Hannah

Having been Head of English and Director of Teaching and Learning I bring with me a wealth of experience - so you can be confident that your child is getting the highest quality tutoring experience that they can be. Since taking extended maternity leave I have a renewed passion in my subject and the determination to ensure that all students that I work with come away with academic success, a lifelong love of reading, and a considered understanding of what unites us as humans.

I specialise in rapidly improving results in a supportive, engaging way, so that your child improves in confidence as well as in their academic performance.

I am extremely passionate about education as the key to a successful and fulfilled life. I think that, within that, English is the most powerful driver to success; not only is excellent reading, writing and communication key to progress in life, the study of English encourages students to reflect on what is means to be human, develop empathy and build their cultural capital so that they can be confident in any environment that they wish to inhabit.

Availability: I am on extended maternity leave so can be relatively flexible - I can do evenings and weekends and may be able to do during the day on weekdays with proper notice.

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: Year 9 Leader
Wembley High Technology College Sept 11 –June 12
Non-teaching Head of Year in a Teach First school.

English Teacher (Teach First)
Capital City Academy Sept 12 –Jul 14
Graded outstanding on completion of PGCE
Successful completion of NQT year

Head of Key Stage 3 English
Capital City Academy May 14 – May 15
Led on teaching and learning and assessment and standards across KS3 English.

Deputy Head of Department: English
Capital City Academy May 15 – Jan 16
Formulating and overseeing a successful new KS3 curriculum
English department results boosted
Mentoring and coaching across the department

Curriculum Area Leader: English
Capital City Academy Jan 16 – Aug 17
Outstanding teaching: Delivering consistently outstanding lessons to a range of key groups within a school that is in the 10% most deprived in the country.
Leading, motivating, challenging and inspiring staff and students in order to ensure that students` life chances are not limited by their background by creating a department vision.

Director of English, Literacy and More Able
John Madejski Academy
Sept 17 - Jan 18
Outstanding teaching: Delivering consistently outstanding lessons to a range of key groups within a school that was in special measures with a student population in exceptionally challenging socio-economic circumstances.
Leading, motivating, challenging and inspiring staff and students in order to ensure that students` life chances are not limited by their background by creating a department vision.

Director of Teaching and Learning
John Madejski Academy
Jan 18 - Sept 19
I created a new teaching and learning policy, launched a system to check the efficacy of this policy and monitored teachers` progress against the aims. I presented this to a range of stakeholders and got buy in behind the vision. I held triangulation meetings with key members of staff and evaluated teaching and learning practise before designing and delivering INSET sessions to ensure that all staff were performing to their best.

Senior Consultant: English (extended maternity leave)
John Madejski Academy
Sept 19 - Present
Chiswick School
Sept 19 - Present
Line managed the Heads of English creating clear action steps to drive up performance.
Created a number of curriculum resources and led on curriculum design.
Regularly observed and coached teachers to improve their practise.
Ensured each department had a clear vision and that strategies were put in place to ensure this vision was realised.
Line managed the Literacy Coordinators to ensure that an appropriate and challenging strategy was put in place