My role at Atlantic
As one of the Assistant Principals, I oversee the wonderful Chesil Cove House working closely with the Heads of House, tutors, students and parents to make it the supportive team that it is. I am also responsible for Careers and Personal Development and am passionate about encouraging all students to recognise their worth and potential and celebrate becoming their authentic selves.
A little about me
My degree from University of Sheffield is in Classical Music and I followed this with a PGCE in Secondary Music Teaching. I have worked in South and West Dorset schools for 32 years and feel privileged to have done so. Atlantic is a very special place to work as it is a genuine community and as an all-through academy, we truly know and are invested in each other as students, staff and the wider Portland network. Music has always been an enormous part of my life and I have been in a multitude of bands alongside teaching.
What matters to me
Students’ self-worth is really important to me: allowing them the space to find what excites them, find where their moral core is and what doors to push to open up their future. As my hero, the late, great Dolly Parton says, “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
You’ll often find me…
Tuning a guitar or ukulele, or talking through an issue with a student to show them things can always be put right.
Outside Atlantic…
I’ll be enjoying the Portland views whilst being a busy mum, a musician, a quizzer, and a knitter.
Ask me about…
How you can be involved in one of our upcoming Careers Futures events.