Emma Turner has been a primary teacher for 24 years. She has been a class teacher, assistant headteacher, deputy headteacher and one half of one of the UK’s first and youngest all-female co-headships back in 2009. She has been a consultant for the national strategies and is currently the Research and CPD lead for Discovery Trust based in Leicestershire across 15 schools.
She has written three previous books on education – 'Be More Toddler', 'Let’s Talk about Flex', and 'The Extended Mind In Action'. She co-hosts the John Catt Podcast 'Mind the Gap' with Tom Sherrington and regularly speaks at national and international events about leadership and curriculum design.
She has trained hundreds of primary schools in effective subject leadership and curriculum design and provides school improvement support both locally and nationally. She regularly guest lectures within ITE and ECF and has a special interest in the development of early career teachers.
Emma is the DfE regional lead for the East Midlands and Humber on flexible working and a member of the DfE specialist advisory group on flexible working. Emma is also a fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and Ambassador for the global equality collective. In her spare time she is a keen runner and is self-titled chaos coordinator of her three young children.
