Team member
Joanna Hawkins
Strategic Projects and Operations Manager
Joanna has worked in education for over 10 years. Having worked across a variety of programme specialisms, she now leads strategic development projects at BPN, including many of the strategic operations tasks such as client liaison and also acts as our registered Data Protection Officer. Joanna is a community representative at her local primary academy and in her spare time enjoys singing in a choir, quizzing and going to gigs.
Our Team
Sally Bishop
Director of the West Hertfordshire Teaching Schools Partnership and Chair of the OLP Board
Sally Bishop is Director of the West Hertfordshire Teaching Schools Partnership, part of the Aspire ...
Nick Parry
Director of Teaching, Learning & Leadership, The Dean Trust at Ashton on Mersey School, and OLP Board Member
Nick has taught for 25 years and over the last 10 years, he has predominantly focused on staff train...
Dr. Lynn Sampson-Chappell
Head of Professional Partnership Development, Liverpool Hope University, and OLP Board Member
Lynn is Head of Partnership for Professional Programmes at Liverpool Hope University, working in col...
Simon Little
Managing Director, and OLP Board Member
As Managing Director of Best Practice Network, Simon oversees a network of 150+ partners and 500+ fa...
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Simon Lockwood
Programme Lead, NPQEL
Simon has worked in Education for 40 years as a teacher, leader and local authority school improveme...
Phillip Naylor
Lead Online Learning Specialist
Phil has worked with the widest range of schools and groups of schools as a senior leader responsibl...
Neil Gillard
Director of Finance and Operations
Neil is a qualified accountant with over 25 years’ experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams...
Joanna Hawkins
Strategic Projects and Operations Manager
Joanna has worked in education for over 10 years. Having worked across a variety of programme specia...
Chris Ludlow
Head of Partnerships
Chris is responsible for the growth of our school/ setting partnerships, helping extend delivery of ...