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.

Kate is a three-time Olympian and Olympic Champion from Tokyo 2020/21 in the sport of modern pentathlon. Alongside training, she completed a degree in Sports Performance and has delivered numerous assemblies and sports activities in schools. She is passionate about wellbeing, personal development, and supporting young people to reach their full potential both in and out of the classroom.

Catherine spent 3 years living and working in Paris and Barcelona before returning to the UK to fulfil her dream of becoming a teacher. She has taught in prestigious grammar schools since completing her PGCE at King's College, London. She currently teaches part-time in a leading Grammar school in Northern Ireland where she has been teaching for 14 years. She is also on the Principal examining team for CCEA and an examiner for A2 Spanish. She was a former Head of Year and is excited about the prospect of working closely with Minerva pupils in a pastoral context. She is also completing her level 6 in Counselling and has a particular interest in child psychology.

Annabel has been tutoring online since 2017 and gained qualified teacher status in 2022. She obtained a first class degree with honours in Chemistry from Loughborough University. Since then she has worked in a variety of schools as a Science teacher and loved each one! She has moved to online teaching so she can work anywhere in the world and continue to move around the country with her husband who is in the army.

Ben has taught in outstanding UK schools for the past 17 years. As well as outstanding classroom teaching, Ben has run successful departments for much of his career, with a proven track record in improving both engagement and results. He has experience as an examiner. Ben is a keen astronomer and has moved to online teaching in order to support those who need help the most.

Chloe has had a range of roles from Art Teacher, Community Arts Co-ordinator to leading a successful Creative Arts Faculty (Music, Drama and Art) in her teaching career. More recently as a Coach and Mentor Chloe has reviewed and mentored Stagecoach Schools, has delivered online training to parents on Dyslexia and created online programmes to coach and mentor students with dyslexia.