Keith joined us as an independent tutor in 2017 following thirty years spent teaching in primary schools in the North East, London, Hertfordshire and Canada. He has supported FIPC’s teacher training routes since 2001, early on as a school-based mentor in his own classroom and later as a headteacher, which gave him an opportunity to develop and extend training in his own school in partnership with FIPC.

After his BA degree in English Literature in 1985 and a period working in stockbroking in the City, Keith completed his PGCE in 1989. Following this, he went on to study for a Masters degree in Primary Education early in his classroom career. He also holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) and completed his Doctorate at UCL in 2006  after five years’ part-time study, whilst still serving as a deputy head in London.  His post-graduate research advanced an area of meta-theory relating to the psychology of teaching and its impact on professional practice in the classroom.  A keen writer since childhood, Keith co-authored The Primary Teacher’s Career Handbook in 2017, and has published in several academic journals and the educational press, as well as writing a book about out-of-school learning for Collins Educational. Keith has also worked recently as an online lecturer for the Open University and currently serves as a headteacher professional adviser and as an examiner of the BA Education degree with QTS for the University of Durham. His special interests are in language and learning, literature and the imagination, classroom practitioner research and environmental education.