PRIMARY MATTERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Education Consultant
- Leader
Alex has been teaching since 1992, achieved the NPQH in 2005, and has taught every year group from Nursery to Year 7. Until July 2021, he was head of a very large primary school in West Sussex and continues to maintain his love of teaching in the primary classroom alongside his current leadership and learning consultancy work. He also works in higher education, training the next generation of teachers through the University of Sussex.
Alex is an outstanding school leader with expert knowledge and skills in computing, high-quality teaching and in assessment. He has had significant impact on school improvement through his work in schools, for example moving them from 'requires improvement' to 'good' in short timescales. He relishes outreach work and has a talent for providing high-quality CPD. He has been an associate advisor for West Sussex and a Specialist Leader in Education for a large academy chain.
Ashley has been involved in education since 1994. He has a passion for history and believes that role play and model making makes learning immediate, memorable and real.
Job Titles:
- Co - Head, Wallace Fields Infant School, Surrey
Job Titles:
- Education Consultant
- Primary Consultant
Nicola Powell is a primary consultant with 15 years of practical experience supporting schools. She offers schools tailor-made support in developing an innovative curriculum and has a proven track record in helping teachers to engage every child in a learning journey which both raises standards of attainment and enhances each child's awareness of good citizenship and how to contribute positively to society.
Nicola's mission is to raise academic standards and character virtues in every child so that all can flourish. She seeks to bring vibrant, contemporary and irresistible teaching and learning to teachers and children everywhere, through fresh, original and relational approaches.
Nicola has taught every year group from Reception to Year 6 and was Head of Lower School and Deputy Head in a large Primary. She has led school development within all the schools in which she has taught.
For 10 years Nicola worked as part of the English Advisory Team for West Sussex County Council developing inspiring, active, effective approaches to teaching listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Since establishing Primary Matters Consultancy in 2004, Nicola has worked with both state and private schools across the UK, from Edinburgh to Brighton, Cardiff to Peterborough, Truro to Canterbury, enabling all schools to enhance the teaching and learning experience they offer. Children are drawn irresistibly into their learning and teachers are rejuvenated!
In this time Nicola has enabled headteachers to transform their school environment and curriculum, moving schools which require improvement to an Ofsted judgment of Good, and supporting good schools to achieve a rating of Outstanding.
Nicola has led conferences across the country and worked on national projects with inspiring leaders in education such as Mick Waters.
She gained her degree in English and Education from Homerton College, Cambridge.
Job Titles:
- Teacher, the Marist School, Ascot