Outstanding teacher and leader in the British curriculum, experienced in improving outcomes at student, department and whole-school levels through data-driven practice.
🌍 Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates
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Employment🔗
Head of English, August 2023 - Present🔗
I have prepared our first GCSE cohort and laid the foundations for the next phase of expansion into A-Level, whilst improving the spiral curriculum up from Key Stage 3. I have integrated quickly and effectively with senior leadership, providing value-add beyond my department and affecting positive change across the school.
- Attained departmental Very Good rating in 2024 KHDA inspection
- Built interactive online portal to provide cross-phase data insights ahead of inspection
- Rated as an Outstanding teacher by internal and BSO inspections
- Achieved 30% increase in students attaining 120+ SAS reading scores
- Collaborated with SLT to draft and implement School and Department Improvement Plans
- Effectively managed staffing challenges to ensure consistency of high quality teaching
Head of English & Director of Literacy, August 2020 - July 2023🔗
Led a core department at a high-performing international school for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5, whilst also maintaining responsibility for whole-school literacy.
- Delivered improved outcomes across all three Key Stages
- Enabled student to attain highest iGCSE English Language mark in Egypt
- Grew department to meet expansion of school, carrying out targeted CPD to improve quality of teaching
- Coordinated successful transition from National Curriculum to IB MYP programme
- Department highlighted in reports by BSO and IB inspectors as examples of best practice
- Implemented data-driven literacy interventions to improve Reading Ages for students in KS3
English Teacher & EPQ Supervisor, August 2027 - July 2020🔗
Developed teaching practice in a challenging environment, meeting the complex needs of students in a comprehensive setting through high-quality pedagogy.
- Delivered new English Literature A-Level curriculum, achieving record number of passes
- Led whole-school CPD on vocabulary-acquisition, informed by original quantitative research
- Produced high quality resources for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5
- Coached extra-curricular debating team to regional success
- Balanced teaching duties with rigours of TeachFirst training programme
Senior Account Executive, October 2014 - May 2017🔗
- Worked across a range of international clients, including Intel, Adidas, and Amazon
- Experience in drafting copy for press releases, crisis communication, and digital content
- Developed relationships with a variety of media and market analyst contacts
Other Interests🔗
GESS Presenter, Dubai🔗
‘A Practical Guide to A.I. in the Classroom’, November 2023🔗
Delivered keynote address exploring opportunities and limitations of A.I. and Large Language Models, providing an ‘absolute beginners’ introduction on how to use them in a range of educational contexts.
Trustee, August 2022 - August 2023🔗
Trustee of charities group supporting a range of causes across Egypt.
- Scrutinised financial reports and funding proposals
- Allocated £70k of funding to causes in healthcare and education
- Carried out due-diligence inspections of funding recipients
Consultant & professional coach, January 2022 - January 2023🔗
Provided pedagogical training to teachers at charity school for refugees from war in Sudan.
- Designed and developed training programme with Principal
- Delivered multiple professional development sessions in-situ
- Provided follow-up support and one-on-one coaching to embed practice
On-screen contributor for 24 episodes, broadcast nationally in 2017 to peak audience of 6.3 million. Favourably reviewed.
Education🔗
| Best Practice Network (2024) | Institute of Education UCL (2019) | University of Leeds (2014) |
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| NPQ Senior Leadership | PGDE TeachFirst | B.A. English Literature 1st Class |
| Reigate Grammar School (2011) | A-Levels | | |
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| English Literature - A* | History - A | Drama - A | Philosophy & Ethics - A |
References🔗