Marie-Anne Lerègle is Director of the LWA ITT and Assistant Headteacher in charge of ITT and Induction in Lampton School. She has a Master’s Degree in Finance, a PGCE and NPQSL. She has been working with trainees and newly qualified teachers for almost two decades. She was also the managing director of the LWA Teaching School from 2017 to 2021 where she devised extensive CPL programmes for schools across West London. Marie-Anne is an MFL teacher, having taught French from Years 7-13.
Dr Richard Branch works on ITT curriculum development. He is a science teacher at Lampton School, and a member of Visiting Staff at the UCL Institute of Education, where he conducts research on formative assessment in physics. He also works with the LWA Teaching School to support local primary schools with their science provision. Previously, Richard was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University, where he pursed research in biophysics and supported undergraduate and graduate students in laboratory courses.
Emily Giles is the lead for trainee selection and trainee support. She is an English teacher and KS4 Lead in English at Lampton School, and has been teaching there for 8 years. Previously she taught in Essex and fulfilled various roles within her subject including Deputy Subject Leader, KS3 Lead, KS5 Lead and Gifted & Talented Coordinator. Emily’s role in the LWA ITT programme is to support and encourage trainees into what she believes is the best job in the world - teaching! - and to ensure the highest quality candidates are recruited into the programme.
