Thank you, Liverpool, for a fantastic #MathsConf41 and thank you to everyone who attended my workshop, Revision Reimagined: Core Concepts, Connected Maths, Better Outcomes. I had such a fantastic da...

Heading to Liverpool for #MathsConf41! 🚆📚 Sat here reading Legacy by James Kerr on the journey… what an incredible book! I have already written down so many quotes and ideas, and I am only a quarter ...

Today marked my first official day as Director of Maths and what a way to begin! 🎉 Running CPD for more than 60 maths colleagues across CELT certainly brought a mixture of nerves and excitement! 😱 I...

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“Pretty poverty" Such a powerful way to describe the reality of life for many families in Cornwall. To the outside world, Cornwall is beaches, beautiful villages and summer holidays. But behind that...

My first MEI Conference... and words cannot express how much I was blown away by the experience!!!! I've been to many conferences over the years, but there was something special! The willingness of ...

🏅 Marathon complete! 🏅 Yesterday, I completed the Cancer Research Big Hike along the Jurassic Coast – my first ever marathon-distance challenge. The weather may have been a little grey, hiding much ...

Today I had the pleasure of spending time with the fantastic team of Maths Leads from across CELT. Although I've worked with many of them before, it was exciting to come together in this new context ...

💛 Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week 9 - 15 February 💛 In education, it is easy to become consumed by outcomes, progress and performance. Those things matter but they NEVER matter more than the...

💫 Performance improves when people feel heard I’ve spent the past few weeks at Penrice holding our Learning Development Conversations (LDCs) and I’ve been reminded how powerful it is to pause and ge...

💛 World Mental Health Day 💛 Days like today are an important reminder of why conversations about mental health matter. They encourage us to talk with our young people about looking after themselves, ...

💫 We celebrated Open Evening in style — and what an incredible team effort it was! This was the largest event I’ve had the privilege to organise, and it wouldn't have been possible without my amazing...

🌟 Active listening is a superpower. Most of us don’t use it. 🗣️ Too often we listen to reply, not to understand. In leadership, coaching, the classroom, or personal life — that small difference chan...

Strong teams create strong schools 🏫 ✨ A new academic year always feels like the start of a marathon – full of plans, projects and energy. But amid the pace, the most important work we do is with p...

Some milestones deserve more than a quiet celebration – they deserve to be shouted from the rooftops 📣🎓 This week, Mya Johns officially graduated with a BEng in Motorcycle Engineering 🏍️⚙️ – enterin...

✨ New Chapter, Same Me — Just Braver! ✨ I’m so excited to share that I’m stepping into an exciting new professional challenge: I’ve officially started my Level 5 Coaching Apprenticeship qualification...

Welcome to my Diabetes UK One Million Step Challenge page! I’m stepping up for Diabetes UK this summer to support the 5 million people in the UK who live with diabetes, day in day out. And you can too...

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Starting my travels to the Complete Maths Conference for tomorrow! 🌟🌟🌟 Feeling a mix of nerves and excitement – but I guess that’s just a SINE of the times 😅 The train is fast approaching and with t...

🕰️ Spent the day weaving ideas together (pun fully intended! 😉 ) as I finalise my workshop for the Complete Maths Conference next weekend — and I couldn’t be more excited! 💡 My session, “Weaving M...

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The planned and purposeful journey: Connecting the Concrete to the Abstract

🧭 Leadership That Resonates Just came across a post about the true essence of leadership and really felt that I had to share this. Leadership isn’t about titles, authority, or being the loudest voi...

🔁 Sharing this because it stopped me in my tracks. So often, we talk about change, leadership, and progress—but real impact happens when everyone is seen, heard, and valued. This post reminded me why...