James Tunnell is your dedicated schools coach. With over a decade of firsthand experience teaching in Nursery and Reception classrooms (QTS), including in leadership roles, James has a deep understanding of the significant challenges facing the school sector today.

He recognises the direct impact that issues like funding gaps have on staffing and the crucial need for learning provision to be engaging and partially self-sustaining. Crucially, James understands the practical reality of balancing the non-negotiables of school life, such as the delivery of formal phonics lessons, with the necessity of high-quality, provision-based learning.