Emily joined The Compton School in 2011 as a newly qualified teacher of English; she became 2i/c in 2013 and then Head of English in 2014. Under her leadership, the Compton School’s English results consistently placed the school in the top 5% of schools, and frequently the top 1% of schools, nationally for progress. Emily believes that English matters to life chances and to school success. She is passionate about developing broad, ambitious and inspiring English curricula across the Trust.  

She joined the Senior Leadership Team in 2019, as Assistant Headteacher, before being appointed as Assistant Director of Standards for Middlesex Learning Trust in 2022; her role is to provide support to Trust schools with communications. She is also the English Subject Specialist and is committed to working collaboratively with departments across the Trust to raise standards in English as well as support with reading and literacy across the curriculum. 

Prior to working in education, Emily was a freelance journalist and features writer.