25 years in secondary school Leadership, including Executive Principal, Principal, Vice Principal, Deputy Headteacher, Assistant Principal, Director of Specialism and Head of Science;33 years as a Science teacher in a diverse range of settings across 4 counties;National SSAT Lead Practitioner and LP team co-ordinator;Delivered outreach school improvement by providing SLT support through National Challenge and Gaining Ground programmes;6 years as a secondary headteacher with the NPQH qualification, including 1 year as chair of a Secondary Headteachers partnership group;As Principal, I managed school growth from 780 to 1100 pupils and a school expansion build;3 years on the executive board for Teach East, The Peterborough SCITT, including 1 year as the chair;4 years on the executive board for a Teaching School;Member of the Peterborough City Leaders Forum;Trust executive lead on achievement;8 years as a primary school governor, and 8 years as governor for a pupil referral service;Interim joint primary school headteacher;Director of my Education consultancy which has included working with a local authority on city wide school improvement, and with schools as a SIP and in on-site school leadership support as a Trust Education Advisor.Other consultancy experience includes primary school partnership development work, Senior leadership team support in secondary, primary and all through alternative provision schools, Interim Executive Leadership in an alternative provision school and Trust senior leadership education advisor. I have also completed contracts on audit work for secondary schools on; safeguarding practices to support leadership development and for review purposes; Staff training on therapeutic behaviour management; Staff training on trauma informed practice.Qualified trainer for therapeutic behaviour management (STEPS)Qualified mental health first aider.Board Member for Peterborough School Behaviour Panel, advising school leaders on therapeutic behaviour management approachesExperienced independent investigation officer for disciplinary or grievance investigations and capability procedures.Leadership coach for the Ambition Institute.Trustee for Don't Lose Hope, a mental health support charity offering counselling services to children and adults