I have worked in education for three decades, with school leadership experience spanning primary and secondary education across mainstream and special schools. As a teacher, I taught in predominantly high-achieving comprehensive schools and was an Advanced Skills Teacher, and then later a National Leader of Education providing support to schools and school leaders. I have worked as a leader in local authority-controlled schools as well as large multi-academy trusts. I vehemently believe in the power of multi-academy trusts to improve academies by sharing of knowledge, skills and capacity so that we can provide the best possible education for our children. I am deeply committed to ensuring that teaching is a sustainable and rewarding profession and that our children have equality of access to opportunity.
