Mark has been an educator for 15 years, working with learners both in the UK and internationally. Mark’s roles in education have included being a Head of Secondary and IB Coordinator along with being a lead teacher of Geography and Humanities in several institutes. Mark is a Chartered Geographer with the Royal Geographical Society and work and supported many governmental and non-governmental organisations in countries such as Portugal, India and Germany. Mark’s enthusiasm and for independent inquiry and technology spurred him on to help co-found Flyp Academy. Supporting students to take ownership and control over their own learning is a real passion of Mark’s, and he looks forward to seeing the Flyp grow and evolve in an ever-changing learning environment to meet the needs of all its learners.

Sebastian is a fully qualified teacher with over 10 years private tutoring experience, over which he has taught, supported and inspired hundreds of students across thousands of hours of lesson time. He has taught both A-levels and GCSEs as well as the IB (International Baccalaureate Diploma) and younger year groups, including KS2, KS3, 13+ and 11+, and common entrance exam preparation. He has experience teaching the following exam boards: AQA, Edexcel, CIE, OCR and WJEC. Seb has worked as an AQA examiner, giving him first-hand experience with the exam technique required to get high marks in exams. Seb has been working as a Geography teacher in independent as well as state schools in and around London for many years, teaching GCSEs and A-Levels as well as KS3. Finally, he has tutored Geography on an international level in South Korea and Kenya.