Meet
the Team

Terence is passionate about all things related to Art and has taught Art, with enthusiasm, in a variety of educational contexts and countries, most recently in Vietnam. He is happy to be here in the beautiful, and culturally rich, city of Budapest and is really enjoying working with, and encouraging, the young artists in the school. In his spare-time he is hoping to explore all the galleries and other treasures in Budapest, and in the region - his sketchbook has lots of pages waiting to record all he experiences.

Ailbhe was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. She initially attended Art College, earning a degree in Fashion Design and working in the fashion industry. A career change led to Ailbhe earning a CELTA qualification, followed by a post graduate diploma in Primary School Teaching. Since then she has lived and taught in Sweden, Ireland, the United States and now Hungary. She has worked in a range of roles from class teacher and specialist teacher to learning support and EAL teaching. The role of Drama and Art teacher is one that she finds very exciting as it allows her to fully explore the creative arts through her teaching and hopefully pass some of her love of the subjects on to the next generation.

Anikó was born in Budapest but attended school in beautiful Szentendre. She studied English and German literature at ELTE University. She lived in Vienna and Salzburg in Austria where she enjoyed the kindness of people and the picturesque countryside. She worked as a teacher in the UK where she ran courses about Hungary. She had a marvelous time in the UK working and travelling. Back in Budapest she became an English camp coordinator. She also worked in a German school as a secretary. Afterwards, Aniko joined a Hungarian state school teaching English and German languages.

She missed the international environment so Aniko was happy to join Britannica in 2010. She loved teaching primary children working as a Teaching Assistant, a German and an Art teacher.

Aniko was on maternity leave 2014-2021 raising her beloved children, Botond and Boróka. She is excited to come back to Britannica working part-time in Year 6. She enjoys reuniting with colleagues and being part of a dynamic international community.

She loves making jewelry, sport, singing and going on trips with her family and friends.

MA, ELTE-BTK, Budapest, Hungary, Teacher of English Language and Literature with TEFL qualifications

MA, ELTE-BTK, Budapest, Hungary, Teacher of Hungarian as a Foreign Language

MA, ELTE-BTK, Budapest, Hungary, Teacher of Hungarian Language and Literature

After graduating from ELTE, Borbála started working in private language schools teaching English and Hungarian as foreign languages. She worked for the Chinese-Hungarian Bilingual School in Budapest for four years, where she got attached to Chinese culture. After giving birth to her two children, she came back to work in 2013 to join the Britannica team as a teacher of Hungarian. Borbála likes bouldering, joga and hiking, and she loves everything about languages, gastronomy and crochet.

Kornelia was born and raised in a small town in the south of Hungary and moved to Szeged after completing her first degree to start working as a language teacher for various language schools and companies, and completed her Master's degree first in teaching Hungarian Literature and Language then in teaching English as a foreign language. During these years, she had the chance to work with a wide range of age groups from teenagers to adults. She then worked for the Hungarian Army as a coordinator and interpreter for military exchange programmes for three years. In 2014 she moved to Berlin to further her career as a teacher and started working in an international kindergarten and nursery with children between the age of one to seven. She also completed a three-year professional training to become a certified educator before moving to Budapest. Kornelia is very happy to be a part of the team here at Britannica International School. In her free time she loves reading, translating short stories from English to Hungarian, travelling and learning languages. She is also fond of theatre, including small alternative theatres, and mindfulness.

Imola graduated form Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary as a primary school teacher. After a few years of teaching, she had the opportunity to travel to England and further improve her English. She started working in a nursery in Notting Hill, then as a teaching assistant and later on as a teacher in a Special Needs School in London. Having greatly enjoyed her time in London, she spent more than 10 years there.

After moving back to Budapest she worked as an English teacher in a language school. Imola is still keen to learn and is interested in exploring different ways of teaching, and is lucky to have found Britannica, joining the KS1 team in August 2021.

Imola enjoys travelling, getting to know new cultures and also being out in the nature, especially in the mountains. She has a great passion for teaching, and believes 'it takes a big heart to shape little minds'.

Sophie was born in Normandy, France. She studied English at Rouen University. As part of her degree, she spent time in North Wales, fell in love with it and still visits as often as she can. That time sealed her decision not to return to live in France. She completed her Master's, part of which took her to Colchester, Essex, where she stayed for the next 26 years, gaining her Teaching Qualification in 2000. Her love for travel has brought her to Budapest and she is looking forward to travelling through Eastern Europe while she lives here. Sophie enjoys cooking, spending time with friends and family and singing. She was part of a major choir in Essex, who recorded albums at the BBC Maida Vale studios in London. Sophie loves animals and has kept chickens, cats and dogs.

BA (Hons) in M.I.L.A.R.S. (Modern Iberian and Latin American Regional Studies), King’s College, University of London

PGCE in Modern Languages with QTS – Institute of Education, University of London

MSc in Neuroscience – University of Barcelona

Vanessa grew up on the island of Gran Canaria, surrounded by beautiful beaches, dramatic lava landscapes, palm groves, deep ravines and the gentle character of the softly spoken Canary islanders. She eventually moved to the UK where she studied languages and literature at King’s College London, spent a summer studying and the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and then worked as a freelance lecturer at various colleges in London and Newcastle. As well becoming a trained languages teacher and teaching in a variety of secondary education schools in the UK, Vanessa has also worked teaching GCSE Spanish in corporate settings. She is a certified and experienced life and business coach, which led her to set up her own coaching school in Spain, and work for a variety of local government as well as private enterprises, coaching CEOs and their teams, whilst at the same time bringing up her son in the same beautiful setting she had enjoyed in her youth. Vanessa is an open water swimmer who loves family life, reading, writing, improv theatre, travelling, mindfulness meditation and learning languages. She was over the moon to be offered the chance to teach at Britannica International and is loving the experience both at the school and in Budapest.

Hannah grew up on the outskirts of London, and studied Coaching with Exercise and Sports Science at Manchester Metropolitan University Cheshire, before completing her PGCE in Physical Education a few years later at the University of Greenwich. Her first teaching position was in Ashford, Kent where she stayed for many years and trained to teach Mathematics as a second subject too. Hannah has taught both PE and Mathematics to IGCSE standard, along with A Level PE. She has taught in the UK, Egypt and Kenya prior to coming to Hungary. Hannah's passion for sport started at a young age with competitive gymnastics, which also, at the age of 14, provided an opportunity to train as a coach for the younger children. Her love for anything that allowed her to be physically active and the fulfilment she got through coaching led into her career in teaching. Hannah has competed at a very high level in cheerleading and rugby union, both taken up as an adult, however her commitment is now much more recreational. She continues to enjoy being physically active and will try most sports.

Kyna grew up in Northumberland, in the north of England. She studied Sport and Exercise Science at university, where she completed her dissertation on how AI can enhance physical education, before going on to achieve her PGCE with QTS in Secondary Physical Education. Kyna has competed at county level in both football and swimming and enjoys extreme sports, with a strong passion for skateboarding, bouldering, and surfing. She has completed coaching badges in both football and dodgeball, alongside gaining her Level 2 Fitness Instructor and Level 3 Sports Massage qualifications. Kyna also holds a Level 2 qualification in Understanding Autism, supporting her inclusive approach to teaching and learning in PE. Beyond PE, she enjoys travelling and has a strong interest in art.

MA Physical Education, Physical Education University - Budapest, Hungary

BSc Swimming Coach, Physical Education University - Budapest, Hungary

WORLD AQUATICS International referee

MA Computer Science, Eszterhazy Karoly University - Eger, Hungary

Before Andras completed his first Master's, he moved to Australia to study and finish his diploma project. Upon returning home, he started his teaching career in a Bilingual School. Besides his regular physical education teacher tasks, he was a class tutor and swimming instructor. He spent three summers in the United States as a swimming teacher and waterfront director, and also won the Erasmus+ working experience programme twice, which he spent in England. After twelve years, Andras decided to develop his career and moved to his first British style International School in Hungary, gaining a wealth of experience in teaching the UK curriculum as a PE and swimming teacher and also got an opportunity to teach in the IB-MYP system. A couple of years later he decided to study again and completed his second Master's as a Computer Science teacher. Andras is glad to be teaching at Britannica since 2022. His passion is lifelong learning and his aim is to lead his students along this path too. He has two little girls at home, so his free time is quite limited but occasionally Andras loves to play cricket and is keen to be a pilot in a flight simulator.

Excited to join the Britannica team, Liam is a fully qualified Swim England, and IOS (Institute of Swimming) level 2 swimming teacher, specialising in teaching beginners from ages 4 years and up. He has been teaching swimming for 9 years and has taught children in England, Spain and Hungary. His lessons are always kept fun with a relaxing atmosphere, tailored towards motivating the children to fully engage in the activity.

BA, ELTE-TOK, Kindergarten teacher

Helen Doron English teacher

After finishing high school, Emese moved to London to improve her English language knowledge for a year. Upon returning to Hungary, she had the opportunity to work in English-language kindergartens. She realised that she really enjoyed combining her English with her profession, so she began working as a Helen Doron teacher. Emese joined Britannica as a librarian and is thriving in an international environment where she is able to learn more about other nationalities, cultures and different ages of the children's interests while also motivating them to foster a love of reading. Her interests include reading, sports, singing, and going to the theatre.

Lili comes from a beautiful small village in the Hungarian countryside, Jászfényszaru. She has always shown a keen interest in biology, human anatomy and all things medical related. Her other area of interest was babies and children, so she wanted to find a happy medium between becoming a doctor or a kindergarten teacher. This led her to pursue a degree in nursing at Semmelweis University, to become a District Nurse (védőnő) and she is delighted to have joined the team here at Britannica after having successfully obtained her qualification. Sport was always a big part of Lili's life, doing rhythmic gymnastics and competitive cheerleading for many years, and winning a lot of great championships and competitions with her team.