Meet Our Trainers

We have a number of Accredited Trainers based across the UK, please read about each individual below:

Jane Brough
I've been teaching for 10 years, in a variety of settings and have taught Nursery up to Year 2. I have been using Numicon for most of this time and love it. Numeracy would be very difficult to teach without it. Whenever I have introduced Numicon to collegues, they are always amazed at how easily the children use it and how they feel empowered to calculate independently when they can use it.

Helen Farmery
B.A. PGCE
Helen currently teaches at a London Primary School, and her regular use of Numicon in class and with her own child who has Down Syndrome has given her valuable first-hand experience of using Numicon in mainstream classes and to support children with special needs. Helen is an experienced trainer and is available in the London area.

Kathy Gibbs
Dip SIAD, Bed Hons
Katherine has ten years teaching experience in Key Stage 1 and Foundation, as both Senco and Foundation Co-ordinator. She is currently a specialist teacher in a SEN Facility, teaching pupils with speech, language and communication difficulties, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Cerebal Palsy, Dyspraxia and Down syndrome. She is a regional tutor for the Makaton signing system and is trained in Brain Gym and Exercise for Learning. Katherine applies her experience with Makaton and Kinaesthetic learning to enhance multi-sensory maths teaching with Numicon.

Anne Henderson
Anne is eminent in the world of SpLD (dyslexia) and maths and is affiliated to the Dyslexia Unit at university College Wales, Bangor. Anne now lectures globally and provides INSET on how to teach maths to those with Special Educational Needs. She is a BEAM Maths Consultant. Her books include: Maths for the Cyslexic, A Practical Guide (2002) and Working with Dyscalculia (2004).

Chris Ingram
Chris Ingram is a freelance primary mathematics consultant who has developed a particular interest and expertise in early calculation.  She is involved in leading projects with several Local Authorities and with individual schools to support them in developing a more consistent approach to key aspects of number.
Chris is an experienced primary teacher, subject leader and senior manager.
She has worked as a Primary Strategy Mathematics Consultant, a senior mathematics lecturer in Initial Teacher Training and has been part of the writing team for National Tests at KS1 for QCA.
In addition to her freelance work with schools and LA’s, Chris is part of the BEAM consultancy team and has also been involved in consultancy and writing for educational publishers and resource companies.

Andrew Jeffrey
Andrew has been described as a 'Maths Evangelist'. He is passionate about the learning of mathematics, and believes that it is possible to have fun while getting to grips with even the
most complex of mathematical ideas. He first met the Numicon team at the BETT show in London, and was very keen to be associated with an organisation which, in his words, 'just made sense of numbers for so many children'. Andrew was a teacher for twenty years, so is fully acquainted with the demands of the primary classroom. He now works for BEAM, as well as being an independent primary maths consultant and conference speaker, and is also well-known for his alter-ego as the Maths Magician!

Helen Long
BEd (hons)
Helen is a Primary School teacher with experience of teaching children in all year groups. She has been maths coordinator  and also held a senior management role coordinating Foundation  stage and Key stage 1. Helen has experience in training and supporting colleagues and parents,  in particular those involved with educating children who have Down Syndrome. She has used Numicon with children of a range of abilities, including a number who have Down syndrome. Helen is also a parent of a child who has Down syndrome.

Seonaid Phillips
Seonaid began teaching in 1972 and, in addition to teaching in Britain, has taught in Zimbabwe, America & Holland.
She became interested in Numicon whilst working as the Senior Advisory Teacher (SEN & Mathematics) for an outer London Borough.
Seonaid is impressed by the inclusive nature of the Numicon Kits and programme. Pupils respond positively to its use both in Primary and Secondary schools and pupils with SEN make significant progress.
The structure provided by the Numicon patterns allows pupils to move on from counting to calculating and Numicon encompasses a wide and rich mathematical environment. This approach enables teachers to provide adaptable resources and lessons that benefit all pupils.

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