I graduated as a Science Teacher specializing in Chemistry and Biology and went on to enhance the performance of twenty-five thousand plus young people in Barbados, Guyana, Grenada, USA and in eight schools in the UK.  Serving as a leader in the education sector, to the level of Associate Headteacher for more than twenty five years. My style of leadership has teaching and empowering others at its core. I have a systems approach to personal and work place change and firmly believe in the transformational power of a service leadership mindset.

For example when I was head hunted as the Head of Science to a struggling school in Elephant & Castle, i proposed, designed and implemented a mission to the Caribbean to recruit teachers to address the teacher shortage. Over two years twenty teachers were recruited and trained.  Over 70% of the teachers are now serving as Senior Leaders in London Schools.  One of the teachers became the first black Professor at The University of Huddersfield.

In one inner city school where I served as an Assistant Headteacher, I was instrumental in transforming the school from the least popular school in the borough to the second most popular school. The progress of the children’s achievement showed an upward trajectory over five years. My emphasis on excellence, inclusion and leadership at all levels were highlighted in the school’s monitoring reports as examples of outstanding practices.

I have lead, managed and coached over four hundred plus school leaders and beginning teachers.  I have worked through organizations such as National College of School Leadership,   Future Leaders Trust and Institute of Education.  I have empowered leaders to have the confidence to go on to take up leadership roles in and outside of the education sector.