Primary School Improvement

At Turner Schools, we believe in creating a vision for school improvement where every pupil is empowered to reach their full potential through innovative teaching, inclusive practices and promoting a commitment to lifelong learning.

We have an experienced workforce within our primary improvement team. These key staff have a well-respected track record in school improvement with senior leadership experience across the primary phase. Our people are committed to their own professional development and are accredited or working towards the Association of Education Advisers accreditation.

primary improvement team

Louise LyTHGoe

Director of Primary Education

Louise has an extensive knowledge and understanding of primary education, including curriculum design and implementation, teaching and learning strategy, and leadership development.

Whilst working as a classroom teacher and completing her masters degree, Louise coached other teachers through the National Support School network and developed excellent subject leadership skills.

Louise then moved into senior leadership roles including Head of a school requiring significant improvement, transforming the school culture and quality of education and securing pupil outcomes well above national in all key stages.

In 2019 Louise began working for Turner Schools, driving school improvement across the trust primaries through her work leading the Primary Improvement Team. During this time Louise was especially proud to lead one of the Trust primaries as Interim Headteacher, securing a Good Ofsted judgement for the first time in the school’s history.

Louise Lythgoe qualified as an Ofsted Inspector in 2023, completed the NPQEL and is an Associate of the Association of Education Advisers.

Louise helped to establish and is trustee of a charity helping to alleviate child poverty in South India, enjoys spending time with her two young children and long walks in the countryside.

Hannah FINCH

Primary Curriculum Lead

Having completed her BA Honours in Primary Education at Canterbury Christchurch University, Hannah started her career at Egerton C of E Primary School in 2012. Over time, she developed her teaching practice in a range of year groups, and when the 2014 National Curriculum was introduced, was responsible for developing a highly successful Computing curriculum. Having demonstrated her leadership skills, Hannah went on to lead Maths across the school, which played a key role in securing a ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement.

With ambitions to further develop her career, Hannah joined the Turner Schools Trust in 2018, as the Vice Principal of Morehall Primary. Here she continued to model excellent teaching, whilst developing her passion for curriculum design.

Hannah has worked across all of the primary schools in the Trust and has been a key player in establishing the Maths, Geography, History and Science primary curriculums, which have now undergone two ‘Good’ Ofsted judgements.

Alongside her work as Curriculum Lead, Hannah is passionate about promoting strategies for pupils' active engagement in lessons and enjoys inspiring and supporting teachers with developing engaging, fun lessons.

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