Meet the Primary Professional Mentors.

Discover more about our talented team of Primary Professional Mentors below.

Vicotria Knight

Victoria Knight

After qualifying as a teacher in 2005, Victoria worked at a Church of England Primary School in Swadlincote for several years before moving schools to become Assistant Headteacher with the responsibility of assessment and English. Victoria has been a successful mentor with the John Taylor SCITT for three years as well as being a classroom teacher at Shobnall Primary School. In 2019, she led wellbeing across the John Taylor Multi-Academy Trust through a secondment. Victoria is passionate about initial teacher training and this year she has been a Professional Mentor which she has really enjoyed. She has also completed her NPQSL this year as she is always looking for ways to improve her practice!

Vicki has been a teacher for ten years, specialising initially in Early Years as an exceptional practitioner before moving into senior leadership and teaching within KS1 in addition to supporting various local schools in the development of their staff team and curriculum. She completed an English in Education Undergraduate Degree at the University of Birmingham before completing her PGDipEd at the same establishment. After four years of teaching, Vicki returned to UoB alongside her teaching role to complete her Masters in Education specialising in Speech and Language within the Early Years. Vicki is passionate about making learning exciting, relevant and accessible for every child and strives to support learners in understanding that there are no limits to what they can achieve with a little aspiration and hard work!

Victoria Williams

Justine Bramley

Justine has been teaching for over 11 years. She began her practice in Early Years but has since focused on teaching in Key Stage 2. She is currently subject leader for Science at a local primary school. Previous roles have also included RE and Collective Worship lead. Throughout her career, Justine has enjoyed mentoring for initial teacher training programmes, including working with JTSCITT most recently. Justine has a particular interest in supporting teacher development and is currently studying for the NPQ in Leading Teacher Development.
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