• Planning and delivering a hybrid home/school curriculum focused on the individual social, emotional, mental health (SEMH) and academic needs of the children• Directing and supporting the children through planned learning opportunities to work towards meeting targets derived from both the Boxall Profile and the National Curriculum, but with an emphasis on the former as a precursor and facilitator to academic attainment and progress• Monitoring progress against individual SEMH and NC targets• Guiding and supporting the children to develop their emotional self-regulation, resilience and self-esteem• Excellent communication skills evidenced with a range of stakeholders (children, parents/carers, colleagues, senior leaders, governing body, external agencies, link tutors)I am also the school’s Disadvantaged Pupils Lead, working with senior leaders to plan and review the Pupil Premium strategy, determining and facilitating the most efficient and effective use of Pupil Premium expenditure.

• Ability to engage, enthuse and inspire learners with programmes of learning across a wide range of subjects, introducing ideas and concepts clearly and unambiguously, whilst demonstrating an enthusiasm for and an interest in the learning myself• Up-to-date knowledge of national curriculum and current pedagogy, reflected in a mature, creative, flexible and learner-centred approach to education• Practical day-to-day experience of adapting activities to meet widely-differing learner abilities, needs and preferences, allowing pupils to experience success, achievement and reward in a variety of ways, both inside and outside the classroom• Thoughtful and reflective practitioner, equally at home working collaboratively and independently, with a keen sense of which style of working best suits a particular circumstance

• Attentive and astute mentoring, coaching, developing and supporting of several PGCE students, NQTs, University students, and Learning Support Assistants new to the role• Commitment to and sense of empathy for pupils from low-income families, demonstrated in extensive and sensitive provision of support and pastoral care to pupils with additional social, emotional and behavioural needs, together with their families• Successful ownership, planning and delivery of INSET training on new school initiatives to the broad range of stakeholders within a primary school setting

• PE and Sport subject leadership, action planning for school improvements, auditing, preparing Sports Funding resource allocation, designing the new curriculum, ensuring high quality delivery and coverage across the school, and championing the reversal of a trend at the school away from involvement in sport to one of active and enthusiastic engagement and sporting success• During my NQT year, working with a charity called One World Link, I was part of a team of Warwickshire teachers who visited our partner schools in Sierra Leone to collaborate and exchange ideas and methods of teaching and learning, witnessing first-hand the extreme deprivation and hardship experienced by the pupils at the schools• Strong commitment to out of school activities (organising and leading events, FilmClub, ArtClub, MusicClub, EcoClub, parent support meetings)• Experience of working under pressure to meet targets, and handling challenging environments• Experience of safeguarding issues, EAL, and children with a range of high tariff Special Educational, Emotional and Behavioural Needs

Running all aspects of own independent toy and outdoor play equipment retail business, including managing relationships with customers, suppliers, landlords, advertising media, product ranging, sales and marketing and customer service. Started selling online and from home, before setting up retail outlets at Stratford Garden Centre and Hatton Country World.

An organisation offering an innovative drug-free treatment for Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Attention Deficit Disorder. Project managing, budgeting, planning and organising whole-company resources during a period of exceptional rapid growth, including the recruitment and training of over 200 employees and the direct management of a team of 8 centre managers.

UK account manager (Toys R Us, Homebase, Mothercare) and European account manager (Vertbaudet, Vedes, Blokker) responsible for both new business generation and existing business retention, demonstrating an effective, individualised, collaborative approach bringing together customer requirements and home business objectives and targets and sustaining creative and mutually beneficial relationships.

Project leader driving innovation through new product conception and existing product development, optimising the blend of internal and external resources, meeting deadlines and revenue targets, and sustaining creative and beneficial relationships with international suppliers.