18 years’ proven track record of successful senior leadership roles in curriculum and quality in further and higher education. I work directly & through the top senior leadership agencies. Senior, strategic and operational quality improvement across all SSAs from entry level to HE, including student-facing services, whole organisation strategy (English, maths, behaviour and tutorial) and apprenticeship operation / quality. I have demonstrable experience of improving individual and team performance and culture.I have vast experience of OFSTED inspections [preparation, support during and following inspection] with demonstrable evidence of grade improvements. Senior Curriculum Leader RolesCURRENT: Executive Director Learner Services - Hull College• ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL [Bishop Burton & Riseholme College Jan 22–Feb 23]• FACULTY LEAD [New College Swindon: Sep 18-Feb 19]• DIRECTOR OF FACULTY [Harrow College: Aug 14-Jan 15]• DIRECTOR OF FACULTY [West-Thames College: Sep 12-Jun 13]• DIRECTOR OF FACULTY [College of Haringey, Enfield & North East London: May 11-Jun 12]• ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL [Hereford College: Sep 10-Apr 11]Apprenticeship Leadership Roles• FACULTY LEAD & APPRENTICESHIP CONSULTANT [TCG: Feb 20-Dec 21]• APPRENTICESHIP CONSULTANT [The Henley College-2-month assignment in 2019]• DIRECTOR: FACULTY/CONSULTANT APPRENTICESHIPS [Hull College: Feb 19-Jul 19]Quality Consultant / Director ALS / English & Maths • CONSULTANT ENGLISH & MATHS [TCAT: Feb 16-May 16]• CONSULTANT MATHS [Oldham College: Mar 18-Aug 18]• DIRECTOR ENGLISH & MATHS [Wakefield College: Jan 17-Oct 17]• DIRECTOR ENGLISH & MATHS [Mid-Cheshire College: Jan 16-Feb 16]• DIRECTOR ENGLISH & MATHS [Tameside College: Aug 15-Feb 16]• DIRECTOR ENGLISH, MATHS, ADDITIONAL LEARNING SUPPORT & LEARNER JOURNEY [Stafford College: May 14 - Jul 14]• CONSULTANT ENGLISH & MATHS [Havering College: Sep 13 - short term quality review]• DIRECTOR ENGLISH, MATHS & ALS [Croydon College: Sep 13-Oct 14]

Providing the strategic leadership of: • Safeguarding• Prevent• Admissions and Recruitment• Careers• Mental health• Information, advice and guidance• Tutorials• Enrichment• Pastoral support• Additional Learning support• Cross College pastoral / welfare / EDI and Safeguarding training• SEND / EHCP / Looked After learners and Care leavers• Financial claims, budgets and settlements related to learner services

Interim Group Director of Quality and Data of the forth largest college in the UK, reporting to Principal. Responsible for leading on all aspects of the quality assurance cycle across the Group’s individual college sites.

Senior quality roles at Pearson, including: Principal Standards Verifier: (Jul 2012 - Aug 2016) - responsibility for the quality of internal and external assessment for all SSA9 BTEC qualifications (L1 - 5) being delivered within the UK and internationally. Responsible for senior standards verifiers, all standards verifiers and external examiners. ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT REVIEWER: from 2017 – present: Ensuring that BTEC HN centres are fit to deliver Higher National qualifications meeting the QAA Code of Practice and OfQUAL requirements (UK, international). Ensuring that risk assessments are carried out to confirm that providers meet all regulatory and quality requirements for running Pearson qualifications. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS VERIFIER: from 2013 - 2021: Working directly with and overseeing international centres seeking approval to run higher national diploma provision, carrying out centre risk assessments, training delivery teams and carrying out external scrutiny within the Art, Design and Media vocational landscape. Frequent and regular quality risk-assessment, training and external examiner visits to centres within China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dubai, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Vietnam and Switzerland.

Member of the senior management team reporting to the Principal. Portfolio of responsibility included the strategic leadership and operation of all student-facing services:• Oversight of 100+ staff• Responsibility for £3M budget• Designated safeguarding leadKey Achievements• Implemented the English and maths improvement strategy, including all staff upskilling to level 2 skills in English and maths – recognised as a centre for excellence as a result (https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED498604.pdf - page 5)• Improved all information learning technologies and use in lessons• Embedded English and maths within each curriculum area• Modernised the Learning Resource Centres• Improved tracking of ALS and ensured no claw back each year by designing a bespoke data management system• Implemented the safeguarding strategy within the college• Improved the tutorial programme to cover all personal development issues• Implemented the behaviour improvement strategy with excellent results• Vastly improved a longstanding budget performance issue by transferring (through tupe) the in-house nursery to a private nursery provider – without interrupting service

1 year funded government initiative to improve Skills for Life across further education colleges in the UK. I worked with a number of SMT of FE institutions to develop sound Skills for Life Management strategies.

Managed people and provision in Skills for Life, Basic Skills, ESOL, Key Skills, ALS. Taught IT (database design, spreadsheets, office products) and web design (up to level 3) and computing in art and design. Built the information learning technology platform for the Art School, which gained an Outstanding grade at OFSTED.

Manager of Level 2 Art and Design provision and teacher of visual studies, computing, level 3 information technology / web design and printmaking.Contributed to the Art School gaining an Outstanding OFSTED outcome.

Teacher of animation, web design, art, design, printmaking and visual studies on the BA (Hons) Graphic Design programme and 16-19 provision. Achievements: improved and widened the curriculum offer, achieving above national average pass outcomes with clean internal verification.

A self-employed freelance illustrator / designer producing illustrations for national TV and newspapers.Clients: BBC (TV programme opening titles), Guardian newspaper, Richard Burbidge, Hay on Wye Festival of Literature, Craig-y-Nos National Park