Team member
Mannie Burn
Lead Assessor
Mannie is an experienced educator, leader, coach, innovator and assessor. Her passion is for all beings, whatever their age, to develop and thrive in life. She has worked with Best Practice Network for over 10 years. Currently, Mannie works on all aspects of the Early Years Initial Teacher Training Programme. She is part of the academic marking and facilitation teams and supports trainees and their mentors in settings. Mannie also
Simon Little
Managing Director
Simon joined Best Practice Network as Managing Director in 2019, already having 20+ years of experie...
Chris Garcia
Quality Director & Safeguarding Lead
As the Quality Director & Safeguarding Lead at BPN, Chris is our Ofsted inspection nominee for our A...
Chris Ludlow
Director of Partnerships
Chris is responsible for the growth of our school / setting partnerships, helping extend delivery of...
Dean Boyce
CPD & Accreditation Director
Dean oversees a range of BPN CPD programmes including NASENCO, HLTA, DSBM and Apprenticeship End-Poi...
Joanna Hawkins
Operations Director
Joanna has over 15 years’ experience working in education. As Operations Director, she is responsi...
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Kelly McKay
Early Career Framework Director
Kelly is delighted to be leading the Early Career Development Programme for Best Practice Network an...
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Michelle Brew
Sales Director
Michelle Joined BPN in 2021 with previous education sales and customer success experience within App...
Neil Gillard
Finance Director
Neil is a qualified accountant with over 25 years’ experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams...
Sian Marsh
Early Years and ITT Director
Sian has specialised in early years education for over 20 years. She is experienced in developing bl...
Tracy Clement
Apprenticeships Director
Tracy is passionate about apprenticeships and the opportunities they bring for new and existing staf...
Will Rogers
NPQ Director
Will has taken pride in serving as the Programme Director of National Professional Qualifications at...