About Me
- B. A. Hons Music and Politics
- PGCE Music and Sport
- PGCM Marketing
- CIM Diploma in Marketing
- Ofsted Registered Inspector
- Nine years teaching experience in the secondary sector including six years as head of department
- Eight years as a secondary school inspector including six as a registered inspector leading over 50 inspections
- Six years managing a smallholding of 10 acres including three years rearing Tamworth pigs for pork and making charcuterie products such as salami, chorizo and ‘parma-style’ ham
- Five years renovating farm buildings to include many features of sustainable living such as a wind turbine, rainwater recycling, ground-source heat pump, high level of insulation, low-energy intelligent lighting, hi-tec glazing
Interests
- Green issues
- Growing, rearing and making food
- Playing violin
- Various sporting activities