About ImpactEd Group

ImpactEd Group supports education and purpose-driven organisations to maximise their potential. We do this by helping our partners to be consistently impactful and operationally sustainable.

The Group is organised into four main practices, supported by an expert Board. Our practices are ImpactEd Consulting, ImpactEd Evaluation, ImpactEd Philanthropy and ImpactEd Data and AI.

Our Values

We meet people where they are.
We appreciate our partners’ and colleagues’ needs, adapting to their circumstances with knowledge and curiosity to understand their context.

We are radiators.
We bring warmth and energy, focusing relentlessly on what is good and what is possible.

We own the next step.
We take responsibility for progress by owning the tasks – big and small – that move us forward.

Our Team

Strategic partners to purpose-driven organisations

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Jonny Sobczyk Boddington
Founder and Group Director, ImpactEd Group
Consulting
Evaluation
ImpactEd Group
Data and AI
Philanthropy

Jonny has held director positions at Accenture and BCS Consulting and is also former CEO & Chair of the Peter Jones Foundation. Jonny has been listed as one of the UK’s leading social entrepreneurs.

Dr Chris Wilson
Co-Founder and Group Director, ImpactEd Group
Philanthropy
Evaluation
Consulting
ImpactEd Group
Data and AI

Chris is the former CEO of The Brilliant Club and launched the consulting model which has developed to become ImpactEd Consulting. He is a trustee at the Delta Academies Trust and Get Further.

Elin de Zoete
Co-Founder and Group Director, ImpactEd Group
Evaluation
Consulting
Data and AI
ImpactEd Group
Philanthropy

Elin is the former Managing Director of communications and government relations agency PLMR, and was a Director at Jamie Oliver's campaigning charity, Bite Back. She sits on the Board of Inspiration Trust and The Together Project.

Dr Rajbir Hazelwood
Managing Director, ImpactEd Consulting
Consulting

Rajbir has experience as a researcher, Assistant Professor in HE & leader of a social enterprise incubator working across the world. She is a certified HR Manager & Change Management Practitioner.

Karl Edwards
Managing Director, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Karl was previously the Director of Strategy and Impact at Teach First. His expertise includes strategy development, impact measurement and partnership growth. He holds an MBA and an MA in Educational Leadership.

Steph Hamilton
Director, TEP
ImpactEd Group

Steph has been working with and in schools for over a decade. First, as a science teacher in the North East of England, then at The Brilliant Club where she was Director of School Partnerships.

Professor John Jerrim
Research Director
ImpactEd Group

John Jerrim is Professor of Education and Social Statistics, and is Director of the Quantitative Social Science research centre at IOE

Hayley Reader-Curtis
Director of Operations, ImpactEd Group
ImpactEd Group

Hayley has worked in a variety of roles within the education sector including product development, curriculum management and operations. As well as her role as ED, she is also Director of Operations.

Owen Carter
Co-Founder & Managing Director, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Owen is the Managing Director of ImpactEd Evaluation and previously led research & evaluation projects at the Brilliant Club. He has won a Teach First Innovation Award & an FEA Scaling Award.

Alex Mathie
Senior Manager, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Alex worked with the Institute of Physics' on integrating research into classroom practice. He is currently finishing a PhD in Philosophy of Physics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.

Beth Williams
Senior Manager, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Beth has worked at The Brilliant Club and for the Children's Commissioner for Wales conducting research & workshops on Children's Rights. She has recently completed a Masters in Human Rights.

Charlie Ellis
Manager (interim), ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Charlie has over 12 years' experience across a wide range of educational organisations including teaching in the UK and overseas and school partnership management related to skills and apprenticeships

Charlotte Dougan
Officer, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Charlotte studied Philosophy at KCL and tutored Maths, English and 11+ across Islington & Bromley. She has a background in delivering coding & robotics programmes in schools and in FinTech.

Charlotte Freeth
Operations Officer
ImpactEd Group

Charlotte has a background in teaching, pastoral support & education project management. She is passionate about social mobility & is pursuing an MA Education & Social Justice at Lancaster University.

Ciara Sims
Manager, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Ciara has experience as a French & Spanish teacher & a School Onboarding Manager for Third Space Learning where she delivered Maths interventions to primary children in disadvantaged areas of the UK.

Corina Fung
Analyst, Social Impact Fast Track
ImpactEd Group

Corina is an economist and MPP from UChicago, passionate about measuring & monitoring policy results to extend their impact, with experience in research, policy, and data analysis.

Deepta Sunil Valliyil
Manager, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Deepta is an education specialist with 4 years experience in education research & practice in the 3rd sector. She holds an MSc in Comparative & International Education and an MA in Development Studies

Emily Goodridge
School and Community Engagement Officer
ImpactEd Group

Emily has 8 years' experience as a teacher and HoD and before joining ImpactEd Group, she was the Practice Development Lead, supporting Early Career Teachers to develop their practice with Teach First

Holly Waddell
Senior Manager, ImpactEd Consulting
Consulting

Holly was an English teacher before working at Teach First to deliver their Leadership Development Programme across the North West. She also has experience in social & economic research consultancy.

Jennie Evans
Full Stack Developer
ImpactEd Group

Jennie retrained as a software developer inspired by the possibilities of tech for good. Prior to this, she was a fundraising & events manager and spent over 10 years in the charity sector.

Jodie Morrison
Operations Officer, ImpactEd Group
ImpactEd Group

Jodie is experienced in adult education, managing projects and supporting people in charity and university settings. She’s interested in diversity and wellbeing, and is training to become a therapist.

John Atkinson
Officer, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

John worked in primary schools for 8 years as a classroom teacher, subject lead & head of department. Before that he worked for international charity VSO as an Education Programme Development Manager.

Katherine Tunnadine
Senior Manager, ImpactEd Consulting
Consulting

Katherine has 15+ years in education, teaching in London and Mexico. National roles include leading conferences at The Brilliant Club, ITT programmes at Teach First, and DfE ECF and NPQ contracts at EDT. She holds an MA in Public Policy from KCL.

Kristy Evers
Director, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Kristy has over 10 years experience across the education and impact sectors, starting at ImpactEd in 2020. She previously worked as a teacher in Singapore, a researcher for an educational publisher and a consultant in research impact.

Lauren Prodrick
Manager, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Lauren has a background as a Primary School Teacher, Tutor & Early Years Curriculum Leader. Prior to joining ImpactEd Lauren took a year out to travel the world and teach English to students overseas.

Lena Kuenkel
Associate
Consulting

Lena advises senior leadership teams throughout the operating model design process whilst focusing on creating positive and inclusive work environments. She previously led the Centre for Public Impact

Lucy Preston
Associate Director, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Lucy has 10 years' experience in school partnerships, edtech and evaluating school programmes through working in widening participation and as Programme Director at Learning with Parents.

Maddy Gazzard
Director, ImpactEd Philanthropy
Philanthropy
Consulting

Maddy brings experience as Director of Fundraising for Future Frontiers, developing fundraising at The Brilliant Club and as a Trustee for Boxing Futures. She holds a PGCert in Philanthropic Studies.

Mal Pinder
Lead Developer
ImpactEd Group

Mal has worked as a software developer in the education sector for many years. Alongside their work at TEP, they are also the lead developer for the Chartered College of Teaching.

Matt Bee
Full Stack Developer
ImpactEd Group

Matt has 16 years experience as a software engineer and teaches programming to primary pupils. He has worked as a public sector consultant to the Ministry of Justice & Hackney Borough Council.

Mayowa Idowu
Analyst, Social Impact Fast Track
ImpactEd Group

Mayowa has 8 years experience in the children’s tuition industry, supporting students from early years to GCSE level. She has worked in various education delivery roles and more recently within people and operations management.

Nathan Sansom
Associate
Consulting

Nathan developed policy in central government departments for 10 years, was Programme Director for the National Citizen Service, was part of the founding team at Frontline & CEO of The Access Project.

Nina Vafea
Officer, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Nina is an education specialist with experience in research and evaluation design for national research projects. Before joining ImpactEd, she worked in academia, assessing the effectiveness and feasibility of psycho-educational interventions in schools.

Robert Dickinson
Senior Manager, Comms and Marketing
ImpactEd Group

Robert joins Impact Ed from Now Teach where he helped over 850 people change career to teach. He is CIM qualified and has worked with brands such as Teach First and Oasis Community Learning.

Rosie Dammers
Manager, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Rosie has 5 years' experience as a teacher and head of department in inner-city London Schools and before this she completed an MSc in Social Policy and Social Research at the Institute of Education.

Sam Wicks
Full Stack Developer
ImpactEd Group

Sam has been a copywriter, barista and has now found his calling as a developer. He has worked in mobility, and is focused on building tech that really works for people.

Tabitha Dodd
Coordinator, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Tabitha has worked as a Project Worker for a children’s rights organisation, striving to improve the quality of children's and young people’s lives while ensuring they are seen and heard.

Thaïs Donovan
Coordinator, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Thaïs has 6 years experience working with children & young people of all ages and has also worked in behavioural research as part of a small team responsible for delivering a prominent study.

Tom Halloran
Associate
Consulting

Tom has worked & consulted on data science & analytics with Facebook, Rolls Royce & Bupa. Recently he’s built prototype projects using Open AI’s API to explore what’s possible in latest AI technology.

Tom Shirley
Associate Director of Data Visualisation
Consulting

Tom has over 10 years experience using data to inform & inspire those who work to make a difference to young people. He has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a Winston Churchill Fellowship.

Zoe May
Coordinator, ImpactEd Evaluation
Evaluation

Zoë has recently graduated with an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Sussex. Before this, she studied Psychology, focusing on self-affirmation research in higher education.

ImpactEd Group Board

John Rendel
Non-Executive Director

John is Director of Grants at Peter Cundill Foundation & was the founder of PEAS network of schools in Africa providing high-quality education to children who otherwise would struggle to go to school.

Dr Devaki Bhatta
Non-Executive Director

Devaki has extensive Board level experience within tech-based start-ups & scale-ups & has recently been recognised as one of the top 50 women in European tech by InspiringFifty Europe.

Mark McCusker
Non-Executive Director

Mark has over 20 years' experience working at the highest level of the Edtech sector, both in the UK and internationally & recipient of the Software Information Industry Life Time Achievement Award.

Patrick Caldwell
Non-Executive Director

Pat is the Chief People Officer at Send and former VP People & Operations at MetomicGlobal. He was recognised as an OUTstanding and Yahoo! Finance Top 100 LGBT+ Executive globally.

Anuprita Jagtap
Non-Executive Director

Anuprita is a management consultant with experience in the financial services sector and expertise in Operational Risk Management and Governance.

Dame Sue John
Non-Executive Director

Sue has held directorships at the Brilliant Club, DfE & Future and Teaching Leaders. She is the Chair of the South London Teaching School Hub & Charles Dickens Research School.

Russell Hobby CBE
Non-Executive Director

Russell is CEO of Teach First and former General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT). He was appointed CBE in 2022 for his services to education.

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