At Jigsaw Harpenden our team is the heart of everything we do. Full of energy, creativity, and care, they bring every class to life with passion and professionalism.
Leading the way are our school managers Katie and Alexis. With years of experience between them, they make Jigsaw Arts a ‘Place to belong’ for all our wonderful students.
Our incredible teaching team are all professionally trained, DBS checked, and between them have a wealth of Performing Arts experience. Most importantly, they’re here to help every student grow in confidence, creativity, and talent, while having lots of fun along the way!
Meet our Team
ALEXIS: Our incredible Manager. She is the smiley face that warmly welcomes you to our school each week. Alexis makes sure our school runs like a well oiled machine with fun, safety and high quality Jigsaw classes at the heart of it all! Alexis is also a Jigsaw mum to Teddy who is in our 7-18’s sessions!
GEMMA: Gemma teaches our gorgeous Jigsaw Jumpers clases for 12 months – 3 year olds and she teaches both singing and drama to our 7-18 year olds. What a talent! Gemma trained at the prestigious Mountview Theatre Arts in London and has performed as a lead vocalist on Silver Sea Cruises.
LILY: Lily teaches our super cute 3-4 year olds Performing Arts! She loves inspiring our little ones. A fun fact about Lily is that she is exceptional at ice skating – you should see how fast she can spin on the ice!
MADDIE: Maddie is our Harry Potter obsessed 5-6’s teacher! Our students absolutely adore the fun she brings to Jigsaw each week whilst getting the very best out of each child. Maddie is an amazing commercial dancer – she trained at “Dancebox studios’!
ELLA: Ella assists with Jigsaw Jumpers and is our wonderful Main School (7-18’s) dance and drama teacher. Ella trained at ‘WIlkes Academy’. Ella loves to watch live theatre shows and concerts. She enjoys sharing her passion and knowledge for musical theatre with the next generation of talent here at Jigsaw!
GRAINNE: Grainne assists our 3-4’s classes with Lily and is also our superstar cover teacher! Grainne was born in Ireland, trained in Dublin in ‘acting and appeared in “Call the Midwife”! Our Manager Alexis also starred in this TV show too!
ALEX: Alex is our Performing Arts assistant – she gets stuck in each week encouraging our students and making sure our little ones have a helping hand in their sessions. Alex is in sixth form at KWS and enjoys all aspects of the Performing Arts!
KATIE: Katie is our school owner and mum to Luther (5), Daphne (4) and Lyra (18 months) and all three attend Jigsaw Harpenden every Sunday. They absolutely love their sessions and Katie finds so much joy in seeing her children grow in confidence from term to term with their amazing teachers Lily, Maddie and Gemma!
We love seeing our students thrive at Jigsaw and we look forward to welcoming you if you’d like to trial Jigsaw and give it all a go! CLICK HERE to check our trial availability for Summer 2026!