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Ofsted HMI pen portraits

Updated 25 October 2024

Applies to England

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East Midlands

Children’s social care

Nick McMullen, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Nick is a qualified and registered social worker. Before joining Ofsted, he held a number of senior management positions in local authorities, managing children’s social care services. These included operational management and lead roles in service improvement and quality assurance. After joining Ofsted, he gained several years’ experience as an HMI leading on local authority inspections. Since becoming a Senior HMI he has been the quality assurance manager for a large number of ILACS as well as being operational lead for Joint Targeted Area Inspections. Nick also continues to occasionally act as a team inspector on ILACS.

Rebecca Dubbins, HMI, children’s social care

Rebecca is a qualified and registered social worker. Prior to working for Ofsted, she gained operational and management experience across many areas of social work. Rebecca has significant experience as a senior manager leading the delivery of children’s social work services in a Local Authority. Her key responsibilities were to manage and successfully lead the improvement of services for children and families from the initial point of contact (including out of hours) to those who were in need of support and protection, and those cared for and previously cared for by the local authority.

Rachel Griffiths, HMI, children’s social care

Rachel is a qualified social worker, registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council. She holds a Master’s and a Diploma in Social Work. Rachel has experience of inspecting and leading inspections of local authorities, Cafcass and regulated services, predominantly children’s homes. Before moving to Ofsted, Rachel worked for a number of years across a broad range of children’s services, including reception and assessment, children in need, looked after children, adoption and fostering, and court proceedings, before taking up employment with Cafcass as a family court adviser.

Sophie Wales, HMI, children’s social care

Sophie is a qualified social worker, registered with Social Work England. She holds a professional qualification in Social Work and has a postgraduate qualification in Leadership and Management. Sophie has worked extensively across a wide range children service’s departments including early help, assessment, child in need, child protection, children in care, leaving care and provider services. Sophie has also worked as a Children’s Trust commissioner for health and social care. Before joining Ofsted, Sophie most recently worked as a senior manager in a number of local authority areas.

Further education and skills

Emma Woods, HMI, further education and skills

Emma is a qualified teacher with a degree in English Literature and a Master’s in Business Administration. Before joining Ofsted, she was executive director for curriculum and quality at a very large further education college. Emma has senior leadership experience across various curriculum areas and provision types. She has extensive experience of curriculum management, quality improvement, higher education and student support services. Her subject specialisms are business, leadership and management.

Julie Ashton, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Julie is a qualified teacher, has a law degree, a postgraduate qualification in Education and an MBA. Before joining Ofsted, Julie had a long career within the further education sector as a senior leader in a variety of further education colleges. She began her career by teaching in a school and then a sixth-form college before finding her vocation in the post-16 sector. She has worked with most curriculum teams during her career, including working with teams in prisons and specialist colleges. Her last role was as deputy principal in a large further education college. She is responsible for a team of HMIs based in the East Midlands region.

Nicola Brady, HMI, further education and skills

Nikki is a is a qualified teacher holding a Master’s degree in Education. Prior to joining Ofsted she was employed as executive director for further education quality enhancement at a university. In this role Nikki was responsible for the quality of education across a range of vocational programmes, including 16 to 19 study programmes, apprenticeships and adult learning provision. She has extensive curriculum management and teaching experience within further and higher education, in addition to managerial experience for safeguarding, and English and mathematics. Her subject specialisms are sports science, education and psychology.

Russ Henry, HMI, further education and skills

Before joining Ofsted, Russ held senior management positions in further education colleges, focusing on curriculum quality, teaching and learning, performance management and continuing professional development. He is a qualified teacher with postgraduate qualifications in Computer Science and Management. Russ has extensive experience in leading inspections of further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and independent learning providers. He also leads the further education phase of initial teacher education inspections.  

Sarah Houghton, HMI, further education and skills

Sarah is a qualified teacher. She holds a degree in Equine Science and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. Before working for Ofsted, Sarah gained extensive senior management experience within both a large general further education college and, prior to that, a specialist land-based provider. She was responsible for the management of curriculum teams and quality of education across a wide range of vocational provision including apprenticeships, 14 to 16 vocational provision, 16 to 19 study programmes and higher education.

Saul Pope, HMI, further education and skills

Saul is a qualified teacher with subject specialisms in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) and functional English. He also has a level 7 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Diploma and a Master’s degree. He has worked as director of quality in a further education college. His responsibilities included quality assurance, self-assessment and teacher development. As well as general further education for adults and young people, Saul has experience of offender learning. As a curriculum lead at Ofsted he has led a variety of project activities, such as on ESOL, artificial intelligence and young offender institutions.

Vicki Locke, HMI, further education and skills

Prior to joining Ofsted, Vicki worked as a deputy principal responsible for curriculum design, quality improvement, learner experience, English and maths, and higher education. Vicki worked in senior management curriculum and quality roles in general further education and, at the same time, served as an Ofsted inspector. She also has extensive teaching and curriculum management experience within land-based education with an equine subject specialism. She is a qualified teacher, holding a certificate of Education in post-16 education and a first-class degree in Education. She also holds professional equestrian coaching qualifications including British Horse Society Instructor accreditation.

Early years and childcare

Jude Simpson, Senior HMI, early years and childcare

Jude is a qualified teacher. Before working for Ofsted, she gained management experience as a senior local authority advisor for early years and primary schools. In this role, she worked closely with individual departments and providers to raise achievement. She has also worked as a regulatory inspector and senior officer for Ofsted.

Sarah Gilpin, Senior HMI, early years and childcare

Sarah Gilpin is a qualified early years practitioner with extensive senior management experience in registration, inspection and enforcement work. Previous responsibilities include leading on quality assurance and delivering national training for early years inspectors. Prior to joining Ofsted Sarah worked for many years in maintained nursery provision.

Maintained schools and academies

Anne Maingay, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Anne is a qualified teacher. Before joining Ofsted she worked at a senior level in secondary schools, most recently as head of school. Anne has worked within primary and secondary schools as an improvement consultant for several multi-academy trusts. As a director of a teaching school, she had a regional responsibility for the Teaching Schools Council initiative on pupil premium reviews. Anne’s particular areas of interest and expertise are supporting pupils with SEND, the management of behaviour and inclusion, the development of teaching and learning, leadership and management, and science.

Caroline Poole, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Caroline is a qualified teacher with more than 30 years’ experience working in the primary sector. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and, before working for Ofsted, she was a headteacher and an executive headteacher with a track record for school improvement. Caroline has expertise in small schools and the teaching of English, religious education and geography. She has a keen interest in outdoor learning.

Chris Davies, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Chris has a Geography degree, a postgraduate qualification in Religious Education, a Master’s in Educational Leadership and Management and the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before joining Ofsted, Chris gained extensive senior leadership experience, including a long-standing headship and multi-academy trust leadership. He is a qualified teacher with experience of teaching religious education and geography, having worked as teacher, department leader and senior leader in a range of secondary schools in different contexts. He is an experienced inspector across primary, secondary and independent schools, initial teacher education, ECF and NPQ frameworks.

Christine Watkins, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Christine has a background in school leadership, most recently as headteacher of a large primary school. She has also served as a primary school special educational needs coordinator. Christine’s areas of interest and expertise are leadership and management, English, early years, and special educational needs and/or disabilities in the mainstream setting.

Claire Stylianides, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Claire is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. She has extensive senior leadership and management experience, particularly through her 12 years’ experience as a headteacher of 2 primary schools. Before becoming an HMI, Claire was also an Ofsted inspector for 6 years. Claire has expertise in curriculum development and assessment, computing and early reading. 

Damien Turrell, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Damien is a qualified teacher, holds a National Professional Qualification for Headship and the Professional Qualification for School Inspectors. Before joining Ofsted, Damien worked in schools for 27 years, most recently as executive headteacher in an academy trust. Damien also worked as an additional inspector for 6 years and has inspected schools across the age range. He has expertise in leadership and management and in curriculum development.

Dave Gilkerson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Dave has 15 years of teaching experience in secondary schools and a further 7 years in senior leadership. He has been a head of department, a headteacher and an executive headteacher over a group of 13 schools. He has held teaching and learning leadership roles, and until 2021 he was the senior leader for school improvement for a large group of independent alternative provision schools. He has provided school improvement consultancy nationally, managed in-school alternative provisions and supported the alternative provision quality framework for a local authority. Dave has been involved in initial teacher training, training both primary and secondary trainees. He has expertise in the development of teaching and learning, special educational needs and/or disabilities and the management of behaviour and inclusion. He has extensive experience of inspecting specialist settings, independent schools and leading Area SEND inspections.

David Carter, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

David is a qualified teacher. Before working for Ofsted, he held various curriculum and senior management roles in schools, including that of headteacher. He has worked as a local authority adviser and school improvement partner. David has significant experience of working with schools causing concern, as well as brokering and commissioning support to schools. He has expertise in leadership and management, mathematics and the arts.

Deborah Mosley, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Deborah is a qualified teacher. Before joining Ofsted, she was vice-principal at a large city secondary school. She has worked in a number of schools, holding a range of responsibilities including leadership development, the curriculum, initial teacher training and the provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Deborah inspects across all phases and has experience in leading inspections of independent and special schools.

Hazel Henson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Hazel is a qualified teacher who also holds a Master’s degree in Education by Research and the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior management experience as the headteacher of a number of primary schools in rural and urban settings. She has also worked as a consultant for the local authority, the diocesan board of education and the Church of England.

Jayne Ashman, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jayne has extensive experience of working as a schools HMI. She inspects schools within the primary and secondary phases. Jayne is also an experienced inspector of teacher development. Before her role as an HMI, Jayne worked as a school improvement professional within an academy trust. She has worked at a senior level in local authorities and schools.

John Spragg, HMI, maintained schools and academies

 John is a qualified teacher with a secondary school background. Before joining Ofsted, he worked in leadership roles in a number of schools. As an HMI, John inspects primary and secondary schools. John’s subject specialism is mathematics and his areas of expertise include curriculum development and assessment. He has a Master’s in Education.

John Young, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

John is an assistant regional director. He has oversight of the operation, management and delivery of the schools and further education and skills remits in both the East Midlands and East of England regions. He manages a team of 10 Senior HMIs. He is a qualified teacher with a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Management and has postgraduate Diplomas in Child Development and Educational Psychology. John has huge experience of inspecting primary and secondary schools, local authorities, teacher education providers and pupil referral units. His expertise is in evaluating leadership, teaching, and pupils’ achievement. Before joining Ofsted, John gained leadership experience as the director of a specialist college, assistant headteacher and faculty leader. He was also an inclusion consultant to the Department for Education. John is a member of the Academy Delivery Leadership Group and the deputy chair of the wellbeing of staff and leaders external reference group.

Kirsty Norbury, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kirsty is a qualified teacher and has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before joining Ofsted, she gained substantial experience as a headteacher in 2 primary schools, with her most recent headship at a large, diverse school. Kirsty has supported school improvement in primary schools and has been a governor at an alternative provision. Kirsty’s particular areas of interest and expertise are in supporting pupils who speak English as an additional language, the management of behaviour and inclusion and teaching and learning.

Mark Anderson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Mark is a qualified teacher with extensive leadership experience in maintained and academy schools. He has significant experience as a headteacher in both small and large schools serving rural and deprived areas. He has worked in multi-academy trusts at director level, as well as serving as a local authority advisor overseeing the performance of schools in 2 districts. He has experience in school improvement and expertise in leadership and management as well as physical education. Mark holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

Matthew Fearns-Davies, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Matthew is a qualified teacher and specialist leader in education who has held subject and whole school leadership roles in 3 secondary schools. He has significant experience of leading within initial teacher education consortia as well as holding responsibilities for continuing professional development. Matthew has undertaken national and international school-based research and development projects, making presentations for policy makers, professionals and academics. His publications include school textbooks and articles in academic journals. He has particular expertise in curriculum design and has a Master’s degree in Education.

Paul Halcro, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Paul is a qualified teacher and has taught mathematics in secondary schools. He holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has a Master’s degree in Education. He has held subject leader and senior leader positions in a range of schools and academies. He has extensive experience of leadership as a deputy headteacher and as a headteacher, including leading schools in challenging circumstances. He has served as a governor in 2 primary schools and as a trustee for a multi-academy trust.

Rachel Tordoff, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Rachel is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership and Management. Before working for Ofsted, Rachel worked in 3 large 11 to 19 schools in the secondary sector, holding a range of senior leadership posts with responsibilities for sixth form, curriculum, personal development, behaviour and safeguarding. Rachel served as an examination board subject adviser, with expertise in geography. She inspects primary and secondary schools.

Rakesh Patel, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Rakesh is a qualified teacher with experience as a senior leader in a large secondary comprehensive. His responsibilities included raising achievement and curriculum development. He also had the role of specialist leader of education. In this role, he quality assured the provision for initial teacher training and induction of newly qualified teachers for a large training provider. His subject specialism is computing and he leads inspections in both primary and secondary phases.

Roxanne Fearns-Davies, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Roxanne has held a range of secondary school leadership positions. She is a qualified teacher and has extensive experience of leading initial teacher education and early career teacher development. She has worked with primary and secondary schools as a transition coordinator and as a specialist leader of education. Roxanne has expertise in religious education, initial teacher training and has published on educational issues. She has served as a governor in a primary and secondary school. Roxanne has a Master’s in Education.

Shaheen Hussain, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Shaheen is a qualified teacher and, before joining Ofsted, she was an additional inspector for several years. She previously worked as an assistant head in a large primary school.  Shaheen’s areas of expertise include early years and special educational needs and/or disabilities in the mainstream setting. She also has expertise in leadership and management and curriculum development.

Shaun Carter, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Shaun is a qualified teacher with a background in primary education. He has held several senior leadership roles as assistant headteacher, deputy headteacher and most recently, as a headteacher. Shaun’s areas of interest and expertise are leadership and management, curriculum development, English and physical education.

Simon Hollingsworth, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Simon is a qualified teacher and holds a National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, he gained extensive experience in senior leadership in secondary schools. In his most recent post, Simon was deputy headteacher with responsibility for raising achievement and developing the curriculum in an 11 to 19 school. Simon has expertise in leading inspections of schools, including independent schools.

Vic Wilkinson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Vic is a qualified teacher, holds a National Professional Qualification for Headship and the Professional Training for School Inspectors. Before joining Ofsted, Vic was an additional inspector. He has worked as an education improvement adviser for a local authority. His responsibilities included quality assurance, advising and supporting schools in strengthening the quality of leadership and management including safeguarding, and in curriculum design. He has expertise in raising the achievement of disadvantaged pupils. Vic has extensive experience as a headteacher in 3 schools serving areas of significant deprivation.

East of England

Children’s social care

Kristen Judd, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Kristen has over 30 years’ experience in social care including 21 years in inspection and regulation. Kristen has extensive experience inspecting regulated provisions for children and young people, including several years of senior management experience in registration, inspection and enforcement work. Kristen is a registered social worker and has a Master’s in Inspection and Regulation.

Margaret Burke, HMI, children’s social care

Margaret has extensive experience of working within local authority children’s social care and education departments. She has worked as a frontline child protection and family support social worker and manager. Previously, Margaret spent many years leading and managing a range of services at a senior level, including early years and children centres, early intervention/help, children’s assessment services, children in care and specialist children’s services. Margaret is a qualified and registered social worker and has a BA (Hons) in Social Science specialising in social work and an MA in Social Policy and Administration.

Russel Breyer, HMI, children’s social care

Russel is a qualified and registered social worker with a Master’s in Social Work. He has extensive senior management experience across local authority children’s services, with experience in the areas of child in need, child protection, children and young people with disabilities/SEND, and quality assurance. He is also an accredited national assessment and accreditation system (NAAS) practice leader. Before joining Ofsted, Russel was director of a children’s improvement partnership, delivering a DfE partners in practice programme on behalf of a large local authority.

Early years and childcare

Kirsty Mulvaney, Senior HMI, early years and childcare

Kirsty is the assistant regional director for the East of England region. She is a qualified early years practitioner with extensive senior management experience in registration, inspection and enforcement work. Previous responsibilities include leading on child protection and safeguarding arrangements, quality assurance projects and the development of Ofsted’s regulatory work.

Sarah Gilpin, Senior HMI, early years and childcare

Sarah Gilpin is a qualified early years practitioner with extensive senior management experience in registration, inspection and enforcement work. Previous responsibilities include leading on quality assurance and delivering national training for early years inspectors. Prior to joining Ofsted Sarah worked for many years in maintained nursery provision.

Further education and skills

Georgina Ager, HMI, further education and skills

Georgina has worked as a vice principal in a large further education college group, where she led several college campuses with a broad range of further education provision. Georgina has expertise in educational strategy and curriculum design across 16 to 18 study programmes, adult provision and apprenticeships. She also has considerable experience of higher technical provision and overseeing higher education within a further education context. Georgina was previously an Ofsted inspector and holds a Master’s in Business Administration.

Jules Steele, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Jules is a qualified teacher and holds an MBA. She has extensive experience in the sector, holding vice principal and senior management posts in general further education colleges. Jules was seconded to the standards unit, and strategically managed the Ofsted contract for post-compulsory inspections for an inspection service provider. Her inspection experience includes all key judgement areas and provision types in colleges, sixth-form colleges, independent training providers and adult learning.

Mark Care, HMI, further education and skills

Mark is a qualified teacher for the further education and skills sector. Before joining Ofsted, Mark held a variety of positions in further education and skills, ranging from lecturer to director. He has teaching experience within the motor vehicle and engineering sectors, is a qualified assessor and verifier, and has managed, taught and assessed work-based learning programmes. Mark has significant experience in the apprenticeships sector and has worked extensively with employers and other stakeholders in the skills sector. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Education (management), as well as trade qualifications in automotive engineering.

Michael Worgs, HMI, further education and skills

Michael has extensive senior leadership experience within the further education sector. His area of subject specialism is science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). He has experience teaching mathematics, ICT and science and has managed a broad range of vocational and academic 16 to 19 study programmes, apprenticeships and adult learning provision. Michael’s particular expertise is in curriculum development and improving the quality of teaching, assessment and curriculum. Michael has a Master’s degree in Education Leadership and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education.

Penny Fawcus, HMI, further education and skills

Penny is a qualified teacher and has taught in the further education sector for many years. Before becoming an HMI, she was an Ofsted inspector and held senior management positions in large general further education colleges. She holds a level 7 qualification in strategic leadership and management and has curriculum expertise in beauty therapy, remedial massage, personal and group fitness training. Penny has extensive experience of curriculum design and management as well quality and organisational management for further and higher education programmes. She has managed a broad range of curriculum and service areas including foundation learning, English and maths, SEND support and tutorial provision.

Maintained schools and academies

Adam Cooke, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Adam is a qualified teacher with extensive experience of senior leadership in a range of maintained secondary schools. He has held the positions of assistant headteacher, deputy headteacher and head of sixth-form. He has also worked as a local authority school improvement adviser. Adam has a Doctorate in Education and has lectured in languages education at 2 British universities. His field of expertise encompasses modern foreign languages, initial teacher education, teacher knowledge construction and post-16 provision.

Al Mistrano, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Al is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior leadership experience as director of post-16 education in a large community college, principal of a secondary academy and headteacher of a maintained primary school. Alongside senior leadership, Al also has many years’ experience delivering initial teacher education and carrying out and supporting educational research, including peer review of academic research publications.

Bessie Owen, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Before working for Ofsted, Bessie was in a range of schools in England and abroad. She gained experience as a senior leader and head of school in a secondary comprehensive school where her responsibilities included professional development, quality assurance, teaching and learning and safeguarding. Bessie is a qualified English teacher and has a degree in Classical Studies with English. She also holds a Master’s in English and a National Professional Qualification for Headship. She has expertise in staff development, including that of early career teachers.

Caroline Crozier, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Caroline is a qualified teacher with significant experience in the primary sector. She has served in a number of leadership roles, including as headteacher and has worked as a leading teacher for a local authority. Caroline has led a range of curriculum areas including English, mathematics, modern foreign languages, physical education and personal, social and health education.

Charlie Fordham, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Charlie is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience as assistant principal and head of sixth-form in a large comprehensive school. As well as leading on all aspects of 16 to 19 provision, his whole-school responsibilities included staff wellbeing, careers education, information, advice and guidance, behaviour and progression, and working closely with individual departments to raise achievement.

Damian Loneragan, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Damian is a qualified teacher. Before joining Ofsted, Damian was a senior leader in a large secondary school and the strategic lead for a teacher training partnership. Damian holds a Doctorate in Education and his areas of expertise include school leadership, teacher learning and science education.

Dan Lambert, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Dan holds qualified teacher status and was previously a headteacher in the primary sector. Dan has worked in a range of schools and phases and has worked as an independent adviser for pupil premium. He has expertise in computing, geography and mathematics.

Daniel Short, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Daniel is a qualified teacher who has held subject and senior leadership positions in schools. Before joining Ofsted, he worked as the headteacher of a large primary school and completed work with the Standards and Testing Agency. He has a keen interest in curriculum design, safeguarding, initial teacher education and subject expertise in English.

Dave Gibson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Dave is a qualified teacher with experience in middle and senior leadership in secondary schools and as part of the education improvement team for a large multi academy trust. As well as leading on curriculum and pedagogical development he has delivered National Professional Qualification and early career teacher programmes. He holds an MA in Expert Teaching, and his areas of expertise include mathematics and science.

Hannah Stoten, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Hannah Stoten is the national subject lead for early mathematics. She is a qualified teacher who has held leadership, governance and consulting positions in a range of primary schools and early years settings. She has expertise in the areas of early childhood development, mathematics education, curriculum design and implementation.

Jessie Linsley, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jessie is a qualified teacher who has taught across the whole primary phase. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior management experience in a range of large primary schools. Jessie holds the National SENCo award and the National Professional Qualification for Headship. She has expertise in safeguarding, inclusion, curriculum design and mathematics education.

Jonathan Rockey, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jonathan is a qualified teacher who has held leadership positions across the Eastern region. He holds the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership and served as a headteacher in the secondary phase until joining Ofsted. His extensive senior management experience has included curriculum planning and implementation, management information systems and leadership development. He has experience of governance at both strategic and local level, having served on the board of a primary school and interim executive board. His areas of expertise include safeguarding, behaviour and attendance.

Jonathan Wallace, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jonny is a qualified teacher with extensive experience across a range of schools, including maintained schools in inner city and rural areas as well as schools with a religious character. Before working for Ofsted, he held several leadership roles including headteacher, deputy head, and special educational needs coordinator. Jonny has also worked in initial teacher education supporting trainees as they begin their journeys in the profession. He has a keen interest in curriculum design, initial teacher education and subject expertise in mathematics.

Katie Devenport, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Katie is a qualified teacher with experience as a headteacher of 3 large primary schools, all in different contexts. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has led early headship training. Through the Diocesan board, Katie also supported other schools with their school improvement work and with headteacher performance management. She has a special interest in science education. Katie was a science Advanced Skills Teacher and holds a Master’s in Science Education.

Liz Smith, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Liz has an English degree, postgraduate qualifications in most-able education and a Master’s in Educational Leadership and Management. Before Liz joined Ofsted, she gained extensive senior leadership and governance experience in a range of schools and across phases. She has also worked as a local authority adviser. Liz served as an additional inspector for 13 years, leading inspections and working as part of the complaints team for Ofsted.

Lynne Williams, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lynne is a qualified teacher with substantial leadership experience. She has been headteacher in 2 schools and worked for a local authority as a teaching and learning adviser, specialising in English. Lynne has a particular interest in inclusion and has led an advisory team of specialist teachers for pupils with SEND. She has additional qualifications in the fields of specific learning difficulties.

Michael Williams, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Michael is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership. Prior to working for Ofsted, Michael gained extensive experience as a senior leader, deputy headteacher and headteacher in a range of schools. Michael inspects a variety of settings including primary, secondary, special and independent schools and initial teacher training.

Mireille MacRaild, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Mireille is a qualified teacher with specialist knowledge of early years education. She has extensive experience leading and managing in early years registered settings and within the maintained school sector. She has directed school improvement, leading initiatives both at individual setting level and across a large local area to improve outcomes for children through strategically planned programmes of support. This included leading schools out of special measures.

Nathan Lowe, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Nathan is a qualified teacher and experienced school leader. He has gained extensive experience in a range of education leadership roles, including as a headteacher. Before joining Ofsted, Nathan was a senior local authority officer with responsibility for a wide range of schools and was also an additional inspector working for Ofsted.

Nerissa Bear, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Nerissa is a qualified teacher and holds the National Award for Special Education Needs Coordination. Before joining Ofsted, she gained extensive experience as a senior leader, assistant headteacher and headteacher in a range of primary schools. Her areas of expertise are in curriculum design, early years, religious education, inclusion and leadership development.

Paul Wilson, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Paul is a qualified teacher who has a degree in Physics and a Master’s in Educational Leadership. He has held senior leadership, subject and pastoral leadership positions in schools and he has extensive subject expertise in science. He inspects primary and secondary schools, independent schools, special schools and alternative provision. He also leads Area SEND inspections and inspects initial teacher education. Before joining Ofsted, Paul worked as a lead assessment adviser for a local authority, a school effectiveness adviser and led a secondary school improvement team.

Peter Stonier, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Peter is a qualified teacher, holds a NPQH and the Professional Qualification for School Inspectors. Before joining Ofsted, Peter was an additional inspector and gained extensive experience as a deputy headteacher and successful headteacher in a number of schools. He also has experience of managing a pupil referral unit for pupils permanently excluded from school. Peter has inspected a wide variety of settings, including primary, secondary, special and independent schools.

Sara Boyce, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sara is a qualified teacher and, before joining Ofsted, held 2 primary school headships. She has worked as a mentor for new primary headteachers and has extensive experience as a senior leader and in school improvement work, including supporting schools and governors with headteacher performance management. She has also worked as local authority adviser for mathematics. Sara holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has also been a facilitator of the National Professional Qualification for Senior Leaders.

Steve Mellors, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Steve is a qualified teacher with experience as a headteacher of 2 primary schools. Before joining Ofsted, he worked for a local authority as a school improvement adviser and had strategic responsibility for disadvantaged pupils. His areas of expertise are in leadership and management and teaching and learning.

Steve Woodley, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Steve has worked in schools for over 25 years. He is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, he gained extensive leadership experience as an assistant headteacher in a large secondary school in East London. He led the school’s teaching school provision and has expertise in professional development, careers, personal, social and economic education and relationships and sex education. He also has experience in health education and teaching and learning. Before becoming a senior leader, Steve was a pastoral lead and head of history. He has also served as a governor in a primary school.

Tessa Holledge, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Tessa is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, was headteacher of a large primary school. Tessa has extensive senior leadership experience in both London and rural settings. Tessa is an experienced inspector of primary, secondary, special and independent schools. Earlier in her career, Tessa was a SENCo and retains a particular interest in provision for pupils with SEND and/or challenging behaviour.

Tracy Fielding, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Tracy leads on scheduling and early education in the East of England region and has oversight of MATSEs and complaints about Ofsted. Her inspection experience ranges from nursery through to further education within both the maintained and the independent sector. Tracy is also trained to inspect initial teacher education. She is a qualified teacher and her educational experience includes work as a local authority leading English teacher, deputy headteacher in a newly established school and a headteacher in 2 schools. While a headteacher, Tracy provided support to other schools. She has also been a local authority school primary adviser and a trained inspector working for Ofsted. Tracy’s areas of expertise are in leadership and management, school improvement, training and curriculum development.

London

Children’s social care

Andy Whippey, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Andy is a qualified and registered social worker with Master’s degrees in Social Work and Public Sector Management. Prior to working for Ofsted he gained extensive senior management experience in a number of local authorities including at Head of Service level. He has a strong background in the delivery of services to children who are looked after, care leavers and children with disabilities. Since joining Ofsted, he has been a team inspector on several inspections of local authority children’s services. He has been a school governor of 3 different schools including a substantive term as Chair of Governors of an outstanding infant school.

Brenda McLaughlin, HMI, children’s social care

Brenda has a Certificate of Qualification in Social Work, a Master’s degree, a Diploma in Leadership and Management, and higher and advanced awards in Social Work. She has extensive operational and strategic experience at a senior level in London Boroughs and county councils. Brenda has particular expertise in child protection services. As Head of Child Protection in a large county council she was the local authority strategic lead working with partner agencies on serious case reviews, child death and domestic homicide panels. Brenda inspects local authority children’s services and Cafcass. She is the child sexual exploitation lead for the London Region.

Christine Kennet, HMI, children’s social care

Christine is a qualified and registered social worker. She has extensive experience in a range of practitioner and senior management positions in local authority children’s services, working in child protection, safeguarding and looked after children’s services. She also has experience working independently, providing assessments in statutory childcare proceedings and as a children’s guardian. Christine has worked and managed a regulatory team for Ofsted and has led and quality assured inspections in various remits. She has worked as a local authority group manager and as head of family support services.

Claire Beckingham, HMI, children’s social care

Claire is a qualified social worker with expertise in quality assurance and experience in a range of local authority settings, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Before joining Ofsted, she was a senior improvement manager in Cafcass. She oversaw national performance analysis and held strategic responsibility for quality assurance development. Claire has worked in partnership with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in providing safeguarding advice and training to children’s services abroad. She has worked as a social worker, manager, service manager, children’s guardian and trainer.

Dominic Stevens, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Dominic is assistant regional director for London and the South East. He has extensive experience in local authority children’s social care services and the third sector. He has a Diploma and an MA in Social Work. He has worked as a frontline senior manager, commissioner and ‘expert witness’. He has experience in a number of different positions, including those concerned with child protection, looker after children, child and adolescent mental health and early intervention. He has sat on a local family justice board and has undertaken the role of adoption agency decision maker. Since joining Ofsted, Dominic has inspected services for children in need of help and protection, looked after children, care leavers as well as undertaking reviews of local safeguarding children boards. In addition, he has inspected the children and family court advisory and support service, children’s centres and undertaken improvement work with local authorities.

Jennifer Ellen Scotland, HMI, children’s social care

Jenny-Ellen is a qualified and registered social worker, holding a Master’s degree and higher and advanced awards in Social Work. She is also a qualified Practice Teacher and has a diploma in Management. Prior to working for Ofsted, Jenny-ellen worked in local authorities, where she gained over 25 years’ experience as a practitioner, front-line manager and senior leader covering the whole breadth of the child’s journey. Jenny-ellen’s interests include early help, child protection, the public law outline, recurrent care proceedings and permanence. She is also interested in social work education, supervision and recruitment and retention.

John Mitchell, Senior HMI, children’s social care

John is a qualified and registered social worker with extensive senior management experience in local authority children’s services. He has led child protection, children in care, family support, education support, commissioning and multi-agency services in the UK and in France. John has also led successful initiatives to improve educational outcomes for children in care, children’s commissioning and early intervention. He has worked in a university social policy faculty and has a range of social work, management and coaching qualifications.

Monique Lindsay, HMI, children’s social care

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Naintara Khosla, HMI, children’s social care

Naintara is an experienced social worker and, prior to joining Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience in Cafcass and local authorities. Naintara has expertise across a spectrum of operational social work services as well as skilfully building teams and forging positive relationships with multi-agency partners. She has a particular interest in corporate parenting responsibilities including planning for permanency, engaging with care experienced young people and developing practice with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Nhlanganiso Nyathi, HMI, children’s social care

Nhlanganiso has worked as an associate professor of social work, with experience at practice, supervisory, managerial and leadership levels in the private and public sector. Nhlanganiso has experience as an independent reviewing officer and in chairing child protection reviews. He is a school governor and has served in the university senate and on faculty strategy groups (equality, diversity and inclusion and interprofessional learning). Nhlanganiso has published journal articles and book chapters on safeguarding and interprofessional child protection decision-making. He holds a doctorate and an MBA.

Nicki Shaw, HMI, children’s social care

Nicki has worked as a practice teacher and leadership coach in children’s social work. She has extensive operational and strategic experience at a senior level in London boroughs and county councils. Nicki has a Diploma in Social Work, Honours degree in Social Work Studies and a MA in Advanced Child Protection. She also has a Certificate in Systemic Leadership and Management, a diploma in Management and advanced awards in Social Work.

Further education and skills

Andrea McMahon, HMI, further education and skills

Andrea is a qualified teacher with extensive experience of the further education and skills sector. She has significant experience of initial teacher education and English for speakers of other languages. She has worked in quality and curriculum roles as a middle and senior leader. Before becoming an inspector, she worked as a university department head. She has a Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and qualified teacher learning and skills status. She is a senior fellow of the higher education academy and is currently completing a professional Doctorate in Education.

Claudia Harrison, HMI, further education and skills

Claudia is a qualified teacher, holding an Honours degree in Geography and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. Claudia has extensive experience in leading and managing sixth-form education with expertise in 16 to 19 study programmes, A level curriculum design, careers provision and university guidance. Most recently, she was employed as a vice principal in a 16 to 19 provider where she had responsibility for curriculum, academic progress, assessment, careers guidance and destinations.

Gayle Saundry, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Gayle is a qualified teacher and experienced senior leader of specialist sixth-form and further education provision, including in the role of principal. Her teaching background is in economics and business. Gayle’s leadership responsibilities have included self-assessment and quality improvement and supporting the establishment of new providers. Gayle has experience as a governor and a trustee and is an experienced project manager and management consultant.

Jane Hughes, HMI, further education and skills

Jane has extensive experience within the further education and skills sector and holds a postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies. Jane has worked in a variety of roles since her career started in education, from an assessor, verifier, trainer/tutor to senior manager. Before joining Ofsted, Jane gained extensive experience as a senior leader within a large general further education college where she significantly grew and improved the provision in both apprenticeship and adult learning programmes. Jane also has significant experience working with private training providers. Her expertise within further education and skills focuses on apprenticeships but she also has extensive knowledge and experience of inspecting across the range of further education remits.

Joanna Walters, HMI, further education and skills

Joanna is a former senior manager and a highly experienced teacher of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provisions in the further education and skills sector. She is a qualified teacher holding a post graduate certificate in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordination and is qualified to Master’s level. Before joining Ofsted, she held a leadership position in a large general further education college. Joanna’s specialist areas are SEND, foundation learning, education programmes for young people, additional learner support and safeguarding. Her responsibilities included the development of curriculum and student support, quality improvement and the commissioning processes with local authorities for SEND.

Jon Bowman, HMI, further education and skills

Jon has a Bachelor’s in Philosophy (Education) and has held a range of management positions in local authorities. He has taught in the further education sector. His inspection experience includes inspections of local authority children’s services, safeguarding and looked after children, Connexions, youth services, youth offending teams, the secure juvenile estate, adult and community learning, and children’s centres. He has been a link HMI for 3 local authorities and the curriculum adviser for youth support.

Montserrat Pérez-Parent, HMI, further education and skills

Montserrat is a qualified further education teacher and holds a Master’s in Linguistics. Before working for Ofsted, Montserrat gained experience in various curriculum and senior management roles in adult and community learning and, more recently, in offender learning. Her responsibilities included oversight of provision, quality assurance and quality improvement, performance management, contract management and training. She was also an external verifier for a number of awarding bodies and has worked for universities as a lecturer and researcher.

Paul Manning, HMI, further education and skills

Paul is a qualified teacher, holding an Advanced Certificate in Education and a degree in Lifelong Learning. Paul has extensive experience of leading and managing vocational education, including 16 to 19 study programmes, apprenticeships, and adult learning provision across a broad range of curriculum areas. Paul has also worked in local authorities and in general further education colleges, where he has undertaken a variety of senior leadership positions including that of principal.

Ramin Narimani, HMI designate, further education and skills

Ramin is a qualified further education lecturer. He has a Master’s degree and PhD in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. He has mainly taught mathematics and engineering. Before joining Ofsted, Ramin gained extensive experience in various management and senior leadership roles in the further education and skills sector. He has also worked in higher education as an assistant professor and vice dean for several years.

Rebecca Jennings, HMI, further education and skills

Rebecca has worked in various roles in independent learning providers, most recently as director of apprenticeships with responsibility for management, curriculum design, quality assurance and learner safeguarding and wellbeing. Rebecca has experience in apprenticeship delivery in a range of subjects and has previously taught and managed across various youth services contracts. She specialises in career guidance and digital skills.

Rieks Drijver, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Rieks has a Master’s in Education and in Drama and Theatre Studies and has extensive teaching experience, primarily in further education, but also in adult learning and higher education. He has worked as a senior manager in a large further education college with responsibility for raising standards of teaching and learning, improving success rates and overseeing all aspects of quality assurance and improvement. He has taught and managed courses in English and performing arts and has been a senior manager of an arts department.

Saher Nijabat, HMI, further education and skills

Saher has a Master’s in English Literature and is a qualified teacher. Saher has worked in a variety of roles in further education and skills, including as a senior leader in community learning and skills, higher education, adult learning and apprenticeships. She has extensive experience of strategic governance and leadership. She has worked as a governor for a large further education college and as a senior strategic leader for independent learning providers with overall responsibility for raising standards of teaching and learning, improving success rates and overseeing all aspects of quality assurance and improvement. Saher is a member of the National Centre for Diversity and Society for Education and Training.

Steve Lambert, HMI, further education and skills

Steve previously held senior management positions with a number of further education colleges and has worked for the funding agency, for local authorities and in higher education. He published a book on leadership in further education as well as numerous articles in international journals on aspects of leadership in further education. He is a qualified secondary school teacher with a BA in Secondary Design and Technology, in addition to a PGCE in post-compulsory education and training. He also has qualifications in engineering, a Master’s in Educational Leadership and a Doctorate in Education Policy and Values.

Maintained schools and academies

Adam Vincent, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Adam Vincent is Ofsted’s subject lead for Art and Design. He is a qualified teacher and has taught in a wide range of schools across London. Adam holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). Before working for Ofsted, Adam held various curriculum and senior management roles in schools, including that of headteacher. He has particular expertise in computing and art.

Aliki Constantopoulou, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Aliki is an experienced and qualified teacher. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior leadership experience as a headteacher across different schools. Her main specialisms are in English and curriculum design, as well as in leadership and school improvement. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has experience in supporting teaching schools and delivering training for early career teachers and national professional qualification programmes.

Amanda Fraser, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Amanda is a qualified teacher and has extensive experience as a senior leader in education. She has expertise in teaching and learning, curriculum development and initial teacher education. Her subject specialisms are science, mathematics and the personal development curriculum. She also has experience of teaching in higher education and carrying out inspections in healthcare settings. Amanda inspects maintained schools and academies, independent schools and initial teacher education.

Andrea Bedeau, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Andrea holds a National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, Andrea gained extensive experience as a senior leader in education. Her main specialisms are in curriculum design, as well as in leadership and safeguarding. She also has a particular interest in personal development and inclusion. Andrea inspects maintained schools and academies, independent schools, initial teacher education and local authority children’s services.

Annabel Davies, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Annabel is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in Educational Research. She has a background in school leadership, with experience of leading teaching and learning, professional development and whole-school information communications technology infrastructure. Annabel also has extensive experience of working with a range of school networks to support teaching and learning. Within her specialism, Annabel has been recognised with the National Expert STEM Teacher Award. Annabel inspects maintained schools and academies, independent schools and the teacher development remit.

Brian Oppenheim, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Before joining Ofsted, Brian was director of school improvement at a large education consultancy where he was also chief inspector for the inspection of British schools overseas. He has considerable experience of leading Ofsted inspections. Brian has worked with a wide range of schools, providing training, inspection and consultancy. His expertise includes school improvement, leadership, professional development, governance and evaluation. He holds qualified teacher status and has taught and advised on design and technology in primary and secondary schools. 

Christian Hicks, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Christian is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in Education. Before joining Ofsted, he taught in a range of schools and held various senior leadership roles including as a headteacher and executive headteacher in a small multi-academy trust. He has served as a school governor and has expertise in school leadership and improvement, strategic planning, curriculum, teaching and learning, behaviour and quality assurance.

David Radomsky, HMI, maintained schools and academies

David is a qualified teacher. He has extensive senior leadership experience in maintained schools and an independent school, including as a deputy headteacher and headteacher. Before joining Ofsted, David worked as a school improvement consultant and has significant experience of delivering school leadership training. He was also an Ofsted inspector for many years, leading inspections of primary, secondary and special schools, both in the maintained and independent sectors.

Deborah Walters, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Deborah is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience in large primary schools. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. She has also worked as a local authority consultant. Before joining Ofsted, she worked in an academy trust. Deborah’s particular areas of interest and expertise are in music, English and the management of teaching and learning.

Eleanor Ross, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Prior to working for Ofsted, Eleanor taught in a number of schools in inner London. She has extensive senior leadership experience. She has had a wide range of responsibilities during her career, including for humanities, science, professional development and curriculum development. Eleanor holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship, and was previously a school governor. Eleanor also has experience of leading initial teacher training provision within a school setting.

Gary Rawlings, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Gary leads inspections of primary and nursery schools. He has extensive inspection experience in both maintained schools and academies and independent schools, including early years settings, special schools, pupil referral units and additional resourced provision in mainstream schools. Gary also has experience inspecting in the teacher development remit. He is a qualified teacher with teaching experience across different age ranges. He has held a range of senior leadership roles in schools. Before joining Ofsted, Gary worked as a school improvement consultant and was an Ofsted inspector. Gary’s specialisms include early years, inclusion and primary education.

Gaynor Roberts, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Gaynor is a qualified teacher. She has a degree in Mathematics, a National Professional Qualification for Headship and a Master’s degree in Education. Before joining Ofsted, Gaynor worked in a range of schools in the north-west. She has extensive experience of leadership in special schools in both the maintained and non-maintained sectors.

Guy Forbat, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Guy is a qualified teacher and holds Master’s degrees in both Management and Business. Before working for Ofsted, Guy gained experience in senior and middle management in London schools. His responsibilities included professional development, attendance and working closely with individual departments to improve quality of teaching. He has worked as an initial teacher education university subject tutor and music-coordinator for a local authority music service. He also has governance experience in alternative provision. Guy inspects maintained schools and academies, independent schools and in the teacher development remit.

Hannah Glossop, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Hannah is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership. Before working for Ofsted, she held a range of leadership roles, including in a large all-through school. Hannah has worked as a safeguarding consultant and served as a school governor. Her areas of expertise include safeguarding, governance, pastoral support, and history.

John Kennedy, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

John is assistant regional director for the London region. He is a qualified teacher and has postgraduate qualifications in Education and Philosophy. Following a successful teaching career, John held senior management positions in local authorities. He has expertise in the management of behaviour, attendance and safeguarding. John leads inspections of secondary and primary schools, academies and pupil referral units. He has inspected aspects of local authority children’s services.

Jude Wilson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jude inspects schools and initial teacher education. She is a qualified teacher and has extensive management and leadership experience in a range of schools. Her areas of expertise are modern foreign languages, teaching and learning and professional development. Jude inspects maintained schools and academies, independent schools and initial teacher education.

Julie Wright, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Julie has extensive school leadership experience as a subject/phase leader, deputy headteacher and most recently as headteacher of a large federation . She has served as a governor in a primary school and has expertise in school improvement, teaching and learning, safeguarding, English and physical education. Julie is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Julie inspects maintained schools and academies, independent schools and in the teacher development remit.

Karen Kent, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Karen is a qualified teacher with extensive senior leadership and management experience. She has served as a deputy headteacher and headteacher in 2 different school settings. Before joining Ofsted, her responsibilities included whole-school assessment, curriculum development, performance management and managing change. She has many years of experience as an advisory teacher for computer science and as a local leader of education.

Karim Ismail, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Karim is a qualified teacher and holds postgraduate qualifications in Leadership and Education. He has held senior roles across a range of schools both in the UK and internationally and has served as school principal. Karim’s subject specialisms include mathematics and product design. He has worked as a teacher trainer for both teacher trainees and early career teachers. His experience before joining Ofsted includes supporting new schools and improving those causing concern.

Kieran Bird, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kieran has extensive senior leadership experience in a number of settings including pupil referral units, independent and maintained special schools. He is a qualified teacher. He has also been a director of education for a charity with specialist nursery, schools and post-19 provisions. Kieran inspects maintained schools and academies, independent schools and local area SEND provision.

Lascelles Haughton, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lascelles is a qualified teacher who has taught in a wide range of primary and secondary schools. He has gained extensive experience in senior leadership, including holding the post of headteacher in different schools. Lascelles was also a university supervising tutor and visiting university lecturer at several initial teacher education establishments. His specialist areas of expertise include curriculum provision, professional development and school improvement. He has a particular interest in mathematics, music, personal development, diversity and inclusion. Lascelles previously served as an Ofsted inspector and has extensive experience inspecting primary, secondary, special and independent schools.

Lisa Smith, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lisa Smith is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained leadership experience in a number of schools. Her responsibilities included quality assurance and  raising achievement. She has been responsible for oversight of early career teacher (ECT) development within a multi academy trust and has worked as a visiting fellow for a national provider of the ECT programme.

Lisa Strong, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lisa is an experienced teacher  and has a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Management. Before working for Ofsted, Lisa gained extensive senior leadership experience  in a multi-academy trust. She has specific expertise in  leadership and oversight of subject development in different areas of the curriculum.

Luke Stubbles, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Luke is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, held senior leadership roles, including d in a large independent school. Luke has also been  a chair of the governing body at a primary school. He has held numerous academic, pastoral and extra-curricular leadership responsibilities in both the maintained and the independent sector. Luke’s particular areas of interest and expertise are in science, personal development, and teaching and learning.

Madeleine Gerard, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Madeleine is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in Education. Prior to working for Ofsted, Madeleine gained extensive senior management experience as course leader and course director in school-centred and university-based initial teacher education. She has also served as a school governor. Madeleine inspects maintained schools and acadamies, initial teacher education and local area SEND provision. Her areas of expertise include teacher development and modern foreign languages.

Mark Smith, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Mark is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior leadership experience in a large school in London. His main leadership responsibility was for the sixth-form as well as leading individual departments to raise achievement. He also has experience of leadership in a school on the journey from special measures to good. His subject specialisms are economics and business studies. Mark has extensive inspection experience in both the maintained and independent sector. He also has extensive experience of inspecting in the teacher development remit.

Matea Marcinko, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Matea Marcinko is Ofsted’s subject lead for English (cross-phase). She  is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in Education, Gender and International Development. Before joining Ofsted, Matea taught in schools across London. She has led on curriculum design and implementation across a network of schools, as well as for a teacher development organisation. Most recently, she led on curriculum policy and strategy at the Department for Education. Matea’s areas of expertise include curriculum, teacher development and education policy.

Nick Turvey, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Nick is a qualified teacher and has taught in a range of schools. Prior to joining Ofsted, Nick held various senior leadership roles s including as an executive headteacher in a Multi-Academy Trust. Nick has been an accredited local and national leader of education and Ofsted inspector. He has completed a Master’s degree and the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Nick’s main specialisms are in English and humanities as well as in leadership, governance and school improvement.

Noeman Anwar, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Noeman is a qualified teacher and, prior to joining Ofsted, he gained extensive senior leadership experience, including as headteacher. He successfully led a school to achieve the pupil premium regional award. He has advised many schools and external bodies on leadership development, teaching and learning, anti-radicalisation and the wider curriculum. Noeman has completed his National Professional Qualification for Headship and achieved a distinction within the  post graduate ‘Maths Specialist Teacher’ course. Noeman has extensive experience of inspecting primary, secondary, independent schools and initial teacher education providers.

Phil Garnham, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Philip is a qualified teacher and has a Master’s degree in Educational Studies. Phil has extensive senior leadership experience in schools and as a principal and senior school improvement officer in local authorities. He has a wide range of experience working with and inspecting primary, special and secondary schools. Phil’s areas of expertise are in school improvement, governance, leadership and management, teaching and learning, and science.

Polly Haste, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Polly is Ofsted’s joint subject lead for PSHE, RSHE and citizenship. She is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s degree in Social Research and a PhD in Sociology of Education. Prior to working for Ofsted, she worked as a PSHE curriculum lead for a multi-academy trust and led the national training programme for a subject association. She has led and managed national school improvement programmes for PSHE education across key stages 1 to 5. She has extensive experience delivering teacher training in the maintained and independent sectors, including alternative provision, secure units and youth settings.

Rebecca Iles-Smith, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Rebecca is a qualified teacher and an advanced skills teacher. Before joining Ofsted, she gained extensive senior management experience, including as a headteacher. Rebecca has held a range of senior leadership responsibilities in curriculum, pupils with SEND, initial teacher education, teaching and learning, and safeguarding. Rebecca inspects maintained schools, academies and independent schools. .

Robert Grice, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Robert is a qualified teacher, has a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Management and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before joining Ofsted, he taught in a range of schools and has extensive senior leadership experience. His specialist areas of expertise include computer science, curriculum provision, data and assessment, teacher professional development and school improvement.

Russell Bennett, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Russell is a qualified teacher. He has extensive experience in school leadership roles, including headship. He has worked as education director in a large multi-academy trust, with responsibility for provision across primary and secondary phases. His subject specialism is in English. Russell has worked previously for Ofsted as an Ofsted inspector in the London region.

Sabrina Edwards, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sabrina is a qualified teacher with teaching and leadership experience in a range of settings, including as university lecturer and headteacher. She has been an education consultant supporting schools and colleges with curriculum design and developing anti-racist approaches to education. Other areas of expertise include school improvement, the arts, mathematics and staff development. Sabrina holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship, a Master’s in Educational Leadership and is currently studying for a Professional Doctorate in Education.

Sacha Husnu-Beresford, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sacha is a qualified teacher and has extensive school leadership experience. Sacha has led and quality assured the design and implementation of initial teacher training programmes across primary and secondary schools. Prior to joining Ofsted, she oversaw training provision to ensure trainee teachers had the required knowledge and training experiences to prepare them for their early career. Sacha has wide-ranging experience in providing oversight to teacher training providers.

Sam Hainey, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sam is a qualified teacher and, before becoming an HMI, he was a principal and executive principal in a large multi-academy trust. He has a wide range of inspection experience and inspects secondary, primary, special schools and pupil referral units. Sam also undertakes area SEND inspections. His expertise includes curriculum design, and special educational needs provision. He has a Master’s in School Leadership, the National Professional Qualification for Headship and a Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching.

Sam Johnson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sam is a qualified teacher who holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership and the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Prior to working for Ofsted, she taught in a range of schools across London, including in senior leadership roles. Sam has also served as a governor and has expertise in school leadership and improvement, curriculum, teaching and learning, behaviour and quality assurance.

Samantha Ingram, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Samantha is a qualified teacher. Before joining Ofsted, she was a senior leader in a large, multicultural school. Her responsibilities included safeguarding, policy and performance management. Samantha’s specialism is in early years provision, early reading, SEND and inclusion.

Sarah Murphy, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sarah is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior leadership experience as a deputy headteacher and headteacher in large schools. She has achieved advanced skills teacher status and has considerable experience of working with teachers and leaders to support school improvement. Her areas of expertise are in early education, mathematics, teacher development and working with schools in challenging circumstances.

Sarah Saunders, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sarah is a qualified teacher with senior leadership experience in a range of schools. Among other responsibilities, she has led on professional development, equalities work, research, and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Sarah holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship, a degree in Classical Studies with English and a MA in Medieval Studies. As a senior leader she has established expertise in school improvement. Sarah has also been a teacher governor for a London school.

Simon Conway, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Simon is a qualified teacher with a Master’s in School Effectiveness and Improvement. Before working for Ofsted, Simon gained extensive senior management experience. He also has expertise in music, raising standards and quality of education.

Susan Maguire, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sue is a qualified teacher. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior management experience across schools in London. She has a degree in Philosophy and English and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. She has expertise in curriculum and leadership and management.

Una Buckley, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Una is a qualified teacher and SENCo. Before working for Ofsted, she gained leadership and management experience in several schools ranging from stand-alone academies and faith schools to schools within a large multi-academy trust. In her most recent role, she line managed and helped raise achievement within subject areas. She was also responsible for coordinating whole school reading, managing and reporting on pupil premium and English as an additional language and ran a large special needs department.

North East, Yorkshire and Humber

Children’s social care

Catherine Heron, HMI, children’s social care

Catherine is a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England. Prior to joining Ofsted, Catherine gained extensive operational and management experience in local authority children’s social care, specialising in safeguarding and children in care. She has particular interest and expertise in pre-birth social work and permanence for children. Prior to her role as HMI, Catherine gained significant experience of inspection frameworks in her role as a social care regulatory inspector.

Ceri Evans, HMI, children’s social care

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Jan Edwards, HMI, children’s social care

Jan is a qualified and registered social worker with extensive senior management experience in safeguarding, including the management of child protection services, quality assurance and performance, and project management. She is also a qualified play therapist and worked as a play therapy practitioner and supervisor. She has particular interest and expertise in children’s trauma, attachment, emotional wellbeing and permanence.

Joanna Warburton, HMI, children’s social care

Jo is a qualified and registered social worker. Before joining Ofsted, she gained extensive experience as a senior manager and leader in children’s social care. Her responsibilities included leading services for children in care including the establishment of a specialist fostering programme. She was the national lead for the implementation of evidence-based programmes for children living in foster care. Jo also worked as a social care regulatory inspector before transitioning into her role as an HMI.

Louise Walker, HMI, children’s social care

Louise is a qualified and registered social worker. Prior to joining Ofsted Louise gained significant experience as a frontline practitioner and manager across a range of local authority children’s services including the front door and safeguarding teams. Louise has held a number of senior leadership roles across children’s and adult’s social care with responsibility for safeguarding, deprivation of liberty safeguards, quality assurance and practice development, and service improvement.

Parveen Hussain, HMI designate, children’s social care

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Matthew Reed, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Matthew has extensive experience as a social worker and manager across all aspects of children’s social care fieldwork services. He has worked and managed services from the front door to care leaving services. As an inspector Matthew has led, and quality assured, several inspections under the ILACS and JTAI frameworks. Matthew holds a level 5 Diploma in Management and is registered with Social Work England.

Rachel Fairhurst, HMI, children’s social care

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Rachel Holden, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Rachel is a qualified social worker. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive management experience working across many social care settings. Her responsibilities included quality assurance, early help services and family support. Since joining Ofsted, she has been a regulatory inspection manager, managing inspectors and supporting improvement in the sector. Rachel has a particular interest in safeguarding and looked after children. Rachel holds a Master’s in Social Work, an MBA, a Diploma in Social Work and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Tracey Metcalfe, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Tracey is a qualified social worker. She holds a Diploma in Management level 5 and is registered with Social Work England. Tracey has been employed by Ofsted in a variety of roles including HMI social care, HMI national lead for training and quality assurance and Senior HMI social care. Tracey has led multiple inspections under the single inspection and ILACS framework and has been responsible for inspection skills training for the social care workforce. Tracey has extensive operational and management experience in local authority children’s social care, specialising in safeguarding and children in care.

Early years and childcare

Stephanie Nixon, Senior HMI, Early Years

Stephanie is a qualified primary teacher with an early years specialism. She has extensive experience of working in the early years sector as a nursery manager and children’s centre leader. Stephanie gained considerable experience and expertise in the inspection and regulation of registered early years settings in her previous roles as an early years regulatory inspector and a senior officer. Her current role as Senior HMI Early Years oversees the delivery and quality of the inspection and regulatory work completed by all the early years inspectors in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber region.

Further education and skills

Andrea Shepherd, HMI, further education and skills

Andrea is a qualified teacher in post-16 education. She has a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Postgraduate Certificate in Quality Improvement. Prior to joining Ofsted, Andrea gained extensive senior leadership experience in a range of general further education colleges where she was responsible for teaching, learning and assessment, curriculum development and quality improvement. Her areas of specific expertise are in business management, initial teacher education, adult learning and higher education.

Alison Dennis, further education and skills

Alison is a qualified teacher with a degree in Law and a Master’s in Education. She has extensive experience in leading and managing 16 to 19 study programmes and has expertise in curriculum design, quality improvement, teaching and learning, and cross-phase transition. Before working for Ofsted, she was a deputy principal in a 16 to 19 academy within a multi-academy trust and has previously worked in schools.

Chloe Rendall, HMI, further education and skills

Chloe has extensive teaching, management and leadership experience in further and higher education, including initial teacher education and dance and drama specialist education. She has held roles with specific responsibility for improving underperformance of curriculum areas, including teaching, learning and assessment. She has worked across the education sector as a senior leader in both general further education and specialist land-based provision and previously held the post of assistant principal at a land-based college. Chloe has a teaching and management background in performing arts and holds a Master’s degree in Theatre Production. 

Glenise Burrell, HMI, further education and skills

Glenise has over 25 years of experience in the further education and skills sector, including senior leadership roles across a wide range of curriculum areas in further education colleges and independent learning providers. Her management experience includes oversight of apprenticeship provision up to and including level 7. Glenise holds an executive Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) degree. She has specific expertise in improving the quality of delivery and performance, curriculum planning and organisational management, change and growth.

Hayley Lomas, HMI, further education and skills

Hayley has extensive teaching, management, and leadership experience in both further education colleges and independent learning providers, working with a wide range of learners and apprentices. She also has signficant experience of working with learners with high needs. Hayley’s responsibilities have included management, curriculum development, quality improvement, student experience and wellbeing. She has extensive experience working for awarding bodies and has been chair of governors in both primary and secondary schools. Hayley’s specialist subject areas are hospitality, management, business, law, and travel and tourism. She has a Master’s degree in Business Management and a postgraduate Diploma in Education Leadership.

Ian Frear, HMI, further education and skills

Ian is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s degree in Leadership. He has held various leadership roles in further education colleges as well as working in the military, prison education and independent training providers. Ian has significant experience of developing new curriculum with expertise in the construction, engineering and motor vehicle industries. He also has experience in education and training outside of the UK, including in Australia and the Middle East.

Jacquie Brown, HMI, further education and skills

Jacquie is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained significant experience in various curriculum and student support roles as a senior manager in further education colleges. She was also a governor at a pupil referral unit. Her particular expertise is in history and politics, safeguarding, high needs, 14 to 16 provision in further education colleges and provision for learners with barriers to learning, such as challenging behaviour and attendance issues.

Joanne Stork, HMI, further education and skills

Joanne Stork is a qualified teacher in post-16 education. Prior to working for Ofsted, she gained extensive experience working in further education. Joanne started as a lecturer in hair and beauty before moving into various leadership and management roles in a large general further education college group. She specialises in curriculum design and planning and quality improvement. In recent years she managed apprenticeship provision across several curriculum areas.

Jonny Wright, HMI, further education and skills

Jonny is a qualified teacher and, prior to joining Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience as a head of service in careers services and further education and work-based learning providers. His responsibilities included quality assurance and supporting the services to make improvements to raise achievement. Jonny has worked as an Ofsted Inspector and as a consultant supporting improvements in colleges, independent learning providers, independent specialist colleges and adult learning providers. He has also worked in schools for children with special education needs.

Karen Anderson, HMI, further education and skills

Karen is a qualified teacher with a degree in Computing and Business and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. Before joining Ofsted, Karen gained extensive senior leadership experience in a range of general further education colleges and sixth form colleges where she was responsible for teaching and learning, curriculum development and quality improvement. She has also worked with awarding organisations on the design and development of qualifications. Her areas of expertise are in computer science and information technology, including computer games. 

Malcolm Fraser, HMI, further education and skills

Malcolm is a qualified teacher in post-16 education and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive experience as a lecturer and middle and senior manager in further education. His specialist subject area is construction. After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter and joiner, he worked in a variety of roles in the construction industry and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building. Malcolm leads and acts as a team member on inspections in colleges, Ministry of Defence establishments, independent training providers and community learning and skills providers. He also inspects the education provision in secure children’s homes.

Mark Keen, HMI, further education and skills

Mark is a qualified and experienced teacher in post-16 education. Mark started his career in the health and social care sector as a qualified social worker. In later years he worked in senior leadership roles in several colleges, including specialist land-based colleges. Roles included leading on quality improvement, staff development, higher education, and curriculum development. Mark’s specialist areas are health and social care.

Philippa Firth, HMI, further education and skills

Before joining Ofsted, Philippa held the post of assistant principal at a large further education college. She has extensive teaching, management, and senior leadership experience in general further education, and has held roles with responsibility for teaching and learning, curriculum development and quality improvement. Philippa is a qualified teacher with a degree in Education and Training and a Master’s degree in Leadership and Management. Her areas of expertise are in teacher education, access to higher education, hairdressing and beauty therapy.

Rachel Angus, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Rachel is a qualified teacher. Prior to joining Ofsted she held senior leadership posts in sixth form and general further education colleges. Her areas of expertise are in curriculum management and quality improvement. Rachel has significant experience of managing academic and vocational study programmes and higher education courses in business and management.

Rebecca Clare, HMI, further education and skills

Rebecca is a qualified teacher and has a Doctorate in Education. Before working for Ofsted, Rebecca gained extensive experience of leading and managing in the further education and skills sector, including as principal of a sixth-form college. She has also taught in schools and universities and founded a sixth-form college in China. Her areas of expertise include education policy, initial teacher education, religious studies, philosophy, sociology, politics, psychology, equality and diversity, and leadership and management.

Sarah Lonsdale, HMI, further education and skills

Sarah has extensive experience of leading and managing vocational education. This includes 16 to 19 study programmes, offender learning and skills and adult learning provision across a broad range of curriculum areas. Before working for Ofsted, she was director of quality and performance for a large independent learning provider with responsibility for improving the quality of teaching, learning and assessment, curriculum development and leadership of a large subcontractor network. In recent years, she worked in a governance capacity as chair of standards for a new secondary school. Sarah holds a Business Management degree and has particular expertise in leadership and management, subcontracting, foundation learning and English and mathematics provision.

Sarah Seaman, HMI, further education and skills

Sarah has extensive teaching, management and leadership experience in further education. She has worked as a senior leader in both general further education and within independent training providers with responsibility for improving curriculum areas. Before joining Ofsted, Sarah held the post of academy principal. Sarah has teaching and management experience in hair and beauty, catering and hospitality, English and mathematics and holds a level 5 qualification in business management.

Steve Hailstone, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Steve is a qualified teacher and has a Master’s degree in Education. Prior to working for Ofsted, Steve gained extensive experience of leading and managing in the further education and skills sector, as a senior manager in a college and as principal of a large community learning and skills provider. He has also taught in schools and colleges. His areas of specific expertise include adult learning, initial teacher education, English for speakers of other languages, modern foreign languages, and leadership and management.

Maintained schools and academies

Alison Aitchison, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Alison has held 2 Ofsted regional lead responsibility roles for safeguarding and independent schools. She has qualified teacher status, National Professional Qualification for Headship and is a Master of Education. Prior to joining Ofsted, Alison was a local leader of education, held 2 headteacher posts, an associate headteacher role and worked as an education development partner for a local authority. Alison has enhanced SEND training. Her areas of expertise are in leadership and management, early education and safeguarding. 

Alison Stephenson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Alison is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. She has extensive senior management experience as a headteacher in 3 different schools and has worked effectively to improve provision for schools requiring extra support. Her specialist areas include early years and safeguarding.

Andrea Batley, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Andrea has significant experience in independent schools, as well as within the maintained, academy and voluntary aided sectors. She is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained significant experience of raising standards in schools and working with disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. She has extensive senior management experience as a headteacher and executive headteacher in a range of schools and has worked as a local leader for education, a local authority consultant and as an external moderator.

Andrew Gibbins, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Andrew is a qualified teacher with extensive senior leadership experience across secondary school and further education college settings. He holds the NPQH and has extensive leadership experience in raising pupils’ achievement, pastoral leadership and the sixth-form curriculum.

Chris Carr, maintained schools and academies

Chris is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive management experience working in several schools across a variety of contexts. Chris also has experience in the further education sector. He has worked as an educational lead for primary and secondary school science networks across the UK, specialising in the design, delivery and quality assurance of continuing professional development. Chris has substantial experience with Ofsted inspecting maintained schools and academies, including schools in the primary and secondary sector.

Chris Sergeant, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Chris has worked as a senior leader in a number of different secondary schools. He has worked with primary and secondary schools in a multi-academy trust developing inclusive practice and strengthening systems to support effective behaviour management. In addition, Chris has expertise in attendance, safeguarding and SEND and has completed the NPQSL.

Dan McKeating, HMI designate, maintained schools and academies

Dan is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained significant senior leadership experience in a range of settings and contexts, including across a large MAT. His responsibilities have included quality assurance of the curriculum and raising achievement. He has experience of improving schools in challenging circumstances and has worked at a national teaching school. Dan holds the National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL).

David Mills, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Before inspecting for Ofsted, David gained senior leadership experience as an executive vice principal across 3 alternative provision academies and as an assistant headteacher in a secondary comprehensive school. David has developed local-authority-affiliated specialist provision for pupils with additional needs and has worked as a specialist leader in education. He is a qualified teacher and has worked as an Ofsted inspector. He holds a Master’s degree in Education, the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership and the national SENCo qualification. David has extensive experience of inspecting maintained schools and academies, including primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, pupil referral units and area SEND.

Dughall McCormick, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Dughall is a qualified teacher who has extensive experience as a strategic school improvement lead in a local authority. He has considerable experience of school leadership and has held interim headships in a primary school and a large infant school. Dughall has expertise in school governance and has been a national leader of governance.

Eleanor Belfield, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Eleanor is Ofsted’s national subject lead for science. She is a qualified teacher and has a research Master’s degree in Astrophysics. Eleanor has extensive senior leadership experience as a school improvement lead for a multi-academy trust. Eleanor has held senior leadership positions in different school settings and phases, including as a specialist leader in education and in governance. Eleanor’s areas of expertise include school improvement, leadership and STEM subjects, with a focus on science.

Emily Stevens, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Emily is a qualified teacher. Before working for Ofsted, she held a variety of leadership positions and most recently worked as a headteacher in the primary sector. Across these roles she has been responsible for curriculum and assessment, safeguarding and provision for pupils with SEND. Emily has experience of inspecting a wide range of schools including nursery, primary and special schools, through schools and independent providers. Emily also inspects initial teacher training providers. She has both the National Professional Qualification for Headship and a Master’s in Education. Emily’s areas of interest and expertise are in inclusion and supporting vulnerable children.

Georgina Chinaka, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Georgina is a qualified teacher with leadership experience across Primary, Secondary and Higher education. Before joining Ofsted, Georgina worked in local authority school improvement leading her specialist areas of EAL and ethnic minority achievement. As a senior local authority officer and head of a support service she worked closely with schools on equalities issues and raising achievement for vulnerable groups of pupils. Georgina has also led national research and consultancy for primary schools in fostering a love of reading and access to education.

Hannah Millett, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Hannah is a qualified English teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience as assistant headteacher, deputy headteacher and headteacher in large comprehensive schools. Her responsibilities included quality assurance, teaching and learning, continued professional development and initial teacher training. Alongside being a headteacher, Hannah was also a member of the executive leadership team within her multi-academy trust where she contributed to strategic planning and MAT growth and development.

Ian Rawstorne, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Ian is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, he held a number of senior leadership roles in secondary schools. He was also a school improvement adviser and chief operating officer for a school improvement services company. Ian has led government-funded and local authority-funded school improvement programmes for both primary and secondary schools. He has expertise in leadership and management, curriculum, and teaching and learning. He has a Master’s in Education Management.

James Duncan, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

James line manages a team of HMIs. He is a qualified teacher with extensive experience of inspecting maintained schools and academies, including primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools. James also inspects initial teacher training providers and local authorities. In his role as senior HMI, James regularly quality assures all types of inspection. James has Master’s degrees in Education Studies and in Informatics.

Jen Sloan, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jen is a qualified teacher and has extensive senior leadership experience, including over 10 years as a head teacher. Jen worked as a senior adviser before joining Ofsted and has expertise in curriculum development, school improvement and trust improvement strategies.

Jennifer Thomas, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jennifer is a qualified teacher. She holds a Master’s degree in Science Education and the National Professional Qualification for Headteachers. Prior to joining Ofsted, Jennifer gained extensive senior leadership experience as a deputy and headteacher in several primary schools. Her early career began as a secondary science teacher. She went on to set up a school’s field study centre for an agricultural college catering for pupils across the age ranges. Jennifer also worked for several local authorities as a consultant, supporting schools in the areas of health and wellbeing, including PSHE and citizenship.

Jessica McKay, HMI, maintained schools and academies

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John Linkins, HMI, maintained schools and academies

John is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive experience working in a broad range of schools. His leadership expertise includes pupil welfare and wellbeing, curriculum development and transition. John has worked as a specialist leader in education and delivered initial teacher training.

Kate Longstaff, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kate is a qualified teacher and has held a variety of leadership positions, most recently working as a headteacher in a large infant school. She has been responsible for early years foundation stage, SEND, and safeguarding. Kate is a specialist leader of education and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

Katherine Spurr, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Katherine is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive experience in large comprehensive schools in the North East. Katherine was part of the senior examination team for a national examining body. Her subject specialism is English.

Kathryn McDonald, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kathryn has qualified teacher status and the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Prior to becoming HMI, Kathryn was a headteacher of 2 primary schools. She has extensive experience of school leadership and has previously worked with schools to offer support and challenge. Kathryn has a Bachelor of Theology Honours degree.

Katrina Gueli, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Katrina is a qualified teacher and, prior to joining Ofsted, gained extensive school-based middle and senior leadership experience in a range of different schools. As a senior leader, her responsibilities included the improvement of teaching and learning, in particular working closely with specific departments to raise achievement. Katrina also worked as a local authority adviser and accredited school improvement partner in both primary and secondary schools. Katrina has particular expertise in the development of teaching and learning, leadership and management and science.

Lee Elliott, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lee is assistant regional director for the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber region and manages a team of Senior HMIs. He is a qualified teacher and worked as an inspector and headteacher prior to joining Ofsted. He holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has held several senior leadership positions in a wide range of schools across the region. Lee has expertise in leading and managing curriculum development and improving pupil outcomes. Lee has extensive experience of designing and implementing school assessment systems and leadership of teaching and learning. Lee has been a nursery school governor and is currently a member of the Ofsted Academy delivery leadership group.

Lesley Sullivan, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lesley is a qualified teacher with extensive experience in school improvement and support. Before joining Ofsted, she worked for several years in senior leadership for a local authority and as an executive head in a large primary school. As a specialist leader of education, local authority moderator and English hub literacy specialist, she supported school and subject leaders to improve outcomes for all. She was involved in the consultation process for the early reading framework. Lesley is one of Ofsted’s English national subject leads, with expertise in early language and reading.

Liam Colclough, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Liam is a qualified teacher who has held leadership roles across a range of primary school settings, including leading a school with integrated resource for children with complex physical needs. He has supported schools causing concern and worked as a local leader of education. Liam has expertise in leadership development, curriculum design in mathematics and the early years foundation stage, and SEND.

Malcolm Kirtley, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Malcolm is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, had senior management experience as a deputy headteacher in a large secondary school. His responsibilities included curriculum development, staff training and quality assurance. He also worked with individual departments to raise achievement. He has had previous experience as head of English in 2 large secondary schools. Malcolm has worked as the general editor of an academic journal and represented English subject associations on national advisory boards.

Marcus Newby, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Marcus is a qualified teacher and holds a National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, he gained extensive senior management experience as headteacher in 2 contrasting primary schools. Marcus has led key areas of school improvement, particularly in curriculum development and in improving pupils’ behaviour and attitudes. He has worked as a school improvement partner and local authority hub lead, developing effective early help structures for families. Marcus was chair of a local authority primary headteacher group.

Mary Cook, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Mary has extensive senior leadership experience including working as a headteacher across first schools, primary schools and middle schools. Mary has a Master’s in Leadership and Management in Education and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before joining Ofsted, she carried out statutory inspections of Anglican and Methodist schools. Mary has expertise in religious education and governance.

Matthew Harrington, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Matthew is a qualified teacher and has extensive senior leadership experience, including headship and executive headship positions in both maintained and academy settings. He holds a NPQH. Prior to joining Ofsted, Matthew was the principal improvement adviser for a local authority with responsibility for school improvement across the 3 to 19 age range. Matthew has been an improvement adviser in nursery, primary and secondary schools, as well as specialist settings. Matthew has been a mentor, and provided training to, trainee and early career teachers as well as experienced leaders. Matthew has particular expertise in school improvement, leadership and quality assurance. In addition to inspecting schools, Matthew also inspects initial teacher training providers and local authority children’s services.

Matthew Vellensworth, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Matthew is a qualified teacher and has experience across many areas of school leadership, including leading on assessment, curriculum and professional development. He has worked in schools in a diverse range of settings. Matthew inspects secondary, primary and special schools as well as schools in the independent sector. He has extensive experience of inspecting teacher training providers and works closely with a group of contracted Ofsted inspectors in his role as an HMI.

Nicola Beaumont, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Nicola is a qualified teacher. Prior to working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior management experience as headteacher of a large infant school, among other roles. She holds National Professional Qualifications for Headship and Executive Leadership. Nicola has led key areas of improvement work around curriculum development, behaviour and attitudes and church school distinctiveness. She has been a board member on SCITTs and has supported developments in ITE programmes.

Philippa Kermotschuk, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Philippa is a qualified teacher, has a BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Education and holds the National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership. Before working for Ofsted, Philippa gained extensive senior management experience working in a range of primary schools. Most recently, she worked as a school improvement lead for a multi-academy trust.

Richard Beadnall, maintained schools and academies

Richard is a qualified teacher, entering the profession after gaining BSc and PhD degrees in Chemistry. Prior to becoming an HMI, Richard gained significant experience of senior leadership within primary settings, including 9 years as a primary headteacher. He has had particular responsibility for teaching and learning, special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), assessment and safeguarding and looked-after children and has held a number of subject lead roles. Richard has expertise and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas.

Richard Jones, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Richard is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, he gained extensive experience in senior leadership roles in a variety of schools. His responsibilities included quality assurance and school improvement. As a specialist leader in education, he provided school-to-school support training specialist leaders in education prior to deployment.

Sarah Gordon, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sarah is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, Sarah gained extensive leadership experience in various senior roles including deputy headteacher, headteacher and executive headteacher. Sarah has worked in collaboration with teaching schools, local authorities and multi-academy trusts to drive improvement in primary schools. Sarah has expertise in primary curriculum development, early years and provision for pupils’ personal development.

Stephanie Innes-Taylor, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Stephanie is a qualified teacher who has taught across the primary age ranges. She has gained extensive senior leadership experience as a special educational needs coordinator, assistant headteacher and deputy headteacher in primary schools. She has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has supported and led improvement across a range of schools. She has worked as a specialist leader in education focusing on improving the quality of provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities to raise their achievement. She has served as a governor in both primary and secondary schools.

Thomas Wraith, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Tom is a qualified teacher and has experience of a wide range of inspection types, including schools, independent schools and ITE events. Prior to working for Ofsted, he worked with both primary and secondary age pupils, including in all through schools. Tom has experience of working in both multi-academy trust and maintained settings. He has extensive experience of working in schools in areas of high deprivation. Tom held a range of senior positions in schools. These included responsibility for curriculum, pupil outcomes, quality assurance, pupil premium funding and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Tim Scargill-Knight, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Tim is a qualified teacher. Before joining Ofsted, he gained significant experience as a school leader, including as headteacher of 2 schools, one with a specialist provision for pupils with complex communication and interaction needs. Tim has worked with a local school-based teacher training partnership and has considerable experience working with local authority children’s services to safeguard and support vulnerable pupils. Tim’s areas of expertise include supporting pupils with SEND, English, mathematics, inclusion and leadership development.

Tracy Duffy, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Tracy is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive leadership experience including as the head teacher of a large primary school. She has supported schools facing a range of challenging circumstances in her role as a local leader of education. Tracy has taught across the full primary age range and has a particular interest and expertise in the early years.

Zoe Helman, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Zoe is a qualified teacher and, before joining Ofsted, she gained extensive experience as a senior leader in a variety of comprehensive schools. She has particular expertise in helping schools to transform their English provision, including strategies to support early reading in secondary-age pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Zoe Lightfoot, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Zoe is a qualified teacher with significant leadership experience in independent schools as well as within the maintained, academy and voluntary aided sectors. She has a strong track record of securing rapid school improvement in challenging circumstances. Before joining Ofsted, Zoe was a leading headteacher, supporting curriculum development across a large multi-academy trust. Zoe has worked with a national professional qualification provider, facilitating training. She has a particular interest in improving outcomes for disadvantaged learners and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

North West

Children’s social care

Gareth Dakin, HMI, children’s social care

Gareth is a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England. Before joining Ofsted, Gareth had operational and strategic management experience in delivering a range of services across local authority children’s social care. Gareth has held several senior management positions, leading diverse portfolios across help and protection, children in care, care leavers and children with disabilities.

Kathryn Grindrod, HMI, children’s social care

Kathryn is a qualified and registered social worker with Social Work England. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive experience as a social worker and manager in local authority children’s services. Kathryn has also managed a Local Safeguarding Children Board and, more recently, held a senior role for an independent fostering agency, where her responsibilities included oversight of quality assurance and safeguarding.

Lisa Summers, HMI, children’s social care

Lisa has a BSc (Hons) in Criminology and a Diploma in Social Work. Before joining Ofsted, Lisa acquired a wide range of experience working as a head of service in local authority settings, specifically within children’s safeguarding and adult safeguarding. Lisa also has experience as a juvenile justice social worker and performance manager. She developed an intensive supervision and surveillance programme pilot and managed the service in collaboration across 5 local authorities. She project managed the development of a multi-agency safeguarding hub. Lisa is a registered social worker.

Lisa Walsh, HMI, children’s social care

Lisa is a registered social worker. She has extensive senior management and leadership experience in a range of roles in local authority children’s services. These include a multi-agency safeguarding hub, the assessment of children in need and child protection, looked after children, care proceedings and permanence. Lisa was the local authority lead for a regional adoption agency.

Lorna Schlechte, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Lorna is a qualified social worker. Prior to joining Ofsted in 2016, she gained extensive experience in children’s services as a senior manager in several Merseyside and Greater Manchester local authorities.

Michelle Edge, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Michelle is a senior operational manager for the North West region. She is a qualified and registered social worker. Before joining Ofsted, she held a range of management positions within a local authority and the voluntary sector. She has direct experience of working in the safeguarding unit, quality assurance and residential childcare service. Since working for Ofsted, she has carried out a range of regulator activities and teamed on inspections and visits for local authorities.

Rebekah Tucker, HMI, children’s social care

Rebekah is a qualified and registered social worker.Prior to working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior management experience in a range of managerial roles in the family courts and in local authority children’s services. She has worked with cared for children and care leavers, and with adoption, fostering and safeguarding teams.

Sarah Urding, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Sarah Urding is assistant regional director for the North West. She has held a range of positions within the local authority and the voluntary sector. She has direct experience of working within, managing and strategically planning fostering, family assessment and residential child care services, undertaking a wide range of local authority and regulatory inspections. Sarah has a Diploma in Social Work and BA Honours degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology. She is registered with the Health and Care professionals Council.

Teresa Godfrey, HMI, children’s social care

Teresa is a qualified and registered social worker. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior management experience in a range of managerial roles in local authority children’s services. Working with children in need of protection and safeguarding, Teresa has a particular interest in ensuring that children and families receive the right services at the right time.

Early years and childcare

Elaine White, Senior HMI, early years and childcare

Elaine is the early years lead in the North West region. Elaine is a qualified social worker and specialised in children services management and safeguarding work. Elaine also holds a degree in Social Administration, and a Master’s in Public Service Management. Elaine has experience of working in primary schools in West Yorkshire and considerable experience of senior leadership in social work management, as well as early years workforce planning and service delivery in the Midlands. Elaine manages the early years inspection and regulatory inspector teams in the North West.

Further education and skills

Alastair Mollon, HMI, further education and skills

Alastair has extensive experience in further education and skills in roles such as assistant principal, manager and teacher. Before working as an HMI, he was an Ofsted inspector. He is qualified to teach in further education and has a Postgraduate Certificate in Management (Education). He has experience of teaching and learning, and quality roles with specific expertise in modern foreign languages, physical education and sport, and leadership and management.

Alison Cameron-Brandwood, HMI, further education and skills

Alison is a qualified teacher and has a BA (Hons) degree in Education and Professional Studies. She has taught in a range of education settings and has held curriculum management and senior management positions in general further education colleges. Prior to joining Ofsted, Alison was assistant principal in a general further education college with a key focus on the academic and vocational curriculum and university provision including initial teacher education. She has wide-ranging experience in leading and managing quality improvement strategies, including the performance management of teaching, learning and assessment, curriculum design and delivery.

Alison Humphreys, HMI, further education and skills

Alison is a qualified teacher in the FE and schools sector and has a Master’s of Education Leadership and Management. She has specific subject specialisms in business, leadership and management, accounting and teacher education. Before joining Ofsted, Alison gained senior management experience as head of quality, teaching, learning and assessment in the further education sector. As part of this role, she was head of higher education and managed e-learning. Alison has extensive experience in leading and managing quality improvement strategies, including the performance management of teaching, learning and assessment curriculum design and delivery. She has management and senior management experience across adult education, apprenticeships, traineeships, 14 to 19 education and higher education within GFE colleges.

Anita Pyrkotsch-Jones, HMI, further education and skills

Anita is a qualified teacher, has a BA (Hons) in Education and Community studies, an MA in Education Leadership and Management and is currently working towards a Professional Doctorate in Education. She has expertise in health and social care and early years and has experience of leading inspections in the further education and skills sector. Before working for Ofsted, Anita gained management and senior management experience in colleges and independent learning providers. Her responsibilities included oversight of provision, quality assurance and quality improvement, contract management and training. She has worked with government departments and government-funded organisations in improving standards within further education and skills and implementing government policy.

Helen Whelan, HMI, further education and skills

Helen has worked within the post-16 sector for many years, starting as an English teacher and progressing to head of department and quality manager before being appointed as an assistant principal. Helen also worked as a principal moderator and senior examiner for A-level English language and has postgraduate qualifications in improving educational leadership. Before joining Ofsted, Helen worked as an assistant principal for quality and standards at a large college group, which offered diverse provision in further education, initial teacher training, higher education, offender learning and work-based learning. Helen worked within these different contexts to design and implement a range of quality improvement strategies that had a positive impact on staff and learners. Helen inspects a variety of further education and skills providers.

Kim Bleasdale, HMI, further education and skills

Kim is a qualified teacher and has a BA (Hons) and an MA in education. She gained extensive senior leadership experience in an independent learning provider. Kim is experienced in managing the performance of apprenticeships and implementing quality processes and improvement strategies. She has extensive experience within apprenticeship delivery across a wide range of sectors which include leadership and management, business, customer service, childcare, teaching assistant and health and social care. Kim has also managed engineering disciplines such as fabrication and welding, electrical and mechanical.

Paul Cocker, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Paul is a qualified teacher and has an MA in Educational Management. He has taught in a range of further education settings and has held curriculum management and senior management positions in general further education colleges and work-based learning providers. Before joining Ofsted, Paul was the deputy chief executive of a very large training provider delivering a wide range of apprenticeships. He has extensive experience in leading and managing quality improvement strategies, including the performance management of teaching, learning and assessment, curriculum design and change management. Paul has led on national research in the area of apprenticeship funding and policy and has extensive experience in the use of information and learning technologies. He has expertise of leading inspections of regional and national independent learning providers.

Ruth Stammers, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Ruth has extensive senior management experience in large general further education colleges with a specialism in construction. Her responsibilities included development of curriculum for adults, young people and apprenticeship provision, quality assurance, stakeholder engagement and collaboration with the community. She has worked as an external verifier, led on teacher regional improvement projects and as a consultation panel member for the Department for Education’s implementation of T level qualifications.

Suzanne Horner, HMI, further education and skills

Suzanne is a qualified teacher. Before joining Ofsted, she worked in further education and land-based colleges. She has held senior roles with responsibility for quality assurance, implementation of change and management of curriculum provision. Her specialisms include apprenticeships across multiple subject areas such as hospitality, business and higher education in further education.

Suzanne Wainwright, HMI, further education and skills

Suzanne has built extensive experience throughout her career in further education and skills. She is a qualified teacher in post-16 education and training and has an Honours degree in Languages and Business Studies, together with postgraduate qualifications in Education and Training Management, and Law. She has considerable senior management experience in both further education and the private sector, including as vice principal at 2 general further education colleges, responsibility for quality and curriculum, and as senior designated officer for safeguarding. Suzanne led community learning and skills provision in a local authority, successfully established apprenticeship and work-based learning provision in further education colleges and had responsibility for early years nursery provision in 2 colleges.

Zoe Ibbotson, HMI, further education and skills

Zoe is a qualified teacher with experience in schools and further education with subject specialisms in English, psychology and teacher education. Before joining Ofsted, Zoe held senior posts in large further education colleges. Zoe has management and senior management expertise across initial teacher education, apprenticeships, HE in FE, offender learning and general further education colleges. Zoe has a Master’s degree in Education Leadership.

Maintained schools and academies

Ahmed Marikar, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Ahmed has considerable experience leading inspections of state funded schools, including primary, secondary, special, alternative provision, pupil referral units, hospital schools, studio schools and UTCs. He also leads on the full range of inspections of non-association independent schools and pre-registration inspections of free schools and academies. He also conducts summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts. He has previously inspected initial teacher education partnerships and local authority children’s services. He is a qualified teacher and has achieved the NPQH and a Master’s degree in Leadership and Management. He has significant experience of subject and senior leadership in a range of schools, including in 2 large all-through, 3 to 18 schools and in a large multi-academy trust. He was also school governor in a primary and secondary school. Before working for Ofsted, he was also an additional inspector. His areas of expertise, include curriculum and leadership and management.

Amanda Downing, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Amanda is a qualified English teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before joining Ofsted, she gained teaching and senior leadership experience in a number of secondary schools, including as a headteacher. Amanda has experience as a specialist leader of education and has provided extensive leadership and curriculum support to a range of secondary schools. She has expertise in school improvement, behaviour and safeguarding.

Amina Modan, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Amina is a qualified teacher and has extensive senior management experience in a comprehensive school and a multi-academy trust. She has worked as a specialist leader of education, pastoral leader, a designated safeguarding lead and is also a trained youth mental health first aider. Amina has worked on national assessment and curriculum committees and led a large range of subjects across key stage 3, 4 and 5. She has extensive experience in promoting pupils’ personal development. She has also led and consulted on various local and national programmes promoting equality and diversity.

Andy Cunningham, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Andy is a qualified teacher with experience of teaching a wide range of subjects across key stages 1 to 5. Before joining Ofsted, he taught in primary and secondary schools and gained extensive leadership experience. Andy holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. He has particular experience in curriculum planning and delivery and school improvement.

Ben Hill, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Ben is a qualified teacher. Before working for Ofsted, he gained considerable experience teaching mathematics in the secondary sector. He has extensive experience of senior leadership in a number of schools in varied contexts and was most recently deputy headteacher of one of the largest schools in the region. Ben has supported schools in challenging circumstances as a specialist leader of education and has previous experience as a school governor. Ben inspects a wide range of provisions. His particular areas of interest are mathematics, quality assurance and initial teacher education.

Claire Cropper, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Claire has extensive teaching and senior management experience as a teacher and a headteacher. She has expertise in special educational needs and disabilities and has worked in a range of primary schools. She has led the full range of the primary curriculum across key stages 1, 2 and the foundation stage.

David Robinson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

David is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive leadership experience as a headteacher in several primary schools across England. He has a particular expertise in improving underachieving schools. David has worked as a local authority school improvement partner and served as a mentor to new headteachers. He has also completed post graduate studies in school inspection and educational enquiry. David’s subject specialisms and areas of interest include English and language development for pupils with English as an additional language.

David Spruce, HMI, maintained schools and academies

David Spruce is a qualified teacher with a Master’s degree in Education. He holds the national award for special educational needs, the National Professional Qualification for Headship and for Executive Leadership. David has extensive leadership experience in a variety of schools across different local authorities. Before joining Ofsted, David was a deputy headteacher and a headteacher. He has expertise in curriculum development, primary mathematics, physical education and computing.

Elaine Mawson, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Elaine is a qualified teacher, specialising in mathematics and history. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior leadership experience in both primary and secondary schools, including as chair of a governing body. Elaine has worked in comprehensive, selective grammar and special schools. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship, an MBA and a Doctorate in Educational Research. Her areas of expertise are in leadership, curriculum, safeguarding and delivering professional development.

Ian Hardman, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Ian is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, was a headteacher for 8 years in 2 different primary schools. He has particular experience in leading schools out of categories of concern. He has further experience of developing leadership capacity including governance, improving the quality of teaching and learning and overall school improvement. Ian is trained and has much experience of inspecting primary, independent and special schools, having completed enhanced special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) training. He is also responsible for the inspection of local areas’ provision for SEND in the North West.

Frith Murphy, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Frith is a qualified teacher. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive leadership experience in higher education. Frith has expertise in science and initial teacher education. She has a Master’s degree in Leadership and Management and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority. Before working in higher education, Frith was a senior leader in 2 primary schools. She was a local authority advisor. Frith has completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

Helen Friend, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Helen is a qualified teacher and has extensive teaching and senior leadership experience in a range of schools. Helen has been an executive headteacher, headteacher, curriculum leader and a special educational needs coordinator. She holds a Master’s degree, as well as NPQH and NPQEL qualifications. Before working for Ofsted Helen gained significant school improvement experience and has supported schools in challenging circumstances.

Jackie Stillings, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jackie is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before joining Ofsted, she gained extensive experience as a senior leader and headteacher across a range of primary schools and local authorities. Jackie has also served as an executive headteacher and a local leader of education, supporting and leading improvement in a number of schools. Her subject specialisms and areas of interest are English and history.

Jane Dennis, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jane is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, she was headteacher of a large inner-city primary school in the North West. Jane has held a range of leadership roles in both high-performing schools, and those in challenging circumstances. She has particular interest and expertise in curriculum design, behaviour and character development.

Jen Sloan, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jen is a qualified teacher and has extensive senior leadership experience, including over 10 years as a headteacher. Before joining Ofsted, Jen worked as a senior adviser providing guidance and quality assurance on curriculum development and wider school improvement strategies in maintained schools and multi-academy trusts.

Jo Olsson, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jo is a qualified teacher and regularly leads on school inspections. She also inspects initial teacher training providers and local authority school improvement services. Before joining Ofsted, Jo held senior management positions in a number of primary schools and in a local authority. Jo was seconded from the local authority to act as temporary headteacher in a school requiring special measures. She has been a subject adviser for science and a school improvement partner. Jo was also the lead officer for school improvement and schools causing concern.

Jonathan Smart, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jonathan is regional director for the North West and a member of the quality assurance team. He inspects a range of provision, including primary, secondary, special and independent schools and also regularly leads initial teacher education inspections. Before working for Ofsted, he gained extensive senior leadership experience across a number of educational organisations and also had experience working outside of education. Jonathan was a headteacher and executive headteacher of 2 schools in challenging circumstances. He has expertise in leadership, curriculum, and teaching and learning.

Jenny Jones, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jenny is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, Jenny gained extensive senior leadership experience in a 11 to 18 secondary school. She has particular expertise in leadership and management, quality of education and English.

Kate Bowker, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kate is a qualified teacher with extensive experience as a senior leader. She has expertise in school improvement, leadership and management, teaching and learning and the sixth form. She has also been involved in leading cross-phase curriculum transition across local authorities. Kate has specific interests in closing gaps for disadvantaged pupils, the curriculum, leadership, closing the vocabulary and reading gap, and pupils’ personal development.

Liz Dayton, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Liz is a qualified teacher and has taught across the full primary age range. Liz has extensive senior leadership experience across primary schools in a wide range of contexts. Liz also has a wealth of experience within inspection and regulatory work through working for Ofsted in the early years remit.

Mavis Smith, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Mavis is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive school leadership experience in a range of primary and nursery schools, including as a headteacher and deputy headteacher. She was a national leader of education and led a teaching school. Mavis has also worked as a local authority school improvement adviser and as a local authority early years lead officer.

Michael Pennington, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Michael is a qualified teacher with a specialism in mathematics. He inspects a wide range of settings, including primary, secondary and independent schools. Before working for Ofsted, Michael gained extensive experience as a senior leader in secondary schools and most recently was the headteacher of an 11 to 18 secondary school.

Pat Speed, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Pat is a qualified teacher and has taught across the full primary age range. She holds a Master’s degree and has worked across several authorities and as a national leader of education. Pat has significant experience of supporting schools to raise standards. Prior to joining Ofsted Pat served as a headteacher of a very large primary school and has a particular interest in developing leadership and management, behaviour and initial teacher training.

Pippa Jackson Maitland, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Pippa is a qualified teacher. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive leadership experience across all phases – as a headteacher in a primary school, school improvement partner, local authority adviser, regional adviser for behaviour and attendance, and senior adviser at national level for improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils. Pippa has written and facilitated modules for the National Professional Qualification for Headship and National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership programmes. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has completed postgraduate studies in Teaching and Learning and School Inspection. Pippa has also been responsible for a number of pupil referral units. She has expertise leading inspections of schools and pupil referral units and works as a local authority link HMI.

Rachel Goodwin, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Rachel is a qualified English teacher and has extensive teaching and senior leadership experience in a range of schools. Rachel has expertise in teaching and learning, curriculum and leadership. Before working for Ofsted, Rachel gained significant school improvement and leadership experience across all phases as an independent school improvement consultant. More recently she was as a senior school improvement officer for a local authority. Rachel inspects a range of provisions, including primary, secondary, special and independent schools.

Rebecca Jewitt, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Rebecca Jewitt is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. She has extensive experience as a senior leader across a wide range of schools in different local authorities. Before working for Ofsted, Rebecca was a headteacher of 2 schools. She has also worked with local authorities to support schools with a focus on leadership development. Her particular areas of interest and expertise are English, curriculum development and school improvement.

Rebecca Sharples, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Rebecca is a qualified modern foreign languages teacher and has taught across the full secondary age range. Before joining Ofsted, she gained teaching and senior leadership experience in a number of secondary schools. Rebecca has expertise in leadership, SEND, behaviour and safeguarding. She has also worked as a consultant, providing extensive support to a range of secondary schools. Rebecca has experience of inspecting both primary and secondary schools. She has completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship and holds the National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination.

Sally Rix, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sally is a qualified teacher, specialising in history. Before joining Ofsted, she gained teaching and leadership experience in a number of secondary schools, including as a senior leader. Sally has both a Master’s and a PhD in Education. She also has experience as a specialist leader of education, providing support to schools around teaching and learning. Her particular areas of expertise are in teaching and learning, professional development and curriculum.

Sally Timmons, Senior HMI maintained schools and academies

Sally is a qualified teacher with extensive leadership experience in primary and secondary schools. She has been a deputy headteacher and headteacher in a federation of secondary and primary schools and was also a senior leader in a specialist independent school. Sally has particular expertise in leadership, safeguarding and behaviour.

Sheena Clark, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sheena Clark is one of His Majesty’s Inspectors. She is a qualified teacher and has taught across the full primary age range. Prior to working for Ofsted, Sheena was a headteacher. She also gained considerable school leadership experience as a senior leader across a range of schools and local authorities. Sheena has also worked as a local authority consultant. She has a particular interest in leadership and teaching and learning.

Steve Bentham, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Steve inspects a range of provision, including primary, special and independent schools. He is trained to lead initial teacher education inspections. Before working for Ofsted, he gained extensive senior leadership experience as a headteacher of 3 schools in contrasting locations. Steve has completed the enhanced SEND inspection training and has expertise in data and assessment, SEND and school leadership and management.

Stuart Perkins, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Stuart has worked in a wide variety of primary schools throughout the North West region as a senior leader, including as a deputy headteacher and a headteacher. He has extensive knowledge of meeting the learning needs of pupils with SEND, including how to adapt the delivery of the curriculum. He has particular interest in developments in the early reading and the wider reading curriculums, meeting the varying needs of pupils with SEND, supporting teachers’ ongoing professional development and promoting equality and diversity for all pupils. He holds the National Award for Special Educational Needs and the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

Sue Dymond, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sue is a qualified teacher. She has held a variety of leadership positions within the primary sector. Sue has been an executive headteacher, headteacher, curriculum leader and a special educational needs coordinator within both maintained schools and multi-academy trusts. Sue has also gained extensive experience in a strategic school improvement role, while working for a local authority. Before joining Ofsted as an HMI, Sue was an Ofsted inspector for several years.

Sue Eastwood, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sue is a qualified teacher and has a Master’s in Education Management. She has experience in educational leadership and school improvement. Before joining Ofsted, she was a head of schools in a North West local authority and has extensive experience as a senior officer in school improvement and inclusion. Before this, Sue was a headteacher and senior leader in primary schools. Sue has experience in working with primary, secondary and special school settings.

Tim Vaughan, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Tim holds qualified teacher status and previously worked in leadership roles in maintained nursery schools, primary schools and children’s centres. He held a senior role for a local authority and worked as an adviser for the Department for Education. He has extensive experience of inspection, investigation and survey work across nursery, infant and primary schools, children’s centres, teacher training and early years. Tim contributes to the training of inspectors. Tim holds a BEd (Hons) and a Master’s in Early Childhood Education with Care. He is qualified at level 7 in investigative practice. Tim qualified as a headteacher and is trained in leadership development. He has advised nationally on this topic and has taught about leadership at postgraduate level.

Victoria Burnside, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Victoria is a qualified teacher and has taught across the full primary age range. She holds a Master’s degree in Education and has completed the national award for special educational needs co-ordination. Prior to joining Ofsted, Victoria was a headteacher. She has also held several senior leadership roles across different phases and settings, including alternative provision. Victoria also worked with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) teams in local authority. She has considerable experience of school improvement, especially in relation to disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.

South East

Children’s social care

Amanda Maxwell, HMI, children’s social care

Amanda previously worked in a local authority as team manager of a large multi-disciplinary statutory social work team. She has many years of specialist experience working with disabled children and their families. She has been a practice teacher and assessor and a facilitator of specialist training. Before moving into statutory social work, she worked in a variety of residential care settings. Amanda has extensive experience of inspection of regulated provision and local authority services for children and young people. She is a qualified social worker and is registered with Social Work England.

Carolyn Adcock, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Carolyn is a registered social worker and has been a practice teacher in social work. She has worked with national social care regulators at a senior level, a national social work body, a local authority and a university. Carolyn has inspected a wide range of social care services across the country and currently quality assures inspections. She also holds an MBA.

Dominic Stevens, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Dominic is assistant regional director for London and the South East. He has extensive experience in local authority children’s social care services and the third sector. He has a Diploma and an MA in Social Work. He has worked as a frontline senior manager, commissioner and ‘expert witness’. He has experience in a number of different positions, including those concerned with child protection, looker after children, child and adolescent mental health and early intervention. He has sat on a local family justice board and has undertaken the role of adoption agency decision maker. Since joining Ofsted, Dominic has inspected services for children in need of help and protection, looked after children, care leavers as well as undertaking reviews of local safeguarding children boards. In addition, he has inspected the children and family court advisory and support service, children’s centres and undertaken improvement work with local authorities.

Matt Hedges, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Matthew is a qualified and registered social worker. Before working for Ofsted, he gained extensive experience working in a range of roles in local authority children’s services. His responsibilities included working with disabled children and children in care.

Rodica Cobarzan, HMI, children’s social care

Rodica is a qualified social worker and is registered with Social Work England. She has extensive experience in a range of practitioner and senior management positions in local authority children’s services. Before joining Ofsted, she worked with children and families, including children in need and in need of protection, safeguarding, children in care and care leaving services, as well as fostering services and services for disabled children. She holds a BA in Social Work, a PQ Award in Social Work, including Practice Learning Facilitator, an MA in the Management of Social Care settings and a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Steve Bailey HMI, children’s social care

Steve is a qualified and registered social worker and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience across children’s services and the voluntary sector, working in child protection, exploitation, and youth justice. Steve has worked previously as a local authority head of service.

Tom Anthony, HMI, children’s social care

Tom has worked in a number of local authority settings. He also worked for the children’s workforce development council and at the DfE, where he supported the regional and national roll out of social care and social work programmes. Tom has a strong commitment to co-creating services with children and young people and recent experience of working with children in care to develop services. He also has experience of leading a range of quality assurance and audit activities. Tom is a registered and qualified social worker with a Master’s in Social Work and a BA in Social Sciences.

Early years and childcare

Alison Southard, Senior HMI, early years and childcare

Alison has significant management experience from working in early years settings and from running her own business. She has a proven track record of raising standards and outcomes for children. Alison is a qualified early years professional and has a degree in Children’s Development and Learning. She has also worked as a senior inspection team manager and a senior officer for Ofsted.

Further education and skills

Ann Monaghan, HMI, further education and skills

Ann has qualified teacher status and holds a Master’s degree in Education. Before becoming an HMI with Ofsted, Ann was an Ofsted inspector for 10 years with experience of inspecting across a broad range of providers. At the same time, she was the vice principal of a large general further education college with specific responsibility for curriculum and quality across all types of provision from pre-entry to level 7. As part of the college’s executive team, she held particular responsibilities as the senior strategic lead for safeguarding, teacher training provision, English and mathematics. She has experience working in sixth form colleges, further education colleges and higher education provision. Ann’s first degree is in Government and Politics. She has many years’ experience of teaching this subject and other related social sciences. Since becoming an HMI, she has extensive experience of inspecting across the further education and skills remit including all provider types and provision types. She is also an experienced inspector of initial teacher training.

Carolyn Brownsea, HMI, further education and skills

Carolyn has qualified teacher status and holds a BSc in education and training. Before becoming an HMI with Ofsted, Carolyn was an Ofsted inspector for 15 years. She has extensive experience as a senior leader in large further education colleges and national training providers with responsibility for raising standards of teaching, learning and assessment, curriculum design, careers information, advice and guidance and overseeing all aspects of quality assurance and improvement. Carolyn has also managed change in further education. Since joining Ofsted as an HMI, Carolyn has developed considerable experience in inspecting a range of provision types within the further education and skills sector, including further education colleges, sixth form colleges, independent training providers, independent specialist providers and employer providers. In addition, Carolyn inspects in prisons, secure children’s homes, and initial teacher education. 

Emma Leavey, HMI, further education and skills

Emma is an experienced teacher in post-16 education. She has experience of working in independent learning providers as well as national and regional adult community learning providers. She gained a wide variety of experience in curriculum and senior leadership including quality assurance and improvement, staff training and contract management. Emma specialises in English, including English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) as well as special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) provision. Since joining Ofsted, Emma has developed considerable experience in inspecting a range of provision types within the further education and skills sector including education programmes for young people, apprenticeships, adult learning and provision for learners with high needs. As well as further education and skills, Emma inspects initial teacher education, Ministry of Defence, and local area arrangements for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.  

Jo-Ann Henderson, HMI, further education and skills

Jo-Ann has worked as head of learning and assistant principal in a general further education college. She is a qualified teacher with extensive experience in the further education sector and has a Master’s in Further Education Sector Management. Her expertise is in the management and teaching of health, care and childhood studies. Since joining Ofsted, Jo has developed considerable inspection experience, including colleges, apprenticeships and adult learning programmes. Jo also inspects university technical colleges.  

Kate Hill, HMI, further education and skills

Kate is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in Education. Before working for Ofsted, she worked as a senior manager in a tertiary college and was responsible for the quality of teaching and learning, mathematics and English, additional learner support, equality and diversity, Prevent, and student experience. Kate’s specialisms include health and social care and early years following a career as a registered nurse in the NHS and private practice. She has been a senior manager in health and social care, initial teacher training and business studies courses. 

Mark Hillman, HMI, further education and skills

Mark is a qualified teacher with a specialism in mathematics. Before joining Ofsted as an HMI, Mark was a highly established senior leader, with expertise in curriculum design and development, quality improvement and student experience across a range of provision types. Since joining Ofsted, Mark has developed considerable inspection experience including apprenticeships, adult learning programmes and provision for learners with high needs. 

Mike Finn Senior HMI, further education and skills

Mike manages a team of HMI in the South East region. Mike is a qualified and experienced teacher of business and management and has a Master’s degree in Education Leadership. Before working for Ofsted, he gained extensive senior management experience as a director and deputy principal within the sixth-form college sector. His past responsibilities include curriculum and quality leadership, as well as setting up a new provider. Since working with Ofsted, Mike has led a wide range of inspections, across provision types, including colleges, independent specialist colleges, adult and community learning and independent training providers. He has also inspected secondary schools. As a safeguarding expert, Mike has inspected the education aspects of local authority children’s services. Mike recently spent time working in the further education and skills policy team as a curriculum lead. 

Peter Cox, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Peter manages a team of HMI in the South East region. He is a qualified and experienced teacher specialising in ancient and modern history and classics. He has also taught across a range of humanities and art subjects. Prior to working for Ofsted, Peter gained significant leadership experience within sixth form college provision as director of learning and quality. His responsibilities included leading and managing a range of curriculum and business support departments as well as quality assurance and improvement. Since working with Ofsted, Peter has led a wide range of inspections, across all provision types, including colleges, independent specialist colleges, adult and community learning and independent training providers. He also inspects initial teacher development, as well as university technical colleges. 

Richard Kirkham, HMI, further education and skills

Richard is a qualified teacher. He holds a Business Management degree and level 7 degree in Management. Before joining Ofsted as an HMI, Richard previously worked within the creative, hospitality, and construction sectors. Richard began his education career by teaching qualifications in the construction sector. Richard gained significant experience as a senior manager in large general further education colleges. Richard has extensive experience of leading and managing education programmes across a broad range of curriculum areas. Since joining Ofsted as an HMI, Richard has developed considerable experience across the range of provision types and specialist training providers within the further education and skills sector, including colleges, independent training providers and higher education institutions.  

Richard Pemble, HMI, further education and skills

Richard is a qualified further education teacher with experience of teaching students from foundation to higher education level. Richard’s specialism is land-based education and training, in particular animal management and agriculture. Richard has experience of inspecting general further education colleges, land-based colleges, sixth-form colleges, work-based learning providers, community learning, offender learning and residential provision in further education colleges. Before joining Ofsted, Richard was a quality manager in a land-based college and held management positions in a general further education college. Richard has worked internationally, developing quality systems for vocational education for a national awarding body. 

Roland White, HMI, further education and skills

Roland is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in Education. He has significant experience as both a manager and senior leader in the post-16 sector. In his most recent role as assistant principal of a general further education college, Roland oversaw the quality of teaching and learning, and mathematics and English. Roland has significant experience in the management of safeguarding. His specialisms include business, administration, and management. Roland is an experienced inspector, and has inspected across the further education and skills remit, including colleges, independent specialist colleges and apprenticeship provision.  

Sara Woodward, HMI, further education and skills

Sara has held senior leadership positions as assistant and deputy principal in large further education colleges. She is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Her specialisms are health and social care, social sciences and government and politics. Sara is experienced in curriculum development, improving the quality of teaching and learning and as a designated safeguarding lead. She also has extensive experience of working with schools, community providers and employers as a 14 to 19-year-old partnership lead and local authority improvement officer. Since joining Ofsted, Sara has developed considerable expertise in inspecting a range of provision types including apprenticeships, adult community learning, high needs and Skills Bootcamps. 

Viki Faulkner, HMI, further education and skills

Viki is a qualified early years practitioner and assessor. She holds a PGCE and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership. She has worked extensively across the post-16 sector with independent training providers, further education colleges and universities. She has specialisms in apprenticeships, health and social care, drama, management and teacher training. After a role as head of studies in a college, she led 2 lifelong learning networks, developing multi-institutional frameworks. Before joining Ofsted, she was the head of technical education and apprenticeships at a large university. Since joining Ofsted, Viki has developed considerable experience in inspecting a range of provision types within the further education and skills sector, including independent specialist colleges, dance and drama schools, university technical colleges, prisons and youth offender institutions. 

Maintained schools and academies

Aimee Floyd, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Aimee is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior leadership experience in secondary schools. Her responsibilities included curriculum and pastoral provision for pupils’ personal development and welfare, quality assurance and school improvement. Aimee has worked in collaboration with teaching schools, local authorities and multi-academy trusts to drive improvement in primary and secondary schools.

Ally Aldridge-Gibbons, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Ally is a qualified teacher. Prior to joining Ofsted, she gained significant senior leadership experience in a range of roles. Ally has a track record of leading improvements in curriculum work and teaching and learning. She has a Master’s degree in Education. One of her areas of particular expertise is in improving outcomes and education for vulnerable young people.

Carl McCarthy, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Carl is a qualified teacher and has extensive school leadership experience as a primary headteacher in a range of different settings. He has also worked across the sector as a school improvement partner, adviser and consultant.

Catherine Old, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Catherine is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience as assistant principal and vice principal in a large comprehensive school. Her responsibilities included leading teaching and learning, performance management and working closely with departments and individuals to monitor performance and raise achievement. Catherine has expertise in leading continuous professional development in her own school and with partner schools and the local authority.

Chris Ellison, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Chris is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). Before joining Ofsted, he gained significant senior leadership experience and has extensive experience of leading curriculum, professional development and teaching and learning. Chris’ particular expertise is in the English curriculum and whole-school literacy.

Chris Parker, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Chris is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Prior to joining Ofsted, he gained extensive senior leadership experience including 2 headships, one at a primary school and the second at a large junior school. Chris has also been a member of a federated governing body of 2 rural primary schools. His areas of expertise include leadership and curriculum as well as staff development and appraisal.

Clive Close, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Clive is a qualified teacher with a significant number of years’ experience in school leadership. He spent several years as head of school in one of the first all-through primary/secondary federations, and was also headteacher of a large primary school, which included a local authority resourced provision for children with speech, language and communication difficulties. Before his years in education, Clive served for 24 years in the Royal Marines.

Daniel Botting, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Daniel has worked as a headteacher at an all-through school. He has served extensively as a senior leader in both the maintained and independent sectors. Daniel has specific interests in curriculum design in all-through schools, and in the provision for disadvantaged pupils, including those with SEND. Daniel is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s in the Economics of Education.

Edward Mather, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Edward is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Prior to joining Ofsted, he gained wide-ranging experience as a deputy headteacher in large comprehensive schools in both urban and rural settings. His areas of expertise range from leading sixth form provision to curriculum and pastoral leadership with a particular focus on equalities.

Gavin Thomas, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Gavin is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, he gained senior leadership experience as head of centre, assistant headteacher and headteacher in a variety of SEND settings including pupil referral units, alternative provision and social, emotional and mental health difficulties. He has also worked in a central role within a trust supporting leadership and whole school practice. He is a specialist leader of education and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

Harry Ingham, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Harry has many years of leadership experience in various senior positions including headteacher and executive headteacher. He has experience of teaching and leading a wide range of subjects, across age ranges, in a number of schools. Harry has chaired a local children’s partnership group and has supported school improvement through his work as a consultant. He was a member of several local educational agencies and contributed to the creation of a county-wide local leadership strategy.

James Broadbridge, HMI, maintained schools and academies

James is a qualified teacher and has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, James gained extensive senior management experience as deputy headteacher and headteacher across a range of primary schools. He has significant experience of leading school improvement and supporting schools. His areas of expertise include faith schools, early reading, leadership, curriculum, behaviour and safeguarding.

James Stuart, HMI, maintained schools and academies

James is a qualified teacher and holds an MSc and the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before joining Ofsted, James was a middle and senior leader in a range of settings: mainstream schools, alternative provision and a university technical college. His areas of expertise include multi-agency partnership working, safeguarding, school improvement, technical education, pupils with SEND and working with disadvantaged pupils. He has experience of governance, in both primary and secondary phases, and as a member of a large multi-academy trust.

Joanna Brinkley, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Joanna is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, gained significant experience in school leadership. Joanna established a primary multi academy trust and her areas of expertise are school improvement and the primary curriculum.

Jo Petch, HMI, Maintained schools and academies

Jo is a qualified teacher with a background in all through special schools. Having taught pupils with autism, severe learning difficulties, and profound and multiple learning difficulties, Jo has gone on to serve in a range of leadership roles including middle and senior leadership, headship and executive school leadership. In her earlier career she was a teacher in mainstream primary schools as well as a music subject teacher in secondary. Jo has an MA in Education and a particular interest in communication development and SEND.

Julie Sackett, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Julie is a qualified teacher with considerable teaching and leadership experience in primary schools, including headship. Before becoming an HMI, Julie was an Ofsted inspector, with experience of inspecting across a wide range of providers and remits. She has a Master’s in School Management.

Kate Fripp, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kate is a qualified teacher and, before joining Ofsted, she held a range of senior leadership positions in primary schools, including headship. She has also worked as a leading science teacher and as a local authority moderator. Kate holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and an Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA).

Kathryn Moles, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kathryn is a qualified teacher, with a background in leading science. Before joining Ofsted, Kathryn held senior leadership roles in secondary schools, leading on quality assurance of teaching, learning and assessment. As a specialist leader in education, she led school to school support in primary schools. Kathryn has experience of inspecting primary, secondary, independent and specialist settings, and of inspecting local authority children’s services. During 2 years as a specialist adviser in the schools and early education policy team, Kathryn oversaw induction training for new schools inspectors and contributed to other national programmes of inspector training. She also led on Ofsted’s liaison work with Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showmen and Boater communities, and on inspection of careers information, education, advice and guidance in schools.

Laura James, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Laura is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). Before becoming an HMI, Laura was a headteacher in a variety of primary schools including leading a stand-alone academy trust. Laura has detailed knowledge of school management and curriculum development. She also has expertise in the teaching of mathematics, primary computing and history.

Laurie Anderson, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Laurie is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, had substantial experience as a headteacher in primary schools and supporting school improvement in other schools. Laurie has also been a governor in primary and secondary schools.

Lee Selby, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lee has extensive experience inspecting primary, secondary, special and independent schools. He is a qualified teacher with experience in the primary phase including early years. Lee has held leadership positions in 4 primary schools and was most recently headteacher of a rural primary school and chaired an alliance of rural schools that included primary, secondary and special schools. He was previously commissioned by his local authority to support headteachers and schools in challenging circumstances and facilitated national leadership programmes. 

Linda Culling, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Linda has extensive senior leadership experience in secondary schools, including as founding principal of a free school. Her areas of expertise include leading school improvement and supporting schools in challenging circumstances. Linda is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. She holds a Doctorate in Education.

Louise Walker, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Louise has extensive senior leadership experience in various positions including working in a multi-academy trust. She has led whole-school curriculum development across subjects and key stages and has experience in whole-school assessment, behaviour and inclusion. Louise is qualified to degree level, is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. She has also served as a governor in both primary and secondary schools.

Lucy English, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lucy is a qualified teacher and has a Master’s degree in Education. Prior to joining Ofsted, she held several leadership positions in secondary schools. She has a particular interest in the teaching of English.

Marian Feeley, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Marian is a qualified teacher, holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has a Master’s degree in Education. She has extensive senior leadership experience, working in schools across the South East including coastal schools. She has undertaken a range of roles supporting both primary and secondary schools, including that of advanced skills teacher and specialist leader of education. Marian has expertise in curriculum, teaching and learning, teacher education and continual professional development. She has a particular interest in improving life chances for disadvantaged pupils.

Matthew Haynes, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Matthew is a qualified teacher and has postgraduate qualifications in Leadership and Management and in Learning and Assessment. He has extensive middle and senior leadership experience in secondary education and as a local authority officer. His areas of specific expertise include language and literacy, assessment, leadership development, and teaching and learning. Matthew has experience of teaching and leading improvement across both primary and secondary phases. He has subject expertise in English and the arts.

Michelle Payne, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Michelle is a qualified teacher and, before joining Ofsted, she held several leadership positions in secondary education. She has considerable experience leading teacher training, induction, mentoring and continuing professional development in schools. Michelle possesses specialist knowledge of curriculum development and teaching and learning. She has a degree in Education and a postgraduate Diploma in Education. Her subject expertise is in science.

Neil Pilsworth, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Neil has extensive leadership experience, working as a headteacher and deputy headteacher in a range of contexts. Neil is also a qualified teacher and has experience as a designated safeguarding lead. He holds both the National Professional Qualification for Headship and Executive Leadership. He has knowledge and expertise in working with schools to develop continuous professional learning systems, improve curriculum design and further develop the quality of leadership and management

Nina Marabese, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Nina is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). Prior to working for Ofsted, Nina gained senior leadership experience within various primary provisions including as headteacher at an independent school for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Her responsibilities have included quality assurance of the provisions and leading on safeguarding and inclusion. She has also been a school governor.

Phillip Blagg, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Phillip has a degree in Geography and is a qualified teacher. He has worked in a number of secondary schools in pastoral and curriculum leadership roles. Phillip has held responsibilities for curriculum, behaviour, SEND, pupil premium, teaching and learning. Phillip has experience of governance through being a staff governor and an associate governor. Phillip has worked with a wide range of schools in different contexts.

Sara Staggs, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sara is a qualified teacher. Prior to joining Ofsted, she gained extensive senior leadership experience in a variety of primary schools in contrasting areas. This includes working as a headteacher. She has a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Management and the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

Scott Reece, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Scott is a qualified teacher with 10 years of senior leadership experience in primary education, including headship during the Covid-19 pandemic. He had a varied career in finance and IT before teaching in a wide range of settings across key stage 1 and 2. As a middle leader, Scott led a range of subjects including science. He is passionate about wellbeing, inclusion, pastoral support and professional development of school staff. Scott also has specific interests in physical education, relationships education, outdoor learning and music to enrich the wider curriculum.

Shazia Akram, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Shazia has extensive senior leadership experience in the South East and as a primary school headteacher in London. She has advised many schools, including on leadership development, teaching and learning and curriculum. Her area of expertise is improving outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. She successfully led a school to achieve the pupil premium joint national award.

Simon Woodbridge, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Simon is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). Before joining Ofsted, Simon worked as a primary headteacher. He has extensive experience as a senior leader across a variety of settings including working in an improvement role in a local authority. Simon has significant experience of curriculum design, SEND, early reading, behaviour and safeguarding.

Sue Cox, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sue is a qualified teacher and has a Master’s degree in Education. Before working for Ofsted, Sue gained considerable senior leadership experience as a primary school headteacher of 3 diverse schools. Sue has particular interests in leadership, safeguarding, mathematics and music.

Sue Keeling, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sue is a qualified teacher, holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has a Diploma of Higher Education in Educational Leadership and Management. Before joining Ofsted, Sue gained significant senior leadership experience in aspects such as curriculum development, teaching and learning and professional development. In addition, Sue has led training nationally for various organisations, and supported the development of statutory assessments.

Toby Martlew, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Toby is a qualified teacher and has substantial experience in educational leadership. Toby was a headteacher in the primary sector. He supported school improvement in other schools, and has experience as a safeguarding lead and SENCo. Toby has also been a governor in primary and secondary schools and has been a multi-academy trust trustee.

South West

Children’s social care

Anna Gravelle, HMI, children’s social care

Anna is a qualified social worker with widespread managerial and leadership experience working within local authorities. Her key responsibilities have included child protection, looked after children and care leaver services. She has expertise in multi-agency working, children at risk of sexual exploitation, preventative services and safeguarding disabled children. Anna has an MSc in Social Work, an MSc in Post-Qualifying Social Work, a postgraduate Certificate in Managing Practice Quality in Social Care and a degree in Theology with English Studies. She also has experience of inspecting a range of regulated services for children.

Joy Howick, HMI, children’s social care

Joy is a qualified social worker and, prior to working in Ofsted, she gained extensive senior operational experience within a variety of local authorities. Her key responsibilities included child protection, out of hours service provision and looked after children services. Previous roles included a chairing role within a local safeguarding board. She has particular expertise in quality assurance, health partnership development work and work force development.

Kendra Bell, HMI, children’s social care

Kendra is a qualified social worker, registered with Social Work England. Before joining Ofsted, Kendra gained extensive experience across the remit of children’s social care including child protection, children in care, fostering and adoption. She has held numerous management and senior leadership roles within local authority children’s services. These include children in care, care leavers, fostering, adoption, early help and family support. Kendra holds a Master’s in Applied Social Studies and a level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management.

Sarah Canto, HMI, children’s social care

Sarah is a qualified and registered social worker. She has extensive experience of working in local authority child protection and looked after children services, including developing and managing a service for parent and child assessed arrangements. Sarah has also worked for a national charity as an improvement and consultancy manager, working strategically and operationally across local authorities and organisations. Sarah has inspected regulated services, including children’s homes, adoption and fostering services and residential family centres, supporting settings to make necessary improvements to safeguard children. She has a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree  in Social Policy and Administration and a postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Management.

Steve Lowe, HMI, children’s social care

Steve is a registered social worker with additional qualifications in project management and practice education. Steve has experience in children’s social care, including the management of child protection, fostering and sexual health services for a large local authority. Prior to joining Ofsted, Steve set up and managed a highly-regarded children’s rights service and was the national development manager for a children’s rights charity. His interests and skills lie in participation, advocacy, the inclusion of children with disabilities and social pedagogy.

Early years and childcare

Jane Burchall, Senior HMI, early years and childcare

Jane leads on the regulation and inspection of early years provision for the South West region. She is a qualified early years practitioner and has held several leadership and management posts within the sector. She has worked as an early years lecturer in further education settings. She has experience of inspecting a wide range of early years provision including registered early years settings and early years initial teacher education. She regularly quality assures inspections and has been national lead for the training of early years inspectors.

Further education and skills

Clifford Shaw, HMI, further education and skills

Cliff is a qualified teacher and experienced senior leader. Before becoming an HMI, he was an Ofsted inspector and a deputy principal in further education colleges. Cliff has a Master’s degree in Fashion and Textiles and a postgraduate Certificate in Art Education. Cliff has also held senior leadership positions in specialist colleges and as a director of a skills action zone. Cliff has worked for the Education Training Foundation supporting the implementation of new qualifications and leadership and governance. Cliff has led and managed all further education curriculum and provision types from entry level to level 6.

Denise Olander, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Denise is a qualified teacher and has a Master’s degree in Leadership and Management. Prior to working for Ofsted, Denise gained senior management experience working in large general further education colleges. Her responsibilities included the management of a wide range of college faculties, provision for learners aged 14 to 16, foundation learning, ESOL, children looked-after, NEET, adult community and subcontractors and college franchises. Denise has particular expertise in leading inspections of general further education, sixth form and independent specialist colleges and offender learning. Denise is a national trainer for further education and skills.

Helen Flint, HMI, further education and skills 

Helen is a specialist adviser on FES policy, quality and training at Ofsted. She is a qualified teacher with a Master’s degree in Education. She began her career as a secondary school science teacher before moving into employer-led workplace learning and then management within the further education sector. She has considerable management experience of apprenticeships and quality improvement, and she has taught and managed a range of subject specialisms. Prior to joining Ofsted, Helen was responsible for the quality improvement of teaching, learning and assessment at a general further education college.

Judy Lye-Forster, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Judy holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education with qualified teacher status and a Master’s degree. She holds a Diploma in Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia). Prior to working for Ofsted Judy was a teacher and lecturer, head of faculty and senior post holder in a further education college with responsibility for quality, performance and student experience, including safeguarding. Her specialism is the creative industries. She is highly experienced within the creative industries and continues to be an active practitioner. Judy inspects a variety of further education and skills providers.

Lowenna Bradley, HMI, further education and skills

Lowenna is an experienced teacher who has taught in an extensive range of educational settings and held a variety of curriculum manager and senior leadership roles. Before becoming an HMI, she was an Ofsted inspector and the director of quality at a large tertiary general further education college. Her strategic responsibilities included quality assurance, self-assessment and curriculum development, design and delivery. She also worked closely with individual departments to improve the quality of education. Lowenna has a Master’s degree in Natural Sciences and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education.

Matt Hann, HMI, further education and skills

Matt is an experienced teacher who has taught in a wide range of educational settings. He has held curriculum and senior leadership roles with responsibilities for the strategic development and operational effectiveness of the curriculum for an extensive range of education and training provision. Before joining as a further education and skills HMI, he was a senior leader at a general further education college and held additional roles as an Ofsted inspector, national qualification approvals subject expert, examiner and as a director of a trust overseeing governance. Matt holds a Master’s degree in Education and a PGCE with qualified teacher status.

Nick Crombie, HMI, further education and skills

Nick inspects work-based learning providers, further education colleges, community learning, prison education, ministry of defence training, and local authority provision under the single inspection framework. He has a postgraduate Diploma in Inspection and Evaluation and a degree in Sociology, Economics and Philosophy. He was an international-award winning producer/director/writer of television documentaries and training programmes and latterly chief executive of 3 media and training companies. He has worked at senior management and board levels in higher education and in the voluntary sector. His inspection focus includes leadership, management, quality improvement, the arts and media.

Paul James, HMI, further education and skills

Prior to joining Ofsted, Paul worked in further education, secondary, primary, special school, initial teacher training and higher education settings. Paul held positions as a senior leader in general further education colleges, including a deputy principal. He had specific responsibilities for strategic leadership of the curriculum development, organisational improvement and quality assurance. Paul holds Master’s degrees in Music and Education, and a PGCE in secondary music. He has managed music, performing arts and media curriculum areas as well as sensory music provision for students with learning difficulties.

Sarah Alexander, HMI, further education and skills

Sarah is an experienced teacher who has taught and led a wide range of curriculum areas. Before becoming an HMI, she was an Ofsted inspector and a leader in a large tertiary further education college. Sarah holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. She has substantial experience in leading an extensive range of subject areas. She has significant experience of the finance industry and has been a company director, academy governor and MAT trustee. Sarah worked on the development of T Levels in Accounting and Finance and has extensive experience as an examiner for various awarding bodies.

Steve Battersby, HMI, further education and skills

A former engineering apprentice, Steve is a qualified teacher and has extensive experience of managing in the further education sector. This includes curriculum management and more recently senior management in a very large tertiary college. Steve has managed many cross-college functions and a wide range of curriculum areas including construction, engineering, hairdressing and beauty therapy, hospitality, and health and social care. Formerly an Ofsted inspector, Steve has particular experience in inspecting further education colleges and apprenticeship providers.

Maintained schools and academies

Angela Folland, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Angela is a qualified teacher. Before joining Ofsted, she was an experienced headteacher and executive headteacher within a large multi-academy trust. Angela has extensive experience of leading and supporting schools in difficulties with strengths in leadership and curriculum development. She was also a local leader of education.

Ben Jordan, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Before working for Ofsted, Ben gained extensive experience as a teacher, senior leader and as an Ofsted inspector. For many years he was a headteacher in schools ranging from small rural to large urban primary schools. He has expertise in primary education, leadership and management, curriculum design and physical education. Ben has qualified teacher status. He holds an NPQH and a Master’s degree in Educational Management.

Dale Burr, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Dale has been headteacher of 2 contrasting schools. He has also worked in a local authority and supported international schools to improve. Before joining Ofsted, Dale worked as deputy chief executive officer for a multi-academy trust. He has expertise in primary education, leadership and management, early years and mathematics. Dale holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and National Professional Qualification in School Inspection.

Donna Briggs, HMI, maintained schools and academies 

Donna is a specialist adviser on teacher development at Ofsted. She is a qualified primary teacher and, prior to working with Ofsted, gained extensive senior management and leadership experience as deputy director of a teaching school and as head of education and deputy headteacher in large primary schools. Her responsibilities included school improvement work, providing initial teacher training, leading on curriculum, teaching and learning and assessment. She has also worked as an advanced skills teacher, local authority moderator and British Council ambassador.

Elizabeth Geller, HMI, maintained schools and academies 

Elizabeth is a qualified teacher and holds a National Professional Qualification for Headship. Prior to working for Ofsted, she gained extensive experience of a wide range of leadership roles in senior management and as a headteacher. Her responsibilities included quality assurance and raising achievement. She has also worked in school improvement, evaluating the quality of leadership, teaching and pupil outcomes.

Esther Best, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Esther is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, Esther gained extensive school leadership experience, including as a headteacher of schools in both rural and urban settings. Esther has particular interests and expertise in leadership and management as well as SEND. She has been a SENCo and worked with a national professional qualification provider facilitating leadership training in headship.

Frances Bywater, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Frances has extensive senior leadership experience as an assistant and deputy headteacher in London and the South West. She has expertise in school improvement work, particularly in schools that serve economically disadvantaged communities. Her responsibilities have included initial teacher education, professional development, curriculum and pastoral care. Frances has supported schools across the trusts she has worked in to improve their teaching of English.

Gavin Summerfield, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Gavin is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. He has extensive senior leadership experience, including as a headteacher and deputy headteacher in a variety of schools. He has particular interest and expertise in curriculum design, behaviour and computing.

Heather Barraclough, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Heather has qualified teacher status, holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and has a Master’s degree in Primary Education. Heather has extensive experience as a teacher and senior leader. She has held headships in primary schools in the South West. She has also been CEO of an academy trust and a Regional Director of Education for a multi-academy trust. Heather has worked as a local leader of education and mentored headteachers new to post.

James Gentile, HMI, maintained schools and academies

James is a qualified teacher and has extensive leadership experience. Before joining Ofsted, James was an executive headteacher of 2 schools. He has led a range of schools including small rural schools as well as a large school. James has expertise in school improvement, leadership and management and curriculum design. James holds a National Professional Qualification for Headship.

James Oldham, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Before working for Ofsted, James gained extensive senior leadership experience as assistant head and deputy headteacher in comprehensive schools. His responsibilities included safeguarding, pastoral care, boarding and sixth form. He has previously worked as a senior leader in a local authority inclusion advisory service and as a SENCo.

Jason Edge, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jason is a qualified teacher with a degree in Primary Education. He has extensive school leadership experience, including as headteacher of 2 primary schools in rural and urban settings. He has expertise in school improvement, curriculum design and English.

Jen Southall, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jen is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience as a deputy headteacher and subsequently headteacher in 3 large primary schools. Her responsibilities included leadership and management, quality assurance and working with colleagues to raise achievement. She has worked as a school improvement partner and as a local authority senior adviser, working closely with other services specialising in the field of special educational needs. Jen is SEN enhanced trained.

Julie Carrington, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Julie is a qualified teacher and has the NPQH and an additional postgraduate qualification in leadership. She has extensive leadership experience as a headteacher, executive headteacher, and in leading school improvement in a large local authority. She has also worked as an English subject adviser and in further education. Julie has specific expertise in curriculum development, English and the early years. At one time, she was Ofsted’s national lead for early years.

Kelly Olive, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kelly is a qualified secondary teacher and, before working for Ofsted, was head of English, an assistant principal and a deputy principal in a large comprehensive school. Her school improvement responsibilities were leading on teaching and learning, including curriculum implementation, quality assurance and supporting middle leadership development. She also has a particular interest and expertise in literacy across the curriculum.

Lakmini Harkus, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lakmini is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before joining Ofsted, Lakmini served as a headteacher in a primary school. She has also worked as a lead practitioner in various contrasting schools to improve the quality of teaching. Lakmini has expertise in science. She originally trained as a secondary science teacher and was head of science in a London school.

Leanne Thirlby, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Leanne is a qualified teacher with extensive leadership experience in primary and special schools. Before joining Ofsted, Leanne was a deputy headteacher in an all-through special school. Her responsibilities included leading safeguarding, accreditation and post-16 transition. Leanne has expertise in English as well as curriculum development, assessment and teaching and learning. She has experience of being a governor in an all-through special school.

Lydia Pride, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Lydia is a qualified teacher with a degree in Politics. Prior to joining Ofsted, she taught English in schools in the South West and in the East Midlands. Lydia has held a range of senior leadership posts in curriculum and staff development, including in a school with specialist provision for complex needs. She is an experienced inspector of schools and teacher training providers.

Marie Thomas, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Marie is a qualified teacher. She gained extensive senior management experience as a special educational needs coordinator, headteacher and executive headteacher of small rural and large urban primary schools. Marie has worked as a school improvement partner and local authority adviser.

Matthew Barnes, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Matthew is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience as a headteacher, executive headteacher and executive leader in a large multi-academy trust and chief executive officer in a specialist trust. Matthew’s areas of expertise include leadership and management, curriculum design, English and special educational needs. Matthew holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship, National Professional Qualification in School Inspection, enhanced SEND training and is a qualified Forest School Leader.

Nicky McMahon, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Nicky is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Prior to  working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior leadership experience as an assistant headteacher, headteacher and executive headteacher in a wide range of schools. Nicky has worked as a teaching and learning consultant and a school improvement partner in a local authority. She provided support and challenge to schools in a wide range of contexts and circumstances. She has particular expertise in leadership and management, school improvement and assessment.

Paul Williams, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Paul is a qualified teacher and has a Master’s in Education. Paul has extensive senior leadership experience in schools and as a senior school improvement officer in a local authority. He has expertise in science and mathematics teaching, assessment and school leadership.

Phil Minns, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Phil is a qualified teacher with specialist knowledge of early years education and school leadership. He has many years of experience as a head teacher in 3 different schools, including leading schools out of special measures and developing schools to become outstanding. Phil was awarded national leader of education (NLE) status and first became an HMI following a yearlong secondment to Ofsted. Phil has also been an assistant director of children’s services and the CEO of a multi-academy trust containing primary, secondary and special schools.

Rachel Hesketh, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Before working for Ofsted, Rachel had extensive experience as a senior leader and vice principal in secondary schools. She has particular expertise in curriculum development, teaching and learning, raising standards and overall school improvement. Her subject specialisms are English and history, and she holds a NPQH.

Sara Berry, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sara is a qualified teacher who holds a Master’s in Education and NPQH. She is a qualified leadership coach with extensive experience in senior leadership development. Prior to working for Ofsted, Sara gained a broad leadership experience in secondary schools, including Post-16 provision and SEND resource bases. Sara has worked in maintained and academy schools. Her roles included deputy headship and interim headship. Sara has a particular interest in curriculum development and pastoral support.

Sarah Favager-Dalton, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sarah is a qualified teacher with a background in both history and geography. Before joining Ofsted, Sarah gained extensive middle and senior leadership experience in both rural and urban settings. Sarah has expertise in curriculum leadership, pastoral care and safeguarding.

Sarah McGinnis, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Sarah is assistant regional director for the South West region. She is a qualified teacher with a background in English and has achieved the National Professional Qualification in Headship. Before joining Ofsted, Sarah held senior leadership positions overseeing a number of responsibility areas, including post-16 provision. She has expertise in English, curriculum and assessment. Most recently, her roles have included working with schools to develop their self-evaluation and quality assurance, and working closely with individual departments to raise achievement.

Simon Rowe, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Simon is a qualified teacher and has had significant experience as a senior leader in schools including as headteacher. He has particular expertise in mathematics, information and communications technology, teaching and learning, curriculum and data. He leads school inspections of primary and secondary schools and has significant experience of contributing to Ofsted survey work.

Susan Aykin, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Susan is a qualified teacher with extensive experience of school leadership and whole-school improvement. Susan worked as a local authority school improvement adviser with a specific focus on English and literacy.

Tracey Reynolds, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Tracey is a qualified teacher and has a Masters’ degree in Education. Before working for Ofsted she gained extensive senior leadership experience as a headteacher, deputy and assistant headteacher in schools in rural and urban settings. Her particular areas of expertise lie in history, social science, post-16 education and curriculum development.

Victoria Griffin, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Victoria is a qualified teacher and former school principal. She holds the National Professional  Qualification for Headship. Victoria has extensive senior leadership experience. She has held leadership positions in a variety of settings, including in schools on rapid improvement journeys and a high-performing independent school. She has supported leaders through National Project Qualifications and delivered training at school, local authority and trust levels. Victoria has expertise in curriculum design, pedagogy and personal development.

Wendy D’Arcy, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Wendy is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, Wendy gained extensive experience as a primary school teacher and senior leader. She was a headteacher, executive headteacher and school improvement leader in a wide range of rural and urban settings, including faith schools. Wendy has expertise in leadership and management, curriculum design, teaching and learning and English.

West Midlands

Children’s social care

Alison Smale, HMI, children’s social care

Alison is a qualified registered social worker and has an MBA. Before working for Ofsted, Alison gained extensive management experience as a team manager and as a head of service. Alison successfully led a collaborative programme of transformational change in children’s commissioning across Wales. Alison has significant experience of leading strategic and collaborative commissioning, organisational development and change, quality assurance, and participation and co-production with young people in service development and delivery.

Janet Fraser, HMI, children’s social care

Janet has extensive experience of working at a senior level in several local authorities. She has worked in most areas of children’s services including child protection and safeguarding, children in care, and the secure estate. Since joining Ofsted, she has inspected under a range of inspection frameworks and across various settings. Janet is a qualified social worker, has a degree in Law and a Diploma in Social Work.

John Roughton, HMI, children’s social care

John has extensive experience as a qualified social worker. Before joining Ofsted in 2016 as a head of service, he was responsible for early help, multi-agency safeguarding hub, children in need, looked after and leaving care services. He has also been an agency decision-maker for fostering and adoption services. John has also acted as the lead officer responsible for inspection and improvement, steering a local authority from being judged to be inadequate to requires improvement. John holds a Certificate of Qualification in Social Work, a postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Management and is registered with Social Work England.

Nick Bennison, HMI, children’s social care

Nick is a qualified and registered social worker. He has extensive senior management experience in a range of roles in local authority children’s services, and has worked with both child protection and looked after services. He has also been an adoption panel member in 2 local authorities.

Pauline Higham, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Pauline is a qualified social worker with extensive experience in all aspects of children’s social care. Before joining Ofsted, Pauline was head of a children’s services department. She was directly responsible to the director of children’s services for the provision of statutory, early help and youth justice services. Pauline has also been an agency decision maker for adoption services. She has experience of regional commissioning for children’s service provision and has led a team of guardians and family court advisors. Pauline holds a Diploma in Social Work, an advanced award in social work and a Master’s in Childcare Law and Practice. She is registered with Social Work England

Rebecca Quested, HMI, children’s social care

Rebecca is a qualified and registered social worker. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive experience in a range of roles in local authority children’s services. She worked in child protection and safeguarding, court proceedings, children with disabilities and permanence. Rebecca has worked as a self-employed children’s guardian and for the children and family court advisory and support service. Before she started her current role as an HMI, Rebecca worked in Ofsted as a social care regulatory manager. Her responsibilities included strategic planning, work force development and quality assurance.

Tracey Ledder, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Tracey is a registered social worker. She has a BA (Hons) in Social Work, a postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Management and an MSc in Child Forensic Studies: Psychology and Law. Tracey has over 20 years of local authority experience. Working strategically and operationally her key responsibilities were intake and assessment, child protection and out of hours service provision. She has a particular interest in child abuse investigation and spent several months seconded to a high profile, international, multi-agency exploitation investigation. Tracey inspected regulated services within Ofsted for 7 years before becoming an HMI.

Further education and skills

Andrea Dill-Russell, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Andrea is a qualified teacher and before becoming an HMI she served as an Ofsted inspector. She has experience of inspecting general further education colleges, sixth-form colleges, apprenticeship providers, adult and community learning providers, and independent specialist colleges. Andrea gained extensive experience working in large general further education colleges where her responsibilities included the management of cross-college and curriculum teams for safeguarding, careers education, advice and guidance, provision for English, mathematics, English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), foundation learning and provision for learners with high needs. Andrea has a Master’s in Education.

Bev Ramsell, HMI, further education and skills

Bev is a qualified teacher and has a degree in Post-compulsory Education, with a specialism in mentoring at level 7. She has taught in a range of further education colleges. She has held curriculum management and senior management positions in general further education colleges and held a senior lead role in a significant employer provider before joining Ofsted. She has extensive experience in the performance management of apprenticeships, the implementation of quality processes, and improvement strategies. Bev has widespread experience within the development of apprenticeship standards, working with the Institute for Apprentices and ‘trailblazer’ groups.

Helen Morgan, HMI, further education and skills

Helen is a qualified further and higher education teacher who has taught and managed science and animal management for over 15 years in general further education colleges, from foundation to higher education. She holds higher level qualifications in biology, agriculture, leadership and management and learning technology. Helen has substantial experience as a senior leader and particularly with developing T-level provision, higher programmes of study and widening participation initiatives. She started her career working in agriculture and teaching in higher education.

Joel Dalhouse, HMI, further education and skills

Joel is a qualified teacher with expertise in construction and engineering. Before joining Ofsted, he gained extensive experience as a leader in both the further education college and independent training provider environments. Joel has expertise in quality improvement and curriculum development.

Maria Navarro, HMI, further education and skills

Maria has extensive experience in learning and development roles in work-based environments. Her responsibilities included the identification of training needs among senior managers and their development. She is also experienced in senior business administration and holds a Master’s in Global Marketing. She is an experienced lead inspector of both work-based learning, employer training and offender learning. Maria maintains a strong interest in development and has designed numerous improvement seminars as part of the regional contribution to Ofsted’s support and challenge work with providers that require improvement.

Mark Parton, HMI, further education and skills

Mark is a qualified teacher who, before becoming an inspector, taught science and mathematics. He gained extensive experience working in, and has inspected, both large general further education and sixth-form colleges. He has managed and led provision for young people, developed new curriculums and driven quality improvement across a wide range of subject areas. Mark has a degree in Mathematics and Physics, a PhD in Physics and postgraduate qualifications in education.

Martin Ward, HMI, further education and skills

Martin is a qualified teacher and has held the post of principal at 2 sixth-form colleges. He has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and has a leadership qualification. His previous experience includes curriculum management in business and economics and working as a senior manager in sixth-form colleges with specific responsibility for curriculum and quality. He has worked with leaders in schools and colleges on area-wide improvement, was director of a teaching school alliance and chaired the committee for initial teacher training.

Rachel Clark, HMI, further education and skills

Rachel is a qualified further education teacher with a subject specialism in adult literacy. She has a degree in Human Psychology as well as a leadership qualification. She has extensive experience in leading curriculum development and quality improvement across a wide range of subject areas and provision types. Rachel has previously worked for independent learning providers and adult community-based colleges. She has many years’ experience of working in the further education sector.

Richard Deane, HMI, further education and skills

Richard is qualified to Master’s level in Education. Before working for Ofsted, he gained extensive senior management experience as assistant and vice principal in many large general further education colleges. His responsibilities included leading curriculum development and quality improvement across a wide range of subject areas including adult and apprenticeship provision. Richard has previously worked as an Ofsted inspector in general further education colleges, adult and community learning, independent learning providers and sixth-form colleges. Before a career in further education, Richard worked in sports centre management, coaching and fitness.

Sharon Dowling, HMI, further education and skills

Sharon has gained extensive experience as a senior leader in the further education and skills sector. She has worked in further education as a teacher, head of faculty and senior leader. She has managed and led provision for young people, adults, apprentices, and learners with high needs. She has in-depth experience in curriculum development, quality management, and the implementation of improvement strategies.

Steve Kelly, HMI, further education and skills

Steve is a qualified teacher with a degree in Applied Social Science and Community Studies. He has extensive senior management experience as a college principal. He has also held several director-level positions in large further education colleges and private training providers. His specific responsibilities have included leadership and management, quality assurance, safeguarding, equality, curriculum development and the learner experience. Steve also has broad curriculum management experience, with expertise in special educational needs and disabilities and vulnerable students. Steve also has experience working in adult and community settings, and the prison service.

Stuart Collett, HMI, further education and skills

Stuart has extensive management experience in the further education and skills sector. He has worked in independent learning providers as a tutor, assessor, senior manager and director. He has managed and led both large apprenticeship programmes and programmes for adults. He has in-depth experience in performance management and the implementation of improvement strategies.

Victor Reid, HMI, further education and skills

Victor has worked as a full-time teacher in engineering and business management, held a variety of senior leadership roles with independent training providers and in a range of further education colleges. He is a qualified teacher and holds a range of vocational and postgraduate qualifications covering engineering, education leadership, and business administration and management. His subject expertise is engineering and construction, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business studies. He has experience of leading inspections of colleges, sixth-form colleges, and independent learning providers.

Early years and childcare

Sally Wride, Senior HMI, early years and childcare

Sally is the early years lead in the West Midlands region. She manages the early years inspection and regulatory inspection teams. She is a qualified early years professional and has a degree in Childhood and Youth Studies. Since joining Ofsted, Sally has worked as an early years inspector, senior inspection manager and senior officer. Before working for Ofsted, Sally gained leadership and management experience in early years settings, including running her own business. She also worked for a local authority on a range of early years initiatives, including the development of children’s centres.

Maintained schools and academies

Alexander Laney, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Alexander is a qualified teacher with a background in science and curriculum leadership. Before joining Ofsted, Alexander held senior leadership roles in several secondary schools as both an assistant headteacher and deputy headteacher. He has considerable experience in curriculum and assessment design, having worked across a multi-academy trust to develop assessment practice in several secondary schools.

Andrew Madden, HMI, maintained schools, and academies

Andrew has a background in teaching and leading modern languages. Before joining Ofsted, he was a headteacher and held senior leadership roles in several secondary schools. He has expertise in curriculum design, quality assurance processes, assessment procedures, and working with subject leaders to improve the quality of learning and teaching. He is a qualified teacher and holds an MBA in Education. He has also served as a primary school governor.

Anna Vrahimi, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Anna is a qualified teacher with SENCo and senior leadership experience in mainstream primary schools. Before working for Ofsted, she worked as a local authority advisor for special schools and pupil referral units. Anna has also led a special educational needs and disabilities service for pupils across the devolved administrations and overseas. She has a Master’s in Special Needs and has achieved a NPQH, and a National Award for SEN Coordination. Anna has also been a governor at a special school.

Ann Pritchard, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Ann is a qualified teacher with extensive experience in education. Before working for Ofsted, Ann gained considerable leadership experience, including 2 headships. Her second headship was in a large, urban primary school. Ann has led inspections of primary and middle schools and has carried out quality assurance work.

Antony Bradshaw, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Antony has significant experience in primary leadership, which includes time as an assistant headteacher, deputy headteacher and head of school over a 25-year period in large inner-city schools. He has also worked to support schools through Teaching School commissioned work. Antony has expertise in behaviour, special educational needs, leadership and management and the wider personal development of pupils in the primary age range. His subject interests include English, mathematics, art and design and history.

Barry Yeardsley, HMI Designate, maintained schools and academies

Barry is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, was a headteacher in a large primary school with a SEN resource base. His responsibilities included quality assurance and working closely with leaders to raise achievement. Barry has worked previously as a local authority early years adviser and a local leader of education.

Bianka Zemke, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Bianka has senior leadership experience in comprehensive schools and has extensive experience in school improvement. Her areas of expertise include modern foreign languages, English and English as an additional language.

Catherine Young, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Catherine is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and a Master’s in Education. Before working for Ofsted, Catherine was a headteacher in different primary schools across 2 local authorities, including a larger primary and small rural primary school. Catherine has considerable experience in school improvement and curriculum development. She has taught across the primary age range and has expertise in mathematics, music, modern foreign languages and early years.

Chris Pollitt, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Chris is a qualified teacher and has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, Chris gained extensive senior management experience as a headteacher, deputy headteacher, assistant headteacher and middle leader in several mainstream and special schools. His responsibilities included school improvement, self-evaluation and working with individual departments to raise the quality of teaching, learning and assessment. Chris has also been a school governor in a number of schools and a partnerships consultant for a teaching school alliance.

Christopher Stevens, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Chris is an advanced skills teacher and has taught music across key stages 1 to 5. Before working for Ofsted, he held various senior management roles within schools, including the chief executive officer of a multi-academy trust. Chris has extensive experience of leading inspections in the maintained and independent sectors.

Claire Jones, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Claire is a qualified teacher and has senior leadership experience in primary schools. Before joining Ofsted, Claire was a headteacher. She has significant experience of leading schools in challenging circumstances. Claire has expertise in school improvement, school self-evaluation and in developing the quality of teaching, learning and assessment.

Corinne Biddell, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Before working for Ofsted, Corinne gained extensive leadership experience as headteacher in a number of settings, from large urban primaries to a small village school. She has successfully developed middle and senior leaders and has considerable experience in improving outcomes for pupils who are disadvantaged. She has expertise and an interest in early language and English.

Emma Gater, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Emma is a qualified teacher and has extensive senior leadership experience as a headteacher of a large, city centre primary school. She has taught across the primary age range and has considerable experience in improving outcomes for pupils who are disadvantaged. Her areas of expertise include leadership and management, assessment, safeguarding and behaviour.

Eve Morris, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Eve is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, Eve was a headteacher in different schools across 2 local authorities. Eve has also worked as a school improvement adviser in several schools. She has considerable experience in improving outcomes for pupils who are disadvantaged.

Gareth Morgan, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Gareth is a qualified teacher with extensive experience of leadership in primary schools, including 10 years as a headteacher. He has also worked for a local authority as a school improvement advisor and provided training for governors. His areas of expertise include safeguarding, curriculum design, and leadership and management. He holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

Heather Simpson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Heather is a qualified teacher and has extensive experience as a headteacher in 2 large primary schools. Her responsibilities included leadership and management of staff, curriculum, safeguarding, budget and raising achievement. She has worked as a school improvement partner, local authority adviser and deputy director of a multi-academy trust. Her work has involved all aspects of school improvement in both primary and secondary schools by challenging and supporting leaders and teachers to improve pupil outcomes. Heather has expertise in early years. She leads inspections of schools and initial teacher education institutes and monitors schools who are in categories of concern or require improvement. In addition to being a qualified teacher, Heather also holds a Master’s degree.

Helen Forrest, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Helen is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, she gained extensive senior leadership experience as a deputy head, acting headteacher and was a headteacher in 2 primary schools. Helen has considerable experience in school improvement and curriculum development. She has also worked as a local leader of education, supporting schools.

Ian Tustian, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Ian is a qualified teacher, with a background in teaching and leading mathematics. Before joining Ofsted, Ian held senior leadership roles in several large secondary schools. He has expertise in curriculum design and delivery, quality assurance processes, assessment procedures and raising standards in learning and teaching including by using information about pupils’ learning and progress. Ian has considerable experience in successfully supporting curriculum leaders.

Jo Evans, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jo is a qualified teacher and has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship. Before working for Ofsted, Jo was the headteacher of a large multi-cultural primary school. She has taught across the primary age range and has expertise in English, history, mathematics and supporting pupils who have English as an additional language. Jo has successfully developed middle and senior leaders.

Jonathan Leonard, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Jonathan is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior leadership experience as a headteacher of a large, urban primary school. His areas of expertise include leadership, assessment, behaviour and curriculum development. Jonathan has taught in primary and secondary schools in the UK and overseas. He has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship and holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership.

Keri Baylis, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Keri is an experienced headteacher, with extensive leadership experience across several schools. She has worked in schools in challenging circumstances and has experience in improving outcomes for pupils who are disadvantaged. Her areas of expertise include curriculum development, safeguarding and behaviour, and English – including early reading across the primary age range. She is a qualified teacher and has been a school governor for several schools.

Kirsty Foulkes, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Kirsty is a qualified teacher, holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and holds a Master’s degree in Education Leadership and Management. Kirsty has leadership and headship experience in a range of primary schools, including small schools and federations. She has worked as a school improvement adviser and local authority early years moderator. Kirsty has considerable experience in leadership, curriculum and school improvement and particular expertise in early years. Kirsty leads on maintained nursery, primary and independent school inspections.

Matthew Fletcher, HMI, maintained schools and academies 

Matt has worked as an executive headteacher of 2 schools and has extensive leadership experience in a range of school settings. Matt has worked as a consultant headteacher specialising in school improvement and leadership support. He has mentored and carried out performance management reviews for headteachers. Matt is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

Mel Ford, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Mel is a qualified teacher and holds a Doctorate in Education. Mel has worked an assistant headteacher in a large secondary school where she had responsibility for quality assurance and professional development. She has worked in a local authority as a senior adviser, specialising in English and 14 to 19 development. Mel currently leads inspections of primary and secondary schools. Mel also inspects local authority arrangements for school improvement, initial teacher training institutions and is involved in inspections linked to multi-academy trusts.

Nicola Beech, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Nicola is a qualified teacher with a background in teaching and leading secondary English, including experience as a local authority advanced skills teacher. Before joining Ofsted, Nicola gained extensive senior leadership experience across the primary and secondary phases. She has been a headteacher and executive headteacher within a multi-academy trust. Nicola holds the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership. Her areas of expertise include school self-evaluation and improvement planning, reading, staff development, and leadership and management.

Rachel Henrick, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Before working for Ofsted, Rachel gained extensive senior management experience in schools across 3 local authorities. She has been a deputy headteacher and headteacher. Rachel has a Master’s in Education Leadership and Management, with a specialism in coaching and mentoring.

Rob Hackfath, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Rob is a qualified teacher. He holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and was a senior leader in comprehensive schools. He holds a Master’s in Science and in Educational Management and is currently researching policy change in schools for a PhD in Education. His areas of expertise include science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects, vocational learning, school self-evaluation and improvement planning, coaching and staff development, curriculum, and careers information, advice and guidance. Rob has also been a primary school governor.

Stuart Clarkson, HMI, maintained schools and academies

Stuart has held senior leadership roles in several secondary schools as both assistant headteacher and deputy headteacher. His responsibilities included school improvement, self-evaluation and working with individual departments to raise the quality of teaching, learning and assessment. Stuart has considerable experience in curriculum and assessment design. His areas of expertise include English, mathematics, media/film studies and school leadership. Stuart is a qualified teacher and has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship and a Master’s in Leadership and Management.

Tim Hill, Senior HMI, maintained schools and academies

Tim is a qualified teacher and holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship. He is an experienced inspector of primary, secondary and special schools, and pupil referral units. Tim also inspects local authority children’s services. He has expertise in leading inspections of independent schools. He has extensive senior leadership experience as a headteacher and local authority adviser. His areas of expertise include literacy, science, behaviour management, safeguarding, and leadership and management.

Overseas

Further education and skills

Deborah Vaughan-Jenkins, Senior HMI, further education and skills

Deborah is a qualified teacher and, before working for Ofsted, gained extensive senior management experience overseeing quality and curriculum development within further education colleges. Deborah has expertise in leading inspections of independent specialist colleges. She has a lead role in the development and training of inspectors within further education and skills.

Independent education

Philippa Darley, Senior HMI, independent education

Philippa is a qualified teacher, having worked for 12 years in secondary education, including as an advanced skills teacher and local authority coordinator for educating the most able. Before joining Ofsted, Philippa worked for a national trust and local authority, supporting school improvement. She is an experienced inspector of secondary, primary and special schools. Philippa is also an experienced inspector of non-association independent schools and of initial teacher education. She holds the position of national lead for independent schools within Ofsted and is a member of Ofsted’s independent and unregistered schools team.

Regulation and social care policy and practice

HMI who are part of the regulation and social care policy and practice directorate within Ofsted.

Children’s social care

Helen Humphreys, HMI, children’s social care

Helen is the specialist advisor for residential care. She is a member of the regulation and social policy team and has responsibility for the inspection frameworks and policy work of children’s homes, residential special schools, boarding schools and residential accommodation in further education colleges, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children. She is currently a member of the Supported Accommodation project for the registration and inspection of supported accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds. Helen qualified as a social worker in 1994 and was appointed as a social care HMI in 2009. She has 45 years’ experience of working in many aspects of residential care.

Jansy Kelly, HMI, children’s social care

Jansy is the Deputy Director for Social Care and Regulatory Practice. Jansy joined Ofsted at the start of 2013, initially working as an HMI, and was lead inspector for many inspections of local authority children’s services. She then became a Senior HMI and assistant regional director for the North West, taking responsibility for the quality of inspection and regulatory practice in the region. In her current role she oversees the quality of Ofsted’s social care inspection and regulatory activity, while ensuring that social care inspectors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and environment required for them to deliver effectively in their roles. Improving the lives of children through the provision of high-quality support and intervention remains a key driver for Jansy in her approach to her work. Before joining Ofsted, Jansy worked with local authorities, providing interim management and performance improvement. Her areas of interest are statutory child protection services, provision of early help, quality assurance and change management. She has a background in the delivery and management of services to children who are looked after, care leavers and disabled children.

Jeremy Gleaden, Senior HMI, children’s social care

Jeremy is a registered social worker and qualified family mediator. He is Ofsted’s policy lead for local authority children’s services and family justice. He has led the development of new inspection frameworks, including ILACS, the JTAI and the framework for the inspection of Cafcass. Jeremy’s background includes criminal justice inspection, consultancy and work in local authority children’s services as a manager and practitioner

Julie Knight, HMI, children’s social care

Julie is the specialist adviser for SEND in the regulation and social care directorate. Before working for Ofsted, she worked within a statutory local authority setting, holding senior management positions within disabled children’s services and procurement and commissioning for children and family services. She has generic social work training and practice within adult and children’s services and extensive experience of working within duty and assessment for children in need of help and protection. She has particular interest in safeguarding disabled children and young people, commissioning and compliance and equality and human rights. Julie is a qualified social worker, registered with Social Work England and has been subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Mandy Nightingale, HMI, children’s social care

Mandy is the specialist adviser for learning and development in the social care and regulation directorate. She is a qualified and registered social worker with Social Work England. She has many years’ experience in local authority statutory children and family social work where she led a variety of social work services. Mandy has always had a particular interest in social work practice and the voice of the child and how these are evidenced to inform decision-making. Prior to coming to Ofsted Mandy successfully led the Principal Child and Family Social Worker (PCFSW) national network. Mandy’s most recent local authority experience was around practice development and how organisations embrace a learning culture. Mandy is the social care and regulation lead for the Ofsted Academy and she is responsible for the induction and continued  professional development of all social care inspectors at Ofsted.

Matthew Brazier, HMI, children’s social care

Matthew is the specialist adviser for looked after children. He is a qualified social worker and registered with Social Work England. As part of Ofsted’s social care policy team, he is currently leading Ofsted’s work to regulate and inspect supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 to 17 years. Previously, Matthew led on the development and implementation of the social care common inspection framework. Before joining Ofsted, Matthew gained more than 20 years’ post-qualifying experience as a manager and social worker within local authority children’s services.

Paul d’Inverno, HMI, children’s social care

Paul is the specialist adviser for child protection in the regulation and social care policy team. He is a qualified and registered social worker and has worked in a number of different roles within children’s services, local authorities, the voluntary sector, inspection and regulation. Paul has experience of leading and being a team member on a range of inspections. He was previously the national lead for fostering and adoption and is currently the specialist adviser for child protection. He has a lead role in developing the methodology for JTAIs. Paul has an MBA and postgraduate degrees in Education, and Social Work.

Shaun Common, HMI, children’s social care

Shaun is the social care lead for the secure estate. He is responsible for policy and practice and overseeing the work of the national secure estate team. He represents Ofsted with Government departments and engages with the secure estate sector and stakeholders. He is a qualified and registered social worker, with a first-class Honours degree in Health and Social Care. Prior to working for Ofsted, he gained  extensive experience in social care including working in and managing residential services, secure provision, social work, safeguarding, child protection, looked after children and children in need.

Wendy Ghaffar, HMI, children’s social care

Wendy is the specialist adviser for cross-remit safeguarding. She is a qualified and registered social worker with a Master’s in Child Protection and over 30 years of experience in the field of child protection. She works as a Specialist Adviser in the social care policy team. Wendy has worked for local authorities, a national voluntary childcare organisation, the nationwide children’s research centre and in social work education. She worked as an HMI for 5 years before taking up her current post. Wendy has a lead role in developing the methodology for JTAIs and authoring thematic reports. Themes she has covered include child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, the neglect of older children, multi-agency responses to children’s mental health and serious youth violence. She took a lead role in the Ofsted review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges. Wendy provides cross-remit advice, guidance and training to the schools, further education and skills, early years and social care remits within Ofsted.