After reading Education and English Literature at Homerton College, Cambridge, I began my career as a teacher. Inspired by my experiences in the classroom, I returned to Cambridge a few years later, this time to Clare College, to complete a Master’s degree and then a PhD, both in Education. My doctoral research examined the experiences of families navigating systems when a child is struggling at school, and explored how meaningful partnerships between parents and professionals can be established. Since then, I have held a range of inclusion and advisory roles across educational settings and sectors. The last eight years of my in-school career were at Harrow School and for much of this time, I led their provision for boys with additional needs.

I started working in private practice in 2015, and in 2020, I formalised my mission by founding Speros Consulting, a bespoke education and neurodiversity consultancy based in London but serving families worldwide. The work I undertake brings together my academic learning, my specialist qualifications, decades of professional experience and lifelong commitment to enabling young people to thrive in life and learning.

As an education and neurodiversity specialist, my work centres on empowering families to navigate educational questions and dilemmas. This spans neurodiversity guidance and advocacy, personalised educational programmes, mentoring for young people at school and university, family and school guidance, and close coordination with other leading specialists. I am also often accompanied by my therapy dog, Woody, whose calm presence has become a valued part of of how I work with young people.

Families seek my guidance on a wide range of educational matters including thinking and learning differences and how best to understand and support these at school or university, anxiety related to learning and/or attending school, complex situations where it is unclear how to move forward, and situations where mental health challenges and neurodivergence intersect. I have a particular specialism in working with girls and young women, as well as young people attending boarding schools.

Alongside my work in private practice, I often write about education, neurodiversity and wellbeing to enable better understanding and support for young people and families.