About Me

Having started out as a secondary teacher I moved in to working in specialist contexts, including off-site provision for youngsters excluded from school or at risk of custody. I've spent most of my career establishing and managing behaviour support services for schools and services across the pre-school - KS4 age range.

My last LEA post was Head of the Integrated Support Service at Merton in south London. This involved my co-ordinating services for sensory impaired, learning difficulties, behaviour support and provision for excluded and hard to place children.

For the past eight years I have been working around the country, teaching, training, consulting and advising. An important part of my own development has been training as a Transactional Analyst in the field of education. I am a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (TSTA) that involves offering specific training and support to trainees. In addition I have a Masters in School and College Management, Post-Graduate Diploma in SEN and a Masters in English Literature.

A crucial development in the past three years has been moving from London to rural Suffolk. Most importantly I now run a smallholding which has a wide range of livestock and requires a high level of commitment. I am also the primary carer of our four children and consequently my availability is both limited and subject to the demands of the farming year.