Governors

I have been working in education since 1986 starting my career in the London Borough of Bexley. After teaching at two schools in three key stages I moved to Whitehorse Manor Infants becoming the deputy in 1992 and the head in 1997.

In 2007 the school was judged to be outstanding and following that I was asked by the DfE to become a Local Leader in Education and support schools in difficulty.

In 2010, along with Jolyon Roberts who was then the head at Whitehorse Manor Juniors, I asked to become an academy sponsor and together we set up The Pegasus Academy Trust. To date we have been successful in “turning round” Ecclesbourne Primary School, Beulah Infant and Nursery School and Thornton Heath Nursery which are now judged to be good schools with outstanding features. We have been working with Cypress Primary which has now been judged as a good school.

I am a registered Manager of The Little Flower Respite home and I have over 25 years experience of working with children within the care sector. In 2006 I completed my NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and my NVQ Level 5 in care management in 2011. Doing both the NVQ Level 3 and Level 5 gave me an insight as to what is required to run a home. Over the last 25 years I have amassed valuable knowledge in relation in working with children. In February 2009 I started a contract with the London Borough of Croydon to provide respite care for high dependency physically disabled children and because of the positive experience of working with disabled children and their families, I decided to open up a small home in order to provide respite care to high dependency physically disabled children. I am looking forward to sharing my knowledge as part of the Governing Body of THNS in order to support the children and families in our local area.

I have been working in education since 1995, always working in Thornton Heath. After teaching at Beulah Infant School for a year, I became the maths leader for the school, working alongside the local education authority to promote outstanding practice in the teaching of maths across the borough. I then became the assessment leader at Beulah as well as a KS1 moderator for Croydon. In 2010 I became the Deputy Head at Beulah. I was instrumental in securing the best possible outcome for Beulah as they joined Pegasus Academy Trust in 2014 and in 2017 my leadership skills were judged to be outstanding by Ofsted. In May 2018 I gained my National Professional Qualification for Headship.

As the Head of Nursery, I am wholly committed to leading an outstanding provision for our local children and their families. I believe that THNS is a unique setting where we have high standards for our staff and children. We support every child at THNS to reach their full potential within a nurturing environment.