Career
I've spent over 20 years working in education - as a playworker, primary school teacher, and leader of technology education organisations.
I have a fascination with what education looks like when it's creative and joyful - when children are playing, making things, and finding meaning.
I built Code Club from a small volunteer network into a national movement, led product at FutureLearn, and am now interim CTPO at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, where I help young people learn to make things with digital technologies.
I believe in being led by my values, and aim to forge a life and career where I don’t compromise them!
Education
I hold an MA in Sociology of Education (Distinction) from the Institute of Education, UCL; a BSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics; and a Primary PGCE from Goldsmiths.
My Master’s dissertation focussed on teacher experiences of implementing mobile phone bans in secondary schools.
Extracurricular
In my spare time, I run a Code Club and am a parent governor at my daughter’s school.
I’ve been in a few bands, including a metal band called Ex People and an indie-pop band called Internet Forever. I also used to organise shows and run a small DIY record label.
I like to read & lift weights at the gym.
Books I've Read 📚My values