Meet the Trainer – Andrew Rhodes

Andrew has worked in education for 18 years since gaining his 1st Class Honors Degree in Primary Education. For the last 16 years he has been within leadership roles, holding a range of TLR’s and Senior Leadership posts, most recently a Headteacher. Through his roles as a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE), Basic Skills Quality Mark Assessor, Guest Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and trained facilitator for a range of National organisations such as Tribal, OLEVI and Best Practice Network, he has provided an extensive range of School-to-School support. In addition, Andrew has delivered NPQ training sessions, designed a range of bespoke training courses/programs within his own school that have been shared externally through BEST and worked with a diverse range of teachers/leaders within primary, secondary and specialist educational settings. Currently Andrew works part time as a Professional Tutor for Manchester University on their Primary PGCE Programme and in September 2022 launched his own consultancy company “Redefining Education Ltd” which aims to support schools, trusts, teachers and leaders to Reflect, Rethink and Transform.