primary support team ltd
As an experienced English consultant, Susie works with schools, academies and
partnerships to develop and improve all aspects of English across the primary
age range. Using her knowledge of the curriculum, assessment and effective
teaching and learning practices, she successfully supports many schools —
leaders, teachers and support staff — to improve outcomes for their pupils.
During her 20+ year career in Education, Susie has enjoyed classroom teaching,
as well as holding a range of senior leadership posts. Prior to establishing her
own consultancy business, she worked as an English Consultant for Oxfordshire
County Council’s School Improvement Service. Susie has written, developed and
led a wide variety of training events, programmes and projects to address
current local and national educational priorities and, in recognition of this
work, has been awarded the Gold Quality Mark for Professional Development by the
London Institute of Education. Susie is an accredited trainer for several
reading intervention programmes and has recently worked with OUP to write and
present a new online professional development package for their Project X CODE
intervention. Susie is passionate about finding innovative ways to inspire
teachers and engage learners. Her face-to-face and online training is of high
quality: rooted in the curriculum, with evidence-based practice coupled with
creative teaching and learning approaches. She believes in a bespoke approach to
school support, working alongside school leaders, class teachers and support
staff to develop practice through a range of leadership and classroom-based
strategies, always precisely tailored to the identified needs of the school.
Susie provides training, resources and school support in partnership with local
and national organisations, such as Quest for Learning, Oxfordshire County
Council, Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance and Oxford University Press. Over
20 years’ experience in primary school teaching and leadership, as well as
advisory work for Oxfordshire County Council’s School Improvement Service
contributes to high quality work with schools: In-depth knowledge of the English
curriculum and its related assessment Knowledge of the most effective approaches
and pedagogies for impactful teaching and learning Broad experience of working
in and with a range of schools and partnerships Expertise in using effective
approaches to support schools and their staff to improve teaching and learning
Purposeful challenge and support for school leaders, teachers and support staff
Extensive experience of researching, developing, writing and delivering a range
of CPD packages and projects for schools, trusts, partnerships and national
organisations Associations with national organisations for English and advisory
Current knowledge and experience of school governance
