Katy has over a decade of experience in the UK education sector having worked in schools, colleges and specialist education centres since 2008.  Starting out as a Learning Support Assistant at an inner London Comprehensive, she quickly realised her love for working with young people, soon moving on to her next role as a Cover Supervisor before training at Froebel College at the University of Roehampton for her PGCE in Secondary English teaching.  In addition to her work in London comprehensives she also led the education programme for three years at a specialist sports education facility for young professional tennis players and ran a small tuition business.  Most recently she has spent five successful years teaching at the prestigious East London Arts and Music (ELAM)  in Bow, London as an English teacher and masterclass host, interviewing many high profile industry professionals including  Stormzy, Chase and Status,  Ashley Walters and Lyor Cohen.

Her passion is diversifying the topics and texts that are currently taught in schools to ensure that all voices are heard and represented.  She was the first teacher in the UK to teach Kwame Kwei Armah’s Elmina’s Kitchen for Pearson Edexcel’s A Level in English Language and Literature and jointly won the Cambridge Analytics award for the highest progress score in the UK for this qualification in 2018 for her second set of results on this qualification.  Her Elmina’s Kitchen study guide is available now.