Junior Summer School Staff

Position: Vice Principal (Operations & Development)

Qualifications: MA TESOL, DELTA

James Knott is Head of Boarding and is responsible for English Language courses at the college – he ensures all international students progress onto top ranking universities. After qualifying as an English Language teacher he taught in Russia and Sri Lanka before completing postgraduate qualifications at Sheffield Hallam University and Cambridge University. After a number of senior management positions in British Council schools in the Middle East, James returned to the UK to become Director of Studies at a language school in Salisbury. In 2014 James joined Bath Academy as Director of Studies for the English Language programmes.

Position: Director of Studies for English Language Teaching

Qualifications: BA (Hons) in Social Sciences, MA in Education and Applied Linguistics, and a PhD in Business and Social Science. He also holds a Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a Cambridge University Diploma in English Language Teaching (DELTA).

Timothy has almost 30 years of teaching experience and is passionate about language learning and effective communication. He loves helping students express themselves clearly and become confident users of English.

Before joining Bath Academy, Timothy worked for The British Council as a teacher, teacher trainer, and academic manager. He also taught English at a UK university and worked at a school in Oxford. There, he supported international students as they prepared for British universities and taught special English courses for professionals.

Position: IGCSE ESL teacher, UFP Communications Skills and Media Studies lecturer, JSS Coordinator

Qualifications: BA in English Language and Literature; PhD in Education (English Language Teaching); Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) from Cambridge: Pass A; Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)

Nataly is an experienced English language educator with almost two decades of teaching across diverse international contexts. Since 2006, she has delivered General English (GE), English for Academic Purposes (EAP), and test preparation courses (IELTS and TOEFL) to learners of various age groups both in the UK and abroad. She also worked as a lecturer at various universities, contributing to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in English language and language education. Her recent roles include teaching IGCSE English as a Second Language, Communication Skills, and Media Studies on the University Foundation Programme (UFP) at Bath Academy.

A passionate and dedicated language teacher, Nataly is also an avid language learner herself. Her personal interests include reading poetry, travelling, exploring museums and art galleries, and listening to music.

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