Phillip Naylor

Phillip Naylor

Lead Online Learning Specialist

Phil has worked with the widest range of schools and groups of schools as a senior leader responsible for attainment, progress and leadership development. He has been at the forefront of online learning for the past 20 years with the National College of School Leadership, the University of Manchester and now with Best Practice Network and Outstanding Leaders Partnership, developing national leadership courses since 2003. He is fully committed to the value of a school-led system of improvement, using and enhancing the expertise of staff in schools as a key to long term improvements.

Our Team

Sally Bishop Sally Bishop
Director of the West Hertfordshire Teaching Schools Partnership and Chair of the OLP Board
Sally Bishop is Director of the West Hertfordshire Teaching Schools Partnership, part of the Aspire ...
Nick Parry Nick Parry
Director of Teaching, Learning & Leadership, The Dean Trust at Ashton on Mersey School, and OLP Board Member
Nick has taught for 25 years and over the last 10 years, he has predominantly focused on staff train...
Dr. Lynn Sampson-Chappell Dr. Lynn Sampson-Chappell
Head of Professional Partnership Development, Liverpool Hope University, and OLP Board Member
Lynn is Head of Partnership for Professional Programmes at Liverpool Hope University, working in col...
Simon Little Simon Little
Managing Director, and OLP Board Member
As Managing Director of Best Practice Network, Simon oversees a network of 150+ partners and 500+ fa...
Vanessa Macdonald Vanessa Macdonald
Leadership NPQ Lead Facilitator
Vanessa is an experienced headteacher, Ofsted inspector, facilitator, coach and subject matter exper...
Simon Lockwood Simon Lockwood
Programme Lead, NPQEL
Simon has worked in Education for 40 years as a teacher, leader and local authority school improveme...
Phillip Naylor Phillip Naylor
Lead Online Learning Specialist
Phil has worked with the widest range of schools and groups of schools as a senior leader responsibl...
Neil Gillard Neil Gillard
Director of Finance and Operations
Neil is a qualified accountant with over 25 years’ experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams...
Joanna Hawkins Joanna Hawkins
Strategic Projects and Operations Manager
Joanna has worked in education for over 10 years. Having worked across a variety of programme specia...
Chris Ludlow Chris Ludlow
Head of Partnerships
Chris is responsible for the growth of our school/ setting partnerships, helping extend delivery of ...