Gill Bryant
Gill has 50 years of primary education experience in both state and independent schools. She has comprehensive experience teaching Key Stages 1 and 2. She was head of a junior school before retiring from teaching in school. She now focuses on teaching of the 11+ for SDE in particular delivery of the Year 4 Foundation Course.
Anna Simms
MSt Hist. (Dist.), PGCE, QTS and BSc Psych.
Anna has over 15 years of experience in the primary education setting. As well as achieving a PGCE in Primary Education she has also completed a Masters in History . She has undertaken the roles of Head of Maths and Head of History and also has experience with SEN students.
Avril Burrows
Avril has over 40 years' primary teaching experience with additional exposure working with SEN students. She has many years experience teaching students who are preparing for the 11+ exams and has in the past operated her own successful Maths and English tutoring franchise. In addition to SDE, she continues to teach part-time in a local school.
Malcolm Amiss
Malcolm has over 40 years' teaching experience, more than 20 years of which have involved preparing students for the 11+ exams, including as Head of Year 6 and then as Deputy Head of a leading local prep school.
Nikki Price
Nikki has 13 years of experience in teaching primary education. She has mostly taught Key Stage 2 but also has some Key Stage 1 teaching experience. She also has a qualification in SENDCo. As well as tutoring for SDE, Nikki is the Deputy Headteacher of a local primary school.
Phillipa Bloom
Phillipa has 40 years’ primary teaching experience including 15 years which have been almost exclusively devoted to preparing children for the 11+ tests, having joined SDE in 2009. Since 2014 Phillipa has successfully developed the SDE 11+ Tuition Centre (franchise) in SW Herts.