My Story

I am a caring, friendly and enthusiastic qualified teacher with over 16 years of experience working with children with SEMH needs. I consider myself someone that can help bring that sparkle back in to learning and have been nicknamed 'Cara Poppins' by previous colleagues due to my rapport with some of our most vulnerable children. Is the structure of mainstream school something your child finds difficult? Do you need support home-educating your child? If so, I can help. I started out my career path working in a nurture school providing support to children with a variety of social, emotional and behavioural issues and went on to train as a teacher in this environment. After almost 10 years of working in this setting, I moved to a mainstream school to carry out my NQT year teaching a class of 30 reception children. For a further 6 years I have worked in an alternative provision as a teacher for children on 16 week placements to provide additional support to help them to reintegrate back into mainstream. During my time in this school I was also Primary lead which involved managing and mentoring staff and helping to plan for a bespoke curriculum. The majority of children I have taught have EHCP's and need specialist support and a more individualised plan to allow them access to learning.
I believe that learning should be fun and that by incorporating individual interests into the planning, that love of learning and inquisitive nature can flourish and this is when the magic happens! I would consider it a privilege to offer my skills and experience to support any young learners to reach their full potential.  I look forward to hearing from you.