Our Tutors and Examiners
Patricia Warner
Patricia is a highly experienced teacher, having worked in state schools for thirty years. She has also been an examiner for exam boards for twenty five years, which has significantly enhanced her teaching skills. She has seen the common errors students make in exams and uses this insight to improve her students’ approach to their exams. As an experienced examiner, Patricia was employed by OFQUAL to trial the new GCSE questions and review students responses to ensure the newly proposed questions were accurate and appropriate. Patricia is very passionate about teaching, and her students’ learning and engagement are her top priority.
Kevin Thomas
Education is in Kevin’s DNA. His father was a headmaster and his sister and wife were both teachers. After graduating with an honours degree in mathematics from the University of Southampton, Kevin qualified as a teacher working in a London comprehensive school. He then decided to change career direction and spent 30 years in the IT industry. 10 years ago he returned to education teaching and lecturing mathematics. Kevin has two grown up daughters.
Marian Shepard
Marian is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Assessors. She is an experienced teacher, specialising in English, and the retired head of a renowned independent junior girls’ school achieving top level national ranking academic results at 11+.
Marian is also an ex-Key Stage 2 chief marker with experience of assessing across the 4 – 12 age range. This has included working with Pre-school/Reception children in the school environment, assessment of pupils from Reception through KS1, KS2 and KS3. In addition, this role also required contributing to the development of tests including writing of modules as well as giving feedback on the performance of pupils in test situations.
Marian's career has allowed her to contribute to making the curriculum more accessible to children of all abilities – a privilege which she greatly enjoys.
Keith Watkins
Keith is an experienced specialist teacher of English at KS3 and KS4 who enjoys supporting the development of each student to achieve their full potential. He sees assessment in all its forms as key to recognising each student’s success. As well as making use of assessment for learning in the classroom, Keith is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors and has held a number of senior assessment roles at national level for KS3 and GCSE English. He has a wide range of assessment experience ranging from Early years through KS1, KS2, KS3 to GCSE as an assessor, marker, examiner, test developer and question paper writer. He is keen to share his understanding of assessment and how students can achieve success in tests and examinations.
Our Expert Teachers
David Page
David, a Specialist Leader in Education, has 16 years teaching experience in primary schools. Specialising and currently teaching in Year 6, David has taught in schools achieving in the top 5% nationally or with significantly above average progress measures. He wants to use his extensive knowledge and experience of KS2 to help to develop a platform to enable every child to go onto flourish and achieve when they leave primary school.
David Wilson
With eight years' experience working as a systems developer for two blue chip companies, Dave brought a zeal for applying technology in the classroom when he entered the teaching profession in 2007. In addition to his role as Head of Mathematics in a high-achieving school in Bury, he is also a Specialist Leader of Education providing support to other schools. Dave has worked for Pearson for six years as an examiner marking GCSE papers. A father to two school-age children, Dave believes that access to high-quality, online learning resources is fundamental to promoting independent learning, enabling students to realise their full academic potential.
Simon Tomlinson
With over 20 years’ experience teaching, training, mentoring and supporting children and youth with diverse cultural backgrounds and educational needs, Simon enjoys motivating people to succeed. As a Director of English, Private Tutor, writer, speaker and voiceover artist, he is acutely aware of the powerful fusion of rich knowledge, creativity and life skills. Father to 3 children, Simon relishes every opportunity to transport students beyond classroom norms and their own expectations.
Our Business Team
Eddy Chan
Founder & CEO
Having enjoyed a career in the Financial Markets Sector spanning over 20 years, Eddy conceived and founded SchoolExams.co.uk. As a father of three school aged children, he is passionate about education and addressing the ever growing educational attainment gap faced by disadvantaged children. Eddy hopes to level the playing field so that quality educational material is available to all children across the UK.
Vicky Mallinson
Head of Marketing
Vicky has over 15 years’ experience designing, building and marketing technology platforms in both the financial sector as well as retail, holding senior positions across Financial Markets and Tech Start-ups. Mother to 2 young children, she wants to harness the power of technology to bring opportunities to children across the country and narrow the attainment gap.
