An English and Drama teacher, I worked as a senior leader in secondary education until 2003 before working as Director and Assistant Director of Education in two Northern councils. I then worked as an independent consultant for 7 years. Clients include a range of schools, academies, MATs and council school improvement and SEN services in Wigan, Oldham, Sheffield and Bolton, providing an external eye in school self evaluation and undertaking visits to schools to support their Ofsted preparation acting as external adviser on HTPM.
In 2015-2016 I worked as an Associate Head teacher of a secondary special school and with several other secondary, primary and special schools and academies. In the Autumn and Spring terms of 2016-17 I worked with all Bolton’s secondary schools to improve their outcomes for young people with SEND in mainstream and since April 2017, I have led Manchester Hospital School. I am one of the founding Directors of National Association for Hospital Education, (www.nahe.org.uk) and represent the sector at the DfE. I am a Director of the Manchester Schools’ Alliance (https://manchesterschoolsalliance.co.uk) and the Strategic Education Board for Manchester.
