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Until recently, she was Headteacher at Peover Superior in Cheshire East for 9 years, a small mixed-aged rural school. Previous to this role she was Assistant head at a large 2 form-entry primary school in Wigan and has also worked in a special school for children with complex needs, as well as being an Advanced Skills teacher.

As Director of English for the Aspire Educational Trust, she ensures the strategic direction for English for 12 primary schools across a range of different contexts. This involves working with headteachers, senior leaders and teachers to provide bespoke training and support in all areas of English. As well as this subject specialism, Lisa is an experienced teacher, having taught for 26 years, and as a Local Leader of Education, she has a firm understanding of curriculum design and implementation.

She strongly believes that the inspection process supports school improvement and helps bring about better learning and teaching for more children.

Ofsted (2017) recognised that at Lisa’s school, ‘Excellent leadership and management are at the heart of the school’s success. Leaders, governors and trust board members are very ambitious for the school and are highly committed to improving the life chances of pupils. As a result of their determination and drive, the school is a happy place where pupils make excellent progress in their learning and grow in confidence.’ Through rigorous and effective systems to monitor and evaluate teaching and learning, the school improved from Special Measures to Outstanding in 4 years and remains an extremely strong school within the Aspire Educational Trust.

Working as an Evidence Lead in Education for the Aspirer Research School, she ensures she has an up-to-date knowledge of the most recent EEF guidance reports and has worked with schools from the primary and secondary sector from across Cheshire East and Manchester to ensure systems and processes for implementation of school improvement targets takes account of research-informed practice.


Lisa's areas of strength:
• Inspection Process, Framework and Methodology
• Learning and Assessment
• Curriculum design and implementation
• Evidence informed practice from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).