Our team currently consists of experienced members to support our small class sizes.

Senior Leadership Team

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 – Business Operations Manager (Data & Governance)

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.

Our Amazing Support Team…

Jodie James – Programme Lead – Me2

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 – Programme Lead – Me2

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/Enrichment Lead

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.

Sam Stephenson – LSP

Sam joins us after working for a national support company for many years. Sam is excited about working with young people within an education setting.

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.

Farrah Fulton – Administrator

Farrah brings a wealth of experience having worked within a local secondary school. She is proficient in data accumulation and MIS systems and is looking forward to change working in a smaller organisation.

Emma Mills – Steps Tutor

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.

Kara Bawden – Maths Lead

Kara joins us from a local secondary school ARB where she delivered fun maths sessions.

Kara enjoys socialising and spending time with her family when not working.

Lauren Sadler – LSP

Lauren is joining us from a career working with horses as well as having lived experience. She is very excited to work in the formal education process.

Caroline Beare – Administrative Assistant

Caroline has come out of retirement in order to add her fantastic administrative expertise to our team. She loves spending time with her grandchildren outside of work.

Sophie Walton – English Lead

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.

Sarah Roach-Corin – 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.

Will Allport – Live & Work Tutor

Will has a vast amount of experience within the field of support working as waking nights for a national organisation. He has also travelled and taught sports in countries such as South Africa.

Paula Hobgen – LSP

Bio coming soon

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.

Amy James-Collins – LSP

Amy joins Learn 2 after working for a national children’s organisation. She is experienced in youth work as well as a local entertainer at a holiday park. She has a business with her husband which is amazing.

Robert Callaghan – LSP

Robert has a background in care and support as well as the military. He is very excited to be working with our learners and helping them to become more independent.

Stephanie Ryde – You 2 Programme Lead

Steph has an incredible art background which she looks forward to sharing with our students. As You 2 programme lead she will be working with those learners who struggle to attend a learning environment and using the community environment to learn instead.

Nicola Bacca – LSP

Nicola has a large range of experience of care and support to bring to Learn 2. She enjoys spending time with her family and wants to expand her knowledge and experience in the SEN field.

Kerrie Lawler – English Lead

Bio coming soon

Stephen Berryman – LSP

Stephen has a large sporting background but now enjoys gardening as a pastime. He brings a great sense of calmness to our learners and always has a smile on his face.

In his spare time Stephen volunteers with Age UK.