Experience

St Catherine's School, Bramley

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Academic Mentoring

  • Sep 2021 - Present



HSDC Alton

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Learning Manager

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  In my role as Learning Manager I lead the SEND and Learning Support provision within our college. Our curriculum offer in Foundation Learning goes from Entry 1 to Level 1 offering vocational and life skills courses for young people with EHCPs or those who for many reasons, have not completed school with Level 2 qualifications. Learning Support is open to any student across the campus who has a learning difficulty or who is struggling with their studies. We support students right up to Oxbridge Entrance level. I lead a team of 50 staff including teachers, specialist teachers, LSAs, administrators and others who all work together to encourage, support and motivate our students to be the best that they can be and to be happy and successful. This provision at Alton has grown and grown over the last 10 years and we now have nearly 100 students with EHCPs. I regularly represent the college to external stake holders including the local authorities and other professional organisations. I am very proud to have contributed to the success of our area and the recent 'Good' judgement at our 2020 Ofsted.



Alton Coll

• Head of Learning Support

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2019

  In this role I led the learning support provision within our college for students with learning difficulties such as dyslexia and autism on courses at every level across the campus from Entry Level to Level 3. I led a team of specialist teachers and assessors as well as a growing team of learning support assistants. I developed systems and process to ensure our service was accessible for all and efficiently run. In order to ensure a smooth transition to college from school I set up a summer term transition programme for new students working closely with feeder school SENCOs. Every student using our service had a bespoke programme of 121 or small group sessions of study support and mentoring. I led the access arrangements provision, carrying out individual assessments and submitting these for examination board approval through JCQ. I provided whole staff training on different learning difficulties and represented the college to stake holders including leading and attending annual reviews for students with EHCPs. I led and advised students on the Disabled Students' Allowance and transition to university, apprenticeships and employment.



Alton College

• Specialist teacher for students with learning difficulties

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2017

  I started this role in September 2012 having become increasingly interested in the area of learning difficulties. I was privileged to teach in a 121 capacity with students who had diagnosed learning difficulties or who were struggling at college. Each student brought with them a unique set of challenges and many skills and qualities too. It was my job to assess their needs and design a programme of intervention to enable them to make progress, develop their self-esteem, resilience and ultimately to succeed. During this period I undertook some key training in two areas: teaching and supporting students with communication and language difficulties and psychometric testing and access arrangements assessment. The latter qualification enabled me to carry out examination access arrangements assessments as well as whole college screening of new students. I became particularly interested in teaching students with autism and developing their understanding of social skills as well as their understanding of themselves. This area of work fascinates me and it has been incredibly satisfying to observe the impact it has made on the young people I've worked with.



Barton Peveril College

• Teacher and course leader for Performing Arts

  • Jan 2000 - Aug 2012



Calthorpe Park School

• Head of Drama

  • Sep 1995 - Dec 1999



Glenthorne High School

• Teacher of English and Drama

  • Sep 1993 - Aug 1995