Meet the Team
We owe all of our enormous success at Teacher Tapp to our brilliant team. Bringing together expertise in education, technology and data analysis we are a small but skilled team who operate as a well-oiled machine. That’s how we’re able to survey over 8,000 teachers a day!
Alex worked as a database developer for 9 years before training to become a Physics Teacher in 2010.
He co-founded Teacher Tapp in 2017, while still teaching. After too many post-period-5 bug fixing sessions he decide to work on Teacher Tapp full-time and has been doing so ever since.
My Favourite Teacher Tapp Finding: Teacher Tapp data constantly reveals the heterogeneous nature of the English school system. Even for us, it’s a constant eye-opener how different schools can be.
Email: alex@teachertapp.co.uk
Twitter: @A_Weatherall
Karen is an education researcher and has worked for NFER, CfBT, and the BBC amongst others.
She is fascinated by education and in her spare time is a Trustee at education charity Parentkind, a school governor and a lay member of her local school appeals panel. She is also a mum to two ‘Mini-piesers’.
Email: karen@teachertapp.co.uk
Twitter: @KarenWespieser
Shamaila has held a wide range of roles supporting students in school from behind the scenes.
Having worked across the spectrum of Primary, Secondary and SEN schools for 6 years in East London, Shamaila now works full time with Teacher Tapp, managing Client and Customer relations.
My Favourite Teacher Tapp Finding: I’m always particularly interested by our findings on teacher anxiety and wellbeing and how this changes at different times of year.
Email: shamaila@teachertapp.co.uk
Samantha has worked with many large retailers developing their customer service and business to business functions.
She progressed into a franchising business model, confirming her passion for account management. Looking for an opportunity within the educational world, Samantha joined the team in July 2019.
My Favourite Teacher Tapp Finding: It’s fascinating to find out teachers’ attitudes towards issues like Brexit. It’s also interesting who teachers plan to vote for and actually end up voting for!
Email: samantha@teachertapp.co.uk
Nick started out completing a Physics PhD. While blasting polymer cells with laser beams, he developed a love for coding.
He then designed scientific measurement equipment and analytical software for use in renewable energy research. With a broad bank of technology skills, he joined Teacher Tapp in February 2020.
My Favourite Teacher Tapp Finding: Nearly half of all teachers have technology fail them on any given day! It’s a real problem as schools become more reliant on technology.
Email: nick@teachertapp.co.uk
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