Rachel Orr is an established head teacher in the north east of England. Rachel brings 25 years’ experience to education and is passionate about the use of technology in curriculum development. Rachel believes that all children have a right to high quality teaching and learning. Quality teaching and learning, the core business of the school, is built upon developing good relationships between the child, teacher and parent, centred on mutual trust, respect and a joint understanding of agreed aims and expectations.

John Redding was born in Nigeria, West Africa in 1971, returning to this country with his parents in 1979. After finishing school and a college course in catering management he went into the West Yorkshire Police, where he served for 19 years as a police officer. On leaving John was a volume crime management sergeant, qualified to the rank of Inspector. John studied a degree in public services management full-time while working full-time in the police achieving a first class honours.He left the police in 2012 owing to a knee injury which meant that he had become desk-bound. John is happily married and has two children aged 12 and 14. He has coached children to play rugby for 7 years and is the safeguarding officer for his local rugby club.

Anna Cole is the Deputy Headteacher and Year 5 teacher at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary in Yeadon. She has been a teacher for 12 years, a senior leader for 6 and is a Specialist Leader in Education for Curriculum, Writing and Assessment. She is also a writing moderator for Leeds Education Authority. She is passionate about children’s learning behaviour and delivering a purposeful curriculum. She designed the Ss. Peter and Paul curriculum so that it is thematic and allows the children to develop the skills of independence, self-motivation, self-reflection and resilience to take ownership of their own learning.

Paul Scott has over 18 years of Primary school teaching experience both in the UK and abroad. He has been a Curriculum Innovation Consultant with the team since 2004 and became Curriculum Innovation Service manager in 2012. His role involves working strategically with local, regional and national partners ensuring the service’s provision continually evolves to meet the needs of schools, community and local business. He is a qualified E-Safety Mark Assessor and a CEOP Ambassador. He is passionate about utilising new and emerging technologies to develop pedagogies allowing pupils to become engaged and independent lifelong learners.

Steve Dale has worked as a forensic toxicologist but after a chance encounter with a computer in 1982 started working in schools who were slowly embracing new technology. Steve has since worked in 3 local authorities and over 450 schools developing a wealth of experience and knowledge as well as qualifying as an OfSTED inspector. He has been a Curriculum Innovation Consultant since 2002 with expertise in CMS, VLEs, databases, electronic music and he specialises in programming, control and developing Apps. He is a qualified E-Safety Mark Assessor and a CEOP Ambassador.

Simon Blower, Pobble co-fouder
Simon’s 15-year teaching career culminated in a Deputy Headship in a North Yorkshire Primary school. Simon consulted for various educational organisations before deciding to use his expertise in education and school leadership to grow Pobble and help impact thousands of pupils around the world.

Carl Faulkner is the Head teacher of a large Primary Academy in the North East of England, and is a National Leader of Education. He has worked as an Additional Inspector and currently supports improvement work in two other Schools.
Carl was amongst the first Head teachers in the UK to try to tackle educational under attainment and lack of engagement through innovation in the curriculum, approaches to teaching and the use of mobile technology. For the last 10 years his pupils have benefitted from a curriculum and teaching based around both their needs and supported through the use of 1:1 technology. Pupils at Normanby have recorded music at Abbey Road, slept in the wild on a remote island and have partnerships with children and schools around the globe, reflecting his view of a broad and engaging curriculum. When not at work Carl coordinates the actions of a Mountain Rescue Team and is both a failing Triathlete and proud Dad.

Ros Archer currently teaches computing throughout Burley Oaks Primary School. Her focus is to develop the curriculum from Reception to Year 6 working with class teachers to build on their own skills and to design and deliver exciting learning opportunities for their children.
This is her second year in this role after a career as a class teacher in the Primary sector. As the children quickly develop their capability our challenge is to ensure that our curriculum responds to their enthusiasm through using a variety of resources while attempting to keep up with their expertise!

Karen Brunyee trained as a Primary Teacher after completing a degree in Biology at Hull. She has worked in different North Yorkshire schools for 14 years, teaching across the whole Primary Phase from EYFS to Year 6 and was subject leader for Science, D&T, PE and ICT. During a career break, Karen worked with the New Zealand Department of Conservation to help conserve native species consolidating her love of the outdoors and ecology. She has also spent time teaching in a very rural school on Lake Victoria in Kenya, where they had a zero carbon footprint, something she is intent on reducing in her own practise. Karen now works as a Professional Development Leader in Primary STEM at the National STEM Learning Centre, delivering CPD to Primary Teachers.