First Class Learning

Ed has 20 years of experience managing and expanding businesses in a variety of industries, with a current emphasis on education.
He served as CEO Europe for Cognita Schools, a renowned international group of independent campuses, before joining First Class Learning in June 2016. His portfolio included 66 schools in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Ed focused on raising educational standards and encouraging each child to go above and beyond expectations while overseeing the education of almost 20,000 students in 47 schools across the UK and Spain while working for Cognita.
Ed worked across a variety of industries in both the UK and foreign markets for the first six years of his career while working for Bain & Company, a renowned worldwide consulting business.
David is in charge of the finances as well as certain IT and marketing responsibilities.
David is our financial controller and has over 20 years of expertise in financial jobs. He was born and raised in Aberdeen and graduated from The Robert Gordon University's Business Studies programme.
Stacey co-owns three centres in West London and is a First Class Learning Center Manager as well.
Over the past 15 years, Simon's entrepreneurial instincts have driven him to create ground-breaking products to help kids with certain math learning objectives.
He has used them in his own after-school tutoring facilities, where he now works with 140 kids of different ages, including small groups in a nearby elementary school.
Simon created the hugely well-liked 3-minute maths software and website because to his significant expertise teaching mathematics and his creative use of pedagogical strategies.
The First Class Learning math programme is continually being updated and improved by Simon and his team of certified math teachers and practitioners. They also create new modules to keep up with the evolving curriculum.
David managed a training organisation that administered BTEC exams in telecommunications while working in the telecommunications business. He also taught math and English fundamentals.
Following a brief stint working on East African famine relief initiatives, David ran a successful teacher preparation programme, taught psychology, and served as a mentor for kids with special learning challenges.
He also managed three prosperous tutoring facilities in the North East.
David is a Durham University alumnus and a member of the Chartered Institute of Training and Development.
Pat helped to conceive, develop, and implement the FCL English Program as a co-founder of First Class Learning.
She understands the value of solid grammar and vocabulary knowledge in understanding language and applying it effectively and creatively because she has a degree in modern languages.
She earned her degree and became certified to teach English as a foreign language.
Pat has vast expertise assisting literacy in traditional schooling and has worked as an English and foreign language tutor for many years.
Chris assisted in the conception, creation, and implementation of the FCL Maths Program as a co-founder of First Class Learning.
Celia Stone has over 35 years of expertise as a specialist teacher of dyslexic children.
Celia has a plethora of knowledge and is a respected expert in the field of education for people with special needs.