“Real students are diverse and complex whilst still having a lot in common. All the complexity is the source of the challenge of teaching but also the joy of it.” – Tom Sherrington

Having trained as a physics teacher, Tom Sherrington has been a teacher and school leader for over 30 years working in a wide range of school contexts around the UK and in Jakarta, Indonesia. He spent 11 years as a Headteacher and is now an education consultant supporting schools and colleges around the world with teacher development, school improvement, assessment and curriculum design. He is a prolific blogger sharing ideas via his popular website teacherhead.com with a strong twitter following at @teacherhead. He is a regular speaker at education conferences for teachers and school leaders. Tom is married to Deb and has two children, Daisy and Sam.

Visit Tom’s blog TeacherHead here.