Simon is currently the head teacher of Bladon Church of England Primary School which is in the top 25 schools in the country when analysing KS2 Reading and Writing standards. He worked in about 15 schools, including several Special Schools, during his teacher training and was part of the senior management team at St John the Evangelist Primary School (Carterton) which was a highly successful school, achieving the NACE gifted and talented award.

In 2008 Simon took on a role within the Local Authority as a Lead Primary Practitioner, working in schools supporting all areas of the curriculum, including Raising Standards in Writing and Reading. He also worked as an ISP consultant (Improving Schools Programme), specifically working in schools who were not achieving a nationalised Floor Target in Maths and English. He continues to teach Literacy and is the Literacy Co-ordinator for his school. Simon is particularly keen to promote the use of picture and short fiction books within schools.

Why did you get involved in Oxford BookMatch? I was very keen to share with other teachers some of the texts that have brought alive my own Literacy teaching.