About us
The Releasing Potential Institute was launched in 2016 to house the academic research and professional training services developed by Releasing Potential School and Releasing Potential through our work in education.
The Institute’s mission is twofold: to resource professionals through our training programmes and courses, and to impact educational and social policy through meaningful research that can make a difference to the lives of young people.
Dr Alexandra Gray
Alex heads up the Institute team and co-ordinates research within the Releasing Potential Institute. She is responsible for managing a small team of researchers, including supervision of postgraduates working on education research within (or supported by) the Institute. Her own area of research specialism is Medical Humanities; she has published widely in this area, as well as on subjects related to Alternative Education and Social Pedagogy. Alex currently delivers teaching across Level 3-7 qualifications and is course coordinator for Releasing Potential’s Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and still guest lectures at a range of institutions: most recently the University of Derby and the University of Chichester.
Dr Catherine Brennan
Catherine joined Releasing Potential in 2012 as Operations Manager of what was then a small charity. Catherine’s background is in education, having taught in secondary, tertiary and Higher Education; she has also worked for many years with vulnerable young people in a range of day services and residential programmes. Catherine’s work with the Institute involves delivering on both the NCFE Level 3 in ‘The Management of Challenging Behaviour’ and the NCFE Level 4 in ‘The Management of Challenging Behaviour in Sexually Exploited Young People’. Catherine has also contributed to the Near To School research project in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth, and is a qualified assessor for NCFE.
Mike King
Mike founded Releasing Potential in 2001 after working for many years as a teacher of physical education in mainstream schools. Mike’s vision was to find ways of working with young people who were disengaged from education, through alternative educational models encouraging self-esteem and self-reliance. Since then, Releasing Potential has grown into a much larger charity and is now also a Department-for-Education registered Independent School. Mike’s work with the Releasing Potential Institute involves internal verification on the NCFE Level 3 and Level 4 in ‘The Management of Challenging Behaviour’ to which he brings significant expertise as an educator.
Address:
Releasing Potential Institute
Unit 7 Kingscroft Court
Ridgway
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 1LS
Charity No: 1097440
Company No: 4622100
Telephone:
023 9247 9762
Email:
Institute@releasingpotential.com
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