Alice Ballantine Dykes
Accreditation Coach
Bristol

Alice trained with a PGCE in Primary education in 2000, and as an Advanced Skills Teacher has worked closely with many teachers, developing strong partnerships to bring about confidence and change in the classroom.

Happiest outside the box. since 2008, she has also been involved in a number of (unaccredited!) research projects with the likes of Human Scale Education and Explorium, to design experimental and ground breaking learning environments for young people.

Krista Elledge
Accreditation Coach
South West France

Krista is an ex Primary Headteacher who left teaching to start her own coaching and consultation business, The You Partnership, in 2019.  A year earlier she started the process of retraining with the Co-active Training Institute where she gained the CPCC and then ACC coaching accreditation.

Krista has an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. She values the power of relationships and bases her coaching on a strong foundation of trust and authenticity, ensuring that others feel safe and can therefore challenge themselves to move forwards.

Coaching has led Krista to take on many new professional and personal challenges herself, including a move to sunny south-west France last year, where she is now happily installed in an old French farmhouse requiring at least 2-3 years of renovation work!

Chris Reddy @brightleadcoach
Accreditation Coach
North West

Chris has 15 year’s experience in secondary schools, working as a pastoral middle leader.  He currently works at Rochdale Sixth Form College as a Student Performance and Development Leader.

Chris is completing his Diploma in Personal Coaching and Coaching in Education Diploma with The Coaching Academy.  This builds on his former coaching experience with young people and educational professionals and his leadership development work with his own company, Bright Leaders.

Chris has two young sons and has recently been nominated for a North West Inspire 2020 #HeForShe Award.

 

Bryony Rowntree, @BryonyRowntree
Accreditation Coach
Leeds

Before coming to coaching, Bryony worked as a care worker, as a HLTA in a Pupil Referral Unit, gained a diploma in Antenatal Education and then worked with young families a Beechtree Steiner Initiative as the Safeguarding Lead and Parent and Child Group Leader.  She is now a Certified Professional Co-Active® Coach and has been coaching for two years.

Bryony coaches women around confidence, overwhelm and going well into their next chapter.  She also runs workshops at We Are Wellness in Leeds and for educational settings and other organisations on wellbeing and finding more connection and flow within the team.

Coaching people who do important work in society is of particular interest to her, as is recognising how parenthood adds so much value to what we can bring to our work.

Faye Kilgour-Neves
Associate Coach
London

Faye, otherwise known as the ‘what if’ coach, is deeply passionate about supporting people to connect to the ‘what if’ of life and to unlock their potential. Through a unique blend of coaching, psychological tools and human design, she works with her clients to improve their mental wellbeing, uncover their gifts and navigate change effectively.

Faye has worked in both the corporate and start-up world, as well as in academia and has experience training educators in coaching skills, delivering coaching programmes and facilitating leadership training. She is certified by the co-active training institute, has studied BSc (Hons) Psychology, and is a trained human design reader.

Faye is an avid learner and is always learning something new in the realms of psychology, performance or wellbeing.

Malarvilie Krishnasamy, @MalCPD
Accreditation Coach
Valencia, Spain

Malarvilie worked for a number of years as a History Teacher and Senior Leader in London before moving to Dorset after her second maternity leave where she qualified as a coach and founded ‘MalCPD Education Consultancy and Coaching‘.  In 2018 Mal received her ILM Level 7 in Coaching and Mentoring and is now an ILM recognised provider.

Malarvilie is a WomenEd Regional Lead for the South East, hosting networking events and CoachMeets in Dorset and Hampshire, and coaches as part of the DfE’s coaching pledge.  She has been a long term supporter of The MTPT Project and has helped to shape our Accreditation offer and coaching policy.

Malarvilie also continues to be an active member of a number of History Teacher communities across the UK.

Laura Barker
Associate Coach

Laura has a background in Business Management, specialising in the Occupational Health sector.

After the birth of her second child she set up a successful multi-sensory music business offering weekly classes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers and this deepened her passion for the wellbeing of new parents.

She is currently completing her Diplomas in Personal Performance Coaching and Corporate and Executive Coaching with The Coaching Academy.

Helen Barrett
Associate Coach

Experienced in teaching and school leadership, Helen is a well-respected coach and consultant in education, working with schools in the UK and internationally.

In 2018, she was awarded a Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring by the Institute of Leadership and Management and is currently studying for the Diploma in Personal Performance Coaching with The Coaching Academy.

Katrina Batey
Associate Coach

Katrina has worked for nearly 20 years in primary schools, working as a part-time Deputy Head Teacher following maternity leave.

She is qualified in Mental Health First Aid and is currently completing her diploma in Personal Performance Coaching with The Coaching Academy, as well as a master’s degree in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health.

Her passion is using coaching to empower teachers to prioritise the wellbeing of themselves and their families.