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Ονομάζομαι Χαράλαμπος και είμαι δάσκαλος ελληνικής γλώσσας. Ανήκω στην Κυπριακή Εκπαιδευτική Αποστολή στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο. Φοίτησα στο Αριστοτέλειο πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης και μετά έκανα μεταπτυχιακά στη διοίκηση σχολείων στο πανεπιστήμιο του Wolverhampton. Ειδικότητα μου είναι η διδασκαλία της γλώσσας και της μουσικής.

Teacher, GCSE and A-Level examiner

Dimitra is an experienced educator who has held teaching positions in Ofsted-rated Outstanding schools and in higher education. She served for several years as a state-appointed secondary school and college teacher in Greece and has been teaching in the UK since 2017. She specialises in Modern Greek, Classical Greek and Latin at GCSE and A-Level, as well as Classics more broadly. She also designs curricula, schemes of work and lesson plans for classical schools and educational institutions across the UK.

Dimitra holds a BA in Classics, with a focus on Medieval and Modern Greek Studies, an MSc in Modern and Contemporary History, UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), and a Diploma in English History and Freelance & Feature Writing from the London School of Journalism.

She is the author of Rebetiko & Analysis — An Educational Tool for A-Level Examinations within the UK Education System, as well as several GCSE and A-Level Greek workbooks. Alongside her teaching and writing, she mentors fellow educators, supporting them in developing effective, innovative and student-centred teaching methodologies.

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Mrs Effimia Agiorgiotaki is a qualified Primary Teacher. She received her bachelor degree with first class honours from the department of Primary Education in the Democritus University of Thrace and has worked several years in primary schools with different age groups. She is hard working and passionate about Greek language, literature and history and she wants to make sure every student achieves their full potential.

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Mrs Froso studied Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specializing in Special and Therapeutic Physical Education. She holds a Level 3 Diploma in Greek Sign Language and, in 2016, she became a qualified teacher in the UK.

In 2021, she completed a Level 3 Diploma in Special Educational Needs (SEN), further enhancing her expertise in supporting children with diverse learning needs. Most recently, in 2024, she trained as a LEGO-Based Therapist, gaining skills to deliver play-based therapeutic interventions.

Since 2022, Mrs Froso has been working as an SEN Teaching Assistant in primary schools (KS1), supporting children’s learning and development through tailored educational strategies.

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My name is Sarafi Georgia, I am 37 years old and a graduate of the Kindergarten Department of the University of Western Macedonia, Florina. In Greece I have worked as a kindergarten teacher and baby sitter. For the last 5 years or so I have been living and working in Manchester, England, from where the last 2.5 in nurseries as an early years practitioner.

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I graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2006 holding a degree in Greek Philology with specialisation in Classics. Since then, I have worked as a private tutor and supply teacher in Greece preparing students for their exams in Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Latin and History. I have also taught Greek as a foreign language for children in junior high school. I continued my studies in the University of Nicosia, holding a master’s in special education. I believe in inclusive education and continuous learning and currently I am participating in the MA program ‘Education and Social Justice’ of Lancaster University.

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Mrs Konstantina Ranou is a qualified Social Worker, having completed her studies in Social Work in Greece. During her studies, she completed placements at a KEDASY and a nursery school, gaining valuable experience working with children and supporting their individual needs. She also worked for a period at The Smile of the Child, providing support through its helpline. She currently works in England as a 1:1 Teaching Assistant, supporting children with their learning and development.

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Mrs. Maria holds a degree in Classical Philology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, graduating with merit. She went on to specialise in Special Education, completing a Diploma in Special Needs—focusing on Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, ADHD, and Autism—at the Kapodistrian University of Athens (2013). She later earned a Master’s degree with distinction in Special Education from the University of Nottingham (2015).

She worked in Greece for seven years, tutoring secondary school students in Ancient and Modern Greek and Latin, while also providing one-to-one support to primary pupils with learning difficulties. She qualified as a teacher in the UK in 2016.

Since 2020, Mrs. Maria has been working as a teacher in a Special Needs school in Manchester, supporting pupils with complex learning needs and autism. She is currently completing the National Professional Qualification for Leading Teaching (NPQLT) as part of her professional development toward middle leadership.

Mrs. Maria has extensive teaching experience across private and public settings, spanning primary, secondary, and tertiary education in both Greece and England, where she has lived since 2016. She joined our school in 2024.

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Mrs Melina holds a degree in Classical Philology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with merit. She has also specialised in Special Education by completing a diploma in ‘Special Education: Learning Disabilities-Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Mental disorders, Autism, Parental Guidance’. She holds an Executive MBA (EMBA) from the University of Piraeus with honours and finally in 2017 she was qualified as a middle leader by being awarded the National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership (NPQML). She is fluent in Greek, English, French and Spanish. She has many years of teaching experience in private and public primary, secondary and tertiary education in Greece and in England where she has been living since 2014. She is a teacher of Greek, history and geography in England, Head of sociology and psychology for Level A and GCSE courses and teacher of English as a foreign language to adult and minor students in Greece and in the UK.

She is the author of digital material for the GCSE sociology course for Seneca and she has co-authored the guide for preparing A Level pupils for their exams in Modern Greek.

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Supply Teacher

Mrs Sophia is a qualified Primary School teacher with ten years’ experience in different ages, conditions and abilities.

Enthusiastic and engaging educator who encourages pupils to achieve their full potential and parents to be part of children’s progress.

She has worked in different types of Greek primary schools and in a variety of ages from 6 to 12 years old. She has taught all of the primary lessons such as language, literature, history, maths, geography, arts and especially science. Also, she loves to involve her students in projects and work on them. She likes to build and develops professional relationships with school staff, pupils and parents.

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Ms Vanda studied Classics at the University of Athens and continued MA studies in Applied Linguistics at the University of Essex in the UK. Moreover, she completed a M.Ed at the University of Athens and she attended several seminars in SEN and intercultural education. In Greece, she was teaching for several years Ancient Greek, Modern Greek Literature, Latin, History and English as a Second Language. She was also teaching to foreigners Modern Greek as a Second or Foreign Language at a programme of the Greek Ministry of Education.

In the UK, she was working as LSA at several primary and secondary settings and she is currently working as IL at Sale High School.