Meet our Associates

I enjoyed teaching music in both primary and secondary schools in both Scotland and England from 1988. My first leadership role as Head of Arts was when my interest in the impact of leadership began, leading to 12 years of senior leadership and most recently currently 7 years as Principal in a large comprehensive school on the outskirts of Cambridge.

My passion for school improvement led to study for a Master’s in Education at Cambridge in 2012 to investigate whether engaging in evidence- based research benefits school improvement. This work led to opportunities to work alongside the Cambridge Faculty of Education and Kazakhstan education system in a joint initiative between schools in UK and over the past 10 years we have led and developed successful teacher training and leadership workshops for Kazakh city schools.

Completing the ILM (lev 5) qualification allows an in-depth understanding of the skills and behaviours related to effective coaching. Through experience of coaching senior leaders in Primary and Secondary sectors both in the UK and Internationally it is evident to see the impact coaching has on developing a positive culture, allowing reflective communities to flourish.

Having worked in education for over 20 years and as a senior leader for 10, my career has been based on investing in people, in the futures of children and in the development of staff.

As an ILM Level 7 qualified coach, my passion is to help you find confidence in your abilities, to make careful and accurate decisions, to achieve high levels of self-awareness and to realise your full potential through reflection and discussion. My role is to help you to see that you hold the solutions to your own challenges.

Having coached in a variety of contexts and having established a strong coaching culture in my school, I have seen the impact this approach has both on an individual and on an organisation.