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Anna is Director of Strategy and Performance at United Learning, a large national schools group. She joined United Learning in 2017, having spent the majority of her career to that point as a civil servant in the Department for Education. At DfE, her responsibilities included leading the recent reforms of GCSEs and A levels, policy relating to....more

Anna is Director of Strategy and Performance at United Learning, a large national schools group. She joined United Learning in 2017, having spent the majority of her career to that point as a civil servant in the Department for Education. At DfE, her responsibilities included leading the recent reforms of GCSEs and A levels, policy relating to careers education, information, advice and guidance for young people, and managing the legislation to raise the participation age to 18. She is a governor of a secondary school in Lewisham and has volunteered as a French tutor for the last five years. She read Modern and Medieval Languages (French and Hungarian) at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 2000. She also holds an Executive Masters in Public Policy from the London School of Economics.

Jo has worked in education for 25 years in a number of different posts, including ITT course tutor, teaching and learning consultant, assistant Primary Strategy manager, senior school improvement consultant, as well as senior leadership positions in school, including Principal of two primary academies in a large Multi-Academy Trust. She led her....more

Jo has worked in education for 25 years in a number of different posts, including ITT course tutor, teaching and learning consultant, assistant Primary Strategy manager, senior school improvement consultant, as well as senior leadership positions in school, including Principal of two primary academies in a large Multi-Academy Trust. She led her current school through an outstanding inspection outcome in 2017 and during the same year became the first Free School in the country to achieve UNICEF’s Rights Respecting School award. Alongside her trustee role, she has been a school governor for many years and on the steering committee for an NHS trial, ‘Changing Agendas on Sleep Treatment and Learning in Epilepsy’ (CASTLE).

Peter is a partner at Advent Venture Partners in London and has over 20 years experience in Venture Capital. He has considerable experience as a non-executive Director working with small growing organisations. He spent his early career as a consultant with PWC and as a software developer. He has been a volunteer tutor with Action Tutoring since....more

Peter is a partner at Advent Venture Partners in London and has over 20 years experience in Venture Capital. He has considerable experience as a non-executive Director working with small growing organisations. He spent his early career as a consultant with PWC and as a software developer. He has been a volunteer tutor with Action Tutoring since 2012. Peter holds a BSc in Physics from Imperial College, London and an MBA from INSEAD

Susannah is the founder and CEO of Action Tutoring. She was inspired to start Action Tutoring following experiences working in the charity sector and as a private tutor, recognising the potential to make the benefits of tutoring available to those that might not otherwise afford it, using volunteers.