Our Team

Mei has over 13 years experience working across all phases in education. She worked in South East London as a secondary History teacher, before leaving to study a Masters in Public Policy degree for 2 years in Berlin, with a focus on education and social policy. Returning to the UK, she decided to move into the primary phase and was Headteacher of a primary academy in Guildford until December 2018. During this time, Mei met Ed and was inspired by his vision to develop a complementary model that works alongside schools to support children and families, which is why she joined the Reach Children's Hub in 2019. She believes in the importance of listening and building relationships, in order to put people before programmes, and loves working with a passionate team to support children from cradle-to-career.

Helen completed a Masters alongside her role as a nursery and reception teacher; she taught in London for seven years before joining the team at Reach. She is passionate about Early Years education and practice, particularly the role that adults play in positively influencing children’s development and learning. She is one of the tutors on our Early Years Foundation Degree. Helen is really excited about the opportunities the course brings for Early years educators across Feltham to share their experiences and develop their practice.

Upon graduating from Reading University after studying Psychology, Jess completed the Unlocked Graduate Leadership Programme. As part of this scheme Jess worked within a prison focusing on helping prisoners make better choices and prepare for life upon release. This role ignited a passion to improve opportunities and help individuals make positive choices before reaching the point of offending. She joins the Reach Foundation as the Office Manager and is excited to get involved with different projects to improve the Feltham community and opportunities for those who live here.

After teaching in the Early Years for four years in London and completing a Masters at UCL, Katherine joined the Reach Children's Hub team. Katherine is passionate about sharing the incredible impact Early Years educators have on a child's life, particularly when they work in close partnership with the child's parents and wider family. She is one of the lead tutors on our Early Years Foundation Degree with Kingston University and also leads on the other parts of our Early Years Workforce Pipeline. Katherine has enjoyed building relationships with families and practitioners in Feltham and is excited to see how these partnerships continue to develop.

Kay has worked with children and families for over 17 years and has a degree in Primary Education. She realised early on that her passion was in supporting and working with children and their parents, and she was delighted when Reach Academy Feltham gave her an amazing opportunity to do this: she joined the Family Support team when the school opened in 2012. Kay understands the important and vital role of being a parent but also recognises that this can be a difficult and stressful job for anyone, due to the difficulties life can throw at you. Over the years, she has undertaken additional training, for example Family Links, to be able to support families in the community to the best of her ability.

Jennie has lived and worked within the community for the past 11 years. Before starting at Reach, she worked as a Family Support Worker within a local Community and Children's Centre in Bedfont. Whilst working there she developed a passion for helping people and breaking cycles that some local families get stuck in. She joined Reach Academy in May 2017 and has enjoyed being part of a committed and dedicated team who strive to give all local children and families the opportunities they may not otherwise have had. She is started as a Family Support Worker and is now the Community Engagement Lead within the Early Learning Community. Her aims are to build parental capacity, reduce stress and foster community. This is done through a number of projects/groups directly delivered by Jennie which are increasing parents confidence, helping them access local services and building their support network.

After years working within communications and fundraising, Rebecca decided to take a slightly different path after having both her children, and retrained with the NCT to become an antenatal teacher. Driven by a passion to support and empower parents she started facilitating classes for new parents, and took on a role working with the local hospital to represent maternity service users and drive change. This led to project work locally and nationally developing peer support strategies. Rebecca is now very excited to be able to develop Reach's cradle to career vision, and is relishing the opportunity to shape programmes that really make a difference to families in Feltham.

Samantha has recently finished her Masters Degree in International Communications and Media. Whilst studying, Samantha began tutoring at Explore Learning where she discovered a passion for serving and impacting the lives of children through the means of education, but also through relationships. Currently, working as the Communications Associate for both Feltham Convening Project and Reach Foundation, Samantha hopes to use her knowledge and experience in communications to help impact children and young people. It is her desire to see children and young people live their lives to its full potential whilst enjoying every single aspect of their childhood, as much as possible.  Besides communications, Samantha enjoys watching a variety of youtube channels, old television series, such as Criminal Minds and other real-life documentaries.

Sarah has an honours degree in English Literature and has had a successful career as a Marketing Director in the corporate sector for 15 years before running her own Marketing consultancy. She has always been passionate about ensuring that all pupils have the opportunities in life that they deserve, which drove her to embark on a career change, in 2017 she trained to teach English through the Teach First programme, when she joined Reach Academy.  During her time at Reach Sarah taught secondary English and Business and held the role of Deputy Head of Sixth Form.  In 2021 Sarah joined the Hub and is excited to continue to work with the young people in Feltham to ensure that they and their families have the support and information that they need to embark on a life of choice and opportunity.