‘Succeeding as a Deputy Head’ will be published by Bloomsbury in January 2026 and Chris will be co-authoring this with Adam Kohlbeck. A proud Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, Chris recently gained his MA in Educational Leadership (Distinction,2023) with Coventry University and the National Institute of Teaching & Education as well as being admitted as a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a Chartered Manager (CMgr, FMCI) where he also gained a Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice. In April 2024, Chris was made a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership.Chris is Deputy Head of Kimichi School in Birmingham. A small music-specialist school, Kimichi was founded by Sally Alexander MBE in 2014. Passionate about education and supporting others, Chris is Chair of Governors at Waseley Hills High School and Vice Chair at Sutton Park Primary, both schools under the Central Schools Region Trust (CRST) founded by the RSA of which Chris is a proud Fellow.As Principal of the award-winning Musical Theatre Institute of Birmingham & London (formerly BITA Musical Theatre) Chris ensures professional performing arts training to young people across the West Midlands by providing low-cost workshops with industry experts, weekly classes and the chance to apply for funding from the BITA Foundation to help with audition fees and courses. Their productions have gathered critical acclaim and sell-out performances at Birmingham REP with 'In The Heights' in July 2017 and then at The Old Rep with Jesus Christ Superstar in 2019 Chris is co-musical director of Birmingham Voices, a professional choir that has toured the UK with Josh Groban, Russell Watson and works regularly with BBC Songs of Praise. London Palladium and Christmas as the Barbican with the LCO as well as numerous concerts at Symphony Hall, The Barbican and Cadogan Hall.