Team member
Holly Lewis
Programme Facilitator
Holly has 25 years of primary teaching experience across keys stages in this country and abroad, finally settling in Cornwall. She specialises in Early Years education and has significant expertise in phonics, numeracy and outdoor learning. Holly has had a range of leadership roles in different settings including Lead for Early Years, SLE, Facilitator and Mentor for ITT and leader for Natural Learning. Holly is innovative and forward-thinking in her approaches. She is passionate about using the outside world to engage, inspire and challenge both herself and others.
Liam Donnison
CEO
Liam has worked in Education for 25 years, in teaching, training and leadership. He has been Trustee...
Yvonne Gandy
Programme Director, Leadership qualifications
Yvonne is passionate about getting the best opportunities for all young people wherever they live th...
Dean Boyce
Programme Director, CPD & Accreditation
Dean manages national training and assessment initiatives against DfE standards, often under license...
Sian Marsh
Programme Director, Early Years and ITT
Sian has specialised in early years education for the last 16 years and has worked with the team at ...
Nick Parry
Director of Teaching, Learning & Leadership, The Dean Trust at Ashton on Mersey School
Nick has taught for 25 years and over the last 10 years, he has predominantly focused on staff train...
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
Lead Facilitator, NPQML
Andy has worked across a range of education contexts from executive headteacher to university fellow...
Vanessa MacDonald
Lead Facilitator, NPQSL
Vanessa has worked in education for 30 years and has been a primary headteacher and is an experience...
Simon Lockwood
Lead Facilitator, NPQEL
Simon has worked in Education for 40 years as a teacher, leader and local authority school improveme...
Philip Naylor
Lead Online Learning Specialist
Phil has worked with the widest range of schools and groups of schools as a senior leader responsibl...
Stephanie Robinson
Quality Assurance Manager
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...
Anna Watson
Personal Tutor
Anna has worked in Early Years for 20 years as a Childminder. Having completed her NNEB early in her...
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...
Val Andrew
Programme Manager, DSBM
Val has worked in the education sector for 25 years in school business management and leadership rol...
Nick Thornber
Programme Manager, HLTA
Nick has worked in education for 30 years. He has a background in mainstream and special schools in ...
Peter Remmer
Assessor, HLTA
Initially, an Assessor for HLTA candidates, Peter now works as both an Assessor and a trainer for te...
Steph Bailey
Lead Reviewer, International Schools
Steph has worked in education for 35 years. His background started in teaching, and he has held seve...
Mannie Burn
Senior Reviewer, International Schools
Mannie is an experienced educator, leader, coach, innovator and assessor. Her passion is for all bei...
Kelly McKay
Education and CPD Consultant
Kelly is guided by the principal that every person deserves the best possible education so that they...
Catherine Sellars
Instructional Designer
Catherine started out as a web developer but has spent most of her working life in Further and Highe...
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...
Hamish McLean
NPQ Programme Manager and Deputy Team Leader, Candidate and Partner Support Team
Hamish joined Best Practice Network in 2013 after gaining a BA Hons degree in Business and Managemen...