Of the six schools in which I worked as a teacher and leader, three were girls’ schools.  My own education had been entirely in co-ed schools, and… Read more “The joys and challenges of supporting girls”

Growing up, the only thing I ever wanted to do was to be a teacher.  I loved my subject, English, and knew I wanted a career which… Read more “Making a choice”

In the spring of 2015, Deputy Principal Helena Marsh attended a conference called Empowering Women in Education Leadership, which brought together serving and aspiring women leaders from both… Read more “The development of #WomenEd”

School communities are made up of many different groups of people – students, their parents, teachers, support staff, leaders at all levels, governors.  These leaders will, themselves,… Read more “Us and them?”

I know this is a sensitive subject and that not everyone will agree with my take on this, but when I was a head I always found… Read more “Holidays in term time – what do you think?”

I have great respect for Sir Kevan Collins, Chief Executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, an organisation which has done some great work over the past six… Read more “Twitter – “awful, polarised, adversarial”?”

It was a pleasure and a privilege to be asked to speak at #TLCWorcs18 on Saturday – many thanks to Rachel Stevens and Andrea Taylor for inviting… Read more “Confident leadership and its impact on teaching”

I have been asked a couple of times recently if I have any advice on, or know of anything which has been written about, taking the step… Read more “Taking the step from Assistant Head to Deputy Head”

There are many women who have inspired me in the past, and who continue to do so today – and #WomenEd has been the vehicle which has… Read more “My shero”