Our Team

I am a qualified science teacher, with over 25 years’ experience, including over 15 years in senior leadership.

I’m very proud to hold the National Professional Qualification for Headship and I am currently working towards my National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership.

I have worked in several secondary schools across Greater Manchester and have gained considerable experience as a senior leader, including as a headteacher and as a system leader supporting other local schools.

My areas of strengths are: Formulating and implementing a strategic vision, school improvement and development, working in partnership, staff development and project development.

As an executive principal for Stamford Park Trust, my areas of responsibility include; school improvement and development, quality assurance, curriculum design, teaching and learning and staff development. I also chair the cross trust working groups for Teaching and Learning and Inclusion and Safeguarding.

It is a great honour to represent post-16 education on Stamford Park Trust’s Executive Leadership Team.

Being Centre Principal of ASFC is my dream role. I am passionate about sixth form education and feel very privileged to lead a team of staff who want the same as I do; to create an ambitious, inclusive, vibrant learning environment where everyone feels valued and inspired to achieve their best. It is fantastic to now be part of something even bigger than the college and to share this drive with other leaders within our Trust. I enjoy playing a key role in developing Trust-wide strategies so that, together and through our academies, we can impact the lives of more young people across Tameside.

ASFC benefits hugely from being an academy within SPT, particularly the sharing of excellent practice between our teaching and support teams and in welcoming younger pupils from the Trust family into the college for a taste of what comes next after school. My greatest source of pride comes each year when I see the impressive range of destinations former ASFC students progress into, whether this be Higher Education, degree apprenticeships or high quality employment opportunities, and now, as a member of the ELT, a sense of pride also comes from seeing young people progress successfully through our secondary schools and ASFC before going on to achieve their career and life goals.