Meet the team
Our rapidly-growing team is a diverse bunch, but we all have one thing in common: we’re passionate about how children learn.
We’re here to help and love communicating with our customers – anything you need, get in touch!
Nicola Chilman
Role: Co-founder
Family: 2 boys and a girl
Previous career or training: Teacher 10 years, Education Centre Director 7 years, Lifeguard, Carer, Chalet Host in a ski resort
Most likely to be found: Cooking or baking
What most people don’t know about me is: Welsh Young Farmers Stock Judging Champion
Favourite superhero: Supergirl
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Justin Trudeau
Biggest achievement to date: Keeping track of my three kids
#1 on my bucket list: Travel across America (with Tom…maybe)
Tom Minor
Role: Co-founder
Family: 2 boys and a girl
Previous career or training: Teacher 11 years, Education Centre Director 7 years, Ford Motor Company 2 years
Most likely to be found: Swimming, cycling or watching rugby (if not working or with family)
What most people don’t know about me is: I bred budgerigars as a teenager – one day, I’ll get to do it again!
Favourite superhero: Bananaman
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: David Walliams
Biggest achievement to date: I’ve never missed a vote in a local or general election
#1 on my bucket list: Spacetravel
Rebecca Hill
Role: Business Support Manager
Family: 2 girls
Previous career or training: Legal Executive specialising in personal injury law, Secretary, Shop Assistant and Chambermaid
Most likely to be found: Things with my kids or reading
What most people don’t know about me is: I used to be a Bristol Rovers FC season ticket holder and travelled to all their away matches
Biggest achievement to date: Definitely my kids and recently running my first 5K race!
#1 on my bucket list: To go snorkelling in The Maldives again
Guilty pleasure: Watching Neighbours and a glass of pink Prosecco
Laura Young Santos
Role: Content Executive
Previous Career or training: BEd Primary Teaching
Most likely to be found: Spending time with family and dancing!
What most people don’t know about me I can perform the whole of Mamma Mia from beginning to end. “I have a dream…”
Favourite Superhero: Mulan
Person I’d most like to have dinner with: Kit Harrington
Biggest Achievement: Graduating with a 1st
#1 on my bucket list: Travel around Australia
Guilty pleasure: Eating baby food
Don Keir
Role: Technical Lead
Family: 2 girls
Previous career or training: 34 years in IT industry including founder of two tech companies
Most likely to be found: Buying pointless things on Amazon
What most people don’t know about me is: I watched the Space Shuttle launch from Cape Canaveral
Favourite superhero: Jessica Jones
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Richard Feynman
Biggest achievement to date: Helping to raise three children to adulthood
#1 on my bucket list: Explore the UK and Europe in a VW Campervan
Alex Howard
Role: Junior Software Developer
Previous career or training: Student at the University of Bath
Most likely to be found: Playing FIFA or table tennis
Favourite superhero: Groot
Biggest achievement to date: Silver DofE Award
#1 on my bucket list: Run a marathon
Sarah Jane Dent
Role: Product Manager
Previous career or training: Maths graduate from The University of Bath
Most likely to be found: Drinking tea and eating cake
What most people don’t know about me is: I have a Silver Blue Peter badge
Favourite superhero: Bubbles from the Power Puff Girls
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: The Queen
Biggest achievement to date: Being on Spotify
#1 on my bucket list: See the pyramids in Egypt
Guilty pleasure: Gilmore Girls
Jack Taylor
Role: Junior Developer
Previous career or training: Student at the University of Bath
Most likely to be found: Tabletop games or cooking
What most people don’t know about me is: I’m in the top 250 participants in the Eterna protein folding project
Favourite superhero: Wonder Woman
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: JK Rowling
Biggest achievement to date: 80.6% in second year with 7 volunteering positions
#1 on my bucket list: Learn German
Guilty pleasure: Once Upon a Time
Emma Hall
Role: People, Space and Culture Manager
Previous career or training: KS2 teacher, lifeguard, ice rink steward
Most likely to be found: Running or reading
What most people don’t know about me is: I learnt to fly a glider aged 16
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: J.K. Rowling
Biggest achievement to date: Completing a marathon
#1 on my bucket list: See the Northern Lights, ideally from a glass bubble or igloo!
Guilty Pleasure: Munching on chocolate while reading a good book by the fire
Jess Evans
Role: Curriculum Manager
Previous career or training: Biology graduate and Primary School Teacher
Most likely to be found: Reading with a cup of tea
What most people don’t know about me is: I have been an extra on TV!
Favourite superhero: Baby Groot
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Freddie Mercury (if he was still alive!)
Biggest achievement to date: Marrying my husband and graduating with a 1st
#1 on my bucket list: New York
Guilty pleasure: Watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Andy Edwards
Role: Senior Software Developer
Previous career or training: Nine years of mobile app development
Most likely to be found: Hanging out with my Australian cattle dog and pal, Blue
What most people don’t know about me is: I lived in Canada for a while and grew an unhealthy obsession for Tim Horton’s coffee
Favourite superhero: Flash
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Elon Musk
Biggest achievement to date: Running 60 miles from London to Brighton, raising money for Cancer Research UK
#1 on my bucket list: Whale watching
Wayne Timbrell
Role: Digital Marketing Specialist
Previous career or training: 20+ years working in marketing and ecommerce
Most likely to be found: Gardening
What most people don’t know about me is: I once took part in a daytime tv quiz show. No, I didn’t win.
Favourite superhero: LEGO Batman
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Chris Packham
Biggest achievement to date: Completing my Panini Football 85 sticker album
#1 on my bucket list: Learn to speak fluent Spanish
Guilty pleasure: Chocolate. And Biscuits.
Charlotte Murray
Role: Graphic Designer
Previous career or training: BA History (for some reason), MA Graphic Arts, freelance graphic design
Most likely to be found: Watching Netflix with the boyhalf and a glass of wine
What most people don’t know about me is: I was born with an extra finger (don’t worry, it was removed at birth!)
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Only one!? I’ll go with Olivia Colman. Equal parts adorable and hilarious
Biggest achievement to date: Staying alive this long. I’m quite clumsy.
#1 on my bucket list: Get a book published
Guilty pleasure: Louis Theroux documentaries
George Finn
Role: Software Developer
Previous career or training: BSc Computer Science
Most likely to be found: Exploring an interesting story – most likely reading one
What most people don’t know about me is: I’m more Irish than English
Favourite superhero: Nightcrawler (Marvel)
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Genghis Khan
#1 on my bucket list: Learn to play the piano
Guilty pleasure: Writing bad stories
Lucy Hart
Role: Junior Content Executive
Previous career or training: History graduate from the University of Exeter
Most likely to be found: Going on a long walk
What most people don’t know about me is: I won a competition to have my drawing as the cover of The Bath Magazine when I was in Year 5
Favourite superhero: Baymax from Big Hero 6
Biggest achievement to date: Graduating with a 1st!
#1 on my bucket list: Visit Japan
Guilty Pleasure: Watching Homes Under the Hammer
Jasmin Clements
Role: School Account Manager
Previous career or training: 3 years teacher of English as a foreign language, BA Linguistics and Spanish, bilingual school English assistant, park keeper
Most likely to be found: Rock climbing! (or possibly eating)
What most people don’t know about me is: I have a black belt in karate
Favourite superhero: Spiderman (for obvious reasons…)
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Emma Watson
Biggest achievement to date: Marrying my childhood sweetheart
#1 on my bucket list: Canoeing in Canada
Guilty pleasure: MonsterMunch (they’re not just for kids!)
Lydia Carneige
Role: School Account Manager
Previous career or training: Retail, Secondary Teacher of Drama & English, Teaching Assistant and an excellent Pot Wash when I was 14
Most likely to be found: Spending time with family, friends and my dog Buddy
What most people don’t know about me is: I was once on CBBC
Favourite superhero: Hulk
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: The Spice Girls
Biggest achievement to date: Getting married last year and getting a 1st in my degree (oh, and completing these questions…)
#1 on my bucket list: New York, New York!
Guilty pleasure: Eating peanut butter out of a jar
Steven Craig
Role: Education Consultant
Previous career or training: Primary School teacher, NPQSL, DipEd, Conference Manager
Most likely to be found: Going on an adventure
What most people don’t know about me is: I have a passion for writing
Favourite superhero: The Dark Knight
Person you’d most like to have dinner with:Sir David Attenborough
Biggest achievement to date: Lapping Wayne in Go Karting
#1 on my bucket list: Seeing Earth from space
Guilty pleasure: Listening to Hans Zimmer soundtracks
Kim Grosvenor
Role: Creative Artworker
Previous career or training: BA Graphic Design and MSc Marketing, Freelance Designer & Illustrator & Digital Marketing experience
Most likely to be found: Drawing!
What most people don’t know about me is: When I was younger I got to Level 10 in ice skating (I was able to do spins and jumps)
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Banksy
Biggest achievement to date: Winning an award for my artwork!
#1 on my bucket list: Visiting Japan
Guilty Pleasure: Watching First Dates
Kim Brown
Role: Education Consultant
Role: School Account Manager
Previous career or training: Music and Psychology Graduate, Primary School Teacher (Y1 and Y6)
Most likely to be found: Listening to live music
What most people don’t know about me is: I trained as an opera singer
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Louis Theroux
Biggest achievement to date: Having my art shown on CBBC when I was 7!
#1 on my bucket list: To travel South America and visit Machu Picchu
Guilty Pleasure: Going for afternoon tea
Olivia Austin
Role: Intern
Previous career or training: Front of House assistant in a seafood restaurant and a country club in the USA
Most likely to be found: By the sea and spending time with my family
What most people don’t know about me is: I spend around 2/3 months a year living in a beach hut in Dorset
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Bruce Springsteen
Biggest achievement to date: Getting my degree in Events Management
#1 on my bucket list: Travel Australia
Guilty pleasure: Friends (the TV show) and cake!!!Saara Ailasmaa
Role: QA Software Test Engineer
Previous career or training: Vocational qualification in Graphic Design
Most likely to be found: Drinking coffee
What most people don’t know about me is: I used to have pet snails
Favourite superhero: Aikku Jokinen
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Tove Jansson
Biggest achievement to date: Moving to England
#1 on my bucket list: Write a bucket list
Guilty pleasure: Coffee
Megan Taylor
Role: School Account Manager
Previous career or training: BEd Early Years Education & Early Years Practitioner
Most likely to be found: Socialising, baking and walking my dogs
What most people don’t know about me is: I was once in a tornado in Florida
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: David Attenborough
Biggest achievement to date: Completing Bath half marathon
#1 on my bucket list: To take my dad back to an orphanage in Kenya that we visited
Guilty pleasure: Chocolate, gin and Desperate Housewives!
Chris Jones
Role: Education Consultant
Family: One wife and two daughters
Previous career or training: Twenty-plus years as a primary school teacher (6 years as as an Assistant Headteacher) teaching in KS1 and KS2. PhD in American History
Most likely to be found: Cooking or daughter-wrangling
What most people don’t know about me is: I lived in a log cabin in West Virginia for 3 months
Favourite superhero: Peter Quill
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Graham Norton
Biggest achievement to date: My daughters’ sense of humour
#1 on my bucket list: Take my wife to Venice on the Orient Express
Guilty pleasure: Fizzy sweets
Krista Clay
Role: Education and Business Support Intern
Family: Two brothers and a sister
Previous career or training: Barista, biology graduate and maths teacher
Most likely to be found: Adventuring outdoors or baking in my kitchen!
What most people don’t know about me is: I love board games
Favourite superhero: Wonder Woman
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: David Attenborough
Biggest achievement to date: Completing the Bath Half Marathon
#1 on my bucket list: To complete a massive piece of artwork!
Guilty pleasure: Maltesers and anything with Maltesers in
Jo Kiddell
Role: Customer Service Advisor
Family: A boy and a girl
Previous career or training: BSc in Environmental Science, Education, Heritage and Arts Project Manager, Company Director
Most likely to be found: Reading, gardening or at the beach
What most people don’t know about me is: I once presented a science show on TV
Favourite superhero: Wonder Woman
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Kirstie and Phil
Biggest achievement to date: My children
#1 on my bucket list: Seeing polar bears in the wild in Canada
Guilty pleasure: Chocolate!
Kelly Antonowicz
Role: Customer Service Advisor
Family: Two sons and one daughter
Previous career or training: BSc Psychology, Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning, and School Governance
Most likely to be found: Ferrying my children from club to club, or at the gym
What most people don’t know about me is: I speak Italian
Favourite superhero: Black Widow
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Maria Montessori
Biggest achievement to date: My three children!
#1 on my bucket list: Walk the Appalachian Trail
Guilty pleasure: Dark chocolate and espresso
Nicki Smith
Role: Customer Service Advisor
Family:Husband Robin, daughters Aimee (11) and Cerys (9), puppy dog Connie and guinea pig Jiffy
Previous career or training: BA (Hons) in French and English; franchise owner for The Creation Station; pub manager; Wine Merchant management, retail and painter/decorator!
Most likely to be found: Geocaching in the great outdoors or supporting Welsh rugby
What most people don’t know about me is: I spent a summer working at Disneyland Paris while I was studying for my degree
Favourite superhero: Alun Wyn Jones (or Batfink)
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Jacinda Ardern
Biggest achievement to date: My two daughters!
#1 on my bucket list: Taking the family to New Zealand
Guilty pleasure: White wine – anything but Chardonnay!
Tristan Russell
Role: Software Development Placement Student
Previous career or training: Currently studying Computer Science BSc at The University of Bath
Most likely to be found: Shopping for computer components
Favourite superhero: Spiderman
Biggest achievement to date: Completing my A Level maths a year early
#1 on my bucket list: Learn to fly a paraglider
Tom Hall
Role: Software Developer
Previous career or training: Chalet Host, paralegal, tax analyst, test engineer
Most likely to be found: Rock climbing, cycle touring, baking, reading
What most people don’t know about me is: I volunteer with Bristol Bike Project
Person you’d most like to have dinner with: Dervla Murphy
Biggest achievement to date: Finishing a mountain marathon in Wales – views were nice, but the hills were hard!
#1 on my bucket list: Cycling in Patagonia
Guilty pleasure: I can eat an entire pot of ice cream in one go