Catherine has developed prompts for governors to consider as guidelines rather than fast rules. She shows how to hold colleagues to account while respecting the boundaries between strategic and operational. Finally, to make sure that governors are able focus on having as much impact as possible in the time available.
A former senior leader and Director of a Teaching School with nearly two decades of experience in education, she is an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association and serves on its Secondary Committee. She writes and speaks widely on curriculum, leadership, and history education, provides bespoke support to schools and trusts, and collaborates with major exam boards in the UK and internationally. Catherine also advises on curriculum development at government level in several countries.
She has strong governance experience, currently serving as a pupil premium link governor, and chair of an education committee, with over ten years of work with governing bodies as a senior leader.
