I am an early years specialist educator, currently working as a senior lecturer at the University of Cumbria on ITT programmes. After classroom teaching I held many early years leadership roles in education, including: head teacher of an infant school; head of an under-fives centre (B-5); early years advisory teacher for three local authorities; tutor on the Early Childhood Studies degree at London Metropolitan University, governor of a nursery school and on the management committee of a children’s centre. I also worked nationally for QCA as a moderator on the EYFS Profile and after this, as an independent early years consultant, before taking up my current role.
PGD Early Childhood (Froebel, Roehampton, Surrey), FHEA
HEA
The role of Play in early years education
Assessment in Early Years education
Bilingualism and ethnic minority achievement in early years
Listening to children
Agency, identity and children's rights
The Early Years Foundation stage in the Primary School in Cooper and Elton-Chalcraft (2021) Professional Studies in Primary Education, 2021
Preston cluster 'The Wonder of Boys' project with Ros Bailey
Early Education Steering Group
Early Education Consultant
