Our team
Eloise Littlechild, Co-ordinator & Art
I moved to London to study fine art combined media at Chelsea College of Art and Design. After graduating I worked internationally as a freelance stylist for brands, magazines, television and music videos.
Soon after I had my children I became increasingly interested in education and the importance of what we teach our children, when and how we do this. The early years felt like such a crucial time for children to learn values, a sensitivity to their surroundings and each other, cooperation, self-expression and the opportunity to apply oneself to what we are passionate about so that we can flourish and grow. After running home education programmes for my own and other home educated children in Stroud, I was moved to help create a group of teachers that could come together to provide a stable, caring and personalised educational environment.
Grace de Berker, Co-ordinator & Textiles
I graduated from Bristol in 2010 with a Drawing and Applied Arts degree. I specialised in textiles and love being creative whether through fabric, sewing, drawing, cooking or gardening.
During my time in Bristol, I worked as a Kindergarten Assistant at The Rowan Tree and as a director at a Co-operative After School Club for 4-13 year olds. In both jobs, I engaged with a wide range of children and loved the variety and enthusiasm they brought to each day. In 2012 I set up a weekly Creative Textiles Class for adults as part of the Community Workshop in Nailsworth which, I have been teaching ever since. I also teach children’s textiles workshops over the holidays dyeing, felting, printing and sewing our own clothes, bags, bunnies and more! I have three daughters who provide me with lots of inspiration and are perfect for trialing any new workshops I might run on!
Ali Judd - English, maths, history & geography
After doing my degree in Drama, English and Music, and my MA in Shakespeare Studies, I began working first with adults and then with children with special needs in two Steiner based residential homes and for MENCAP. After a few years I decided to train as a teacher and did a post grad year in Early Years. I taught at Haresfield village school, a much larger school in Yorkshire, and then spent ten years working at Sheepscombe village school. After 16 years, in 2012 I became involved in 1-1 tutoring, with both school children needing a little support, and with home educated children (tutoring and working at a PTG), and for just over a year also worked part time as a supply teacher and teaching assistant at Horsley school.
Sarah Gardner - English, maths, cooking & graphics
I studied Theatre Arts at university where I specialised in costume and set design. After a stint working with a touring theatre company who performed in schools across the South West, I decided that working with children was a lot of fun. I then spent some time working with special needs children in a Steiner residential home and also offered support for special needs children in primary schools. Following this I trained as a primary school teacher. My teaching career began in South East London where I taught for six years and learnt so much from the children I taught. I then moved to Hertfordshire where I continued teaching, set up and ran a toddler group and had my three lovely children. After eight years and a spell of homeschooling, it was time for a total change and a return to the wonderful West Country. Here we have space for free- ranging children, chickens and creativity.
Kamilya Le Masurier - English, maths, Humanities & STEM
Richard Herbert - Martial Arts
Sarah Michael - TA & general superstar
Hannah Michaels - Sport, fitness, gymnastics and dance.
I was home educated for most of my learning years, interspersed with a few alternative schools including the North London Rudolf Steiner School, the Bath Small School and Wynstones as my parents moved around a lot. I’ve always loved working with children and my passions have remained more or less unchanged for as long as I can remember : drawing, telling stories and doing handstands. I have a first class honours degree in Illustration and am also a trained fitness instructor. I taught for three years at Wynstones school alongside Jacob Douglass in the game’s department as well as teaching art history in the upper school. I have three daughters whom I adore and who help me out tremendously when it comes to being a teacher. I have a strong belief that children work best when they are encouraged to find their own way, whilst being shown all the tools and techniques used by those who’ve come before them.
Kevin Howlett - Bandit, music and choir
Thea Pilikian - English, maths and project.
I began teaching in London in 2005 and worked as a primary class teacher in two inner city London schools. After having my first child I began a long journey of supply teaching. Many people find this a huge challenge, but I really enjoyed the experience and gained a vast amount of skills, having to adapt very quickly to situations and teach a wide variety of children with varying abilities . Since my children reached school age I began to home educate them, which has been an interesting journey and has completely challenged my training and ideas about mainstream education. I absolutely love teaching at Flexi Hub, the children are interesting and very creative, and I can use my mainstream experience alongside my creative passion to teach in a more child-led way.
Alice Davies - Performing Arts
Debs Milverton - Music
I started teaching piano at the tender age of 14 when my own teacher decided it was a good way for me to cement my own learning! Since then I have studied for degrees in English, History and Learning Technology, squeezed in time to get a PGCFHE, and spent many years working in learning development at the University of Gloucestershire before circling back to my first love of teaching music. My pupils range from those wanting to progress through formal music exams, to others wanting to learn some jazz chords for the sheer fun of it. Either way, it's all music to my ears!
