Welcome
Chris Wheatley OBE
CEO Flying High Trust |
Founding Member of the Flying High Partnership and Chief Executive Officer, Chris provides vision, strategic direction and innovation as well as ensuring all Flying High Partnership schools continually strive for excellence. Chris is passionate about outcomes for children and educational excellence and this is evident from all that he does. |
Authors
Katherine Rundell Katherine Rundell is an English author and academic. She is the author of Roof Toppers, which in 2015 won both the overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, and was short-listed for the Carnegie Medal |
Clare Luther Clare Luther is a children's author and writes thoughtful rhyming stories to help young children to explore big emotions in their every day lives. Clare has been writing children’s books for over 10 years and gets her inspiration from being a mum, running a dachshund hotel and having had two previous careers as a) a health care professional for the military and b) a Life Coach. |
Jeremy Strong Jeremy Strong is a writer credited with over 100 children's books. He previously worked in a bakery, where his job involved putting jam into doughnuts. He also worked as caretaker, a strawberry-picker and in an office for British Rail, before becoming a junior school teacher. His humorous writing often makes use of his childhood and primary teaching experiences. |
Lucy Strange Lucy Strange is a best-selling author who's books capture elements of classic children’s literature in a style that is engaging and accessible for today’s younger readers. Before becoming a professional writer, Lucy worked as an English teacher for fifteen years. Having also trained and worked as an actor, Lucy narrates her own audiobooks, winning the 2019 Audie Award for The Secret of Nightingale Wood. |
Joseph Coelho Joseph Coelho is an award-winning children's author, performance poet and playwright. His debut poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules, was the 2015 winner of the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award. His work has poetry and performance at its heart, drawing on over 16 years' experience running dynamic creative literacy sessions in schools. He aims to inspire young people through stories and characters they can recognise. |
Education Professionals
Therese Hoyle Thérèse has over 25 years’ experience teaching in mainstream, special and higher education and has worked as an education consultant, coach, wellbeing adviser and trainer with over 495 schools and organisations. She is recognised as the UK’s leading training provider of playtime and lunchtime programmes. |
Kate Jones Author of Love To Teach, Retrieval Practice and Retrieval Practice 2, Kate Jones is Head of History at The British School Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi. |
