Co-founder and CEO of School Space, Jemma has dedicated her career to helping schools in the UK generate extra income and connect with their community, Jemma is an experienced speaker on the topic of school lettings in the education system in the UK and has helped generate over £1,250,000 for the education sector. She has expertise in income generation, community engagement, growing and scaling a social enterprise, and working with schools to help them maximise their assets in a way that benefits the local community.

In Today’s Episode You Will Learn:

1. How did Jemma come up with the idea of School Space?


2. How did Jemma and her team build trust with school leaders? What tactics did they deploy?


3. How did Jemma’s adapt to the different  challenges during school lockdown?


4. Where does Jemma see the future of school space and the local community?


5. In light of remote learning, what role will schools and their physical space play in the future?

Jemma's book recommendations are:

• Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino


• A Little Life: by Hanya Yanagihara


• Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West by Catherine Belton