuel positive relationships between schools, parents and teachers. Working with both parents and schools gives Jennifer a unique insight into the issues surrounding mental health and well-being.

Sarah McCabe

Sarah McCabe is a BA Primary Education Hons student in her second year of study. She has had a variety of experience over KS1 and KS2 and is currently based in the North East of England. Specialising in KS2 and PE, they are both areas of study which she is fond of. To follow her teaching journey, follow her Twitter @MissMcCabe98.

Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown is a content creator and digital marketer with a passion for helping businesses in the Gilani engineering industry succeed online. With over 5 years of experience in creating high-quality content, she specializes in creating compelling and informative blog posts, articles, and social media content!

Orla Carlin

Orla is currently working as an English Teacher and conducting remote online learning sessions. She has experience with the US, UK and UAE national curriculum having worked in the UAE, UK, Italy and Kuwait. For the past 8 years Orla has enjoyed working as a teacher and has focused her efforts on developing strategies for EAL learners. She has undergone various training courses in ESL summer camps in Italy and the UK and it is here she developed effective teaching methods for EAL learners. She spent a short time training teachers in Austria for their TESOL qualification as well as visiting Austrian schools and advising them on new and emerging methods through interactive workshops. She graduated from Queens University Belfast with a 2.1 in her Bachelors, and in addition to this she gained her CELTA qualification so that she could specialise in EAL methods. She enjoyed it so much that she completed her PGCE in PCET through Edge Hill University. She is also a Cambridge Examiner for AS- Level Global Perspectives and it is through this position that she finds new and emerging themes to intertwine with her English teaching. She is highly skilled in the areas of student-centred teaching and utilises Humanistic approaches to teaching.

Hannah Wilson

Hannah specialises in: Diversity, Inclusion and Equality, Professional Learning, Early Career Teachers, Mentoring and Coaching, Mental Health and Wellbeing. Her former roles have included: *Head of Secondary Teacher Training, University of Buckingham *Founding Executive Headteacher of Aureus School & Aureus Primary School, GLF Schools *Strategic Lead for the GLF Teaching School Alliance *Sub-Regional Strategic Lead for the SE Women Leading in Education Network for Oxon, Berks and Bucks (NCTL) *Professional Learning Lead for the Harris Federation. As a collaborator and a networker, Hannah is involved in a number of networks which she has founded, co-leads and delivers bespoke training through: Founder #DiverseEd, Founder #LeanInGirlsUK, Founder Oxon MH and WB network, Co-Founder #OxWomenLeaders, Co-Founder #WomenEd.

Scott Booth

Scott is a 32 (soon to be 33) year old primary school teacher who is based in Plymouth, Devon. His teaching career is approaching its sixth anniversary and has taught in Years 3, 5 and 6 so far. As well as teaching in Plymouth, he moved to Kuwait with his wife for two years between 2016-2018, educating a mixture of expats and Kuwaitis in a private English school. Scott’s passion is English and this was the undergraduate degree he took, marrying English Literature with Creative Writing. Although teaching consumes our lives, he does find time to read and write poetry from time to time, aiming to one day write his own children’s story.

Chris Hook

Chris is a Freelance Education Consultant, and senior leader, with a Leadership and Mathematics Specialism. She support Leadership teams in Teacher training, accelerating attainment, behaviour management and Mathematics in primary and Secondary schools.

Stephen Holden

Through his current roles as Executive Headteacher, public speaker, writer, SEND lead and Ofsted Reference Group member, Stephen Holden lives his vision that excellent leadership and rapid school improvement derive from genuine positive relationships.

Andrew Keegan

Andrew is a music specialist with over 15 years education experience. Previously a Head of Department in a large comprehensive school, he is now a primary teacher in Swansea. Alongside mainstream teaching, Andrew works on a range of projects, including most recently developing a set of literacy & numeracy and music resources to support teachers in Wales to create their own custom music curriculum for their schools. He mainly blogs about music in education, but sometimes comments on wider educational issues as well.

Jody Ashfield

Jody Ashfield, Co-Founder, Percussion Play. For more information about Percussion Play’s products and services in the UK, call +44 1730 235180, email us at info@percussionplay.com or visit our website at www.percussionplay.com.

Glenn Carter

Glenn Carter is a history leader at Ingleby Mill Primary School in Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England and a history specialist who delivers his own CPD through his page History Rocks – Creative Primary History. He is also a member of the Historical Association’s Primary Committee and has worked with several well-known educational companies to bring history to the forefront of the curriculum. Glenn has been commended with the Teacher of Excellence award and regularly promotes creativity and technology within history. He often posts resources, provides support and has become a respected member in a number of social media teaching groups.

Jade Parkinson-Hill

Steam School connects schools with science and tech innovators via our weekly live broadcasts and accompanying mini challenges. By showcasing the stories of young innovators, discussing tech trends and scientific breakthroughs, Steam School inspires students to develop a new awareness about how rapid technological change is transforming the world in which we live. Our mission is to connect 100,000s students across the globe with STEAM innovators and to inspire them to create positive global change with science and technology. Steam School is currently recruiting for pioneering schools to join our community.

Liz Cronshaw

Liz Cronshaw, co-owner of Grow Your Mindset with 14 years experience in corporate business and 10 years as a class teacher, then middle leader has a passion to share within educational settings and businesses the importance of becoming more mindset aware, as this truly underpins everything we do. The forming of Grow Your Mindset in 2018 has created a platform to share her knowledge and experience to adults and children where they invite themselves to embrace a journey of growth. This inevitably increases confidence, self belief, focus and mental attitude. Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside changes too!

Donna Burkert

Donna is a primary school teacher in Essex. An early career in administrative and secretarial roles wasn’t fulfilling enough for her and a chance to work as a teaching assistant, when her three boys were young, presented the catalytic moment that saw her retrain as a teacher. Juggling study, work, children and a dog was not easy but she managed to achieve her goal and qualified as a teacher in 2014 aged 40. Her passion for English was noted in her NQT year and she was offered the opportunity to lead Literacy, a position that was also bestowed on her in her current setting along with the offer to start the journey towards Artsmark, weaving its creative heart throughout their curriculum. Promoting reading is an absolute passion and she can be seen regularly immersing her classes in the joy of a text.

Chris Adams

Chris Adams has always enjoyed Maths, the simplicity, and precision of it. The elegance and grace. The undeniable, and irrefutable certainty of it. But what he loves more than all those things, is enabling others to see this as well. In a world filled with chaos and opinions, debate and debacle 1 + 1 has always been 2, and will always be 2, and everyone on the planet understands that it is 2. Maths transcends language, culture, religion and race; it is a global unifier and permeates to the heart of everything. Like every skill, regardless of your starting point you can improve and master this skill, if only you put your mind to it. He has taught over 2000 pupils and understands what a privilege it is to care, guide, and educate people’s most treasured of things, ‘their child’. Join him for weekly webinars on the topics you need support with, at a time that suits you, for the price of a cup of coffee. Personalised education can be, and should be available for all, now it is. #Mathsunlockedwithmradams.co.uk

Penny Whelan

Penny Whelan is a Primary Assistant Headteacher and SENCO. She has a Psychology degree and a PGCE. Penny works part-time and is also EAL coordinator, an SLE, Coach and the Operations Manager for the Schools Linking Network in her Local Authority. She is passionate about SEND, inclusion, community and diversity.

Baasit Siddiqui

Baasit delivers national competitions, motivational school workshops and assemblies linked to television, careers education and entrepreneurship. Baasit also works with businesses to raise awareness of the issues around social mobility.

Debbie Woodliffe

Debbie is an experienced writer currently based in the UK as part of the Affinity Agency team. She has a degree in Media Studies and has been a part of the creative and writing industries for the last 9 years. At the moment she is working with a range of clients such as Badger Learning to help generate content that is designed to inspire, educate, and inform the reader on relevant, timely topics.

Dr. John Jennings

Dr. John Jennings is an educational theorist from Galway, he has a PhD in TESOL with research in Social-Media and Education. He has researched the perceptions that students have of Social-Media in Education and how it affects their interaction with the academic world. He is also an avid virtual runner

Deborah McClean

Deborah McClean is an English teacher in a large secondary school in South Gloucestershire. She has experience mentoring trainee teachers, leading EPQ in sixth form and leading whole school Literacy. Deborah has also recently been appointed as a School Governor for a specialist school for Autism in Bristol. During 2017-2018 Deborah took a period of maternity leave to care for her first daughter, Ivy. She is just about to finish her second maternity leave with Cora in 2020 in the shadow of COVID19. During her first maternity leave she published her first book: Almost There: Lessons from a Trainee Teacher – written for trainee teachers and NQTs. Deborah is also a poet and writer, with work published in the ezine Ink, Sweat and Tears. Deborah tweets between naps @TrainTeachGrow.

Beverly Clarke

Beverly Clarke is a Coach and Mentor. A TechWomen100 award winner with a diverse portfolio, she combines a career in Education consulting with Authoring, Coaching and Mentoring. She is an ILM Qualified Coach and Mentor, additionally she holds a STEM Learning Coaching and Mentoring qualification.

Gillian Judson

Dr. Gillian Judson also teaches in the Faculty of Education and supervises programs in Imaginative Education. Her work focuses on the role of imagination in all learning contexts. She is interested in imaginative and ecological teaching practices, educational program design, educational change, educational leadership, online learning, and museum education. Her latest books include Imagination and the Engaged Learner: Cognitive Tools for the Classroom (2016), Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education: Practical Strategies For Teaching (2015), and A Walking Curriculum (2018/2019).

Nuzha Ramankhan

Nuzha currently works as a mathematics teacher and has been involved in the education sector for over 7 years. Nuzha has worked in the public and private sector as well as being involved in curriculum writing publishing several syllabi in the private sector. Nuzha has also worked as an examinations coordinator, marker and worked closely with intervention students setting up summer camps to give them the boost needed for the next academic year. She is also involved in the training of new teachers and regularly holds training sessions with them. All of this experience positions Nuzha perfectly to be a regular NexEdblogs contributor.

Abigail Hawkins

Abigail has been a classroom teacher and SENDCO for more than 20 years. During that time she has worked in a wide variety of settings and across age ranges 2 to adult. Whilst originally training as a science teacher, she spent the majority of her career teaching children with weak literacy skills and special educational needs. Other hats worn across the years include Co-ordinator for PP, EAL, LAC, Family Learning, Assessment, (a whole variety of subjects including Science, Literacy, DT, IT, History, Music and Maths), Designated Safeguarding Lead, Chief First-Aider and NQT Mentor. The only mainstream subject to have not appeared on her timetable (within primary, secondary or FE) at some point has been…nope, there wasn’t one, although SLT regretted asking her to teach art to 9-year-olds! Abigail loves working with schools and families around supporting young people with special educational needs and has published several books.

Kat Cauchi

Kat Cauchi is the community engagement manager at NetSupport, editor of R.I.S.E. Magazine and the host of the ‘Insights with NetSupport (Corporate)’ podcast and ‘Her Tech Life’ podcast. She is also a member of the Global Equality Collective, a Technocamps Girls in STEM role model, an InnovateHer role model and a Global EdTech author. She won a 2023 We Are Tech Women #TechWomen100 Award and the Nexus Education 2022 ‘Classroom and Curriculum Improvement’ award for her blog about her journey into the world of EdTech and why she wants more young people (especially girls) to get into STEAM. Kat formerly worked in education in a number of roles as a primary school teacher, higher-level teaching assistant, teaching assistant and nursery nurse.

Howard Lewis

Managing Director, UK & International, Discovery Education. Howard joined Discovery Education from Thomson Reuters, where he was a member of an executive leadership team responsible for the go-to-market strategy for that company’s European enterprise. Prior to Thomson Reuters, Howard held various management and leadership positions at Experian and Dun & Bradstreet. Howard earned his BA (Honors) in Business and Marketing from Southampton University. His favourite subjects in school were the arts and sciences, although later became interested in economics and psychology and his favourite teacher was Miss Drake who taught English Literature.

Joe Denny

Joe is a KS2 teacher, English curriculum leader and EAL lead at a large primary school in Oldham, Greater Manchester. He is found on social media as @ealeducator. He is passionate about empowering educators to support the language and personal development of EAL learners, improving social mobility and creating more positive outcomes for all.

Gemma Drinkall

Gemma Drinkall is an Educational Wellbeing Coach dedicated to helping middle leaders in education to create clear boundaries so that they can thrive in teaching.

Arjun Kotecha

Arjun Kotecha is a Content Executive for educational resource company Twinkl UK. He has experience in education having previously worked as an Active Learning Facilitator and form tutor for over 200 business students, as well as being a course leader. He graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in Advertising & Marketing and also has experience working for an advertising agency. He does not think that all biographies should be this formal and often wonders why he writes in third person like this. I mean blog writing is a creative writing genre after all. And now I’m back to first person.

Ben Harding

Ben has worked in education for over 25 years including roles in headship and as an Ofsted inspector. He has several education qualifications and written numerous books, with well over a quarter of a million copies ending up in schools across the UK and abroad. Ben is the curriculum designer for the ‘Big Maths’ approach to primary mathematics.

Carol Hyatt

Carol’s degree was Zoology Biochemistry Jt. Hons. She came into teaching saying ‘we need to teach our children thinking skills, to concentrate more, to improve their memory’. The only thing she could find was a Man Power Services book about study skills with Kim’s Game in it! She has watched the development and discovery of how students learn and remembers with relish and uses that knowledge often. As a Mum of five, former Infant school parent governor and helper, Secondary school parent governor, FE Visiting lecturer (Carol has taught numeracy, literacy, creative writing, help your child with Maths/English, family learning, employability, SEND learners, been paid to produce resources, HAZ family learning project developer and deliverer, Access tutor, Lectured University students against plagiarism, and taught them to budget on a student loan. Taught in schools 1 to 1 Maths, GCSE English/Maths and Sciences and lastly a training provider, GCSE Maths and English retakes, and functional English and private tutor. She is also the wife of a Secondary Headteacher, who having retired, got fed up of being at home and is now a Junior School TA. Her perspective is quite broad and deep!

David Andrews

David Andrews formed Mr Andrews Online back in 2012 with a vision to deliver better learning experiences for children using mobile technology. Since 2012 he has worked alongside hundreds of schools and teachers, delivering classroom experience days for primary school children up and down the country. He has recently written a ‘Creative Computing Curriculum’ for a leading Academy, as their previous scheme had become stale and didn’t allow the teachers to exploit cross curricular opportunities. They wanted the scheme to ‘wow the children and be aspirational’. The innovative Mr Andrews Online Creative Curriculum is now available to all primary schools.

Charlotte Camplejohn

Charlotte Camplejohn, BA, MA, is an experienced social scientist and researcher, with a background spanning health, education and social care. Charlotte has a particular interest in the field of children and families. Charlotte has worked in both the public and voluntary sector, with a particular focus on bridging the gap between operational activity and strategic planning. Charlotte has a background in delivering training to a broad range of professionals, applying for large funding pots on behalf of voluntary organisations and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. Charlotte is a mum of four, has over a decade of experience as a school governor and several years experience as Chair, and has written a parenting and lifestyle blog called Mummy Fever for the last decade.

Melanie Moore

Melanie is the Curriculum Director and author of the Cornerstones Curriculum. She writes, edits and oversees all curriculum materials and leads our creative team. Melanie has over 20 years of primary teaching experience, including as a deputy headteacher and arts leader. She has also been a teacher adviser and local authority strategy adviser. Melanie and her team are currently developing the new Knowledge-rich Curriculum projects at Cornerstones.

Phyl Macomber, M.S. ATP

Since completing a fellowship at Johns Hopkins Kennedy-Krieger Institute in 1988, Phyl Macomber has become an award-winning keynote speaker, author, and education specialist. Phyl has consulted with and trained thousands of teaching staff and was featured in the international best seller, the Common Threads Trilogy book series, as one of the top 100 empowering women who is a passionate catalyst for systems change in education. Phyl has been a guest on numerous radio shows to discuss simplifying instruction for students of all abilities. Phyl serves two ambassadorships – the first for the educational affairs organization, I AM Living Education Everyday and the second at Energime University, based in Manhattan, as the educational co-producer of the University’s global youth program, Mission Earth Solutions. Her partnership with South Africa-based Leave No Girl Behind International is training young people in key leadership principles globally. Phyl has created a 4-step simple system for how to teach anything to anyone, called T.H.E. P.A.C.T., which is outlined in Phyl’s first book, The Power of T.H.E. P.A.C.T. Her research-based teaching strategies have been published in numerous articles featured in education publications since 2009 and are being successfully used across North America and in parts of Australia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and Africa.

Fran Turuta

Fran Turuta is an elementary teacher that loves to work with students. She is a wife and a mother and enjoys a good book and baking. She currently resides on the south shore of Long Island.

Ian Grove-Stephensen

Ian is CEO of Yacapaca, an online bank of quizzes and resources which help boost results through assessment, homework and revision.

Playforce

Rebecca Clarke

Rebecca is ‘Head of Programmes’ at The Inspirational Learning Group, the provider of the UK’s largest enterprise and employability competition for secondary schools. The challenge aims to equip young people with the skills needed for the world of work, further education and training and can assist schools in hitting the Gatsby Benchmarks whilst contributing cultural capital. To learn more about The National Enterprise Challenge please contact Dan Mears on 01785 550 160.

Robert Lilley

Robert is an experienced education professional, mentor, appraiser, staff development leader, inspector, school governor and educational consultant.

Al Kingsley

Al describes himself as a man of two hats, with one he the is CEO of the EdTech company, NetSupport, with almost 30 years’ experience in educational technology and digital safeguarding. With his other, and with a passion for education and, in particular edtech, governance and raising organisational performance, Al has undertaken numerous roles in education, including being Chair of a Multi-Academy Trust and of an Alternative Provision Academy. He is chair of his regions Governors’ Leadership Group and chairs the regional SEND Board. A well-known face in EdTech around the world, Al is also the author of “My Secret #EdTech Diary” and co-author of “A Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy in Education”. Al writes and speaks internationally on the effective use of Educational Technology and is a Forbes Technology Council Member. Al continues to support schools and EdTech vendors with consulting and mentoring – as well as writing for the wider education community and speaking at events.

Sally Davies

Sally has a long history of working in schools and education. She has always been heavily involved in IT as a subject area in her 15 years of teaching and leadership roles but now, no longer a teacher, she focuses solely in getting the e-safety message across to students, staff, parents and the community. She now provides workshops and assemblies to students, briefings to parents and community groups and inset and twilight training for staff. She also provides 1:1 IT skills tutoring to those who require that extra boost to their skills. In her e-safety role, she covers a variety of areas including the following and more: The changes and trends over the last few years, Understanding cyberbullying the media used and its impact upon our children, Understanding grooming, the media used and the signs to look for, Understanding sexting, it’s platforms, the laws surrounding it and the consequences, Understanding what the digital footprint is and what not to do, The technologies our young people use (online gaming including Roblox, social media including snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, twitter, YouTube, live streaming, Tik Tok and more), The laws and consequences of actions, How to broach the subject with our children, How to keep our children on the safest path

Jenny Ross

Jenny Ross teaches years 1 & 2 within a small rural forest school in Kent. She has a BA Degree in Early Childhood studies, is currently completing an MA in Educational Leadership and has worked with children and families for 10 years. Jenny is passionate about parental engagement in education and has previously held the position of Chair person for a parent council within a ‘requires improvement’ school. Due to the successful recognition of the council, our story has featured within various publications including; ’The Mentally Healthy Schools Workbook’ by Dr Pooky Knightsmith and ’The Four Pillars of Parental Engagement’ by Justine Robbins and Karen Dempster.

Leonie Hurrell

Leonie Hurrell is an Educational enthusiast. At 24, Leonie was the youngest Deputy Headteacher in Dorset and went on to become an innovative Headteacher for 8 years in two schools, before becoming a Certified Performance Coach. Leonie is passionate about people and learning. Founder of The Thinking Academy, a company that provides coaching and training solutions for schools. She has developed an Education specific coaching model, SPEAR®, to enable better communication in schools and delivers training on communication, coaching, resilience and learning behaviours. Leonie supports and challenges educationalists to become the best they can be. “Working with Leonie has been the best CPD of my career” Nick, Assistant Headteacher, Dorset.

Pentagon Play

Pentagon Play is the UK’s Number One School Playground Specialist with a mission of improving children’s lives today to shape happier and healthier grown-ups tomorrow! Founded in 1998 by Andrew Snell and Michael Bischof, Pentagon Play’s aim is to revitalise school playgrounds with educational play equipment, designed with the primary school curriculum in mind. Quickly growing into one of the biggest playground equipment suppliers in the country, Pentagon Play was voted one of the Times 100 Best Companies to work for in 2020 and has held several partnerships with NCPCC, Action for Children and more during their existence!

Brad Smith

Brad Smith is a technology expert at TurnOnVPN, a non-profit promoting a safe and free internet for all. He writes about his dream for a free internet and unravels the horror behind big techs.

Amy Knight

Amy is a trainee teacher from the South-East. She’s currently in her 2nd year of BA Primary and Early Years Education (with QTS) at the University of Sussex. She’s especially interested in supporting children’s mental health and raising its profile within schools. Amy is also a bookworm with a love for children’s literature, and is keen to nurture an interest in reading amongst pupils. She thinks books are a brilliant tool to facilitate cross-curricular learning, and regularly reviews recent reads over on her blog. Amy’s favourite quote is “life is about making an impact, not making an income” and this is the helpful attitude she hopes to instil within her pupils.

Elissa G

I am the marketing assistant for Odyssey Education. At Odyssey, it’s all about The Journey; how do Schools and Colleges drive attainment and educational vision through innovative and exciting use of technology? We provide free IT consultancy to help you find the right tech! Our services also include providing hardware, software, and managed services to schools, colleges, academies and Trusts.

Faheemah Vachhiat

Faheemah is an accomplished primary school teacher with over ten years of experience in the field of primary . She is highly respected by her colleagues and students alike for her dedication to teaching and her passion for creating engaging and meaningful educational content. Faheemah is currently responsible for overseeing the computing curriculum at her school, and she is always seeking new ways to inspire her students and help them excel. In her free time, Faheemah enjoys spending time with her family, especially her three young daughters who keep her busy and bring joy to her life.

Julie Keyes

Lead coach and founder at The Educational Coach, Julie Keyes delivers high-quality coaching services to schools in the UK and abroad. Alongside her team of expertly-skilled accredited coaching professionals and educators, Julie works with educational staff from all levels of the sector, believing accessibility to coaching is the key to a successful coaching culture.

Aashumi Manazhy

Aashumi is a primary school teacher at A’Soud Global School in Muscat (Oman) and was drawn to teaching by the love of influencing tiny minds and positively contributing to their education from a young age.

Shuaib Khan

Shuaib has worked in education for seven years. Following the completion of his degree, he began his journey in education as a Teaching Assistant. Shuaib was given several opportunities to lead and plan lessons in his specialism; Sociology. After an additional six months of classroom experience, he began his PGCE in 2015. Ever since, Shuaib has taught at a range of educational establishments ranging from pupil referral units to sixth form colleges. He remains passionate about providing equitable outcomes for all his students. Over the past 12 months, Shuaib’s writing has gathered significant pace. He is a passionate writer who aims to tackle issues around social inequality and justice. Several of his articles on inclusion, diversity and unconscious bias have been nominated for SchoolsWeek blog of the week. Shuaib is also the host of #antismalltalk podcast and also a regular host on TeacherHug Radio. This is an independent venture where he aims to provide fellow educators and activists an opportunity to have their life stories heard. His podcast can be found on all leading platforms (Apple, Spotify and Anchor).

Farhana Aktar

Farhana has been blogging for Nexus Education since her undergraduate studies. She is an avid champion for Religious Education, Philosophy, Debate and Sociology. Since graduating from the LSE, Farhana completed her teacher training and is now a subject leader in a local secondary school.

Heads Up

Heads Up creates high performing school leadership teams that deliver consistent, high quality education every day to those children who need it the most. Maximise success with half the stress. Training is 100% recommended and highly effective.

Christopher Waterworth

Chris has been teaching in primary schools for nearly 15 years now and has used technology in his classrooms since the very beginning. He believes in a cross-curricular and social approach to learning. Children need to talk, to play, to fail and improve. Technology is now enabling children to do this outside the classroom and he firmly believes that we are on the edge of something amazing in education – a new chapter in what schools will look like and how children will become outstanding learners. He firmly believes that flipping your classroom is a way to truly personalize the learning experience for the children in your classroom.

Create Education

Gavin Goulds

Gavin is currently a Maths leader in a one form-entry primary school in Lancashire, England and currently teaches a split year 1/2 class. He has a keen interest in Maths and is currently looking at ways to embed mastery teaching techniques in his school. He uses twitter regularly to share good practice and to work with other professionals.

Charlotte Marshall

Charlotte is an A Level lecturer in an FE college specialising in English Literature and Sociology. Charlotte started her career in education as a Communication Support Worker for deaf and hard of hearing learners giving her an invaluable appreciation for the work of educators in a variety of subjects both vocational and academic. In 2012 she qualified with a GDTLLS and began as a GCSE tutor for students who hadn’t achieved their ‘C’ grade in compulsory education and were wanting to attain the certificate. Her timetable filled up from there taking on more classes and courses as her tenure increased. Charlotte writes for her own weekly blog on her experiences in the classroom with a growing international audience. She has been a guest speaker for Advanced Practitioner CPD events, lead internal CPD events and delivered her own CPD events externally.

Behind The Smile

Primary school teacher with experience in early years and KS1. Behind the Smile is a teacher suffering with depression, anxiety, stress and being a perfectionist! She has started a blog as therapy and with the hope that it might help someone else going through the same thing.

Faye Heming

Faye Heming is a former Headteacher who now works countrywide as an independent education consultant, trainer and school improvement partner (School Support Solutions Limited). She is passionate about professional development opportunities, regularly devising and delivering courses for NQTs, middle and senior leaders, providing practical strategies to support teachers in their quest to ensure the best possible outcomes for children. In addition to school improvement work, Faye provides confidential support to headteachers and senior leaders to help them maintain their own well-being. She is an active member of the National Headteacher Support Organisation and is currently the vice-president of the Gloucestershire branch of the NAHT.

Rona Metters

Rona Metters, mother of 4, grandmother to 6! In my late 50’s now, how did that happen! Not as patient and tolerant as I used to be, think it is caused by the menopause affect! Fell into School Business Management 15 years ago. Now the owner of JEM Business Consulting Ltd, we provide professional school business management and administration support to schools in Cambridgeshire/Lincolnshire/Peterborough. For those that may have seen me on Twitter (it will always be Twitter to me!) then you will know that I do get on my high horse from time to time…. Follow me @JEMBusiness2020! Creator of: Cambridgeshire School Business Networking Group – Cambridgeshire School Business Networking Group – Welcome (csbn.co.uk) Lincolnshire School Business Management Network – Lincolnshire School Business Network. Some of you may also know me this year for being the author of the Petition – Grant an inquiry of the Ofsted inspection at Caversham Primary School – https://chng.it/BDHXp6RvZG – which is currently sitting at 246,991 signatures! Thank you so much to all that have signed this petition, it has been completely mind blowing.

Miss S

‘Miss S’ is a 21-year-old in her NQT year in a Primary School. She blogs regarding her teaching journey and the interesting experiences she comes across.

Mair Pritchard

Miss Mair Pritchard is a Primary school KS1 teacher and first time Vlogger.

Paul Johnson

Paul has been teaching for over 15 years in a number of Primary Schools, and has led Maths for the past 11 years. Throughout this time, he has always been passionate about children developing a deep understanding of concepts rather than being taught mathematical rules. He is a PD Lead and Maths SLE, and has delivered training to a number of schools on the use of models and representations. He continues to develop his own practice and is now a NCETM Primary Mastery Specialist.

Rhodri Pritchard

Rhodri has been writing his own blog ‘Batu Yang Hidup’ (Malay for “Living Rock”) on Tumblr since July 2014. This focuses mainly on climbing and hiking but includes other outdoor activities from time to time. He launched his own guided hiking and climbing company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently. You can find out more by searching BYH Outdoors on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Tumblr. Rhodri follows all who follow his blog on social media.

Andrew Tidswell

Andrew Tidswell is Director of Professional Development at Discovery Education.

Dale Lawson

Year 4 teacher at Westclyst Community Primary School, Exeter.

Maisey Laurels

Maisey has over 15 years experience teaching in a multitude of settings from HE/FE and inner city state maintained schools to small, rural primaries. She has also spent five years teaching on the international circuit. Before this she worked in international sales and marketing. Maisey now works in UK secondary and is an advocate of respectful, kind professional dialogue between educationalists. She is passionate about human rights, mental health and diversity and equality. Her interests include etymology, puns and spoonerisms. She also quite likes a gin and a good book!

Victoria Hewett

Victoria is the teacher behind the popular education blog MrsHumanities.com where she shares a myriad of teaching and learning ideas, Humanities based resources and promotes teacher wellbeing and mental health. In addition, she is the author of ‘Making it as a Teacher’ and is a proud ambassador for the Education Support Partnership, the UK’s only charity providing mental health and wellbeing support services to all education staff and organisations.

Alex Barnes

Alex has over 13 years’ experience in the industry and is a detailed specialist in TPS and LGPS. Alex has a great deal of experience with NASUWT union. Alex has specialised for many years in the financial care of Teaching Professionals. He has developed an acute knowledge of the various teacher’s pension schemes and the tax affairs and concerns of his clients. Alex delivers a holistic planning approach to all his clients over a short, medium and long-term basis on everything from providing teacher’s mortgages, protection plans, savings advice and pension advice. No matter what age of client if it be preparing to buy their first house or planning to start their retirement chapter of life, Alex takes time to understand the important things to his clients and believes in building deep long lasting relationships with them to partner with them on their wealth to get the best future possible.

Jo FitzGerald

Jo FitzGerald taught for 17 years in the Middle East before returning to England with her family. Having lost close family members to suicide, and been Deputy-Head of a PRU, she now works to improve the wellbeing and resilience skills of our young people through her work with families and schools. Her company ‘Tiny Sponges’ is also the UK distributor for a series of Danish resources, used in schools across Denmark, which help teach positive mindset and the VIA character strengths to children aged 7 – 15 years. She also runs ‘primary2secondary’ with TV Parenting Expert Sue Atkins, helping parents and their children through the transition from Year 6 to Year 7.

Lloyd Stone

Lloyd is an ex-Primary School teacher of 12+ years, teaching and leading across all age ranges. Currently, he is a Wellbeing Support Officer for his LA, juggling this with parenthood – dad to two boys aged 6 and 2. Having experienced poor mental health and living with a mental illness Lloyd is hoping that, by sharing his experiences, he is able to help those going through something similar.

Paul Rose

As a successful former headteacher turned company founder, Paul holds three passionate beliefs that drive every aspect of his work: 1. That inclusion is at the heart of quality education – every child matters. 2. That for a child to live a happy and successful life, their education needs to teach them how to stay safe, develop essential lifeskills and gain qualifications that give them choices in adulthood. 3. That all schools working together is the only way to deliver quality, personalised education that meets the needs of every child.

Richard Simpson

Richard Simpson is a Deputy Headteacher and SLT member at a Primary School on the Isle of Wight. He has more than 20 years of classroom and management experience in roles as subject leader for English, KS2 writing moderator, Head of KS2 and Deputy Headteacher at a number of schools. He recently received his NPQH qualification and enjoys writing book reviews and blogs for several educational websites. He has a passion for children’s literature and promoting a love of reading and has spoken at #BrewEd events and at Literacy festivals about children’s books. Away from education, Richard is a WSET qualified wine enthusiast, an Irish rugby fan and enjoys living by the seaside and adventures with his two children and two naughty cats.

Holly Neal

Holly is Marketing Executive at CREATE Education. As a former Architecture and Environmental Design student, she is passionate about sustainable technologies, their ability to facilitate efficient designs and create less waste. She loves seeing 3D printing and Industry 4.0 technologies potential to inspire the next generation of innovators through STEAM, to change the world – particularly alleviating our impact on the environment.

Jo Gray

Jo has many years of school leadership experience, working with schools all over the North West and beyond. She works across Early Years, KS1 and KS2 delivering leadership support, whole school curriculum and Literacy support. She is moderator for KS1 and 2 in Oldham and monitors SATs and Phonics for Manchester. Jo is a self-confessed book addict who is passionate in supporting all children and staff in striving to be the best they can be.

Laurence Boulter

Laurence is an educational IT consultant and trainer, champion of outstanding IT and Microsoft Certified Educator.

Suzanne Murray

Suzanne Murray is a Specialist Dyslexia tutor and assessor, qualified to AMBDA standard. She began working in Primary schools around 5 years ago. After working with a range of children with SEND, she started to specialise in teaching reading. This led to an interest in dyslexia and she is now in the third year of an MA in SpLD (Specific Learning Difficulties), whilst also working as a Reading Teaching Assistant in an urban school. In addition to dyslexia, she has an interest in attachment issues, Sensory Processing and Speech and Language.

Omar Akbar

Omar Akbar is the author of The Unofficial Teacher’s Manual: What they don’t teach you at training college. He is a contributor to the TES magazine and blogs about issues affecting teachers in education. His direct, humorous, tell-it-like-it-is style, grabs the attention of the reader and his advice is often commended for its practicality and usefulness. Omar acknowledges the demanding nature of the teaching profession, but also that many of these difficulties are not in the classroom and often go undiscussed. While Omar pulls no punches on the realities of working in a school, he maintains a sense of positivity throughout his work. His writing clearly shows that he has a genuine interest in the well-being, survival and prosperity of teachers.

Caroline Locke

Caroline is a KS3 Coordinator for Mathematics at an inner London all-girls secondary school. She completed her masters focussing on improving the attainment of white British working class students in mathematics. Caroline became a teacher 5 years ago and has taught across the age spectrum from KS3 to KS5 mathematics, as well as KS5 economics. She is currently working on her Chartered Teacher certification through the Chartered College of Teaching and is becoming a regular attendee at conferences this year. She blogs about her experiences of teaching and of education research at mathsmuse.wordpress.com.

Mr. E.

Mr. E’ is an NQT in a year 4 primary class. He states his interests are ‘all things reading, writing and behaviour’.

Alice Smith

I am a former primary teacher turned education consultant for iTRACK Education with a passion for all things assessment. With years of classroom experience, I helps schools refine their assessment strategies, ensuring that data is not just collected but used meaningfully to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.

Emily McCabe

Emily qualified as a teacher in July 2019 and spent some time working on supply before finally getting a job as a Year 4 teacher in a two-form entry school. Her specialism in school is science but she has a passion for enquiry that drives her teaching across subjects. As an NQT, Emily is particularly interested in looking at pupil-led learning and how a positive approach to classroom environment is the key to unlocking the potential in every child. Emily is currently based in the North East of England. When she’s not teaching, Emily is often found working her way through the multitude of brunch spots in Newcastle. To follow her teaching and learning journey as an NQT, follow her on Twitter @missemccabe.

K. C. Raj

K. C. Raj is a career counselor and recruiter with many years of experience. Interested in topics like human development, education, immigration, inequality, and many other international issues. He is a socialist in thinking and believes in “One Nation, One World” theory.

Explorify

Explorify is changing the way primary science is being taught in schools Our free resource of engaging, creative science activities has been designed to spark curiosity, discussion and debate. From video to hands-on activities, it’s easy to get Explorifying!

Clare Campbell

Dr Clare Campbell is a primary headteacher who has been teaching for 22 years in Salford. She has a Doctorate in education from Manchester University and an MA in SEND. She has had experience teaching children in the US, Australia, Kenya, the Philippines and Europe. She is the author of A Year of Mindfulness, Be the Change, Drawn to the Word and What is Beauty? published by McCrimmons. She is an artist for @coloursofkindn1 and you can find her on Twitter @clarecampbell7 on Instagram coloursofkindness.co.uk

Adam Morris

Adam Morris is a Content Executive for the UK with Twinkl Educational Publishing. He loves writing about education, learning approaches, sustainability, technology, and literacy. In his free time, he loves browsing through a good book or exploring the great outdoors!

Samantha Scott

During the last twenty (or so!) years following graduating with an education degree and masters from Cambridge University, Samantha has taught primary age pupils including EYFS across state and independent schools. She has been a member of the SLT in several settings including the Deputy Headteacher at three schools, has qualified to inspect ISI schools and now is the Headteacher at Heathcote Preparatory School and Nursery in the beautiful leafy village Danbury, Essex. Samantha says her main joy has been to ensure that pupils receive the very best in their education, excellence for academic provision and progress alongside opportunities that go beyond their age regarding access to a wide range of extracurricular activities, sporting and creative lessons. She relishes in watching the pupils develop along their own individualised learning journey towards confidence in their abilities and position in the world and being a small part of this always feels such a privilege.

George Gilchrist

George Gilchrist has over twenty-five years’ experience in the Scottish education, both as a teacher and a school leader. He stepped down from his last headship, of two primary schools in the Scottish Borders, in April 2017. Since then he has spent his time continue to write and comment on education and leadership issues. He is a fellow of the Scottish College of Educational Leadership and speaks regularly at education conferences and events. He writes for professional magazines and websites, including TESS, CollectiveED, BERA and now Nexus Education. He has his own education blog at gg1952.blogspot.co.uk and Tweets as @GilchristGeorge. His latest book ‘Practitioner Enquiry: professional development with Impact for Teachers, Schools and Systems’ David Fulton Books, was published in January 2018.

Natalie Clark

Natalie has been teaching in Scotland since 2013 and is always looking for ways to develop herself a person and professional. After completing an Aspiring Leaders programme, she was appointed PT Raising Attainment in her school and is responsible for Professional Development and aspects of Teaching and Learning. She is passionate about improving outcomes for the young people she teaches and collaborating with others.

Karenina Mackay

Karenina Mackay has over a decade of experience in the education sector. Starting with training in one of the toughest schools in Brisbane, Australia and moving to the UK two years later to continue her career. She has had roles ranging from form tutor to second in department for science; now she has joined Britannica as a valued Curriculum Specialist. With experience from a multitude of schools and the challenges and skills that come with that, Karenina now brings her wealth of experience and passion for education to Britannica – helping to support educators all around the globe.

Lynda Taverner

Lynda Taverner, is owner and founder of Double Award winning Raindancers Child and Family Mentoring. Lynda, delights in raising awareness in schools, both Primary and Secondary, of the difficulties that many children face within the education system and works with and for schools to achieve this. She is passionate about setting children and families free, so they can live a life that is full of purpose and joy and not one of worry, fear and anxiety, whether that be in the home or at school. Lynda is an experienced mentor with Ofsted Outstanding, for work in school, along with over 34 years demonstrated history of working within education, social services, children and families, and relevant agencies. Specialising in : Tailored Sessions｜Individual Support and Advice｜ Children with Additional Needs ｜Foundational Parenting ｜School Awareness｜ Public Speaking

Fabian Darku

Fabian is a fully qualified Teacher and has worked in Secondary and Further Education establishments since 2008. He is currently a Lecturer of Sport in Further Education. He has Masters Degrees in Teaching and Learning (2013) and Sport and Culture (2004). He achieved a Sports Sciences and Leisure Management Joint Honours Degree (2002). He has the desire to improve teaching practice through reflective methods by producing positive action plans. He has a drive to ensure teaching styles invigorate both teachers and learners to produce positive outcomes for development. He regularly updates his knowledge of teaching practice and is an avid reader of educational blogs. His interests are writing and producing content on teaching strategies to make working practices more structured and consistent. His experience totalling ten years in Secondary and Further Education have equipped him with the skills to motivate and maintain the highest aspirations of learners.

Pete Clements

Pete Clements is a teacher and materials writer. He is currently based in Thailand, where he works as an EAL Teacher at St. Andrews 107 International School. Pete has written English language learning materials for various educational publishers and institutions including Macmillan, Pearson and the British Council. He blogs at www.eltplanning.com, tweets @eltplanning, and plays midfield for Bangkok Old Boys FC.

Annie

I started my career as an NNEB now known as Teaching Assistants. I have worked in education from Early Years to HE for a number of years in a number of roles including Professional Development Manager to Associate Lecturer. Alongside my lecturing & dissertation supervision I can be found studying for my PhD or researching for my books. I am the founder of #ReflectConnect over on Twitter where I share my passion for reflection and connecting other educators in sharing best practice.

Daniel Storey

Experienced teacher working in a boys primary SEMH school for over 10 years. The school has had 2 outstanding Ofsteds in that time. Dan has had extensive training on Attachment Disorder, ADHD and ASD. He also has a primary PGCE, PGCE in SEN, Diploma in education and a Masters in SEN. He has expertise in behaviour management and has a substantial number of strategies and interventions that have been successful in supporting children with their range of behavioural problems and disorders. Winner of the ‘NQT Inspiration Award’ at the Nexus Awards 2020.

Karl (MRMICT)

Karl has worked in education for over 7 years. He started as a Learning & Equalities Mentor where he used his passion for computing and his film production degree to help children, who would ordinarily struggle to access the wider curriculum, produce films and animations about a range of topics from Egyptians to natural disasters. After completing his PGCE, he began teaching in Year 5 in a three-form entry teaching school in Newcastle upon Tyne. He currently leads computing and runs a CAS community of practice. He has delivered workshops for NQT’s, student teachers and experienced teachers alike. Most recently he delivered a workshop at the #CASVirtual20 virtual conference. He’s incredibly passionate about how technology can be used to inspire the next generation and believes that everything a teacher does should be rooted in the most relevant educational research. He has launched his own site http://pedabytes.com where he talks about his experiences, tech, teaching and pedagogy. You can follow me him twitter @MRMICT.

Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson is the former Data Analyst and Student-Centered Learning Coach for the McComb School District in McComb, Mississippi where he led the district-wide implementation of a competency-based, personalized learning model. He helped teachers use data to improve daily instruction and integrate technology into the classroom. Stephen recently joined the Highlander Institute of Rhode Island as an Educational Strategies Specialist. He resides in Detroit, Michigan with his wife and one daughter.

Elizabeth Hughes

Elizabeth is a 20-something year old Early Years and Primary School Teacher from Liverpool. Since graduating in 2015, she has been enjoying supply teaching in a variety of schools. She has a passion for the Expressive Arts, especially music, and loves to indulge herself in baking. In the future, Elizabeth would like to return to university to gain a post-graduate certificate in SEND & Inclusion.

Sarah Davies

Sarah Davies is the Author of Talking about Oracy (2020) and has written articles for publications including TES, Sec:Ed, The Headteacher and The Teaching Times. After completing a Masters in English and a PGCE, Sarah worked as a Lead Teacher and a Head of English and is currently an Assistant Headteacher. She has also worked as a writer for the Digital Theatre Company as has been a Lead Examiner for the AQA for four years.

Anonymous Deputy Headteacher

This anonymous writer is an experienced Deputy Head in an inner-London primary school who possesses an unrelenting focus on improving performance and best outcomes for all children and staff.

Charlie Bush

Charlie is responsible for finding new partner schools and consequently spends a great deal of time visiting schools around London and the South East and speaking with SLT members. A great believer in self-education and improvement, Charlie taught himself Spanish whilst living and working in Barcelona. During this two year period, he also wrote over a hundred articles for various publications on top of his full time job. In his spare time, he is an advocate of personal fitness, training in multiple sports and occasionally offering coaching too.

Daren White

Daren has been teaching for almost 20 years and has been a senior leader for 10. He is a MFL specialist and also a Google Certified Educator and Trainer. He regularly supports fellow teachers and support staff by delivering CPD in local schools. Daren writes his own blog and also runs a Facebook group for Education Support Staff using G Suite for Education – https://www.facebook.com/groups/1923676991269429/

Emma Davis

Emma Davis is an Early Years Teacher in Herefordshire. She has seven years experience as an Early Years Leader and enjoys promoting literacy, parental engagement and outdoor learning. Emma has a passion for learning and is currently in the second year of her Masters in Education through the University of Worcester. Away from work, Emma is an avid reader with a particular fondness for picture books which she reviews for Childcare Expo. This compliments her love of literacy, meaning the children she works with have access to a wide range of newly published Early Years fiction and non-fiction books. Emma also writes for Teach Early Years magazine.

Karthik Krishnan

Karthik believes in the transformative power of education and is passionate about enabling lifelong learning. As the global CEO of the Britannica group of companies (Encylopaedia Britannica, Britannica Digital Learning, Britannica Knowledge Systems, Merriam-Webster and Melingo), he is focused on value creation for customers and unlocking the true potential of their trusted brands. The goal is to establish the Britannica brands as the de-facto go-to destination for learners of all ages.

Madame MFL

The anonymous ‘Madame MFL’ is a secondary teacher with 4 years of experience in the teaching world. She has been an English teacher in France for a year and a half, a foreign language assistant in the UK for two years, in two secondary schools, and a Modern Foreign Languages Teacher in 3 different schools.

Paul Lipman

Paul Lipman is UK Director of Product Management at Discovery Education, the global edtech leader. Paul is dedicated to creating intuitive digital resources that empower all teachers to create modern learning environments.

Rhiannon Challenger

With a degree in English from Chester University and a keen interest in teaching, Rhiannon heads up Nexus Education’s social media engagement and blogs. She is at the fore-front of Nexus’ efforts to connect teachers to each other enabling them to make a difference in the education sector. Having two young children entering school age also gives Rhiannon an added interest in making lives easier for teachers and therefore bettering our children’s futures.

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Tom Saunders

Tom has been passionate about education and teaching for as long as he can remember. Throughout his own educational career he has been invested in working with leaders and professionals to develop an inclusive, equitable and enriching community to promote and celebrate difference, diversity and individuality. He is particularly interested in the research and practice of superdiversity and special educational needs and how this can develop an inclusive, quality first teaching RE classroom and school community. Tom completed his BA (Hons) in Special Educational Needs, Disabilities and Inclusion in 2021 at the University of Worcester, achieving a first class honours. He is now studying towards his School Direct PGCE in Religious Education at the University Worcester and with Shires Teaching Alliance. Tom tweets as @SENDISaundersRE and blogs where he shares his teaching journey and celebrates his triumphs, tribulations and experiences of life in education.

Alana Stanton

Alana Stanton is a kindergarten and technology teacher at Mulberry Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia. She has taught several grades over her 14 year career including K-3 literacy special, first grade, and second grade. Alana believes that relationships always come first in the classroom and the classroom should be a place where students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. She currently writes for her blog, More Than A Lesson where she shares the stories of her classroom and her heart.

Farihah Anwar-Simmons

Farihah is an experienced deputy headteacher working in a large primary school in North-West London. She is passionate about bringing learning to life and helping children’s innate creativity to flourish. With a wide range of experience including curriculum leadership, CPD leadership, Pupil Parliament and various middle leader roles, she is committed to developing herself and others through a growth mindset approach. As a mum to three young children, she works part time and is keen to promote diversity and flexible working practices.

Kirien Sangha

Fire Tech‘s mission is to create the next generation of young tech innovators and digital leaders across the world. They have inspired more than 50,000 9-to-17-year-olds to create and explore using the most cutting-edge technologies, designing games with Unity, building AI models with IBM Watson, and designing entire worlds in virtual reality. Their online tech courses are taught by their brilliant tutors including PhD researchers from Cambridge University, design engineers from Imperial, and Forbes 30 Under 30 tech entrepreneurs. This year, students’ projects have included building an app to detect coronavirus, programming autonomous vehicles to avoid pedestrians and building VR worlds to discover extinct sea life.

Peter Wolstencroft

Professor Peter Wolstencroft is a Faculty Director of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University where his role involves ensuring that the education strategy of the university is transferred to a faculty level and the students have the best possible student experience. His background is in education and specifically educational leadership, and he has published widely on a range of topics applicable to his subject.

Stephen Lockyer

Stephen Lockyer is a Senior teacher and the Curriculum Enrichment Leader for the Lumen Learning Trust. His book on Structure Strips, co-written with Caroline Spalding, is coming out in 2018.

Ella Smallwood

Ella is a senior leader from Nottingham and founder of Education Tree; an organisation providing 1:1 counselling and nurture group sessions to schools. Ella is passionate about well-being and mental health in primary schools and the importance of early intervention.

Jonathan Forster

Jonathan has been Principal of Moreton Hall for over 25 years. ‘He is always ahead of the game, ensuring the school leads not follows market demands’. – The Good Schools Guide Jonathan is hugely experienced at making parents feel at their ease, he personifies the spirit of Moreton – warm, un-stuffy but forward thinking and entrepreneurial. Jonathan is passionate about education and has had articles published in The Spectator, The Telegraph, Huffington Post and a monthly column in a regional magazine.

Lisa Kelly

Having worked in the private sector for ten years, Lisa embarked on the Graduate diploma in primary education in Dublin back in 2008. She is now in her fifth year working at one of the European Schools in Brussels. This is her second year in learning support having done a mixed junior/senior infant class for two years and a third class. She started her Masters in Education this September.

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Emma Flores

As a writer, Emma understands the value of creativity and the power of words. In her work with StudyCrumb, Emma helps students navigate the challenges of academic writing, providing science essay examples that meet strict criteria. Despite her busy schedule as a proofreader, editor, and mother, she remains dedicated to her craft and to helping others achieve their writing goals.

Jessica Turnbull

Jessica founded Alice Benzie Teaching as a platform to bring Social Skills and Interaction to the attention of parents. She had previously worked as a Primary Teacher (Early Years/KS1) mainly in the North East and then for MPFT Speech and Language Therapy Service, where she was heavily involved in working with Early Years settings and later SEN Schools. COVID-19 hit just as she left her previous role to start her new venture, admittedly not the best timing! However, this provided an opportunity to refocus, with the aim now being to provide a mixture of support to schools, through training and intervention, alongside working with families.

Simona Johnes

Simona Johnes is the visionary being the creation of “Science and Literacy” project. Johnes spent much of her career in the classroom working with students. And, after many years in the classroom, Johnes became a principal. While Johnes enjoyed her new role, she never lost her passion for working with students and helping them succeed. After a lot of thought, she decided to pursue creating a next generation curriculum to prepare high school students for future success. She left her position as a principal and developed her teaching portal.

Alan Newland

Alan Newland worked as a teacher, teacher-trainer and head teacher in London for over 20 years and then for a decade with the DfE and the GTC. He now lectures on teaching ethics and professionalism and runs the award-winning social media network newteacherstalk. His new book: ‘Becoming a teacher – the legal, ethical and moral implications of entering society’s most fundamental profession’ is out now, published by Crown House Publishing.

Chris Waterworth

Chris has been teaching in primary schools for nearly 15 years now and has used technology in his classrooms since the very beginning. He believes in a cross-curricular and social approach to learning. Children need to talk, to play, to fail and improve. Technology is now enabling children to do this outside the classroom and he firmly believes that we are on the edge of something amazing in education – a new chapter in what schools will look like and how children will become outstanding learners. He firmly believes that flipping your classroom is a way to truly personalize the learning experience for the children in your classroom.

Derek Rhodenizer

Derek is the Director of Academics at an independent school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Trained as a teacher in New Zealand, Derek taught middle school and highschool and has now been an elementary school administrator for the last 8 years.. He is an active digital leader, author, podcaster and vlogger and is always always looking to connect. Derek likes to dig into the philosophy behind what we do looking deeply into the why’s of education.

Helen Witty

Helen has been teaching in mainstream education for over twenty years, in a variety of academic and pastoral roles, from classroom teacher to Head of Lower School (SLT). She currently works full-time in an all-through school as Head of Learning Support and is a qualified SENDCo. She has a particular professional interest in ADHD and SEMH and will begin an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health next year. Helen is an advocate for SEND and Inclusion and actively supports staff, families and young people. Helen strongly believes that the provision of good quality, accessible SEND training can empower and give confidence; she develops own resources and shares information through #SENDSearchlight.

Neelam Parmar

Dr. Neelam Parmar currently works as Director of E-Learning at Ashford School, United Learning. She was previously employed as The Director of Digital Innovation and Learning across The London Preparatory Schools in South West London and was instrumental in leading the transformational change of embedding technology within teaching and learning. Neelam draws on her research and practical experiences of working with technology and believes that through effective technology, pedagogic, and content integration, there is great potential in creating virtual learning systems to close the widening educational gap. Neelam regularly presents as a keynote speaker around the UK and internationally on the role of EdTech in education, providing strategy, roadmaps and cpd programmes for blended and flipped learning approaches. Neelam has published books on Digital Literacy in the Primary curriculum and Digital Parenting with United Learning. She is the South East Regional Lead for #WomenEd and represents them in her role as @WomenEdTech. Neelam has supported schools, local councils, and NGO’s and advises organisations how best to develop their digital strategies. She has also won an award of Excellence in eLearning by Global LearnTech Congress & Awards for her work in setting standards in Educational Technology.

Peter Harding

Peter is a class teacher based in the North East of England. He began his career as a teaching assistant in nursery in 2012 and qualified as a teacher in 2017, working across KS1 and KS2. Peter believes strongly in investing in relationships with children and making school safe and fun. He is a proud dad and enjoys getting his wetsuit on and being out in nature. One day in the future, you might see him going by, touring the world in a campervan and living off the grid.

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Andrea Ellison

Andrea Ellison was a teacher and head-teacher in the state and independent sectors, teaching all 4 Key Stages. She has written Schemes of Work for Key Stages 1- 3. This free of charge resource is available for teachers to download from our website and adapt to their own curriculum and classroom. She has drafted a proposal for GCSE and has worked with colleges in compiling and delivering their curriculum.

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John Wicks Chief Executive Officer at Cansford Laboratories

CREATE Education

CREATE Education specialise in 3D printing and technologies for STEAM Education, with the aim to make cutting-edge technologies accessible to all. Using a range of leading 3D printers, scanners, curriculum products and CPD/training provision alongside FREE resources and a 3D printer loan scheme to inspire, promote innovation and to develop necessary skills for the future.

Ellen Moss

Head of Junior School at Silcoates School.

Dr. Jon Finn

Dr. Jon Finn founded the award-winning Tougher Minds consultancy and its education brand, Me Power Academy. Both Tougher Minds and Me Power programmes are proven to deliver outcomes including school success (exams, revision & learning) and greater well-being for everyone. Dr. Finn has worked in the fields of well-being and performance psychology for nearly 20 years. His work uses the latest insights from neuroscience, behavioural science and psychology, to create and deliver simple and practical products and programmes. These empower young people and adults, leaders and teams, schools and organisations to build new helpful habits, so they can fulfil their potential, in a challenging world. Me Power Academy programmes are based on award-winning classroom training delivered to teachers, parents, teenagers and children, in schools throughout the U.K. LinkedIn: @Jon Finn and @Tougher Minds

Randy Norman

Randy Norman is an American high school English teacher and founder of #TattED: a movement designed to help create and promote authentic teachers and authentic teaching. His goal is to help teachers with tattoos and piercings become more prevalent in education and to let these teachers ‘be themselves’ in the classroom as they are outside of the classroom. He currently lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia in the United States with his wife and kids.

Sarah Finnemore

I help growing organisations within the EdTech market to design, develop, deliver and market education solutions at the forefront of industry innovation.

Theresa Evans

Theresa has been teaching for twenty years and has experience of teaching in both Key Stages 1 and 2. Currently, Theresa teaches Years 5 & 6 (which are her favourite year groups to teach), alongside being joint Deputy Head and studying for a Master’s degree in Education. In her spare time, what little there is of it, she likes to read books (made of paper), follow interesting people on Twitter and chill with her pets. Theresa is a graduate of the Open University and is committed to life-long learning. She has a particular interest in curriculum design; social justice in education and evidence-based practice. Theresa would love to engage in dialogue with fellow educators via Twitter.

Alison Kriel

Alison Kriel is the founder of the newly launched ‘Above & Beyond Education’ Alison was an inner-city Executive Head Teacher for nearly 20 years and a CEO for 5 years. She has a passion for social justice leadership, wellbeing, equity, inclusion and diversity.

David

David is currently studying Music Tech at Edinburgh College and works at Fire Tech as an online Digital Music Production tutor. He also balances working at a music production company and running his own YouTube channel!

Emma Jackson

Emma Jackson is a special educational needs coordinator within an Early Years setting. Emma supports the day to day operation of the nursery’s special educational needs policies.

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Di Mayze

Di Mayze is the current Global Head of Data and AI at WPP. Di‘s a top Business School MBA and over twenty years’ digital and consulting experience and strongly believes it’s important for people to engage with technology like AI from a young age.

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Kyle Turakhia

Kyle Turakhia is a former secondary school teacher who manages Game Changers, a programme targeted at excluded students, at the National Literacy Trust.

Neil Coleman

Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) supports the improvement of play provision in hundreds of schools across the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe. Neil Coleman mentors primary schools for OPAL across much of the east and south-east of England, including in London. Neil is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood, which meets monthly at the Houses of Parliament. https://royalpa.co.uk/the-aqppg-on-a-fit-and-healthy-childhood/ Meetings are co-Chaired by Steve McCabe MP & Baroness Floella Benjamin.

Rory Fox

Rory Fox is a teacher and a secondary headteacher who has worked in several parts of the UK. Over the last two years he has worked abroad in refugee education in France, Greece and Iraq.

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Ellie Emilia

Ellie from the United Kingdom is a writer who has written blogs about business, SEO, education, and technology. She is a prepared digital marketer and developer with over 5 years of marketing experience and has led the way in digital marketing strategies with many organizations and high-quality brands to generate more revenue through web-based promotional systems and implementation has been compiled.

GemmaClareContent

Gemma is an experienced writer, specialising in education and child development. With a background as a former Inclusion Leader, Teacher, and SENCo, she is dedicated to sharing ideas that make a positive impact on the lives of children.

James De Roche

James De Roche is the managing partner at Lead Comet, an SEO company that focuses specifically on B2B organizations. He’s obsessed with finding more efficient ways to drive revenue through organic search for growing businesses.

Jon Ford and Dr Bear

Jon Ford is a wellbeing and performance expert, trained psychotherapist, qualified sports scientist, and the CEO of youHQ – a school wellbeing platform. Dr Bear is a clinical psychologist and wellbeing director for youHQ. At youHQ, we want to equip pupils worldwide with the best tools and knowledge to look after their mental health and wellbeing. Posts on Nexus Education may be written by Jon or Dr Bear.

Lizzie Bean

Lizzie Bean has been working in the well-being world long before it became a #. A long-term dance with childhood cancer with one of her 4 children and losing her dad at 27, Lizzie has experienced moments of mental wobbliness and loneliness, so huge at times that she vowed to try and create a world that wrapped people in compassion, self-love and the wonder of living.Lizzie turned her face towards the warmer side of living and now using all manner of vehicles, she teaches and facilitates workshops in schools, colleges, communities, and workplaces, to help people to look after their own mental health. As well as encouraging people to live a life that is fuelled by doing what they love. She’s a great believer in controlling what you can, and surfing all the rest!

Oliver Welsby

Oliver has extensive experience as a both a Designated Safeguarding Lead and a Senior Mental Health Lead and has been leading training and workshops in these fields for staff, students and governors since 2012. He brings a dynamic, authentic and non-judgemental approach to all aspects of training and consultancy. Student and staff wellbeing have always been at the heart of his approach to education. He has a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership; a qualification in which he specialised in the management of Safeguarding with a specific focus on the development of effective mental health strategies within schools and colleges. He is a qualified Mindfulness teacher for both students and staff, an Advanced Safeguarding Trainer, a Senior Mental Health Lead Trainer, A Safer Recruitment Trainer, a CEOP Online Safety Trainer & Ambassador, a Relax Kids Coach, CSE Trainer and qualified Safeguarding Supervisor

Raquel Fernandez

Raquel is a passionate English and Science teacher at Escola Sant Gervasi Cooperativa always seeking innovation in the education field. She has been an active leading member of Fundació Tr@ms for more than fifteen years. Nowadays, Raquel is Head of International Projects at the foundation. She has a widen experience designing, organizing, and participating in international activities and events. Her passion for different cultures has influenced her in her professional development and career. Raquel has a long expertise in managing innovative and transformation projects within educators from different schools. As for more than ten years, she has been coordinating Collaborative Departments of teachers at Fundació Tr@ms. She is a speaker at various national and international events since 2001, helping spread the Fundació Tr@ms vision and looking for collaboration partners around the world.

Alice Cust-Hughes

Alice has been a primary school teacher since 2011 and has worked both in London and internationally in schools in Vietnam and Spain. She is currently working in a school in East London as a Year 6 teacher and Computing Lead.

Dr Asha Patel

MINTclass is the whole school pupil information manager, built on the foundations of a class seating planner. Using MINTclass, teachers can easily create customisable seating planners that display whatever student information they need, all in one place! From attendance, attainment, behaviour, SEN considerations, latest maths test results or even favourite foods, with MINTclass, teachers can consolidate key information onto neat little cards that make maximising their class’ potential as easy as a few clicks! “We wanted something simple, that made arranging classes easier – but it does so much more than that. MINTclass saves teachers time and presents data about my class in a user-friendly way. What more could we want?”- Grant Wilson, Homewood School To see how MINTclass can change the way you manage your classroom and reduce the amount of time spent on administrative tasks, visit www.mintclass.com/demo

Grégoire Lemaitre

Grégoire Lemaitre is a leadership and career coach, podcaster and entrepreneur. He is on a mission to help people achieve meaningful success.

Muffy Calder

Muffy Calder has been Vice-Principal and Head of College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow, since 2015, previously she was the Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland. She is a computer scientist with research interests in computational modelling and automated reasoning for complex, interactive, and sensor-driven systems. She is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, deputy chair of REF Main Panel B, and chair of the BCS School Curriculum and Assessment Committee. Previously she was on UKRI-EPSRC council, chair of the EU Future and Emerging Technologies Science Advisory, and she was a Royal Society Leverhulme Research Senior Fellow. She was Suffrage Science award winner in Computing Science and Mathematics.

Dr. Sarah Modi

Alyssa Fendley

Alyssa Fendley is a writer and educator specializing in basic education. She is also an advocate for diversity and inclusion in learning spaces across the United Kingdom.

Fey Cole

Early Years Lecturer at South West College. Has a passion for play.

Laura Kay

Character Education team manager at Role Models.

Melanie Hurley

Melanie Hurley is Marketing Manager at GDPR in Schools (GDPRiS) and has worked in the education market for more than 20 years. GDPRiS is an all-in- one data protection monitoring system designed specifically to meet the needs of schools when managing data protection and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

Neve Spicer

Neve is the chief editor at WeTheParents. Her love of words is surpassed only (just) by her motherly doting on her three children. Before becoming a full-time writer and editor, Neve was a veteran preschool teacher. As a core part of our team, Neve shares her hard-won experience and parenting know-how and is masterful at coaxing out personal stories and unwitting wisdom from other parents.

Philip Cotton

“- Founder of www.learnbylayers.com a 3D printing curriculum resource for teachers. – Founder of www.3dfilemarket.com a 3dprinting community that allows the sharing and printing designs. – National STEM Centre 3D printing consultant – Winner of the 2013 and 2014 3DPrintshow educational excellence award! – High School Design and Technology Teacher”

Roz Barnes

Roz Barnes Financial Planning Ltd is an Appointed Representative of and represents only St. James’s Place Wealth Management plc (which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) for the purpose of advising solely on the group’s wealth management products and services, more details of which are set out on the group’s website www.sjp.co.uk/products.

Andrew Jennings

During the day, Andrew is a serving primary Assistant Head Teacher, KS2 Leader, English Lead and Y6 teacher, working in the North-East of England. Whilst at night, working as Vocabulary Ninja, writing books, creating educational apps, developing educational resources and working to make vocabulary a worthy priority in schools. Andrew is hugely proud to have released his first vocabulary publication in April 2019, which became an instant best-seller, followed by a series of reading comprehension books later in the year! He firmly believes that words can unlock the doors to a world of understanding and it is his passion to bring vocabulary to life in schools across the world. His experience working in a variety of school settings and educational contexts has given him a unique insight into some of the most effective strategies to engage pupils in learning, empower teaching staff and develop engaging and powerful educational resources.

Elli Narewska

Elli is the digital lead for NewsWise, a news literacy programme from the Guardian Foundation, National Literacy Trust and The PSHE Association. She manages the digital content for the project as well as designing and delivering workshops and training for children, families and teachers in all areas of the UK. She has many years’ experience in news literacy, working in the Guardian Education Centre before helping to set up the NewsWise programme. Prior to working in news literacy, Elli was an English teacher in London comprehensive schools and various special needs settings.

James Abela

James has been working in IT since 1998, firstly in the industry and now as a lead teacher for Computing at an international school in Malaysia. Along the way he has published a number of books (including contributions to Hodder’s Compute IT series), journal articles and written for Linux User. James’s speaking engagements have included the very first Raspberryjam at Cambridge University, Scratch Day East, Google, BETT, Miranda Mods, 21st Century Learning and Teachmeets. James is a long time member of Computing At School and chairman of Computing at School South East Asia. He is also a fellow of Mirandanet, an Apple Distinguished Educator, Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, Google Certified Teacher and 21st Century’s Teacher of the year 2014.

Josh Williams

Josh has been a Tutor/Mentor and part of the pastoral team at a special school for the last 6 years. All the students have got EHCP’s with either behavioural issues, ASD or both. All the students have been excluded from mainstream schooling so have a negative impression of school. He is a firm believer in treating all the student as individuals and finding ways in which they can improve and achieve their goals in a style and pace suitable to them.

Monica Payne

Monica is an in-house writer at kidsinthehouse.com. She enjoys writing on a wide variety of parenting related topics, including child development, family and relationships. Her professional experience includes teaching preschool through eighth grade as a Special Education teacher, Reading teacher, and an Elementary Education teacher. Her philosophy of teaching involves the use of a responsive teaching model. She believes a teacher’s role is to create an environment that will facilitate the learning process. Building children’s self-esteem through positive reinforcement makes them better learners. Each child has a unique learning style that a teacher must find and develop to full potential.

Ollie Hunter

Ollie Hunter has been a full-time chemistry teacher since 1993 and a Head of Department for 15 years. During that time, he has also been a Head of Year, run Gold DofE, and lead overseas mountaineering expeditions. He completed an MA(Ed) through the Open University and is now a part-time Doctoral student in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. Ollie’s research focus is secondary school students’ understanding of the symbolic language of chemistry and how chemical equations and formulae are used by students to generate chemical meaning. He also has an interest in the role of language in the teaching of chemistry and etymological and historical origins of chemical words. Ollie tweets @olliehunter101

Ravindra Kumar Kushwaha

Mr. Kushwaha is a prominent research fellow in education training at Halim Muslim P.G. College, with a focus on special education. With a dual masters degree in special education and political science, he brings over eight years of teaching expertise. His research is rooted in inclusive education and disability studies. His academic contributions are vast, including qualifications in UGC Net, participations in international forums and publications in recognized journals. He is a prolific author of 10 books and holder of several patents.

Adam Brennan

Adam Brennan is a qualified teacher waiting to gain a teaching position to complete his NQT year. While he is waiting he is currently working as a supply teacher in Merseyside. Adam has a varied background when it comes to working with young people. His first job was working with children with additional needs such as autism and Down syndrome. Since then he has worked in “deprived” schools in London and Birmingham, working across all Key Stages from Nursery right up to Year 6. Outside of teaching he has been a member of the Scout Association for 20 years, starting off as a Beaver and is still involved today as an assistant scout leader for his old scout group.

Christopher Hill

Christopher is particularly interested in how evidence informed practice can be used to narrow the disadvantaged attainment gaps and allow educators to own their professional learning. He also completed an MA in Education Leadership, with his dissertation (on the intersectionality of educational disadvantage) earning him an academic award and a score of 90 out of 100. In the past year he has been sharing evidence informed strategies and effective leadership advice via his blog: https://edifiedteaching.com. The blog is focused on ensuring that teaching with a moral purpose is simplified and made wellbeing friendly, allowing teachers to more effectively pursue a day when education can help to engender true social justice for all students.

Helen Clare

Helen Clare helps schools and their staff deal with challenges that arise due to perimenopause and menopause through presentations, workshops, courses and mentoring and policy and strategy support. An ex-biology teacher and life-long biology geek, she has also worked in schools as a poet and artist and as part of her work for Creative Partnerships and Arts Council England. Helen is an ICF trained coach and an associate of the British Menopause Society.

Katie Did Teach

Did Teach is the UK’s number 1 platform dedicated to helping teachers change careers or diversify their income whilst teaching. As teachers ourselves, with over 40 years in the profession, we understand the skills honed in the classroom and how valuable they are for other organisations.

Mal Krishnasamy

Mal is a former senior leader of ten years in a variety of London schools leading teaching & Learning & CPD. As a consultant, she supports educational leaders through Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) recognised coaching & leadership development courses or bespoke on-going support. Mal is also a facilitator at the Institute of Education for the NPQML/SL courses. She introduces a coaching culture to organisations and provides 1-1 coaching for teachers and leaders. As an advocate of staff & student well-being and gender equality, Mal is a member of the National SMSC Quality Mark Steering Group, a Regional Leader for WomenEd, the Dorset Advocate for the MaternityCPD Project & a Gender Equality Charter Ambassador.

Sophie McPhee

Sophie McPhee is PSHE Coordinator and MFL teacher at a grammar school in the West Midlands, and has been teaching for 12 years. Alongside teaching PSHE, French and German, she has devised and runs a primary school outreach programme called ‘Change Your Mind’, where Year 12 pupils plan and deliver mental health workshops on digital detoxing and transition to secondary school to Year 6 classes across the local area, and coordinates a staff and pupil Wellbeing Group, which carries out a number of projects designed to enhance the wellbeing of those within the school community and beyond. Her Twitter feed, @TheOther16Hours, centres around PSHE, citizenship, behaviour and parenting. Outside of school, she enjoys yoga, reading and journalling.

Alex Barton

Alex Barton is a primary teacher, literacy resource creator and reading coordinator with a passion for guided and whole-class reading. He develops activities to help teachers deliver fun and inspiring literacy lessons and shares them via his popular Twitter account, @MrB_Y3.

Claire Lockyer

Claire now works in EdTech (although not as part of the sales team and she doesn’t earn commission off any sales). Claire is also a qualified teacher (primary, lover of upper KS2, thinks year 5 kids are just the best). Before teaching, Claire worked in investment banking where her role included assessing, testing and implementing new software. Claire’s work experience means she has seen both the business and teacher sides. Claire has experienced being hounded by the EdTech sales bod who calls at 11am (whilst she’s teaching English) and who doesn’t understand why Sunday at 10pm is the time teacher Claire is most likely to actually read an email. Claire’s pet hate is tech firms who insist on telling teachers ‘to just play around with a new system to get to know it’. As Claire points out, new systems are just not top priority when you have to teach all day.

Donna Moss-Seymour

Donna Moss-Seymour knows it takes courage and confidence to make changes in any organisation. With a career spanning over 20 years in senior leadership roles, encouraging people to work together is a skillset that she acquired at an early age. As the founder of The School Report, a parent and a passionate believer in the benefits of the parental voice, her new venture promotes parent and school collaboration, removing barriers and building trust in a transparent and respectful environment.

Andy Patten

Andy Patten is HAD-IT’s founder, a qualified Apple Service Technician. A strong advocate for the commercial benefits of Apple technology and the return on investment they provide. Operating from Huddersfield and Selby, HAD-IT’s workshops provide cost efficient repair of iOS devices such as iPads alongside iMacs and Mac mini’s and many other devices.

Gemma Claughton

Gemma attended a comprehensive Catholic school in Yorkshire. Coming from a family where it was common to succeed in spite of an education, she was late to understand the power of education. Although arriving in year 7 as an ‘average’ student, Gemma worked hard in school, securing a place reading Combined Arts at Durham University. Gemma then explored a career in arts education, becoming an intern at the prestigious Guggenheim Museum. After an immersive experience in museum education, Gemma then decided to join her twin sister and embark upon a teaching career! Having worked in schools for the past decade, Gemma has obtained roles that align to her moral purpose. Gemma’s experience has afforded her the opportunity to work across multi-academy trusts, focussing on developing young people and colleagues in the world of school improvement, particularly focusing on improving the life chances of those from disadvantaged contexts. Gemma has and continues to keep this moral imperative at the centre of what she does as a senior leader. An acute focus for her work is the supremacy of literacy in driving progress. On her more recent endeavours, Gemma champions equality in other areas too- women in education. She is also a local champion of the organisation: @WLiE_YandH, aiming to play her part in changing the imbalance in gender equality.

James Massey

As an excitable teacher, global educational speaker, change instigator and hopeless optimist, James has a Masters degree in Educational Studies, and a passion for research based, modern-day learning that works. Having worked in a range of teaching establishments in the UK, as well as trying his hand in France to see if you can actually teach successfully with no language skills, James has always approached classroom practice from a number of angles. Aside from a short un-fulfilling week as a vacuum demonstrator, he held the position of Head of Year 6 at a large school in London, and was successful in driving up the overall exam results. His senior management experience has allowed for the development and sound understanding of the rigours of school improvement and an insight into the interconnected roles of staff, pupils, parents and the wider school community. James has 15 years’ experience working closely with schools on a 1:1 basis to improve the use of digital technology in classrooms and delivering effective and relevant professional development.

Josh Wretham

Josh is entering his 5th year of being a teacher. He will be teaching in Year 5 but has previously taught in Year 6 and Year 4. In his school in Surrey, Josh leads maths and his year team. He trained on the Surrey South Farnham SCITT in 2013 and has also been a mentor on this scheme.

Mr B

Daniel Bull-Mittens BA PGCE MA MCCT is a Teacher of History and lead for Ancient History at a secondary school in the United Kingdom. Originally from Southampton, Daniel graduated with a degree in History from the University of Southampton, he went on to study a PGCE at the University of Chichester, before studying MA Education at the University of Portsmouth. Daniel is passionate about improving the life chances of young people and supporting teachers to develop their research-informed classroom practice.

Reading Solutions UK

Reading Solutions UK provide exceptional educational technology solutions that improve outcomes for schools, educators, and young learners. Reading Solutions UK is home to Reading Plus, an evidence-based adaptive reading intervention and improvement programme. It is designed to develop students’ reading skills by increasing vocabulary, comprehension, and silent reading fluency. Aimed at pupils in KS2 and above, Reading Plus has a readability range from Y2 to beyond GCSE. It supports students in developing their skills to read competently and confidently. Are you interested in knowing more? Book a free online call with expert Reading Development Consultants to learn more about the programme (https://www.readingsolutionsuk.co.uk/book-a-demo/) or sign up for a free four-week pilot of the programme to experience firsthand how it can improve your students’ outcomes (https://www.readingsolutionsuk.co.uk/request-your-pilot-today/).

Tim Horrocks

Tim is an experienced musician in an established heavy metal rock band! He passes on his amazing skills in guitar, songwriting and drum kit to young people as at tutor for One Education Music. Tim mostly teaches pupils in primary schools and at music centres and also teaches ukulele to a high standard, delivering ‘Ukulele Rocks’ workshops in several high schools.

Adam Corbally

Adam was a finalist on BBC’s, The Apprentice. He now uses his experiences as an inspirational speaker in business and education. His passion is to go into schools, collages and universities and inspire young people. He inspires them, gives them a boost and helps them to believe in themselves.

Hannah Drake

Enerlytic is a Software-as-a-Service platform dedicated to energy monitoring. Enerlytic tracks and analyses three key aspects: energy usage, energy costs, and carbon footprint, using real-time data.

David Morris

David is the director of Muse Wellbeing, a UK-based company dedicated to promoting social, emotional and mental health education in primary schools. David and the Muse team have developed engaging PSHE and RSE lessons that foster inclusivity, empathy and personal growth among young learners. An experienced educator and course creator, David is passionate about providing resources that empower teachers and inspire students. Muse Wellbeing delivers high-quality educational content that aligns with statutory guidance and encourages holistic development. Connect with the Muse team at www.musewellbeing.co.uk.

Keith G

Keith is a former headteacher within Warrington who now works across all schools bringing together five school clusters (over 100 schools) and the LA to aid collaboration and share expertise.

Alison Woodrow

Alison is an Education Account Manager at Texthelp, working primarily with Multi-Academy Trusts and Local Education Authorities across the UK. In this role, she seeks to help them harness the available Texthelp technologies to help them with their specific needs and challenges around literacy and accessibility. She is a linguist and a writer, as well as a lifelong reader, and literacy for all is a passion. From Belfast, she now lives in a 200 year old farmhouse (6 years renovating and counting) at the top of a blustery hill in Co. Antrim, with her husband, lively 2 year old daughter, and even livelier collie. These days, reading is mostly Julia Donaldson (which she unashamedly LOVES), and otherwise she spends her time exploring outdoors, baking, and watching Richard Osman’s House of Games.

Bethanie Ruston

Bethanie is fast approaching the end of her NQT year in a year 4 class. Before this, she studied at the University of Brighton for a degree in Primary Education (with QTS). Whilst there, she received the Routledge Prize for outstanding contribution to primary education. Bethanie believes in the power or learning through discovery in a creative, fluid and inclusive environment. Prior to teaching, she worked as a support worker for children with learning difficulties and disabilities. She also studied for a National Diploma in Textiles and so passionately encourages creativity within the classroom. She believes that education is a lifelong process and that nobody should ever stop seeking out opportunities to grow and develop.

Claire Norcott

Claire has been a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education for over 9 years, teaching on and developing various modules, mainly working on ITE programmes. She also holds the roles of Primary ECT lead, Primary Employability lead and Primary PGCE cohort co-ordinator. Prior to working in HE, Claire spent 11 years working in Primary Schools during which time she was a PE subject leader, a Maths subject leader and Healthy Schoold Co-ordinator. She then moved to become a Lead Behaviour Professional and member of SLT, working alongside a cluster of schools to ensure a consistent approach to behaviour management across her school. Part of this role was line managing a pastoral team of 5 Learning Mentors. Claire loves working with the students in her current role and seeing the progress they make as they move from student teacher to having their own class.

Dr Stephen Curran

Born into a working class family, Dr. Stephen Curran’s passion for education has not only seen him rise to the position of government advisor but also serve as the inspiration to countless of youngsters wanting to achieve their goals through learning. As well as running a successful tuition centre and educational publishing company, he is regarded as one of the nation’s top education experts. Dr Curran owns Feltham-based Accelerated Education (AE) Publications and Berkshire-based AE Tuition and was on the panel which advised the government on the new maths national curriculum. His passion for education and helping young people reach their full potential stems from those days when, as a young working-class lad, Stephen was struggling to cope at school.

Noble + Eaton

A strategic consultancy group, dedicated to transforming schools and the futures of their people. We unite the very best consultants in education, those passionate about seeing schools thrive and making a tangible difference to the futures of students, teachers and staff. Handpicked for their sector-specific experience, our consultants specialise in marketing, recruitment, finance, infrastructure and more, consistently delivering impact and inspiration for clients. Pooling their diverse expertise enables us to provide you with joined-up thinking across your entire development strategy, no matter how wide-ranging the brief may be.

Ruth Fox

Ruth Fox is a 19 year old mental health campaigner, author and public speaker. Having been through her own difficult battle with depression, she aspires to impact others and spread her message that it’s ok not to be ok.

Anna Knowles

Anna Knowles has been working in early education for almost twenty years. She is an experienced early years teacher and has lectured to degree level in her field. She now balances classroom teaching alongside working with the team at Mr Andrews Online. Anna is obsessed with high quality provision and an enabling environment but is also a tech nerd! A love of technology drove her to explore the very best ways of engaging children in a digital era. She is proud to be involved in supporting the creative use of technology in early years settings.

Dan Haesler

Dan Haesler works with organisations around issues of engagement, wellbeing, mindset & leadership. As well as schools, he has consulted with government education projects, corporate business, The Black Dog Institute and other not-for-profits. Dan is an international keynote speaker and presents alongside the likes of Sir Ken Robinson, Sugata Mitra and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Dan is passionate about equality in education and engaging our hardest to reach children and communities.

Elly Chapple

Elly graduated with honours in Human Resource Management and the Psychology of Human Communication. She has always been fascinated with human communication and behaviour, both verbal and non-verbal. She spent her early career working in businesses, managing and developing strategy for solutions focused approaches and building and maintaining relationships with clients. Elly has a passion and interest in equality and inclusion for all and her drive is to ensure that everyone has a seat at the table. In 2014 when her eldest daughter lost her sight through misunderstanding of her disability, Elly sold her business to come home and begin another journey. She did her TEDx at Norwich last year, sharing their journey to #flipthenarrative. Over the past five years Elly has developed a unique approach (thanks to her greatest teacher – her phenomenal eldest daughter), to rebuild her trust in the world and work towards healing her trauma. Elly employs and manages an extraordinary ‘A Team’ of Intervenors and an ‘out of the box’ approach for education. Currently writing Ella’s book about their journey and learning daily from colleagues in the fields of SEND, trauma, education, health and social care.

James Minter

James is a writer of stories for middle-grade children and for the inner child in all adults – he believes humour is a great medicine for dealing with the stresses of daily life. He has an educational background having taught in a number of UK colleges and at the University of Salford, as well as in the private sector. His career included a significant period in information technology plus staring and owing a small independent publishing company. His present project – “Choosing Love Over Fear in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” – is a pre-emptive, children focused venture to amplify the many calls for a rethink on how the human species, and all life on earth, moves forward while avoiding a cataclysmic future if things are left to their own devices.

Julie Cassiano

After completing an English degree in 2009, Julie Cassiano began her teaching career in Brent, London. She taught across the primary age phase and has gained school leadership experiences across the UK. She is currently the Head Teacher of a school in Northampton and is finishing an MSc in Educational Leadership. Julie has always thoroughly enjoyed working in inner-city primary schools and is passionate about social justice and inclusion activism.

Bloomsbury Education

Bloomsbury Education publishes an extensive range of books for Early Years, Primary and Secondary that help teachers to teach better and children to learn more. We have the curriculum covered with our classroom resources that make learning more fun, our professional development books that inspire your teaching, and our fiction that aims to get children excited about reading. No matter what stage you’re at in your teaching career, Bloomsbury Education has the books for you! Our best-selling authors include Molly Potter and Andrew Jennings (@VocabularyNinja), and our book-banded Bloomsbury Reader series is highly acclaimed.

Savas Savides

Education born and bred. Savas has worked as an English teacher for many private language schools in Greece, as a test centre administrator for the Fulbright Foundation, as a teacher trainer, as an educational consultant, and as a publisher. He is a strong advocate for literacy and a huge proponent of using technology in the classroom. He holds a BA in English and an MBA in Marketing. He blogs about English Language Teaching (among other things) in www.brightclassroomideas.com. He lives in sunny Athens.

Tina Stubbs

Tina set about with a goal to develop a series of picture books and unique characters to motivate young readers to learn healthy habits in a fun and effective way. The books went on to win Gold from a popular parenting site and Tina was invited to Pinewood Film Studios to collect the prestigious 2017 ‘Sylvia Anderson Children’s Author ‘award. Through her interest in learning methods, Tina understands the importance of repetition in helping children to learn and build habits, so extra activities and workshops alongside the ‘Life’s Little Bugs book collection were developed to keep up the momentum, practice and to further ‘spread the bugs’ A great believer in fun to learn, Tina always includes a sprinkle of humour to her work!

Adam Giles

Adam Giles is an eighteen year old Primary Education student from Essex who is currently studying at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. Adam is passionate about teaching and inspiring the next generation of learners and is eager to inform about his experiences and feelings about teaching, university and his journey to becoming a primary teacher. Along with his passion for teaching, Adam is a keen historian and loves the sciences and is keen to incorporate these passions into his studies and lessons.

Chris Bowstead

Chris is currently Head of Department in an SEMH secondary school with caters for young people with behavioural and mental health issues. He has worked in a number of secondary schools and academies in the North East of England over the past fifteen years. He decided to start a blog to share his experiences of going from a disillusioned NQT to being a disillusioned mainstream teacher to being a highly successful special needs science leader. You can contact Chris and follow his journey on Twitter @bunsenlearner

Eve McCann

Jenny Swift

I have been an educator for twenty years, most recently as a Headteacher of an international primary school. I was introduced to the power of coaching around five years ago and subsequently established coaching structures in two of the schools I worked in. My passion for coaching grew and I decided to hone my coaching skills further through a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology focusing on school leader wellbeing for my final dissertation. I now have the privilege of coaching school leaders across the world.

Mark Stoddart

Mark Stoddart, International Designer and Dyslexia Advocate is a prominent figure in the world of design. He combines creative talent with a commitment to fostering inclusivity. With a stellar career in international design, Mark has channeled his expertise and influence into making a significant impact on the lives of individuals with dyslexia. As an international designer, Mark Stoddart’s work has left an indelible mark on the global design landscape. His innovative creations not only captivate the eye but also reflect his deep appreciation for aesthetics and functionality. Over the years, Mark’s design journey has received various accolades and recognition. Mark’s bestselling pieces are his unique bronze sculptures of wild animals, inspired by his travels in Africa, including the Hippopotamus, Tiger, Baby Elephant and Rhinoceros. Beyond his impressive design portfolio, Mark’s most profound passion lies in advocating for dyslexia awareness. Drawing from his own personal experiences with dyslexia when he was diagnosed at the age of 12, he actively supports neurodiversity charities such as Dyslexia Scotland and the Bali Dyslexia Foundation. Mark’s aim is to encourage children to embrace the power of neurodiversity and the positive impact it has on the world and hopes for inclusivity in education. Mark’s first publication “Making a Mark! Discovering the Power of Neurodiversity on a Learning Safari” is a perfect example of his dedication to neurodiversity. Aimed at young children, he hopes to empower and educate children, parents and their teachers about dyslexia and to embrace their unique creativity and strengths. Mark’s multifaceted journey, as both an accomplished international designer and a dedicated dyslexia advocate, embodies the spirit of turning challenges into opportunities. He stands as an inspiration to many, a symbol of creativity, resilience, and a firm belief that every individual, regardless of their neurodiversity, has the potential to leave an indelible mark on the world.

Brian Davies

Ex-teacher now Corporate Fundraising Manager at UK Sepsis Trust.

Frank de Witte

Frank de Witte has extensive experience as a primary school teacher. During his master’s studies and in his role as a math coordinator, he specialized in mathematics education. He owns several Dutch websites featuring practice materials, where hundreds of thousands of children in the Netherlands practice math, language, and spelling every day.

Daniel Howard

Daniel channels life into writing by masterfully using the power of words. He is our unstoppable blogger who spends the majority of his time writing exciting articles for StudyCrumb’s blog (click here to read more). A true expert in journalism, he’s joined our platform to assist students in writing essays that will enjoy readers’ success. As a writer, Daniel has made significant progress since writing his first piece. The initial process of making a catchy concept out of thin air, capturing all the supporting details, doing numerous interviews, and putting together an impressive article within a tight deadline was a serious task. However, it was his enthusiasm and determination that led him to amazing career accomplishments. Now, Daniel is here to give his advice on proper writing in a compelling way.

John Bardinelli

John has worked as a professional writer and author for nearly two decades. He writes philosophy content at Universal Owl and edits both psychology and finance articles. John’s main areas of interest include sci-fi, philosophy, technology and history. When he isn’t writing, he’s either exploring quiet corners of the natural world.

Miguel Trenkel-Lopez

Miguel is the founder and director of Curieus Games CIC. He developed the STEM card game Megawatt to inspire curiosity about sustainable energy and develop the problem solvers of the future. Miguel has always had a fascination with energy, and before creating Megawatt he was as a mechanical engineer working in the energy industry. He has experience in teaching energy topics at all levels, from running workshops in school classroom to youth advocacy at COP26 and COP27. He is also a professional drone pilot with experience both in the energy industry and in entertainment.

Annamarie Dack

Annamarie is an early childhood trauma survivor, ex-foster child, ADHD parent, ex-educator, and trained coach, turned entrepreneur. After several years working in leadership of schools for excluded children, she became frustrated with the lack of knowledge in schools, and families, about the connection between emotions and child behaviour. So Annamarie designed the Healthy Child Mind model – a behaviour management programme suitable for parents AND schools. In Autumn 2018 she left education to found Empowered Parents, and now provides her bespoke training, intervention planning and mentoring to professionals and parents worldwide.

Caroline Pudner

Caroline has been in her role since 2013. She writes curriculum materials, teaching resources and blogs, and hosts the education podcast, The Curriculum. Caroline has 10 years primary teaching experience, where she specialised in literacy and music. She previously worked as a museums and galleries learning officer, primary tutor, adult learning tutor, and in education public relations for a town council. Caroline is currently a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching.

Daniel Bull

Daniel started teaching in 2011 at Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby Academy in Telford, as a specialist in Business, Politics & Law. Daniel has been successively promoted and has been a Curriculum Leader, Head of House and has been an Assistant Headteacher for the past 4 years in the West Midlands. Whilst having extensive leadership and experience of pastoral leadership, Daniel also has overseen school improvement and change. He has a huge passion for curriculum matters and developing exciting curriculums for students and schools. Daniel is the Co-Creator and producer of an educational podcast called #Morethanajob which has already had 1000s of listens and is growing in popularity and influence in trying to share experiences with colleagues from all over the UK (anchor.fm/morethanajob). Daniel enjoys playing and watching sports namely football, cricket and road cycling. In addition to reading as much as he possibly can or binge watching any TV series! His current favourite is Money Heist.

George Athanasiou

George Athanasiou is a highly acclaimed educator and motivational speaker, renowned for his exceptional ability to inspire and empower leaders and educators across the globe. With a distinguished background as a Head Teacher and Local Authority Adviser, George has established himself as a trusted authority on delivering innovative and effective educational strategies. As a passionate advocate for wellbeing and employee care, George has developed a unique approach to empowering organisations to prioritise their people’s success. Through his engaging keynote presentations and practical workshops, he has helped numerous educational institutions and corporate organisations cultivate a culture of care, fostering a positive and productive work environment that drives outstanding results. George’s impressive skill set includes expertise in leadership development, mentoring & coaching, efficiency in the workplace, inclusive education, curriculum design & delivery and school performance improvement. He has a proven track record of configuring and implementing customised solutions that drive pupil success and enhance organisational performance. His exceptional communication and collaboration skills have earned him a reputation for building strong, lasting relationships with clients, colleagues and partners. As an international speaker, George has had the privilege of sharing his expertise with educators from around the world, celebrating the British education system and promoting best practices in education. His dedication to his craft has earned him widespread recognition and respect within the industry.

Louise Jaunbocus-Cooper

Louise Jaunbocus-Cooper (@Louise_MixEd) is a mixed-race Deputy Headteacher in Trafford, Gtr. Manchester. She is Co-founder of MixEd – a platform to explore mixed-race identity (@_MixEd)

Scott Evans

Scott Evans is a primary school teacher, author of 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Reading for Pleasure, reading for pleasure adviser and a children’s books consultant, content creator, critic and influencer. He reads, reviews and recommends a range of children’s literature on his website TheReaderTeacher.com and YouTube channel and hosts #PrimarySchoolBookClub – a monthly X/Twitter-based children’s book club, chat and vote. Before becoming a teacher, he worked as a librarian. Scott has previously appeared on and written for the BBC discussing ideas on how to encourage a love of reading and raising children as readers. He has worked with Waterstones, Booktrust, Hay Festival and Literature Wales, as well as with many leading and independent children’s books publishers to produce teaching resources to use in the classroom. He has also been a judge for the Blue Peter Book Awards; The Week Junior Book Awards; the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Lollies); the Read for Empathy Collection; the Wales Book of the Year Award and the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2024-26.

Teodora Kosturska

Teodora Kosturska has a strong interest and experience in content writing, digital marketing and copywriting. She has a Bachelor Degree in Marketing from the University for National and World Economy, Sofia. She has interests in various topics, including education, innovative technologies, environment and nature and traveling.

Adam Higgins

Adam Higgins is a Science teacher at an all-boys comprehensive school in Gidea Park. He has a keen interest in teaching and learning strategies and in raising the attainment of boys.

Chris Hobbs

Chris is the founder of History Bombs, an innovative media company producing BAFTA award-winning educational video content to empower history teachers and bring history to life in classrooms. Outside the classroom, History Bombs produces educational series for BBC Learning, Historic Royal Palaces, and English Heritage, as well as for its award-winning YouTube channel, with more than 10 million views.

Keren Mitchell

Keren Mitchell is a former year 3 and year 4 teacher and founder of SuperKind.org

Mary Myatt

Mary Myatt is an education adviser, writer and speaker. Mary has written extensively about leadership, school improvement and the curriculum: ‘High Challenge, Low Threat’, ‘Hopeful Schools’ and ‘The Curriculum: Gallimaufry to Coherence’, ‘Back on Track’, ‘Huh: Curriculum conversations between subject and senior leaders’ and ‘Primary Huh: Curriculum conversations with subject leaders in primary schools’ with John Tomsett. She has also established Myatt & Co an online platform with films for teachers, including teaching assistants and leaders including governors.

Naomi Ward

As a coach working with teachers, Naomi Ward realised that loss of self and purpose is a key element in what holds educators back from being their best and committing to leadership. Naomi is determined to be part of a purpose revolution in schools across the UK and Internationally. Naomi is an ICF Accredited Co-Active Coach with 14 years experience as a Secondary School Teacher and Leader. She has edited two books about wellbeing in the education sector. In 2019, she founded Purposeful Educators, which is committed to ‘championing educators to take a stand for their unique value and purpose in order to have the impact they are longing to have.’ Purposeful Educators offers group coaching, leadership development, coaching training and consultancy for schools and membership to our growing global community.

Robert Pokorny

Robert Pokorny is founder of Scheme Support, a directory of schemes of work for the English National Curriculum. He has been a primary school teacher in London for 8 years and is passionate about the role educational publishers can play in teaching and learning.

Stuart Fern

Stuart joined One Education in 2016 from the Higher Education sector bringing with him 30 years of finance management experience. He believes passionately about the education of children and for the last 18 years has used his expertise in education budgeting, business processes and data as information to support school business managers and wider leadership teams to positively impact on the learning experience and outcomes of children.

Bradley Busch & Edward Watson

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Amy started teaching in 2010 and began her role as a SENCO after completing her NQT year. Amy took on her current role at Palace Wood Primary School in 2016 and is now Assistant Head/SENCO. Amy has a passion for inclusion and was instrumental in the introduction of a specialist school satellite provision at Palace Wood Primary School, continuing to develop the links between the Five Acre Wood School team and pupils with the mainstream community. Throughout her career, Amy has sought opportunities to develop as a leader and to continue learning strategies to support pupils to progress academically, socially and emotionally. Amy also trained in clinical hypnotherapy. Amy has an incredibly supportive husband, two young sons, and a close extended family who she loves spending time with. She is currently studying for her Psychology MSc but will always find time to socialise with friends and make memories.

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Callum is an Australian trained and UK qualified teacher and an experienced recruitment leader. He recently founded Embed Education to provide consultancy, marketing and recruitment services for schools and trusts throughout the UK. His role involves proactively attracting talent, challenging the way things have always been done and supporting teachers, NQTs, graduates and aspiring school leaders to progress their careers in education. He has a background in strategic leadership, communications planning and driving cultural change. He has worked with start-ups, SME’s, government and multinationals in the UK and Australia.

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Jo blends different roles into one; a BACP accredited school-based counsellor, a family support worker, and a provider of training to adults on mental health in children and young people. Jo is a passionate and committed advocate for the improvement of mental health, especially in children and young people. At the beginning of lockdown (March 2020) Jo continued to support CYP but via YouTube, by creating her own channel called Flourish. The channel has a selection of professional and motivational video’s, aimed to improve the mental health of CYP.

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