Caroline has been an economics teacher for 20 years and is currently Deputy Headteacher in a large comprehensive secondary school in Hertfordshire where she leads the curriculum, timetable, teaching and learning and teacher professional development. Caroline is committed to teaching being a research-informed profession, has been a Research School Director and completed her Masters and Doctorate in Education at the University of Cambridge. Caroline has experience in advisory and governance roles, including being a member of the DfE’s Early Career Framework reference group and having been a trustee at University College Oxford.