simon education
David Simon is an author and educationalist. He is the author of the Genius
series that includes the best-selling books How to Unlock Your Child’s Genius
and How to Unlock Your Genius Using Black History. He co-founded Simon Education
in 1987 which has gone on to support over 6000 African-Caribbean families in the
UK. He has won numerous awards as an educationalist and a novelist/poet,
including the Peterloo Poetry Award. He is also the founder of Black Book
Festival, an annual event to promote Black writers globally. David’s other
publications includes: Secrets of the Sapodilla (1986), the play Mountaintop
(1987) which was nominated for the London Fringe Awards, the novels Garvey’s
Last Soldier (1999) and Pastor Pastor (2019). The company currently runs a
publishing house, an online school and provides teacher-training to schools in
Africa and the Caribbean. Leonora Simon-Bleasdille has worked as a scientist for
over 35 years and taught students at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. She
co-founded Ebony Supplementary Saturday School, now Simon Education, where I
taught English, mathematics, science, and Black history for over 35 years. Nneb
Akpom-Simon has worked in supplementary education for 30 years; tutoring and
coaching children, young people and parents. She is also an equalities
specialist and has worked in Higher education for over three decades. Simon
Education (Ebony Education Community Interest Company) is a registered company.
