Ms Reign Joy
Lady Reign Joy Olugu
Reign Academy was founded by Ms Reign Joy, who completed her master’s degree programme at the University of Hertfordshire with a commendation in International Relations. Prior to this, she had obtained Qualified Teacher’s Status (QTS) and a PGCE in Primary Education in 2008, including Coaching and Senior Leadership qualifications, and numerous other qualifications and certificates, including a BSC in Accountancy.
She worked in multicultural primary schools in London for over 10 years. In that time, she progressed from a classroom teacher with outstanding teaching, Literacy Coordinator to Assistant Head Teacher with the responsibility of Teaching and Learning. She was a Senior Lead Moderator in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, and a Senior Lead Practitioner in the UFA (University of First Age).
She has also successfully mentored NQTs (Newly Qualified Teachers) and coached new and inexperienced teachers who developed from teachers who needed improvement to good/outstanding teachers.
Ms Reign is passionate about education; seeing students learn, develop, flourish, and achieve is a dream she lives to realise. As a teacher, Ms Reign works very hard to ensure that students are given opportunities to excel. She is committed to excellence and accountability and holds herself to high standards in her work and profession. During her teaching career, she taught college students and students in primary schools. As a primary school teacher, she mostly taught students who were in the final year of their primary education, and as a result of her outstanding teaching- as graded by the Office of Standards in Education (OFSTED) and external consultants- the year 6 results progressed from good to outstanding in SATs during her years in the school. The achievements and progress her students made were notably remarkable within the educational system and on the league table, earning her school various recognitions across the boroughs and a letter of recommendation from the Minister of Education.
As an assistant headteacher, Ms Reign applied her knowledge and leadership insight to develop clear and coherent frameworks and approaches. She worked tirelessly, aiming to achieve great success with great passion, great commitment, and great expectation. The level of success she has achieved is reflected in the excellent academic achievement, enrichment achievement, and the progress her students have made in their personal and academic development.
Ms Reign has worked as a Senior Lead Moderator in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, moderating writing standards across Schools and helping in training other teachers to pass their moderation exams, she has also served as a Senior Lead Practitioner with the University of First Age (UFA), and most recently as an Access Ambassador at the University of Hertfordshire. As part of the management and leadership team, Ms Reign developed whole-school leadership experience through leading INSETS to mentoring newly qualified teachers and middle leaders. She also led on whole-school initiatives, including initiating and implementing the 6+1 Traits for Writing and Reciprocal Reading for the teaching of Reading and Writing in line with the national curriculum, reviewing homework, and implementing and reviewing the school’s literacy policy. She represented the school with outside organisations as a lead practitioner with the University of First Age and as a Senior Lead Moderator for writing and supported training teachers across the borough with training to become writing moderators.
She is currently the Principal and Learning Consultant of Reign Academy Ltd, where she is using her knowledge and wealth of experience to empower our students to become independent learners, ensuring they achieve exam success with confidence.