Our Team Leaders

Dr Anna Smith

Head of The Dyslexia Guild 

Anna has worked with us at Dyslexia Action for over 10 years, she is a lead psychologist on the Postgraduate programmes and manages the Assessment Practising Certificate Review Team.

 Gill Cochrane

MEd in Professional Practice in Dyslexia and Literacy & Level 5 Specialist Teacher Programme Lead

Gill has worked in the field of education for over twenty years. Gill writes and researches on the teaching of literacy and mathematics. She is a lead developer on the Dyslexia Action Literacy Programme.

Lesley Binns

Lead Tutor Specialist Teaching Courses

Lesley is the Lead Tutor for our specialist teacher training programme at Level 5 and Level 7. She is also one of the lead developers on the Dyslexia Action Literacy Programme.

Jan Beechey

Librarian and Dyslexia Guild Administrator

Jan is a qualified librarian and manages the Guild Library. She is also the central administrator for Guild Membership and Assessment Practising Certificates.

Nicola Margand

Dyslexia Action CPD Programme Lead

Nicola began as a distance learning tutor in 2000 with the Hornsby International Dyslexia Centre and since 2005 with Dyslexia Action. She became CPD Lead Tutor for marking and moderation in 2012 and in 2022 combined this to take on the role of DA CPD Programme Lead.