Senior Leadership Team

Areas of responsibility: Standards, Attendance and Safeguarding

What do you do within your role at the Academy?
 

When did you join the Academy?
I joined the academy in September 2020 as Head of Year 9, I took the year group through to year 11. I became Personal Development Lead in 2022 and Assistant Principal in April 2023. 

Why did you apply for your role at the Academy? 
I joined Corby Business Academy because I wanted to support the school in their pastoral provision and driving the academy from Requires Improvement to Good OFSTED. 

What is your background and experience?

• 12 Years of Pastoral leadership as a Middle Leader and Senior Leader 
• National Professional Qualification in Senior Leadership
• National Professional Qualification in Middle Leadership
• Cohort 3 of the Leadership Academy for Brooke Weston Trust
• QTLS & PGCE in Teaching Secondary Education and Post-16 Education
• 1st Class Honours Degree in Fashion Design
• Foundation Degree in Art & Design

Why did you want a career in teaching and to work in the education sector?
I enjoy helping to shape lives of young people. I am an advocate for character and personal development I believe that all young people can achieve with the right mix of academic and pastoral support, regardless of their backgrounds or needs.

Why specifically did you want to become a Senior Leader?
My passion is to share my experience and expertise of pastoral leadership to others, to support the ever-changing challenges that schools face with poverty, mental health, aspiration and resilience of young people, giving them a right to education in an environment which is inclusive and built on character.