Employment History
2010/11 - Interim Head Sandown Primary School, Hastings, East Sussex
2010 - Interim Head Southfield Primary School, Oakham, Rutland
2009 - Interim Head Ecclesbourne Infant & Nursery School, Thornton Heath, Croydon
2007 - Interim Head of Centre, The Grove Children and Family Centre, Southwark
2005- - Director Positive Engagement (AI Consulting Ltd)
2005- - Freelance Educational Consultant & Interim Manager Head Coaching
2005-07 - Senior Lecturer/Consultant Liverpool Hope University
1997-05 - Headteacher St Paul's CE Primary School, Salford
1995-97 - Deputy Head Furness Vale Primary School, Derbyshire
1993-95 - Teacher St George's CE Primary School, New Mills, Derbyshire
1990-92 - Bradley Green Community Primary School, Hyde, Tameside
1989 - Linden Road Community Primary School, Tameside
1982-85 - variously worked as sales assistant, clerical officer, postman, factory worker
School Improvement As Headteacher
2004 - Active Mark. Sport England Award
2004 - Innovations in Scouting (Pioneering project in Citizenship & Curriculum enrichment)
2003 - Grounds for Improvement Award. NLF/Sport England & Learning through Landscapes
2003 - Healthy Schools Award
2002 - School Achievement Award
2001 - Reduced Exclusions to Nil & subsequently
1998 - WWF Curriculum Management Award. Education for Sustainability
Academic & Professional Qualifications
2004 - PhD School Leadership, Liverpool Hope University/Liverpool University
2004 - PG Cert Online & Distance Learning, The Open University
2002 - LPSH, Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers, The National College for School Leadership
1996 - MA Educational Management, The Open University
1989 - PGCE Primary, Faculty of Education, Manchester University
1988 - BA Hons IIi Theology & Religious Studies, Manchester University
Recent Continuing Professional Development
2007 - Action Learning Set Facilitation Training - Chester University
2006 - P4C Thinking Skills Trainer - SAPERE
2004-06 - EPTP - Enneagram Professional Training Programme -Trifold School of Enneagram Studies, California
2005 - NLP Practitioner (Coaching) - Coaching Leaders
2005 - Appreciative Inquiry - Anne Radford
Membership of Professional Bodies
NAHT - National Association of Head Teachers
GTC - General Teaching Council – registered Teacher
BELMAS - British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society
SAPERE -Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry and Reflection in Education