Steve has over 40 years of experience in the educational sector. He taught Mathematics at four secondary schools, two in Warwickshire and two in Wolverhampton, including as a Head of Department. As a Senior Deputy Headteacher, he led on curriculum review, analysis and design, timetable construction and assessment and reporting of progress systems.
Steve was seconded to Wolverhampton Building Schools for the Future Team in 2007 and was fortunate to visit schools of all kinds around the world. The role was to help to write the Educational Brief, re-imagine learning spaces, and model curricula and timetables for 21st century learning. Back in school he oversaw the architectural development and construction of a multi-million pound school with innovative design features and a one to one student laptop solution.
Steve took a lead role in the academisation process when Highfields School decided to become a Multi-Academy Trust, dealing with the legal ramifications and the funding complexities of a PFI school becoming a MAT.
On retiring from full-time employment in 2016, he became an educational consultant. Since then, he has been supporting MATs and secondary schools to develop curriculum models that realise the school’s vision and ambitions and create timetables that efficiently meet the needs of their students. He also analyses schools’ present curriculum and timetables to compare it with national statistics and reports where improvements can be made. He enjoys training staff and has successfully worked alongside a number of colleagues to help them develop the skills to complete their own timetable. He regularly completes quick projection timetables, for example when a school wishes to understand the curricula, staffing and facilities implications of taking an extra form of students for the next 5 years.
Visiting his grown-up children and their partners, being in the countryside with the dog and spoiling him with a good walk and playing golf are amongst his leisure activities.
He is keen to support and challenge the Empower Multi-Academy Trust leadership team to provide the best possible educational experiences for the children in their care.