Head of English, Eton Universities’ Summer School: running the department on an intensive, academic ten-day residential summer school for 110 able students from state schools nationwide

1996-1997 English Language and Literature teacher, rowing coach, Cranbrook School, Sydney, Australia (on a 12-month exchange)

1997-1999 Course Director, Bell Summer School: directing the flagship course of the Bell Language Schools: a four-week residential summer school at Eton for 120 teenage boys and girls from around the world; managing thirty staff

1998-2000 Trainer at the Bank of England: teaching seminars on presentation skills to economists in the Monetary Policy Unit

2002-present Council of Queen Anne’s School, Caversham, an independent day and boarding school for 460 girls aged 11-18 near Reading, Berkshire.

• Chair of Council (since 2016)
• Chair of Education Committee (since 2007)
• Chair of Strategy Committee (since 2016)

TES award for ‘Outstanding Post-16 Innovative Provision’ (2016).

ISI inspection 2017: 'Excellent' in both of the assessed categories: the quality of pupils' academic and other achievements; and the quality of pupils' personal development

2001-2003 Series editor and author with Dr (now Professor) Margaret Reynolds of Queen Mary, London University of Vintage Living Texts, published by Random House, UK: an innovative series of 14 study guides on contemporary novels for A Level and undergraduate levels, designed to cultivate intellectual independence in readers. Each text includes an interview with the novelist. We made presentations at National Association of Teachers of English conferences 2002, 2003, 2004; Hay Festival 2002 and 2003; HMC conference for Heads of English 2003; English Association conference in Oxford 2003; Training Partnership conference in London 2003

2010-present Eton Plus: creating, sourcing funding for and leading an experiential course in emotional intelligence (chiefly teamwork, leadership and self-awareness) based on Hahnian principles, shared by Etonians and students from state schools

Evidence and Research Advisory Group, College of Teaching: reviewing and advising how the new CoT can support teachers as a profession of knowledge developers and mobilisers and can deliver White Paper Commitments to a “new peer-reviewed British Education journal.” Joint author of CoT paper Developing evidence-informed practice: engaging teachers with research (2016)

 Editorial board of Impact, the new journal of the Chartered College of Teaching, which aims to bridge educational research and practice

Contributor to World Class, a collection of essays on education by leading educators worldwide

Member of the Research Committee of the International Boys’ School Coalition, whose members number nearly three hundred schools from over twenty countries.

A forward-thinking educator, passionate and knowledgeable about innovation and having a broad view of developments in education nationally and internationally. An outstanding teacher and a specialist in evidence-informed teaching and learning. Adept at seeing the bigger picture, but with a sharp eye for detail. Clear-thinking, decisive, analytical. Energetic and self-motivated, with a track record of highly successful leadership, change management and operational management. Highly resilient. A good listener, empathetic, and experienced at creating successful relationships with diverse stakeholders across sectors. An expert in ‘character’ and in emotional intelligence, with a deep knowledge of boarding education. Experienced in strategic and business planning as a leader, as a governor and as a trustee of a variety of state and independent schools and of charitable foundations. A successful fundraiser. An excellent communicator, in demand as a speaker and trainer on innovation, evidence-informed practice and the future of education at conferences internationally, and a published author. Extremely well-connected across sectors in education.