Stephen joined the Faculty of Education as a full-time member of staff in 2019 following two years as a PGCE Tutor for the University. During his time in the faculty he has increased our international ITT offer by developing our fully online International PGCE course and he was responsible for the University’s successful application to deliver iQTS from September 2023, development of the course and its successful ‘grade 1 inspection in late 2025.
He also quality assures our partnership work in Mexico where our PGCE is delivered in English and Spanish. As Director of SCITTS he manages the PGCE programme with our SCITT partners and continues to seek further partnership opportunities.
Prior to joining The University of Buckingham Stephen worked in ITT for two other providers, Canterbury Christ Church University where he was Area Lead for London East on the Teach First programme and eQualitas as a tutor.
In his school career he was a teacher, a middle leader and senior leader where his specialist subjects were Geography and Business Studies. During this time, he also completed a Masters in Educational Leadership. In 2013 he moved to West Africa where he spent one year as Headteacher of a football academy in Sierra Leone.
Prior to his career in education, Stephen worked for ITV in the advertising team. He is a musician and his greatest claim to fame is that he was one of the drummers in the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
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