Meet Our Brilliant Teachers & Mentors.

Suzanne leads the way as Principal at MVA. With extensive experience in schools in the UK and internationally, she is responsible for shaping the quality of MVA's education, which includes leading our teaching and mentoring team, having daily contact with our students and their families, and directing our unique curriculum.  Her favourite subject at school was divided between English Literature and PE.

Sarah has 20 years of experience as a senior leader in outstanding schools in Kent and London. Sarah has been Head of Mathematics, Assistant Headteacher and a Deputy Headteacher in three high profile London schools.Sarah is passionate about enabling students to achieve their potential and reach their goals. After graduating with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Sarah discovered her love for educating while teaching Avionics to members of the Royal Air Force.

Jack has been teaching for the last 6 years, three as a Senior Pro Tutor at Minerva Tutors. Throughout his Minerva career, Jack has worked in home-schooling roles teaching Maths and Science, as well as mentoring students aged 14-18, and has totalled a staggering 5000+ worth of teaching hours, with at least half of those being online. Recently, Jack created a series of live follow-along experiments as a part of "Minerva Tutors TV", which saw students all over the UK beating lockdown boredom by creating everything from insect habitats to rocket launches!

Rebecca is a Senior school Leader with over 15 years’ teaching experience in some of London’s top secondary schools. Her roles have included Teacher of English Language and Literature, Head of Department, Head of Year, Deputy Safeguarding Lead, and Assistant Principal. Following early graduate roles in broadcast media and theatre production, Rebecca began her 15-year teaching career teaching English Language and Literature to all secondary Key Stages, later specialising in A Level. Rebecca is firmly committed to the importance of pastoral care and wellbeing in education.

Dominique has been involved in education since her first part-time job at age 16, when she was a Maths tutor for Kumon Maths. Since then she has constantly been involved in teaching and tutoring, including two years in South Korea. For the last 10 years she has taught Maths in a top academy in London, spending the last 5 years as Head of Maths.

Emma has worked in education for nearly three decades which have taken her to four different school settings. The most recent three schools have all been judged 'outstanding' by Ofsted and have consistently achieved results well above the national average at GCSE and A level and have been praised for their safeguarding and pastoral provision. Her route through education has taken Emma from classroom teacher to Head of Faculty; from Head of Year to Assistant Head (pastoral) and most recently as Deputy Head (safeguarding) at a large, mixed secondary school in SW London.

Emma has been teaching various schools across the UK and Ireland for the past 9 years, she is currently studying a masters in Animal Welfare and conservation as this is a keen interest of hers and she believes it is important to look after the animals and plants in the world that we live in! She has experience with a number of different courses such as AQA, edexcel iGCSE and the Nutfield course. She also has a keen interest in the DofE program and is a qualified supervisor and assessor for all levels of the award. She has participated in many different expeditions around the UK.

Fiona has taught in independent schools in Oxfordshire for the majority of her career, most recently as Director of Studies. She has experience of teaching a variety of subjects from Religious Studies to Computing, having a particular interest in Python coding. Throughout her career, she has always enjoyed the pastoral side of teaching, supporting students with their studies and their well-being, and watching them grow and develop throughout their time in school. In her last post she had responsibility for implementing online learning during lockdown, receiving an overwhelmingly positive response from parents, pupils, staff and school governors.

Debbie holds a Phd in Social Research, and has lectured in the fields of Sociology and Health Studies. She has tutored on A Level and GCSE courses, and worked as a lecturer of Sociology and Academic Skills on the Access to Higher Education Diploma. She has a keen interest in student support,  previously working as a personal tutor, supporting students returning to education and providing guidance on university applications.  Debbie has also won an Inclusive Teaching award from the Open University. As an MVA mentor, she is passionate about supporting students throughout their learning journeys.

Claire has taught both in the UK and internationally in a range of contexts across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East exploring diverse teaching and learning techniques. She was selected to train non-specialist teachers in Physics by the Institute of Physics and has written several GCSE Physics resources published in the UK. When not in the classroom you will often find her swimming, gaming, or planning her next travel adventure.

Louise has taught in internationally renowned schools across the globe. Louise comes to teaching from a background supporting adolescents in the UK's largest psychiatric-inpatient unit. Prior to teaching, Louise provided a key support to both adults and children suffering acute psychiatric illness, her skills in this area have allowed Louise to gain a real-life perspective on Clinical psychology, a key area of teaching at Minerva. Louise is highly trained in the application and assessment of IB, Cambridge and with a particular specialism in Edexcel Psychology. She has previously led outstanding departments in both Psychology and Humanities.

Sarah has taught across KS1-4, been a Deputy head and a SENDCo. She has also spent a few years supporting children and their families who are not in school for a different range of reasons. Her role was to work with the student to help them restart their education on a much more positive front and then liaise with schools to help reintegrate back into school.