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SEN Consultant, Speaker, SEN Trainer. Former SEN Head with a special passion for Autism and Mathematics

As a headteacher, I often asked people why they came to work in the morning. For me, the answer was, and is simple: I want people to be the best they can be! Regardless of disadvantage, everyone has something to offer and I have always been driven to help other people achieve that. The greatest thing for me is to learn something from someone else, because it shows me that they are becoming that best version of themselves, and when I said goodbye to my last school they presented me with a gift upon which was something I'd said so often to people in my time working with them. "I don't think it matters how old you are, the main thing in life is to always see yourself as a learner" I believe that everyone deserves the best possible start in life and I also believe that it is a massive privilege to be entrusted with the duty of giving them that start. For that to happen, teachers need to be the best teachers they can be, and headteachers the best headteachers they can be. It’s always been my driving purpose since my own days at school to want to help people achieve in the very best way possible and find ways of helping people not be overwhelmed by the pressure of modern life. That belief that we have a duty to do the best for people has always pervaded beyond the classroom, or even the four walls of whatever school I happen to be in. It also pervades betonf the taught curriculum and into the social and emotional lives and well-being of our students. So, why do you get up in the morning? #purpose #bethebestyou #vision #whywedowhatwedo

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