Meet Our Team 

The team at InnerDrive has been working with students and teachers in schools for over 15 years. During that time we have been blessed to be able to assemble a magic group of people who are really passionate about helping people use Cognitive Science to inform best Teaching & Learning practice. These are the people who make the Teacher CPD Academy the great site that it is.

Course Presenters

Edward Watson

FOUNDER

Edward is an Oxford graduate who served seven years in the Army, worked in strategy management consultancy, then in the video games industry. He founded InnerDrive in 2006, where he continues to design and deliver teacher CPD workshops throughout the UK and around the world.

Bradley Busch

PSYCHOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR

Bradley is a chartered psychologist and one of the leading experts on applying psychological research to improve how people think, learn and perform. Outside of education, he works with Premiership footballers and was instrumental in helping members of Team GB win medals at London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2021.

Matthew Shaw

CHARTERED PSYCHOLOGIST

After completing his MSc in sport psychology with full honours, Matthew has been working with schools to help improve how students and educators think, learn and perform. Outside of education, he works with elite athletes, including Team GB athletes preparing for Tokyo 2021.

Michael Chiles

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Michael is a senior leader and principal examiner. He is an experienced trainer and has delivered training, both nationally and internationally, to support teachers in their approaches to implementing effective assessment practices. Michael is the author of The CRAFT of Assessment, The Feedback Pendulum and The Sweet Spot.

Dr Pippa Busch

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Dr Pippa Busch is a Child and Exercise Psychologist, specialising in working with SEND students. Dr Busch has worked with thousands of teachers from hundreds of schools, helping them translate psychological research into day-to-day strategies that they can use in their classroom.

Hanna Gildam-Clark

PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGIST

Hanna is an alumni of InnerDrive. She now works in performance sport psychology after previously working in the Middle East, where she was a whole-school Physical and Health Education teacher, mental skills coach and international rugby player.

Academy Team

Patrick Ibbotson

HEAD OF ONLINE LEARNING

Patrick oversees the InnerDrive Teacher CPD Academy and works with our team of experts to create Teacher CPD training and provide outstanding customer service. He has an MSc in Psychology with a Distinction and previously worked at Naomi Korn Associates and the Museum of London.

Molly Stone

TECHNICAL LEAD

Molly's main role has been to design and build the Teacher CPD Academy. She is our main guru in all things technical. She is also involved in the dissemination of key themes in recent psychology literature, and the creation of social media content.

Lou Bogatchek

MARKETING MANAGER

Lou oversees InnerDrive’s marketing efforts, content creation and research team. They love using their background in graphic design and passion for storytelling to make Teaching & Learning findings more accessible to the educators and students who need them most.

Expert Insight Contributors

We have assembled an all-star cast of teachers and researchers. to provide practical and effective applications of Cognitive Science to schools in an accessible format. You can hear Expect Insights from:

Blake Harvard

AP Psychology Teacher

Doug Lemov

AUTHOR OF TEACH LIKE A CHAMPION

Dr Faria Sana

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

Jade Pearce

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES

Dr Jo Castelino

ASSISTANT CURRICULUM LEADER OF SCIENCE AND HOMEWORK LEAD

Professor
John Dunlosky

PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

Professor
John Hattie

EMERITUS LAUREATE PROFESSOR

Dr Kathryn Wissman

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

Dr Kripa Sundar

FOUNDER OF EDTECH RECHARGE

Dr Ludmila Nunes

SCIENCE ADVISOR

Dr Mustafa Sarkar

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPORT AND PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY

Dr Shana Carpenter

PROFESSOR OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Katie Holmes

ASSISTANT FACULTY LEADER

Yamina Bibi

Assistant headteacher

Dr Zach Groshell

PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER

Dr Jonathan Firth

SENIOR TEACHING FELLOW

Sarah Cottingham

ASSOCIATE DEAN