Profile
Chartered Physicist and general scientist with deep expertise in CPD, teacher education, education technology, safeguarding, SEND, and school leadership. Textbook and learning materials author for international publishers including Pearson, OUP, and the Institute of Physics. Founding member of Exeter Mathematics School — one of two pioneering state-funded specialist mathematics schools in England. Passionate about inspiring and diverse physics education and fostering gender and social equality in STEM. Currently teaching to an international science curriculum in the Seychelles. CPhys, MInstP.
Experience
Teaching physics, chemistry and biology to the international science curriculum at Grand'Anse Praslin.
Consulting on curriculum design, leadership and educational outreach for clients including the Institute of Physics, European Space Agency, and NASA. Textbook and resource author for Pearson, OUP, IoP, Boardworks and Soundbite Learning.
10 years leading teaching and learning, MIS migration, timetabling and behaviour. Previously Designated Safeguarding Lead, SENCo, Attendance Lead, Pastoral/Welfare, Boarding, Careers, and lead for the Exeter Maths Certificate (high-level project-based learning).
Set up and ran the Physics department from scratch in a new selective sixth-form college.
CPD projects including international and national remote teacher education, national and regional in-person CPD conferences, content authoring, editing and fact-checking, and school-based physics coaching.
Scheme of work and resource production to support teaching and learning using the Hodder A-level physics textbooks for multiple exam boards.
Teaching physics to years 9–13 and all sciences to years 7–8. Led projects on improving gender balance in STEM and assessment for learning in the science classroom.
Part-time secondment designing and running STEM outreach projects, enterprise days and applied learning experiences in partnership with industry.
Writing scripts for GCSE physics podcasts and general science blog posts.
Authored interactive teaching content.
Responsible for all extra-curricular activities including clubs, societies and academic clinics. Teaching physics, ICT (ECDL) and chemistry to ages 11–19.
Teaching physics and general science to years 11–18.
Teaching physics and general science to ages 11–19, plus outreach to primary schools and coordinating physics education.
Special engineering projects. Machining and fabrication in a range of materials.
Optoelectronics research and outreach work as part of the Lightwave Roadshow.
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