Heather McNaughton

Biography

Heather McNaughton joined the civil service over 20 years ago doing a variety of roles at the Ministry of Defence. Working as a jobshare with Caroline Pusey, she delivered transformational change to modernise the terms, conditions, support policies and services for the Armed Forces.

Heather and Caroline moved to the Department for Education (DfE) in 2018 as the joint Directors for Teaching Workforce and additionally took on responsibility for the National Tutoring Programme in 2022.

They are now Directors for Teachers and Tutors within DfE, having served as joint interim Director General for Schools Group from March to May 2023.