Originally from Bolton in Lancashire, I have worked for, in or across thirteen schools in the UK (a mix of local authority and independent schools for pupils in Nursery to Sixth Form). As a Leading Literacy Teacher for Lancashire Authority, I was lucky enough to share and develop a huge range of expertise across very different communities including training skills.

Headships of mainstream preps in Liverpool and Wimbledon, followed by a registered Special School for Specific Learning Difficulties in East Sussex, have all been a privilege and a challenge!

Managing and inspiring educational excellence is a passion of mine with provision for enabling those with special educational needs in mind: being a school governor in different settings and active member of many Senior Leadership Teams has been SO very rewarding. Recently, as Group Head of Learning Enrichment and Inclusion for six independent schools (with executive responsibility for safeguarding), I travel and work with many super teams.

I passionately believe that enabling appropriate and effective Special Educational Needs provision - removing barriers to learning that engages pupils and achieves progress - as well as effective Safeguarding, are vital for education and schools to best serve children and young people. 

Completing my Advanced Diploma in Teaching Children with Specific Learning Difficulties was helpful: recently gaining the National Crime Agency's Ambassador Certificate in Child Exploitation & Online Protection (C.E.O.P.), has been important in my development. These build upon my Post Graduate Certificate in Education with Distinction (P.G.C.E.) and B.A. Honours degree from the University of Durham.

I offer an informal S.E.N.D. Hub

for Parents and Schools:

www.facebook.com/sendandsafeguarding/