About Us

Cotswold Education is a family-run business of experienced educators, based in Gloucestershire and established in 2011. We provide high quality education events and courses to support children and their parents at a range of levels, particularly specialising in grammar school entrance.

We have personal experience of the whole primary and secondary education system in Gloucestershire, including grammar school applications and school appeals. We facilitate a learning community for children, parents and educators to encourage effective and long lasting engagement. Cotswold Education is headed up by Liz Forston and Ian Todd. We have a number of tutors that help run our events.

We are very proud of the personal, friendly service we provide - so please contact us for a chat today if you need help with your child's education.

Our tutors

We have a wonderful team of talented tutors that lead our events. All of our tutors are fully DBS checked and have years of experience in the education sector, either in teaching or providing 1:1 private 11plus tuition. A first aid qualified tutor is available at all all of our events.

Meet the Team

Dr Ian Todd

BSc (Hons), PGCert HE, PhD

Ian has worked in the education and research sector all his life. He is the founder of Cotswold Education and is a retired academic. He was Head of Biology at Bath Spa University for 14 years and previously Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire. He has extensive research experience at Oxford University and Cambridge University having obtained a PhD and BSc (Hons) from Cardiff University. Ian has also personally tutored for many years and his media appearances include BBC1 One Show and BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

Liz Fortson

BEd (Hons)

Liz has also been a life-long educator. She taught in the primary sector for ten years; becoming a departmental Head of English and Primary Lead teacher. Upon marrying, Liz moved to America where she taught in Gifted and Talented programme classrooms and Special Needs. Since returning to the UK she has tutored many children for the 11+ Exam in Gloucestershire over the past nine years.

Becky Richardson

BSc (Hons), PGCE, PGCert (NASENCO)

Becky qualified as a Secondary school Geography teacher before spending some time working in the IT industry. After having her family, she returned to the education sector, working as a SENCO at two primary schools in Gloucestershire, as well as at Edward Jenner School. She has been a tutor for over 10 years, preparing pupils for the 11+ exam, as well as general primary school booster sessions. She has a particular interest in pupils with any Special Educational Need or Disability, and also enjoys helping young people who have Social, Emotional or Mental Health difficulties.

Moira Jallow-Vulart

Moira is a freelance French and Spanish tutor based in Cheltenham that specialises in creating tailor-made language training programmes for both children and adults. She is a native Spanish speaker with a degree in Modern Languages from the University of the West of England, Bristol. Moira has completed the La Jolie Ronde teacher-training following the La Jolie Ronde methodology. Prior to becoming a language tutor, Moira worked in the financial services industry for over a decade, including leading institutions such as Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters.

Jess Almond

Jess has been working in education for 4 years (since leaving University). She is a Higher Learning Teaching Assistant in a small teaching provision in Hartbury for children with special educational needs and behavioural issues. Jess loves working with different children as they all have their own personalities and interests. Due to her job, Jess excels in her patience and understanding of different children. Above all, Jess knows how to help children have fun!

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