Fiona Morey OBE
Executive Principal, South Bank Colleges, part of the London South Bank University education Group
Sarah Waite
Get Further’s Founder and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Education
Alongside Sarah Waite and Ian Ashman, our FE Advisory Group consists of an evolving group of over twenty leaders from across the FE sector.
Alice Eardley
Interim CEO
Alice joined Get Further in September 2022 after nearly two decades working in education. Her career in Further Education began while working as a volunteer in an adult literacy class. Seeing the impact of low literacy levels on the lives and confidence of her students motivated her to qualify as a teacher and to work full time in colleges. She went on to teach learners retaking their English GCSE and led vocational departments, including construction, IT and Engineering. During this time, she developed research-informed interventions leading to improved outcomes for young people studying English and maths. She then worked as Senior Policy Advisor on the Department for Education’s post-16 English and maths team, with responsibility for review and reform of qualifications, including Functional Skills. She has a PhD in English Literature and qualified as a teacher via Researchers in Schools.
Stacie Bond
COO
Stacie Bond joined Get Further in February 2022 as Director of Operations. She has over 10 years’ experience managing the financial and operational aspects of charities and educational organisations, such as RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), BADA (British American Drama Academy) and most recently The Big House, a charity working with young care leavers. Throughout her career she has developed the operational backbone of organisations, enabling them to fulfill their mission and provide exceptional service to their beneficiaries. Through her work at The Big House, Stacie saw firsthand the challenges young people can face without the foundations of GCSE Maths and English. She is committed to working towards a future where all young people have equal opportunities to fulfill their potential.
Sophie Fogg
Head of Resits
Sophie joined the Get Further team as a Programme Manager in February 2023 before progressing into her current role in 2025. She has worked with young people since 2018 in different roles across the country. Most recently, Sophie was a Tutor Success Manager for a tuition company, leading the development of a team of tutors. Sophie has also been the Centre Director for a multiple tuition centres, working with over 400 families, different schools and supporting tutors with their journey. Sophie is passionate about supporting young people from all backgrounds in being able to realise their potential.
Annabel Richardson
Head of Apprenticeships
Annabel joined the Get Further team as a Programme Manager in July 2021. She has worked with young people for nearly 8 years in different roles across the country. Most recently Annabel was the Centre Director for a tuition centre, supporting the education of over 200 pupils for 3 years and leading the development of a team of tutors. Annabel has also worked on developing children’s confidence through vocational activities, working at a local youth theatre group, and then with a charity which focuses on providing educational day trips to engage children with their community. Annabel is passionate about providing young people with skills for life and supporting them to reach their full potential.
Danielle Adams
Head of Recruitment
Danielle brings 18 years of extensive experience in recruitment across diverse sectors, including education, finance, computing, commercial, and industrial. She also worked in the Welfare-to-Work sector, where she witnessed first-hand the impact of not obtaining educational goals had on individuals lives.
Inspired by this experience, Danielle joined the UK’s largest initial teacher training provider, dedicating 9.5 years to recruiting amazing teachers for schools in need, helping to address educational disparities and close achievement gaps.
Passionate about empowering young people, Danielle is committed to helping them achieve their qualifications and realise their aspirations for a brighter future.
Ed Noon
Head of CPD
Jane joined Get Further in September 2025 as the charity’s first Head of Fundraising. She enjoys building strong relationships with our philanthropic partners to help address educational inequality.
This role aligns closely with Jane’s deep commitment to the power of education for individuals and wider society, unleashing potential, unlocking opportunities, improving well-being and transforming life outcomes. She is a particular advocate for lifelong learning, reflected in her own career path, which has spanned in-house, freelance and consultancy positions across the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Initially, she worked in academic and trade publishing, then in education, health and welfare charities with a focus on children and young people.
Jane has a degree in history from the University of Cambridge; she is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, gaining a Distinction in the Certificate in Fundraising.
Toni Harper
Senior Maths Curriculum Manager
Toni joined Get Further as Maths Curriculum Manager in January 2023 following 10 years of
teaching maths, including some time teaching overseas in the Dominican Republic. She has a passion for improving students’ life opportunities so they can be successful in whatever they wish to do.
Toni graduated from the University of Nottingham with Mathematics BSc before embarking on her PGCE. Since then, she has continued to strengthen her knowledge in education and more recently completed a NPQ in Leading Teacher Development. During her career, she has worked closely with school leaders on curriculum development and delivered training to ensure that it is enacted to the highest standard.
Toni is dedicated in her work to ensure that everyone has access to the best support possible to truly empower themselves.
James Lawton
English Curriculum Manager
Hannah Benn
Senior Operations Officer
Rising Star winner 2025 (Charity and Non-Profit)
Hannah is a dynamic operations professional with a passion for making things work better—for people and for purpose. With over a decade of experience streamlining systems and driving organisational improvement, she currently brings that energy to her role as Senior Operations Officer at Get Further.
Since joining the charity in 2024, Hannah has been at the heart of making the engine run smoothly—leading on everything from inclusive recruitment and finance to IT, governance, and team culture. She’s especially proud of her work transforming internal processes, delivering joyful (and purposeful) team days, and embedding equitable practices across the organisation.
Hannah is deeply motivated by Get Further’s mission to support students who need an extra boost, not just those already flying. She brings that same ethos into her work—believing everyone on the team should feel supported, stretched, and set up to thrive.
Olivia Greenwell
Programme Manager
Rising Star Editors Choice Award 2024
Olivia has a degree in Physics from the University of Manchester and, following this, spent a year as a teaching assistant in London. She began her work in the charity sector as a workshop facilitator for Israel-Palestine peace charity, Solutions Not Sides.
Olivia joined Get Further as a Lead Tutor in November 2022 and progressed to a Programme Coordinator in February 2023. She was drawn to the charity due to their social mobility mission and her interest in the education sector.
Jasmine Bishop
Quality and Attendance Officer
Rising Star award winner 2024
Jasmine joined the Get Further team as a Programme Coordinator in 2022, after graduating with a First from the University of Leeds in BSc Philosophy and Physics. During her studies, she volunteered with the charity listening service Nightline, providing support to students across Leeds.
She also mentored as part of the ASCENTs programme, helping disadvantaged
students with their GCSE Science. Continuing to tutor after her studies, she grew
her passion for providing education to others, and saw first hand the impact
that it can have in improving confidence and progress. She now works to provide
this impact on a wider scale and to the learners who would not usually have
access to tuition.
Despoina Boli
CPD Manager for Maths
Despoina joined Get Further in October 2025 as CPD Manager for Maths, bringing with her a wealth of experience in teaching and supporting GCSE Mathematics resit learners in Further Education. Having taught in FE since 2017, she has been deeply committed to helping students rediscover their confidence and enjoyment in mathematics. Before joining Get Further, Despoina has also worked as a Curriculum and Quality Manager in FE, supporting maths teachers through coaching and professional development.
With a strong academic background, including a BSc in Mathematics, two MAs in Mathematics Education and Philosophy of Education, and an EdD in Education, Despoina is passionate about exploring creative and inclusive ways of teaching mathematics. Her research focuses on the experiences of GCSE Maths resit students, particularly how they engage with word problems and how their personal narratives can inform more empathetic and effective teaching practices.
Driven by a belief that everyone can find joy and meaning in learning mathematics, Despoina continues to explore ways to make maths education more dialogic, empowering, and connected to students’ lives.
Rachael Cattrall
CPD Manager – English
Connie Lawfull
External Relations Manager
Connie first joined Get Further as a Programme Coordinator back in 2021. After gaining firsthand experience of our programmes, she moved into a communications role in 2023, and now leads this area of our work as our External Relations manager. Connie holds an MA in Communications and Media from the University of Leeds, where her research focused on digital feminism, digital activism, and the role of social media in RSHE education. She is passionate about ensuring young people and adult learners get the support they need to thrive, and loves shining a light on the work of our team and the difference our programmes make.
Bridget Millen
Salesforce and Systems Administrator
Bridget joined Get Further in September 2025 as the Salesforce & Systems Administrator. Relatively new to the charity sector, she brings expertise in systems implementation and support from nearly 7 years at a global research centre embedding Salesforce within their operations. She has always been passionate about supporting individuals to overcome obstacles in their education and career development, whether tutoring Maths GCSE students early in her career to now coaching staff to fully utilise organisational systems and IT to genuinely support their roles. She thoroughly enjoys getting into the details of organisational processes and systems and is driven to foster continuous improvement in these areas. Her varied degrees (BSc Mathematics & Philosophy, MA Global Ethics & Human Values) attest to her wide range of interests, which she continues to explore through her favourite pastime of reading and learning!
Matthew Antonini
Salesforce and Systems Office
Matthew joined Get Further in early 2026. He brings over a decade of experience supporting organizations that make a difference. His journey spans education, healthcare, and social services, where he’s helped make systems work better and turned ideas into impact. One of Matthew’s first jobs was as a tutor in English and Maths.
Whether streamlining operations, managing complex projects or supporting with training and resources, Matthew focuses on solutions that empower teams to work better together and individuals to contribute their best.
Matthew is proud to contribute to work that matters at Get Further. He believes strongly in the mission and hopes to see our impact continue to spread.
Shahla Ela
Senior Recruitment Officer
Shahla joined Get Further as a Senior Recruitment Officer in July 2025, bringing experience across student outreach, recruitment, and international education. Previously, she worked in Higher Education, where she led outreach and widening participation initiatives, and shared her journey as an international student through national campaigns like #WeAreInternational. Outside of recruitment, Shahla is interested in how identity, belonging, and connections shape our lives. Beyond work, Shahla enjoys cooking, slow travel, and spending time in nature.
Emily Fisher
Senior Data and Impact Officer
Emily joined Get Further as a Senior Data and Impact Officer in September 2025. She has a background in health and clinical research with degrees in Physiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. Alongside this, she has developed outreach projects for science and film festivals across the UK. Since then, she has worked in the third sector as an Evaluation Officer where she has become interested in the relationship between education and health outcomes; that is education as a key driver in unlocking opportunity for young people. She is excited to be part of supporting young people realise their potential.
Natalia Gil
Senior Data and Insight Officer – DFE CPD
Natalia works across quantitative and qualitative data analysis to generate insights that inform programme design and demonstrate impact. She has a background in Psychology and a master’s degree in Business Intelligence and Analytics, combining analytical skills with an understanding of human behaviour and learning. Before joining Get Further, she worked at the Education and Training Foundation on research and evaluation projects assessing the impact of professional development in Further Education. She also gained experience at research agencies such as Ipsos and Kantar, where she contributed to studies and delivered insights across education, media, and social policy. Natalia is particularly interested in using evidence to support data-informed decision-making and policy development that promote inclusion, equitable opportunities, and professional growth for both teachers and students in Education.
Libby Forsyth
Fundraising Officer
Anna Smith
Senior Programme Coordinator
Anna has a degree in Psychology from The Open University,
having recently graduated in 2023. Previously, she worked at a medium-secure
psychiatric hospital and assisted with the delivery of occupational therapy to
service users. Preparing them for life in the community, Anna taught service
users key life skills and delivered therapeutic sessions.
Anna joined Get Further as a Programme Coordinator in
January 2024, seeking to make higher education and career opportunities more
accessible to those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Zekia Salmon-Hall
Marketing and Communications Officer
Zekia joined Get Further as the Marketing and Communications Officer in September 2025. After graduating from Lancaster University with first-class honours in Marketing and Advertising, she has worked in communications across the charity sector, spanning political and arts organizations. Her work focuses on empowering young people and adults by broadening horizons and opening up new opportunities.
Throughout her career, Zekia enjoys building engaged social media communities and has lead impactful nationwide campaigns. She is passionate about using impact-led storytelling to drive positive change.
Outside of work, Zekia’s interests include art, nature, mindfulness, and wellbeing; values that inform her creative and professional practice.
Emily Watson
CPD Delivery Coordinator
Emily joined Get Further in October 2025 as the CPD Delivery Coordinator. She holds a joint first-class honours degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kent, where she developed a strong interest in social equity and educational access. During her studies, Emily worked and volunteered with charities including Student Action for Refugees, Amnesty International and the 93% Club. She was also an active member of Model United Nations, participating in conferences across the UK and in Spain. Along with her volunteering background, Emily has previously interned for Walkers Global Law, as well as held managerial and supervisor roles at various hospitality establishments.
Emily chose to join Get Further after growing up in an area with significant educational disparity, Emily has seen first-hand the impact that unequal opportunities can have on young people. She is deeply passionate about breaking down educational barriers and is committed to supporting students to achieve their full potential through her work at Get Further.
Sophie Spencer
Programme Coordinator
Sophie has worked with a diverse group of young people over her career. After graduating with a first-class degree in Arabic and Persian, she moved to Lebanon where she worked as an English teacher with marginalised groups, developing a keen interest in the role of education in serving disadvantaged young people. Following this, she worked with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Greece and completed a first-class Master’s in Education and International Development, focusing on quality education for young people affected by conflict and forced migration. In her most recent role, she managed international creative writing programmes for young people. Sophie has a deep understanding of the transformative power of education.
Lubaba Haque
Programme Coordinator
Lubaba joined Get Further in 2024 as a Lead Tutor for Maths, but her journey in education began in 2017 when she founded an education-focused charity. Through this initiative, she led one of the first mobile education programmes for the displaced Rohingya community in Bangladesh. Lubaba’s dedication to advancing education for marginalised and disadvantaged communities has enabled her to work on both national and international projects, collaborating with organisations such as the Bangladesh Army and the United Nations. In her current role as a Programme Coordinator, Lubaba is committed to bridging educational gaps and empowering learners to reach their full potential.
Eleanor Caird
Programme Coordinator
Eleanor joined Get Further in July 2025 as a programme coordinator. She first became passionate about the relationship between education and social inequality while studying for her undergraduate degree in Anthropology and International Education and Development Studies at the University of Sussex.
Before joining Get Further, she worked as a Teaching Assistant supporting children with special educational needs in a primary school, where she saw first-hand the challenges many children face in early education. This experience inspired her to pursue a Master’s degree in Education at the University of Warwick, focusing on educational inequality and how best to support learners from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Alongside her studies and work, she has volunteered with organisations such as Student Action for Refugees, mentoring university applicants through their application development.
Eleanor is passionate about ensuring all young people have the opportunity to reach their full potential
Natasha Porter
CEO, Unlocked
Natasha is the founder and Chief Executive of Unlocked Graduates – a charity that attracts high-calibre graduate talent to work in the UK prison service. Before this, Natasha was a founding teacher and Senior Leader at King Solomon Academy, leading the English department and then the upper school from pre-opening stage until their first GCSE results which were some of the best in the country. She has extensive experience in educational policy development, both at think tank Policy Exchange where she published research into post-16 English and maths, and the Department for Education. Natasha continues to be involved in setting up new schools, and is a founding governor of One Degree Academy.
Former Principal and Chief Executive, FE
Michele is a former Principal and Chief Executive of several further education colleges including in Rochdale, Bradford, Birmingham and London. She has also represented the FE sector in senior positions including as a FE National Leader of Governance and President of the Association of Colleges, for which she was awarded a CBE in 2014. She is currently a Non-Executive Director for Aspire I – a not-for profit Independent Training Provider delivering careers and study programmes in Yorkshire and The Humber. She is also a board member of the Association of Education Advisors (AOEA). Michele is committed to equality of opportunity, especially for students from diverse backgrounds and cultures, and for her work on this issue she was awarded an OBE in 2009.
Chris Wilson
Director & Founder, Responsible Business Unit (RBU)
Chris founded the RBU in 2022 to help mission-driven organisations design and implement strategies to realise their potential. He is the former CEO of the education charity, The Brilliant Club, an Executive Director at ImpactEd and a trustee at the Delta Academies Trust. During his time at The Brilliant Club, the charity became the second best non-for-profit organisation to work at in the UK. Chris was winner of the inaugural Sir Damon Buffini Leadership Award in 2018. He has a PhD in medieval history.
Alex Warner
Alex is a qualified teacher and currently works a senior leader in a large Further Education (FE) college. Alex has 15 years’ sector experience in both FE and FE in Higher education. Alex’s specialisms include: Curriculum, Quality Improvement, Change Leadership and Organisation Development. Alex joined Get Further as a Trustee as he too is committed to equity and social justice and his personal ambitions align with Get Further’s purpose and values.
Head of Brand & Marketing Insight EMEA, Google
Laura Roberts is Head of Brand & Marketing Insight EMEA, Google. Laura plays a central role in strategy development for Google marketing priority campaigns, including Grow with Google, a digital skills training programme. Prior to this, she was Managing Director of brand and insight consultancy, Sparkler, working with a wide range of organisations (not-for-profits and commercial) on product and programme development, including with schools and teachers. Laura attended a further education college in London, before studying Modern Languages at King’s College, Cambridge
Fiona Morey OBE
Fiona joined LSBU in September 2019 and leads on the Group’s compulsory and further education portfolio, Fiona is the Executive Principal for South Bank Colleges and CEO of the South Bank Academy Trust and leads the Institute for Professional Technology which is home to the LSBU Group apprenticeship offer.
With a background in further education Fiona has extensive experience in leading A level provision, 14-19 year old offer and adult education in further education and through school and university partnerships..
Randeep Judge
Associate Director at Lloyds Banking Group
Jack Davidson
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group
Jack is a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consulting firm. He advises large corporations on business strategy, with a particular focus on the transformation of large industrial companies. During his time at BCG Jack has worked for clients across Europe, the USA, China, and Australia. Prior to this, Jack was a maths teacher at a secondary school in Kent, completing the Teach First programme. Jack has a degree in Economics & Management from Oxford University.
Phil McGuire
Finance Director, BMJ
Phil has worked in
and around education and academic publishing for over ten years. In his current
role, as Finance Director of BMJ, he regularly interacts with both external
auditors and the BMJ board on governance and financial matters. Previously, his
role in Pearson commercial finance involved the review and challenge of
investment proposals, strategic plans and draft budgets, all focused on the UK
education sector. Phil qualified as an accountant with Deloitte, after studying
Modern History at New College. He applied to university after completing A
Levels, including Maths and English, in his hometown of Wigan, where his
parents, both retired teachers, still reside.
Naomi Spence
(ex-Get Further Student) Education Officer, Brighton Students’ Union
Naomi is the Education Officer at Brighton Students’ Union, and a committed advocate for equity in education. She began her journey in further education at London South East Colleges, where she was named South London’s Best Learner in 2022 at the House of Lords and later became the youngest Fellow in the college’s history.
Naomi first connected with Get Further as a student on its GCSE maths tuition programme, later becoming a Student Ambassador and speaking in Parliament to champion its mission. She went on to study Marketing Management at the University of Brighton before being elected to her current role.
An accomplished public speaker, Naomi has presented to His Majesty King Charles III. Her work is grounded in a deep belief in fairness, opportunity, and the power of education to transform lives.
Jessica Leung
Debra Forsythe-Conroy
Specialist in Vocational Education & Quality Improvement
Debra has worked extensively within the college and private sector. A former college Principal, Debra has worked for nearly 45 years in further and higher education, including 25 years at senior management level. Following her decision to retire from the college sector after 40 years Debra established her own consultancy business, DFC Education Consultancy Ltd and is now an education consultant working with independent learning providers and colleges.
Debra is an active part time inspector for Further Education and Skills and a former QAA Reviewer for Education. Until recently Debra was an OFQUAL national external expert working directly with Awarding Bodies and providers. Debra is a member of a number of governing bodies and is an experienced non-executive director (NED). Most recently Debra joined NotLost Wellbeing as an NED. Their focus is supporting the wellbeing and low-level mental health challenges faced by so many of our young people.
Debra holds qualified teacher status, subject specialist qualifications and has an M.Ed. (Master of Education). A published author of three definitive textbooks (publisher Hodder Headline) who also has particular expertise in quality improvement strategies, teaching, learning and assessment.
Sarah Waite
Chief Executive and Founder
Founder, Sarah Waite, began her career teaching maths, seeing first-hand the difference that gaining GCSE maths and English can have on the opportunities that are available to young people. Sarah has also worked as a Political Advisor to the Shadow Education Secretary and as Head of Policy at the Social Mobility Commission – where she started developing the idea for Get Further, recognising that improving levels of basic skills is a key social mobility challenge for our country.
In 2018, Get Further won the Teach First Innovation Award – a nationwide competition to find the next big ideas to tackle education inequality. Sarah is a Shackleton Leader and was shortlisted for the inaugural Virago/New Statesman Women’s Prize for Politics and Economics. She has a first class degree in mathematics and was awarded a distinction for her Masters in Education.
Ian Ashman
Chair, Get Further Advisory Group
Ian Ashman is an experienced senior manager, consultant, coach and trustee.
A qualified Further Education teacher, Ian has worked in voluntary, local government, education and private sectors. He has 20 years of successful executive experience, including 12 as a College Principal. He was President of the Association of Colleges in 2016/17, a fixed term role acting as an ambassador for the sector, leading the development of services to support student mental health and wellbeing.
Following retirement, Ian qualified as an executive coach and mentor. He uses skills as a consultant, to help education, charitable and commercial organisations solve problems and to implement outstanding practice. Through his coaching, individual clients are developed and enabled to become more skilled and effective.
Ian is also an experienced Trustee in the Charitable Sector. He has recently volunteered to assist Get Further, an awarding winning tutoring organisation, by Chairing their Advisory Group.
