Experience

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

  • Aug 2018 - Present


Miltoncross Academy

• Vice Principal

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Vice Principal Academic: responsible for developing teaching and learning (including performance management), raising academic standards, structuring the curriculum, and ensuring rigour in assessment through implementing the 2016 education reforms. Vice Principal Academic: responsible for developing teaching and learning (including performance management), raising academic standards, structuring the curriculum, and ensuring rigour in assessment through implementing the 2016 education reforms.



Portsmouth Academy for Girls

• Vice-Principal

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  Responsible for assessment and standards, the development of middle leadership, and curriculum. Responsible for assessment and standards, the development of middle leadership, and curriculum.



Sir Robert Woodard Academy

• United Kingdom
• Individual and Family Services

• Assistant Principal

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2014

  Responsible for teaching and learning, developing new staff, international connections, and the performance of maths and technology subjects. Responsible for teaching and learning, developing new staff, international connections, and the performance of maths and technology subjects.



Sarah Bonnell School

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Principal

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Responsible for maths, spiritual, moral, social and cultural education. Responsible for maths, spiritual, moral, social and cultural education.



Department for International Development

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Leader - Outreach and Stakeholder Relations

  • Sep 2009 - Jul 2012

  Lead DFID's outreach work in the UK including:Youth volunteering - supporting over 8000 young people experience international development work in over 26 countries;UK schools work - supporting teachers across the country through school links, teacher training and resources;UK Aid Match - DFID's scheme to match the public's donations to charity appeals;Media - encouraging and supporting film makers and broadcasters to show more development related programmes;Community groups - supporting local groups to engage with international development themes. Show less

• Head of Office

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2009

  Lead the UK government aid and development policy. Design and start projects to support Kosovo as it moved from being governed under a UN mandate to being a fully independent state. Projects included providing support to: civil service reform, centre of government decision making, the constitutional court, decentralisation, public financial management systems, and donor coordination.

• Deputy Head of Office

  • May 2005 - Sep 2007

  Leading the delivery of UK government aid and UK government diplomacy to support moves to resolve the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and establish a viable two state solution.

• Deputy head of office and education adviser

  • Oct 2002 - May 2005

  Leading education and social sector programming within wider UK efforts to support the federal Government of Pakistan, and the Provincial governments of Punjab and the North West Frontier Province. Lead on studies to shape UK aid and development policy to Pakistan in 2003.



University of Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Lecturer

  • Oct 2001 - Oct 2002

  Teaching the International Masters course, PhD supervision, PGCE tutor, international education research. Teaching the International Masters course, PhD supervision, PGCE tutor, international education research.



Department for international Development

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Education Adviser

  • Oct 1999 - Nov 2001

  Various assignments to develop and manage programmes to support and promote improved education outcomes. Various assignments to develop and manage programmes to support and promote improved education outcomes.



King's College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Jan 1998 - Nov 1999

  Lecturer in science education Lecturer in science education



Schools (Liverpool) and Universities (Malawi, London)

• Lecturer, teacher

  • Jan 1991 - Aug 1999

  Various positions as a secondary school teacher, teacher trainer, publisher, editor, education project designer, and researcher. Various positions as a secondary school teacher, teacher trainer, publisher, editor, education project designer, and researcher.



Stoke Damerel Community College

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

• Teacher

  • Aug 1997 - Dec 1997

  Science teacher Science teacher



Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi

• Lecturer and publisher

  • Sep 1994 - Jul 1997

  Leading training programmes for science teachers, running a publishing company, writing school text books for maths and science, researching science education. Leading training programmes for science teachers, running a publishing company, writing school text books for maths and science, researching science education.