Meet our Team

After studying English Language and linguistics, I began my teaching career over 20 years ago, working overseas in three very different countries; an experience that profoundly emphasised the importance of education for all.  

I then completed my English PGCE and developed a keen interest in language and literacy development: particularly language and literacy impairments.  As a newly qualified teacher, I led whole-school support programmes for Year 12 students struggling to acquire basic, core skills, and concurrently completed a Master’s degree in psychology and education. I specialised in dyslexia and investigated both its neurological and physiological manifestations as well as the practicalities of ameliorating those specific language difficulties in the mainstream, inclusive classroom.  

I have worked at Hethersett Academy for over 15 years as a Senior Advisory Teacher for Dyslexia, an English Teacher, Head of English, Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning and now as Vice Principal Academic. I am especially interested in raising standards for the most disadvantaged and in providing equal access to education for every student.