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Trusted by over 12,000 schools, Juniper is the only education partner with all the answers under one roof. Providing a unique combination of education technology and specialist expertise.

Trusted by over 12,000 schools, Juniper is the only education partner with all the answers under one roof. Providing a unique combination of education technology and specialist expertise.

Penny has more than ten years’ experience in the classroom, in assessment design, and in leadership roles in both schools and universities. Her most recent role before joining Juniper Education was in governance, compliance, and communications in a multi-academy trust in South London. Penny is a governor herself and is passionate about school governance and the impact that it can have on school improvement. She has a degree in Education Studies from the University of Cambridge.

After leaving behind careers in the wine trade and archaeology, Kathryn Day has worked in various education roles across both primary and secondary for nearly 20 years. She’s been a secondary ICT teacher and subject leader, a local authority computing adviser, a local authority school improvement adviser and a primary school deputy headteacher. Kathryn is Director of Training and Development at Juniper Education.

Since qualifying as a Secondary Science teacher Keren has worked in education for over 20 years, at the Science Museum in London, as a local government adviser in both Southend and Essex, and leading on education services for EES for Schools. Keren is currently the Operations Director at Juniper Education.

Stephan Nicholls has worked in education for over 30 years including in leadership positions and as a Headteacher. He is now an Education Adviser, mainly for Target Tracker, but also as computing subject lead and a key stage moderator.

Kathy is an experienced teacher who has taught in both primary and special schools holding a variety of roles including English Leader, SENCo and Advanced Skills Teacher. She is an experienced KS1 and KS2 moderator and an accredited trainer for a number of literacy interventions. Kathy leads a variety of training on different aspects of English within the National Curriculum including phonics, spelling, reading comprehension and writing. She also provides support for English subject leaders and a range of school based consultancy.

Hazel is an Advisory Librarian with Juniper Education. She studied a BA (hons) in Illustration for Children’s Publishing and is a member of CILIP. She has previously owned a Children’s bookshop as well as worked in schools and libraries promoting a love of reading.