Head of EdTech and Head of Maths Teachers at Purposeful Ventures. Former founding Chief Executive of the Teacher Development Trust. Writing on AI, maths, teacher development, and the quiet work of school improvement.
David · 2024
I’m interested in the systems that help people learn: classrooms, technologies, professional cultures, curriculum, assessment, and the decisions leaders make around them.
My work has moved from teaching maths and physics, to building a national teacher-development charity, to advising on education policy, to exploring how AI might improve — or distort — learning.
Leading philanthropic work on EdTech and maths teacher recruitment, retention, deployment and development.
Nine-month review of England's approach to maths education, co-led with Dr Helen Drury.
Advising the national review of National Professional Qualifications for school leaders.
Supporting a leading group of school leaders shaping the profession's voice.
Small experiments — some shipped, some private, some still tinkering. A log of what I’m building with AI, code and automation.
A daily briefing tool that reads the web and sends you what actually matters on the topics you care about.
A private, voice-first assistant running at home — routines, family calendar, and light home-automation, LLM in the loop.
Bringing orphaned Wi‑Fi speakers back to life by re-implementing the abandoned vendor apps with a small local bridge.
Automated morning briefings on AI-in-education, maths pedagogy and policy — curated, summarised, sent.
Porting legacy WordPress and static sites onto free or near-free cloud infrastructure. Keeps good writing online.
Designing and building small editorial sites end-to-end — including this one. Calm typography, fast pages, no nonsense.
A nine-month national review, co-led with Dr Helen Drury, setting out recommendations for government and system on how to improve maths education in England.
Topics include AI in education, maths reform, teacher development, school leadership, responsible technology and LGBT inclusion.
A route through teaching, research, policy, charity leadership, technology and system improvement.
Trustee and governor roles across education, including the Chartered College of Teaching, the Teaching Awards Trust, Watford Boys and Christ Church Primary, Brondesbury.
Alongside my education work, I advocate for LGBT teachers and for organ donation. I also serve as a trustee of the Chartered College of Teaching and the Teaching Awards Trust, and as a school governor at Watford Boys and Christ Church Primary, Brondesbury. I live in London with my husband Ryan and our son.
Clear thinking for trusts, charities, funders, companies and education organisations working on AI, EdTech, maths, teacher development and system improvement.
Reports, essays and briefings that make complex education evidence, policy and technology questions usable.
Talks and workshops for education, policy and technology audiences — especially where AI, maths, leadership and professional learning meet.
Open to a small number of advisory, writing, research and speaking engagements — particularly around AI in education, maths, teacher development, school improvement and responsible technology.
