Our team
Our team is made up of experienced award winning education professionals who are passionate about supporting young people in their learning and development.
Through carefully designed workshops and a thoughtful, student-centred approach, we aim to provide practical support that is relevant, accessible, and impactful.
Sally Davis
Mohammed has over twenty-three years of experience travelling nationwide to inspire students, staff, and parents. His workshops are designed to empower young people to realise their full potential-support he often reflects on, wishing he’d had access to similar guidance during his own school years.
Across his career, Mohammed has motivated thousands of students through engaging study-skills sessions and inspirational workshops. He is driven by a deep passion for helping learners build confidence, resilience, and a belief in what they can achieve when given the right tools and encouragement. His delivery style is energetic, relatable, and grounded in genuine care for the students he works with.
Mohammed Nawaz
Sarah Fortune
SarahMarie has been inspiring classrooms, teachers and parents with Learning Presenters for over 18 years. Her approach is warm, creative and confidence-building, guiding students to achieve more than they ever thought possible. SarahMarie has delivered 500+ workshops ranging from Shakespeare, Public Speaking and Puppetry to Leadership, Study Skills and Mindset. With a portfolio career in theatre and film, she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her workshops. She is also an ICF PCC Certified Life Coach and the founder of Communication Coach London.
SarahMarie is a 2nd Dan Karate Black Belt… and once worked for Mickey Mouse in Florida. www.sarahmariecoach.com
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Laura Buckeridge is an actress and presenter trained at LAMDA, with over twenty years’ experience delivering dynamic workshops for teachers, parents, and students.
She blends her performance background with real‑world parenting insight to create sessions that are practical, engaging, and relevant to today’s educational landscape.
With a strong grounding in neurodiversity,
Laura tailors her workshops to be inclusive and accessible, empowering parents with clear, actionable strategies. Her warm, relatable style helps families and educators feel confident supporting a wide range of learning needs.
Laura Buckeridge
Adrian studied politics and history at Durham University before training in theatre at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire — a background that shapes both his analytical approach to metacognition and his ability to engage secondary school audiences.
For over thirteen years, he's delivered learning and study skills workshops across schools, and now designs and delivers our metacognition curriculum. He's fascinated by how young people think about thinking, and believes the best learning happens when students understand their own minds.
Adrian Fear
Rob Hughes has spent over 20 years touring schools and colleges, delivering engaging sessions on resilience, confidence, study skills, and overcoming fear of failure.
Trained in drama at the Arts Educational School, he built a successful career as an actor before moving into presenting and training across all age groups.
Drawing on his theatre background and extensive experience in education, Rob uses unique, practical methods that help students shift their mindset and approach learning with renewed motivation.
Robert Hughes
Sally is an double award winning mindfulness & mindset coach. Her expertise offers students workshops around emotional regulation and personal development. She blends evidence backed techniques with an informal, upbeat delivery style. Her workshops are tailored for the education sector. Sally studied mindfulness in 2017, followed by in Neuroscience and Psychology in Mental Health in 2024, allowing her to broaden into mindset work.
She is a fully accredited member of the Complementary Therapists Association, bringing both professionalism and passion to her work. Founder of Leap Mindfulness
Winnie Arhin is a seasoned, facilitator, writer, and theatre practitioner with over a decade of experience bridging the gap between the arts and the classroom. As the founder of The Writers’ Corner—a collective dedicated to showcasing emerging UK playwrights—Winnie leverages her background in the theatre industry to foster creativity and communication.
With ten years of teaching experience in performing arts schools and a proven track record tutoring KS1 and KS2, she brings a unique, performance-led perspective to teaching life skills. Winnie has also served as an ambassador and audition panelist for Rose Bruford College and has a deep passion for education to help students build confidence and essential life skills.
Winnie Ahin
Chris Orton
Chris has delivered motivational learning skills workshops in schools and colleges since 2003 in 1000+ bookings throughout the UK and abroad on a broad range of topics with a focus on memory, understanding, revision and exam preparation. He is adept at engaging a room of young people - as a former drama workshop leader as well as actor this came naturally. Presenting and speaking as well as acting in corporate environments adds to his knowledge of the skills needed today in the world outside school. He also roleplays, facilitates and mentors university medical students on communication skills and by contrast performs interactive zany educational family shows, events and workshops in holiday periods.
For further details see Chris' LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-orton-0b576918/