Rachel is the Lead Adviser for Underserved Learners. Previously Director of Education Services, Rachel was the strategic lead for all of our education services to schools across all phases.
Prior to joining HFL education in 2018, Rachel was the headteacher of three school over a 16 year period, most recently Isaac Newton Academy in Ilford. She opened this non-selective all-through academy for 4-18 year olds in 2012 and the school was rated Outstanding by Ofsted when inspected in 2014.
Rachel has been extensively involved in leading school improvement programmes and system leadership both in primary and secondary phases. She was a Director of the London Leadership Strategy.
Rachel is a Senior Lecturer at the London Centre of Leadership and Learning at the Institute of Education. She is an author of several books on education leadership, learning power and race equity.