At a glance
Masters of Education in Special Educational Needs and Disability:
Research into multisensory strategies to support memory
Article summarising the results of my research in The Dyslexia Review
Over a decade of specialist tuition from ages 8 to 18
14 years as a specialist dyslexia and literacy teacher in an 11-16 comprehensive
14 years assessing for Examination Access Arrangements
3 years assessing and diagnosing dyslexia
14 years teaching English & English literature in an 11-18 comprehensive including A level English literature. 2nd in department and head of KS3 English.
About me
Professional memberships:
Member of the Dyslexia Guild (MDG)
PATOSS (Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties)
Communicate-Ed – supporting special needs in education
Child protection:
Disclosure and barring service certificate (DBS): Enhanced disclosure issued 14.8.2012 Disclosure number: 001374669021
Updated child protection and online child safety training
Research
Masters of Education in Special Educational Needs and Disability
Memory is a complex process and a challenge my students face daily. My research focused on the use of multisensory strategies to support memory as students:
Take in information
Hold the information in their memory
Retrieve information from their memory
Use multisensory strategies independently
Transfer these strategies to other subjects
Title: An enquiry into the effective use of multisensory strategies to support SEND students’ acquisition, retention and retrieval of subject specific vocabulary to achieve independent use and transfer.
I was honoured to be asked by The Dyslexia Guild to write an article summarising the results of my research for The Dyslexia Review in their Autumn/Winter 2025 publication.
CLICK HERE to read it
Web: www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk
Guild: www.dyslexiaguild.org.uk
Level 7 Qualifications
Masters of Education in Special Educational Needs and Disability 2021-2023
Middlesex University in collaboration with Real Group Ltd
SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate 2021 (valid until 2024)
Qualification to complete full diagnostic assessments for dyslexia which were eligible for Disabled Students Allowance
Dyslexia – Professional Report Writing 2019-2020
Middlesex University in partnership with Real Group Ltd
Certificate of Psychometric Testing, Assessment and Access Arrangements (CPT3A) 2019
Middlesex University in collaboration with Real Group Ltd
British Dyslexia Association Approved Teacher Status 2012
Certificate number 1145
Postgraduate Certificate in Dyslexia & Literacy 2011-2012
University of York with Dyslexia Action
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Secondary) with Distinction 1997-1998
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire College of Higher Education
English and Special Educational Needs
Education / Employment history
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Combined Studies II:I 1991-1994
University of Durham: English Literature, Philosophy & Chinese History.
Freelance SEND tutoring Exclusively online from 2020
Age 8 to 18 dyslexia specialist tuition, KS2, KS3, GCSE English and English literature & A level English Literature. Study skills at all stages.
SEND students including students with dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD and anxiety.
Full diagnostic assessments for dyslexia with Assessment Practising Certificate 2021 to 2024 Assessing students aged 8 to 18. Writing full diagnostic assessment reports which were eligible for Disabled Students Allowance.
Specialist dyslexia & literacy teacher at 11-16 comprehensive 2012 to 2026
Study Skills extracted groups for SEND students, Read, Write Inc. Fresh Start literacy programme manager & lead teacher, Entry Level Certificate English.
Examination access arrangements assessor & coordinator.
English teacher, second in charge of English Department & head of KS3 English at 11-18 comprehensive 1998-2012
Teacher: English from KS3 to A level English literature, KS3 drama and A level General Studies. Form tutor & sex and relationships team teacher. Member of the local primary network for our feeder schools.
Teacher of English as an additional language at 14-18 Independent school 1996-1997
Teaching EAL 1:1 and small groups. Director of alternative assembly for non-Christian students.
Children in the Wilderness (CITW):
Namibia for CITW in 2003. Please scroll through the photos to get a flavour of what we got up to:
1. Recording radio adverts for Children in the Wilderness which played for years in Namibia.
2. Setting up a drama club at the SOS Children’s Village, Windhoek, Namibia in 2003.
3. Awareness raising and fundraising at my 11-18 comprehensive school to support the charity. This is the thank you banner the next CITW camp made for us to proudly display in school.
