Ryan brings over a decade of experience in mainstream education to his role as Headteacher. Throughout his career, he has held a range of senior positions, including Head of Department, Head of Year and a member of Senior Leadership, where he developed expertise in supporting students’ academic progress and personal development.

In 2021, Ryan joined TLC LIVE as Director of Studies, where he played a key role in overseeing teaching and learning across the organisation. His dedication to innovation in education led to the launch of TLC LIVE Online School in 2024.

Ryan is passionate about ensuring every student has access to high-quality, personalised education. He combines his leadership experience with a forward-thinking approach to provide a supportive, inclusive, and engaging learning environment for all students.

Amelia is the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for the TLC LIVE Online School, responsible for ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding and child protection across all provision. Amelia oversees the safeguarding team and ensures that all tutors and staff are confident in recognising, reporting, and responding to concerns.

Her role includes developing and implementing safeguarding policies, delivering regular training, and maintaining compliance with national safeguarding frameworks and local authority requirements. Amelia works closely with external agencies, schools, and families to ensure that every child and young person accessing TLC LIVE receives the right support at the right time.

Elizabeth is the Assistant Headteacher for the TLC LIVE Online School, responsible for ensuring the highest standards of assessment, facilitating exam entry, monitoring exam results and overseeing the staffing of the TLC LIVE Online School.

Jamie is responsible for guiding prospective parents through every stage of the admissions process, from the first enquiry right up until their child joins TLC LIVE Online School. He takes the time to understand each family’s unique circumstances, including their child’s academic goals, hobbies and interests, and any additional needs such as SEN support.

Working closely with the Headteacher, Jamie ensures that every pupil is matched with the right learning pathway and that we are fully prepared to meet their needs. His role is all about making the transition into TLC LIVE Online School as smooth and supportive as possible, helping families feel confident and reassured from the very beginning.

Kate has been an English teacher for 18 years, alongside 7 years as an exam marker for AQA, OCR and WJEC. Kate is a qualified autism specialist and enjoys developing alternative and student-led approaches to education. Kate has been an online tutor for several years and believes that the classroom should meet the students wherever they are. An enthusiastic reader, Kate loves to inspire her students with an engaging and hopefully inspiring approach to the texts that they study together. She believes that everyone can enjoy reading – they just have to find the right book!

Since gaining a PGCE in secondary science, Janet has taught every ability range – from top-grade A-level students to those with profound and multiple learning disabilities – in mainstream and special schools, in KS2 – KS5. Her students’ special needs have included ASD, ADHD, anxiety, mobility issues, dyspraxia, dyslexia, Down’s and other syndromes, visual, hearing and speech & language impairments. After 5 years as Curriculum Leader for Science at a special school in Coventry, Janet joined TLC LIVE in 2020. She is passionate about improving the educational experience of every child.

I did a 4 year integrated masters in mathematics (MMath) at Durham University before training as a teacher at Canterbury Christ Church University during the pandemic. In total I’ve been a Teacher/Tutor for 5 years now, with the last 3 being entirely online. I’ve supported pupils with a very broad range of SEND such as ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, and Visual Impairment. 

I’m a firm believer in a student-led approach to maths teaching. I always plan my lessons around questions that get my pupils thinking deeper about why an approach works, rather than focusing on memorising a technique. My first goal in teaching is to make students feel confident exploring different ways to solve problems, even if they don’t find the correct idea straight away. Many pupils feel quite anxious about maths so confidence building is always at the centre of my lessons and I’m often encouraging pupils to be comfortable testing out ideas independently. 

Tanya has been a Humanities teacher for 20 years, of those 15 were in classroom secondary teaching in mainstream schools and since January 2024 has tutored online for TLC. Tanya has taught across the Humanities subjects and was the Head of Department for Philosophy, Ethics and RS at a large secondary school for 9 years. Tanya was an exam marker for OCR for several years. She has a lot of experience working with SEND students from age 11-18. Tanya is a compassionate and friendly person who sees the potential in all students. Another of her interests is Yoga – Tanya is a qualified yoga teacher who teaches regular classes to adults and has experience teaching yoga to young people.

Liam has worked as a mathematics teacher for four years and has specialised in online teaching for the last two. He is a hardworking, dedicated teacher whose passion for his subject always shines through. He has a lot of experience working with SEND children and excels in showing patience whilst nurturing enthusiasm within all his students. Liam has extensive knowledge of mathematics and engineering at all levels, from GCSE to A-Level and beyond.

After graduating in Forensic Science with a BSc Honours degree Sarah became a Forensic Scientist, working alongside the police for 6 years. She then decided to share her love for science and become a Science Teacher. She completed a Graduate Teacher Program in 2011 at University and she has been teaching science for the last 14 years both in mainstream secondary schools and online.

Sarah loves science and finds it fascinating as it helps humanity see things from different perspectives, solves critical problems, creates open minded debate and collaboration, and provides us with growing knowledge and opportunities.

Her passion for science made the decision to become a science teacher an easy one. It is a career where you can share your love and joy of a subject on a daily basis. Children have naturally inquisitive minds, and Sarah’s role is to support them and their investigation of the world around us.