Meet the Steplab team
As former school and trust leaders, the Steplab team knows first-hand what effective teacher professional development and school improvement looks like. We're driven by one mission - empowering schools to become their best through professional development that really works.
Who we are
Our dedicated team brings Steplab's Responsive Coaching model to life. With extensive experience spanning the science of learning research, user-friendly product design and the development of expert teacher coaching content that's both enjoyable and effective to follow.
Abbie Boyle
Ops Lead & Social Media Manager
Former Deputy DSL
Alex Gingell
Coaching Development Lead
Former Primary Headteacher
Ania Townsend
Communities Lead
Former Assistant Head
Ben Abelman
Co-Founder & CTO
Former Music Teacher
Claire Hill
Executive Director
Former Trust Leader & English Teacher
Faith Hynes
Admin & Ops Assistant
Former Resident Services Assistant
Faye Craster
Executive Director
Former Science Teacher & Teacher Development Lead
Harry Fletcher-Wood
Director of Training
Former History Teacher
Josh Goodrich
Co-Founder & CEO
Former English Teacher & Senior Leader
Julian Ng
Senior Software Engineer
Former Software Engineering Teacher
Lidewij Arthers
Data and Software Engineer
Former Language Teacher
Matt Findlay
Video Production Lead
Former Maths Teacher & School Leader
Matt Holmes
Junior Software Engineer
Former Maths Teacher & Vice Principal
Ollie Lovell
Director of Innovation
Former Teacher
Peps Mccrea
Director of Education
Former Maths Teacher
Rachel Ball
Coaching Development Lead
Former Teaching & Learning Lead and SLE
Rachel Sewell
Implementation Lead
Former Trust Leader & English Teacher
Rory McCaughey
Steplab Australia Coaching Development Lead
Former Primary Teacher
Sarah Martin
Chief of Operations
Former Assistant Principal & Trust Leader
Sophie Mather
Administration & Ops Assistant
Former Secondary School Receptionist
Steve Barker
Lead Software Engineer
Former product engineer at Gousto
Toby Holland
Coaching Development Lead
Former English teacher and PD Leader
Mosi
Branch Manager
Myrtle
Assistant Branch Manager
Dolly
Barketing Manager
Created by school leaders
We know that great teaching can transform schools and change students' lives. But getting better at teaching is tough. I've lost count of the number of professional development sessions I've attended that - while interesting - made no change to how I taught. And, if we teachers don't make consistent improvements, student learning suffers.
I've spent my career finding ways around this. As a senior leader in charge of PD and later as a trust leader for teaching, I focused on making teacher professional development as easy as possible - supporting teachers and leaders to use valuable PD time to do things that really work.
As a result of this, we built Steplab — the unique PD tool that combines the power of precise techniques, clear modelling and repeated rehearsal in our Responsive Coaching model.
Steplab now supports well over 100,000 teachers to improve their teaching. Get in touch to find out how we can help your trust or school to become its best.
Josh
CEO, Steplab
Join the Steplab team
Steplab has an open, fast-paced culture where we embrace new ideas and true collaboration. Most of us are former school and trust leaders, and we're grateful to have strong connections within the education community.
If you bring a similar mindset and background - whatever level of your career - please drop us a line at [email protected]
We'd love to hear from you!
Book a Steplab demo
Find out how Steplab works - and discover what it can do to transform professional development in your school or trust - with a short, no-obligation demo with a member of our experienced team.
