{"id":96,"date":"2025-02-16T14:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T14:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primegradient.co.uk\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:48:26","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/primegradient.co.uk\/index.php\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"96\" class=\"elementor elementor-96\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5e553e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a5e553e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a8e47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-twitter-feed\" data-id=\"41a8e47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"eael-twitter-feed.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \n        <div>\n            <div class=\"eael-twitter-feed eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47 eael-twitter-feed-masonry eael-twitter-feed-col-3 clearfix\" data-gutter=\"10\" data-posts-per-page=\"\" data-total-posts=\"10\" data-nomore-item-text=\"\" data-next-page=\"2\" >\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"clearfix\">\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <style>\n            .eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47.eael-twitter-feed-masonry.eael-twitter-feed-col-2 .eael-twitter-feed-item {\n                width: calc(50% - 5px);\n            }\n            .eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47.eael-twitter-feed-masonry.eael-twitter-feed-col-3 .eael-twitter-feed-item {\n                width: calc(33.33% - 7px);\n            }\n            .eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47.eael-twitter-feed-masonry.eael-twitter-feed-col-4 .eael-twitter-feed-item {\n                width: calc(25% - 8px);\n            }\n\n            .eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47.eael-twitter-feed-col-2 .eael-twitter-feed-item,\n            .eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47.eael-twitter-feed-col-3 .eael-twitter-feed-item,\n            .eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47.eael-twitter-feed-col-4 .eael-twitter-feed-item {\n                margin-bottom: 10px;\n            }\n            @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 992px) {\n                .eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47.eael-twitter-feed-masonry.eael-twitter-feed-col-3 .eael-twitter-feed-item,\n                .eael-twitter-feed-41a8e47.eael-twitter-feed-masonry.eael-twitter-feed-col-4 .eael-twitter-feed-item {\n                    width: calc(50% - 5px);\n                }\n            }\n        <\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce9e5a e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ce9e5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-554666e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"554666e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/primegradient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Headshot-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-112\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primegradient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Headshot-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primegradient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Headshot-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/primegradient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Headshot-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/primegradient.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Headshot.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca75c0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca75c0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Neil Crumpton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>B.Eng. (Hons) C.Eng. MIET MInstLM MCCT MASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Neil is an experienced educator and consultant with over 21 years of experience in the field of education, specializing in Science and Computer Science. With a robust background in teaching Physics and Computer Science, he has dedicated 16 years to inspiring students in the classroom and 5 years to enhancing educational practices through consultancy. His current work focusses on curriculum development, teacher training and cross-curricular STEM education.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Neil has worked with STEM Learning and The National Centre for Computing Education; he is an ENTHUSE coach, STEM Ambassador and facilitator for Science and Computing.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Having started out as a real-time embedded software engineer in Telecomms R&amp;D Neil was involved in the development and implementation of ADSL and Fibre to the Home.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Alongside all of this he tutors, runs a geeky gift and clothing company and is a scout leader.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cd2ef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cd2ef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0cm; 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color: #808080;\">Dale has worked in education since 1996 in maths and computing.\u00a0 He has been a classroom teacher, head of department and local authority advisor, he worked for the National Strategies as a consultant and has been a Subject Matter Expert and Hub Lead for the National Centre for Computing Education.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\">Having led school improvement strategies in computing infrastructure, curriculum delivery and staff training his dedication both in and out of the classroom has inspired students and staff alike.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 0px; 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