About Us

Ben is a CIPP/E qualified Data Protection professional, acts as a Data Protection Officer (DPO) for schools, has led training across several regional networks, and participated in national panel events focused on data protection in schools.

Ben has worked across the Further Education and Secondary sectors including quality, training, systems, and project management roles, as both a middle and senior leader. He has worked on cross-college projects implementing and embedding quality and performance management systems including training middle and senior leaders on operational and strategic quality management. As a school senior leader, he oversaw the startup of a brand new sixth form as well as delivered a key role in taking a school out of Special Measures. His strategic leadership also drove improvements in pupil progress from below floor target to national average at Post-16. Ben has experience leading on educational technology as well as whole school careers strategy including embedded curriculum mapping and industry links. He applies his Prince2 Practitioner experience to these roles.

Ben is also still actively involved in working with young people through his commission in the Army Cadet Force as a Captain and his role as a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition assessor.

He is experienced in the GDPR and data protection, undertaking DPO work and staff training.

Sonia has worked in the field of Data Protection since 2014. Sonia started her career in data protection within the public sector where she handled SARS and FOI requests. Sonia progressed her career in data protection by accepting a position with a global financial service provider. It is in this role Sonia was the first point of contact for all data privacy matters relating to employee data, and gained a wealth of knowledge on privacy laws in the UK and across the globe. Before joining our team, Sonia was the Data Protection Officer for a large Multi-Academy Trust. In this role, Sonia provided the Trust and their 40 academies with data protection support and guidance. Sonia has experience in delivering training to Data Protection Leads, including specific training on data protection topics such as DPIAs and SARs. Sonia has experience of liaising with the ICO including responding to an ICO audit. She also has experience of creating data protection related policies and privacy notices.

Sonia is passionate about data protection and uses her Law degree and wealth of data protection experience to ensure education providers are compliant with data protection laws.

Teri has a strong background in managing marketing and PR campaigns across a broad range of clients and industries. This is enhanced with experience managing complex projects, including a variety of events. These range from large-scale, multiple-location high profile events through to intimate celebrations.

Her strong communication skills and natural person focus are evident in all of her work. Complimentary to her communication and project experience, Teri has a varied track record in working with young people both within education settings and outside of them; from being a one-to-one and group mentor to tweens and teens, to time as a Key Stage 2 teaching assistant, and as a valued member of her own children’s school PTA.

She has a passion for making a difference to the overall experience of education and supporting both staff and children to thrive, and brings enthusiasm and freshness to all her work.

Jess is a highly qualified educator with a Doctorate in Education from UCL IOE, Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. With over 10 years of experience in secondary school senior leadership, largely in London, Jess has a deep understanding of curriculum development and implementation.

She is an experienced timetabler with an eye for cost saving strategies.

Soton was previously a secondary school and sixth form teacher. Her teaching experience includes working in a large MAT in London. With years of experience as a teacher, Soton has had the joy of guiding students and helping them grow. She has had the privilege of creating supportive and dynamic learning environments where students can thrive.

Alongside Soton’s teaching journey, she has developed a strong expertise in data protection. Soton has supported organisations in navigating the world of data protection and compliance. Her knowledge of UK GDPR has been instrumental in driving success in this area.

Soton is deeply passionate about helping schools navigate and stay ahead of data protection matters, ensuring they are consistently aligned with the latest best practices and compliant with all relevant regulations.

Daniel brings over 20 years of experience in delivering complex multi-agency solutions to challenging problems. By leveraging creativity, logic, and available resources, he consistently achieves sustainable results. His expertise spans Information Management, Subject Access, and security incidents, with a specialisation in handling complex Subject Access Requests and conducting high-profile investigations into sensitive situations.

As an experienced safeguarding lead, Daniel is dedicated to securing positive outcomes for young people and vulnerable adults. His extensive work with schools of all sizes has provided him with deep insights into safeguarding, special educational needs, and data protection. Daniel established and led Gloucestershire County Council’s DPO traded service for 6 years prior to joining SchoolPro TLC.

A well-known public speaker and trainer, Daniel infuses humour and passion into his sessions, making complex topics both accessible and engaging.

Ian has worked in many secondary schools, including amalgamation and a new build projects. Ian has been involved in the reorganisation of schools staffing as a result of budget pressures. His work on curriculum redesign and timetable structures have provided individual organisations with savings approaching £500,000. He has played an instrumental part of leadership structures taking schools out of Special Measures. Ian’s current projects include supporting a variety of schools to redesign curriculum and timetable to provide the very best pupil experience in a variety of settings. Ian’s experience in managing and controlling school data and information flow within numerous organisations is considerable and comes highly recommended.

Richard has experience in leadership at both Primary and Secondary. He has worked in eight schools in challenging circumstances. His experience helped one school to increase pupil outcomes last year by sixteen percent. Alongside this he worked with a new primary headteacher to help and support during the transition. His critical-friend approach to the school improvement work, means he is now a governor at two primary schools. Richard has provide recent interim leadership in schools and has been working with trusts to audit processes, procedures and policy to ensure consistency within organisations. Richard is experienced in GDPR and undertaking DPO work and training.

Jamie has been working as a teacher and a leader in schools for over 20 years. Alongside his work running SchoolPro Safety, he still teaches at a large secondary in Birmingham where he leads a big Outdoor Education department. He has a raft of Outdoor leadership qualifications including his Mountain Leader Award and Performance White Water Kayak Coach. He has used this opportunity to run or support over 500 visits and guide over 2000 students through their Duke of Edinburgh Awards.

Jamie has a Masters Degree in Outdoor Education studying risk management on school visits. He is a qualified First Responder and has used this to run Health and Safety and First Aid courses in a variety of settings for over 10 years. He currently supports his local primary school chairing their governing body.

In all he does, Jamie’s focus is providing the most enriching adventures and opportunities with the best outcomes while keeping the highest standards of safety for the young people involved.