Martin Coy

Martin was born in Nottingham and is originally from Grantham in Lincolnshire. He now lives in Meadowfield with his wife Rachel (who is also a teacher) and his two sons Henry and Isaac.

Martin went to The Kings Grammar School, Grantham before moving to Durham in 2002 to study a BA in Sport at Durham University. He then completed a PE PGCE to complete his training as a PE Teacher. Martin started as a PE Teacher at St. Aidan’s Catholic Academy in 2005 (with Andrew as his teaching mentor!) and during his time there he worked as Head of the PE Department and then latterly as an Assistant Headteacher. Whilst at St. Aidan’s Martin organised and was part of a large number of school trips and adventurous activities; his favourite visit was to Nepal but he also undertook trips to India and Spain as well as numerous educational visits in the UK.

In 2017 Martin re-trained as a Maths teacher and moved to Thomas Hepburn Academy In Gateshead to work as Assistant Head of Maths. During his 18 months there he was part of a brand new staff team that turned around a failing school in special measures before in 2018 Martin he joined World in order to team up once again with Andrew. Martins favourite part of working at World is developing relationships with the young people that see them develop not only their academic skills in the classroom but more importantly develops their character and enhances their life chances.

Outside of work Martin is a National List Referee. He regularly referees in EFL leagues 1 and 2 and acts as 4th official in the Championship and the Premier League. He has officiated at Wembley twice and his claim to fame is that he is on FIFA!