| Chair: Angela Jenkins |  |
Angela Jenkins has extensive experience in English education and school improvement having worked as an adviser in three different local authorities and two multi-academy trusts in the last 25 years. She has worked across the primary and secondary phases as an English specialist teacher and as a school/trust leader.
Since 2018, Angela has worked as an independent consultant, providing specialist advice and support for the development of exceptional English curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in mainly primary settings. She is the Moderation Manager for two local authorities, has worked as a Lead Moderator at KS2 for over a decade and has been an external moderator/deputy standards team leader on behalf of the STA. She is thrilled to be a member of the Opening Doors team and is co-author of the latest book in the series, Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English. Angela is also an experienced leader of an OU/UKLA Teachers Reading Group. She is currently chair of the National Association of Advisers in English (NAAE). |
| Vice Chair: Nicola Martin |  |
Nicola is the Senior Consultant for Primary English and Literacy at Lancashire Primary Development Service (LPDS). She has a valued reputation for supporting a wide range of schools in Lancashire and the North West. Nicola leads a team of consultants who deliver CPD courses and support a wide range of schools via tailored packages of support. She is currently the Lead Moderator in Lancashire for KS1 and KS2, and also specialises in raising standards in phonics, reading and writing across the primary phase. |
| Treasurer: Ruth Baker-Leask |  |
Ruth is an independent education consultant at Minerva Learning, formerly a primary headteacher and local authority English Consultant. She is also the Vice Chair of the English Expert Subject Advisory Group (ESAG).
Email: ruth@naae.org.uk Website: http://www.minervalearning.co.uk/ Twitter: @RuthBakerLeask |
| Abigail Steel |  |
Abigail Steel is an education consultant, trainer and author specialising in English language and literacy. She has been published many times. Her collection of works includes several literacy programmes and teaching resources, standardised assessments, children’s books, reading schemes and magazine articles. Abigail is an active committee member of the National Association of Advisors in English (NAAE) and also of the International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction (IFERI).
Website: https://www.abigailsteeltraining.com/ Twitter: @abigail_steel |
| Debbie Haynes |  |
Debbie has taught and subsequently advised on English for over 32 years. She is now subject leader for Secondary ITE English at Wolverhampton University.
Email: debbie@naae.org.uk |
| Rebecca Kennedy |  |
Rebecca Kennedy is an independent English consultant. She has a range of experience teaching and supporting primary schools and multi-academy trusts across the sector. Rebecca works as an associate consultant with the Open University’s Reading for Pleasure team, and she is a reviewer for Just Imagine. Her professional interests are children’s reading and writing and children’s literature. She has contributed to several United Kingdom Literacy Association publications.
Threads: @rebeccakennedy39 |
| Chris Green |  |
Chris Green is Director of the English & Drama faculty at The Perse School in Cambridge. He holds a number of roles with a major UK Awarding Body (including Principal Examiner for A-Level English Literature) and is Academic Director for Cambridge Programmes. Chris is Co-editor of the journal The Use of English (for The English Association) and is a member of the Assessment Board of the Chartered College of Teaching. Chris is the author of textbooks and editions for HarperCollins, and he has taught for Lucy Cavendish College (Cambridge) and the charities Beyond the Curriculum and Southside Young Leaders’ Academy. Chris has worked closely with the English-Speaking Union, the National Association for the Teaching of Drama, and the British Shakespeare Association. |
| Gill Fearns |  |
Gill is the Director of Lancashire Research School which is part of the Research Schools Network. Supported by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), Gill and the wider team work with schools, colleges, and early years settings across the North West to champion the use of evidence to improve teaching and learning, with a focus on socio-economically disadvantaged children and young people. Gill is also a Deputy Headteacher of a primary school in East Lancashire and teaches in Y6. Within school, she leads Curriculum, Assessment, Teaching and Learning within school and is subject lead for English and History. She is an SLE and has worked supporting many school across Lancashire authority and the North West during her career. |