Helen Davies holds a Masters’ degree in Education Leadership and Management. Having written and delivered leadership programmes for universities she has also delivered a substantial amount of training to primary and secondary practitioners about neuroscience and the social and emotional development of young people. As a qualified teacher and with her considerable experience as a head teacher in several schools she has demonstrated a strong capacity to bring about rapid school improvement; moving her current school from an Ofsted category of ‘special measures’ to ‘outstanding’ in three and a half years. Alongside her current role as Head teacher she is also a local leader in education and in this capacity has supported many schools in challenging circumstances.