Professional practice
Our educators bring active experience from stages, studios and creative projects into every learning space.
Meet the team
Practising artists. Purposeful educators.
Meet the people who turn professional creative experience into generous, age-appropriate learning.
Browse the profiles to learn more about the experience and teaching approaches represented across our team.
The Arts Foundry teaching team
The people behind our purposeful arts learning.
Explore the professional experience, specialist practice and educational thinking that our educators bring to The Arts Foundry as one team.
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Sherri Ashlee
Founder, Actor & Teaching Artist
An actor and teaching artist who creates welcoming drama experiences grounded in play, confidence and self-expression.
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Ahmad Khaliq
Music Educator, Producer & Sound Designer
A practising musician, producer and ensemble coach who connects classroom learning with real creative work.
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Dinesh
Music Educator, Inclusive Practice Specialist & Multi-Instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist and inclusion specialist who builds adaptive pathways for learners with different strengths and needs.
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Joel Low
Drama Educator, Actor, Singer & Voice Coach
A professional actor and voice coach who brings psychology-informed mind, body and voice practice into drama learning.
View full profile ↗What guides our team
Creative experience, translated into student growth.
Our educators meet students where they are, then create authentic ways for them to think, listen, perform and work together.
Accessible entry points
Activities are shaped so students with different experiences, strengths and abilities can participate meaningfully.
Confidence through contribution
Students grow by taking a role, making choices and recognising how their contribution supports the group.
Collaborative habits
Rehearsal and creative play develop listening, communication, adaptability and shared responsibility.
Our teaching community is growing
More artists. More ways for students to connect.
We are getting to know experienced music, drama and production specialists whose practice may complement future school programmes. New profiles will be introduced here once the right fit and engagement are confirmed.
We are currently meeting
- Music educators
- Drama practitioners
- Production specialists
Bring experienced teaching into your school
Build a programme students can own.
Tell us about your students, timetable and creative goals. We will shape a practical starting point together.