Our team currently consists of experienced members to support our small class sizes.
Kyrstie Mann – Managing Director
“After 12+ years of teaching and 5+ years of management within specialist education, I love working with the students and am so happy to be able to bring this provision to life. As much as I love teaching, I now concentrate on the quality of provision as a whole, student experience and working to bring as much as possible to our setting. I want to enable our students to become as confident and independent as they can be”.
Kyrstie Mann, 2021
Kyrstie is PGCE qualified, holds a BA (Hons) degree in Business & Management, a Level 3 Assessors Award and Level 4 Quality Assurance qualification and has over 15 years experience in education. She is responsible for Curriculum development, Quality of Teaching, Learning & Assessment, Business Development and more. In addition she also possesses a Level 5 SEND Diploma but still learns something new from the students every day.
Shelley Bateman – Business Operations Manager (Quality of Learning)
Shelley has recently been promoted into this role after 2 years of working with us. She has excelled in every area of her roles to date with us, starting as a Learning Support Practitioner and then Programme Team Lead. Now as Business Operations, she will be responsible for all things related to our student experiences, from transition work to pastoral and behaviour management.
Shelley brings a huge amount of experience and knowledge to the team having previously been a paramedic for 20+ years as well as working within the disability assessment team. Having previously been the Programme Lead for our Me 2 programme, Shelley is fully versed in working with complex young people and their families to ensure that each learner gets exactly what they need from education.
Shelley is a qualified trainer and is very much looking forward to getting stuck into this role to ensure the learner’s voice is heard and their support is second to none. Shelley will also continue to deliver First Aid training to our local community so look out for her upcoming courses.
Joining L2C as part of the Business Operations team, Shelley is excited to see what changes can be made to encourage our learners to be the best they can be.
Amber Davies – Business Operations Manager (Quality of Teaching)
Amber has recently taken on this role following her previous position working within schools in Wales. Amber is originally a JNC qualified youth worker and has extended her knowledge and experience into education, therefore bringing very much a combined set of skills to this role.
Amber is currently completing a PhD in Education and so still travels back to Wales on a monthly basis. Amber will be responsible for academic quality assurance including all planning, delivery and assessment from our teaching team. She will also be heading up our business development and is excited on where this may go.
Amber is also qualified in internal quality assurance and so will be working closely with our awarding organisations and feeding into future curriculum at L2C. Amber has already heading up an exciting opportunity to take our students to Gran Canaria later this year.
Karl Smith – Contracts & Compliance Manager
Karl joins us with a wealth of experience within the field of Education & Training. He has extensive knowledge within Compliance, Apprenticeships and Business Development and will be bringing all of these and more to this role. Being an ex serviceman for many years, Karl has a keen eye for details and opportunities that we can look into for our students in the future.
Karl is a keen sportsman and is often seen riding his bike, playing cricket and coaching football.
Lauren Pike – Office Manager
Lauren joins us from an extensive background in office management and human resources. She is CIPD qualified and thoroughly enjoys working with people.
Lauren is excited to be moving into the world of education and working with young people with learning disabilities.
Our Leadership Team…..
Marney Williams
Programme Lead – Me 2, & Subject Specialist – Maths
Marney has taken this role with us for 25/26 after covering earlier this year. a completely different way of teaching which really brings enjoyment to Maths (who knew?). Marney is also as qualified swimming teacher.
Marney enjoys spending time with her family and friends and is usually either at a dance show or shouting at the side of a pitch supporting her children.
Katherine Castle – Exceptional Programmes /LSP
Katherine is a practising artist and keen gardener. She has experience of working in education with young people who have struggled to remain in education.
Katherine cannot wait to meet our students and start supporting them to become as independent as possible.
Leah Crompton
Programme Lead for Steps 2 & Transition 2 Adulthood, Pastoral care & Safeguarding Officer.
Leah has been promoted this year, 25/26 to incorporate a much larger role after being with us for 2 years.
Leah is a qualified counsellor and teacher and will be taking up a full time role this year where she can do both roles.
Sophie Walton
Subject Specialist – English
Sophie joins us after teaching English within a secondary school setting locally.
Sophie enjoys spending time with friends and family and is very creative. She is so happy to be part of the team at Learn 2 Cornwall.
Esther Lavender
Programme Lead Live & Work,
Esther has over 10 years experience of working within education supporting young people within a college environment.
Esther enjoys beauty therapy and often takes courses in her spare time. Something we are excited for her to bring to our team.
Becky Smith
Careers Lead & Work Experience Co-Ordinator
Becky joins us with lots of experience working in the field of advice and guidance. She is currently level 4 qualified and has just started her level 6 with us.
When not at work Becky spends her time with her family and looking after her horses.
Our Support Team…
Jodie James – LSP
Jodie joins us from a Penzance care and support team with adults with LD. She can’t wait to get to know our students.
Jodie enjoys the gym and spending time with her family.
Tracy Kessell – LSP
Tracy joins us from a Penzance care and support team with adults with LD just like Jodie. She can’t wait to put her experience of accessing the community into practice.
Tracy has a young family and enjoys keeping physically fit.
Aaron Green – Music Lead/LSP
Aaron joins us this year and is very much into heavy metal music which goes down a storm with our students. He is really excited to start building his experience in this field.
Aaron has also been teaching one of our students guitar upon request and has loved every minute of it.
Kathy Selby – LSP
After working in primary education for the past 19 years, Kathy has decided that it is time for a change. Kathy brings a vast amount of experience with challenging behaviour.
Gary Hesslewood – LSP
Gary joins us after working for a national support company. He also has a lot of lived experience and he is excited to be applying his skills to an educational environment.
Emma Mills – LSP
Emma has a vast amount of experience with primary education and alternative education and is excited to put her skills into use with post 16 learners.
Emma is also a swimming teaching and will be utilising her skills with our students too.
Natasha Trevaskis – LSP
Natasha is joining us after working for a national company providing support for young people both in a supported living environment as well as out in the community.
Chris Thomas – LSP
Chris has a background in supporting clients with drug and alcohol addiction. He is excited to work within the education industry to support young people in a different way.
Charlotte Mann – Marketing Assistant
Charlotte joins us this year on a part time basis working alongside her college course in Creative Media. She will be working on our marketing and designs to help us stand out from the competition.