After reading Education and English Literature at Homerton College, Cambridge, I started my career as a primary school 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 founded Speros Consulting. My work brings together my academic learning, my specialist qualifications, three 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 parents and young people to navigate educational questions and dilemmas. This spans undertaking holistic educational reviews, neurodiversity guidance, designing personalised educational programmes, mentoring young people at school and university, family and school guidance, and close coordination with other leading specialists.

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 teenagers and young adults, especially girls and young women, and 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.