Maths

Mr Adam Simson

Adam Simson completed his degree and PGCE at Bristol University. In 2004 he took up his first teaching position at a comprehensive school in the same city teaching maths and ICT. After two years he moved to New Zealand, worked in a large comprehensive school near the capital Wellington. Here he was heavily involved with many extra curricular activities and taught year 13 calculus. On his return to the UK in 2010 he joined a very exciting and innovative maths department in Westminster Academy, London. Mr Simson had many different roles within the department, including IB standard level teacher, key stage 3 coordinator and responsibility for the teaching and learning strategy. In his final year there he was the head of maths, managing a department of 17 teachers. The school was named the TES School of the year for the UK in 2013. In September 2013 he joined the Oporto British School, becoming the Creativity, Action and Service coordinator in 2014. Here he taught IB mathematics at standard and studies level an

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Mr Sonny Zimmer

BSc Mathematics (Hons).

Sonny gained a Mathematics degree from the University of Nottingham, and worked in corporate banking in Canary Wharf for 3 years before completing teacher training through Teach First in Ipswich. During his time teaching in comprehensive and private schools, Sonny has taught key stages 3,4 and 5 Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Statistics, and co-ordinated several successful entries into UKMT and International Maths Challenges.

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Mr Andrew Hills

Andrew is a Mathematics teacher who completed the Teach First teaching qualification. He studied at the University of St. Andrews for 5 years where he was a captain in the football club for 3 years. As well as teaching a range of year-groups in Maths, Andrew has also led clubs at school including football, debating and philosophy. He firmly believes that a working understanding of philosophy can contribute to mathematical fluency. 

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Mr Josh Coren

Josh studied Maths with Finance at The University of Manchester, before completing his PGCE and Masters at the University of Hertfordshire. He began his career at Watford Grammar School for Boys where he has taught up to A level for both Maths and Further Maths. During his 5 years, he took on different responsibilities including House Coordinator, Data Manager, and in his final year, Head of Maths. Josh has assisted on multiple different trips, including the introduction and running of a yearly scuba diving trip to Malta, and has run a successful STEM club for the last 4 years.

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Mr Ben Davey

After receiving his degree in Mathematics from Nottingham University, Ben completed his PGCE at Kingston University. He then taught for four years at Ranelagh School in Bracknell, England. During this time he taught key stages 3-5 and was involved in the mentoring and training of PGCE Mathematics students. In 2013 Ben moved to Sri KDU International School in Kuala Lumpur, where he taught key stages 3-5. For the last two years he has been the school CAS Coordinator and in his final year at Sri KDU he was also Head of Year 11.

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Dr Allison Plant

After several years working and studying as an actuarial trainee in Australia, Allison left the financial mathematics industry to pursue a doctorate in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. During this time she began teaching mathematics and engineering at the University of Tasmania and then at the University of Melbourne. She spent more than a decade researching and publishing mathematics, mainly in the fields of abstract algebra and partial differential equations with applications to Soliton wave equations. During this time she became more interested in mathematics education and started teaching future Mathematics teachers and began researching and publishing in mathematics education.

About a decade ago Allison moved to China to work with gifted and talented sixth form Chinese students wishing to enter Universities in the UK. While in China an opportunity arose to work in a KS1-KS5 British School and she really enjoyed the experience of teaching in this kind of whole school environment. From China she moved to Kazakhstan to work as Head of Mathematics at a prestigious British school and her passion for mathematics education across the secondary years flourished. She then spent a further three years working at the British International School of Bratislava, teaching IB mathematics to a diverse range of international leaners. Coupled with a desire to move closer to Australia, along with a strong desire to move to a school with a true focus on the whole pupil; where an atmosphere of excellence, happiness and success are truly cultivated; she made the choice to come to the British International School of Kuala Lumpur an easy one.

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Mr Alexander Biggs

After graduating, Alexander spent year as football sabbatical officer at university, which gave him time to decide that he wanted to apply for the Teach First teacher training programme. He completed his Teach First training with Nottingham University, and taught in Leicester for three years, before spending a year teaching in inner-city London. Alexander is excited for a new challenge at BSKL and immersing myself in the international teaching lifestyle.

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