Team member
Emily Taylor
Team Leader, Candidate and Partner Support
Emily spent nine years immersed in Apprenticeship training and funding, in various administrative-customer roles including organising, booking and processing of accreditation courses to the management of Traineeships (Pre-Apprenticeship programme).
Following the Apprenticeship Reforms, Emily took on a new role in form of compliance and data analysis to provide guidance and knowledge towards the Apprenticeship Reforms and the apprenticeship levy; leading a team to ensure enrolment of learners and data entry was seamless and timely. She has also managed delivery subcontractors and providing support towards ISO 9001 and 14001 accreditation.
Emily now works as the Team Leader for the Candidate and Partner Support team; managing customer operations to ensure a seamless service for candidates and partners, which is delivered by a dedicated team of five to provide a smooth customer journey.
On a personal level, Emily is currently working towards her CMI Level 5 Management and Leadership qualification, has almost finished renovating her first house alongside volunteering for the Pet Blood Bank charity.
Simon Little
Managing Director
As Managing Director of Best Practice Network, Simon oversees a network of 150+ partners and 500+ fa...
Yvonne Gandy
Director, Leadership NPQs and NPQEL/NPQH Lead Facilitator
Yvonne is passionate about getting the best opportunities for all young people wherever they live th...
Sian Marsh
Director, Early Years and ITT
Sian has specialised in early years education for the last 16 years and has worked with the team at ...
Dean Boyce
Director, CPD & Accreditation
Dean manages national training and assessment initiatives against DfE standards, often under license...
Tracy Clement
Apprenticeships Director
Tracy is passionate about apprenticeships and the opportunities they bring for new and existing staf...
Kelly McKay
Director, New Programmes
Kelly is guided by the principal that every person deserves the best possible education so that they...
Gary Broom
Director, Marketing, Partnerships and Development
Gary has worked in marketing and development roles in the education sector for 17 years. He is respo...
Neil Gillard
Director, Finance and Operations
Neil is a qualified accountant with over 25 years’ experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams...
Jeff Hart
Programme Director, School Improvement
Jeff oversees the School Improvement portfolio for Best Practice Network. He is a Senior Adviser at ...
Andy Hodgkinson
NPQ Lead Facilitator, CQI and Partnership
Andy has worked across a range of education contexts from executive headteacher to university fellow...
Vanessa MacDonald
NPQML and NPQSL Lead Facilitator
Vanessa has worked in education for 30 years and has been a primary headteacher and is an experience...
Simon Lockwood
NPQEL Lead Facilitator
Simon has worked in Education for 40 years as a teacher, leader and local authority school improveme...
Nick Parry
NPQ Lead Facilitator Trainer
Nick has taught for 25 years and over the last 10 years, he has predominantly focused on staff train...
Philip Naylor
NPQ Lead Online Tutor
Phil has worked with the widest range of schools and groups of schools as a senior leader responsibl...
Mannie Burn
Lead Assessor
Mannie is an experienced educator, leader, coach, innovator and assessor. Her passion is for all bei...
Nickii Messer
Lead Assessor, End Point Assessment
Nickii has worked in education for 27 years, both in senior business leadership roles and consultanc...
Val Andrew
SBP Programme Manager & End Point Assessment Senior Assessor
Val has worked in the education sector for 25 years in school business management and leadership rol...
Nick Thornber
HLTA Programme Manager
Nick has worked in education for 30 years. He has a background in mainstream and special schools in ...
Jayne Clemence
HLTA Senior Assessor
Jayne oversees assessments for HLTA status and has been involved in the development and oversight o...
Peter Remmer
Assessor, HLTA
Initially, an Assessor for HLTA candidates, Peter now works as both an Assessor and a trainer for te...
Brendan Gill
Assessor, HLTA
Brendan is currently working as an HLTA Assessor and has also carried out work moderating colleagues...
Stephanie Robinson
Early Years QA Lead
Stephanie has a wealth of experience in the Education Sector. She has worked in both the Early Years...
Holly Lewis
Programme Facilitator
Holly has 25 years of primary teaching experience across keys stages in this country and abroad, fin...
Sandra Matthews
Personal Tutor and Assessor
Sandra has worked for Best Practice as a personal tutor and assessor on the EYITT programme for 10 y...
Anna Watson
Personal Tutor
Anna has worked in Early Years for 20 years as a Childminder. Having completed her NNEB early in her...
Steph Bailey
International Schools Lead Reviewer
Steph has worked in education for 35 years. His background started in teaching, and he has held seve...
Joanna Hawkins
Strategic Projects and Operations Manager
Joanna has worked in education for over 10 years. Having worked across a variety of programme specia...
Chris Ludlow
Partnerships Manager
Chris is responsible for the growth of our school / setting partnerships, helping extend delivery of...
Emily Taylor
Team Leader, Candidate and Partner Support
Emily now works as the Team Leader for the Candidate and Partner Support team; managing customer o...
Hamish McLean
e-Learning Manager
Hamish joined Best Practice Network in 2013 after gaining a BA Hons degree in Business and Managemen...
Catherine Sellars
Instructional Designer
Catherine started out as a web developer but has spent most of her working life in Further and Highe...