Miss Laura-Jayne Ward CGeog (Teacher)

Biography

Laura-Jayne studied Geography ay St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and stayed on to complete a PGCE in 2005-2006. She taught Geography in three inner London comprehensives for nearly 10 years including time spent as a subject leader for Geography, as a Head of Humanities and as an Assistant Head. During this time she studied for an MA in Geography Education at UCL Institute of Education, graduating in 2011, and as part of a project with the British Council. Both visited and hosted teachers from Rwanda in 2010/2011 to set up a joint project for students to focus on comparing daily lives and the environment in Rwanda and the UK and to work with the Geography teachers to support their classroom practice. Moving to Whitley academy in Coventry in January 2-016 as an Assistant Principal, Laura-Jayne now leads the Humanities faculty and supports other local schools. She is a member of the Geographical Association post-16 and HE phases committee, regularly attends the Annual Conference and has participated in study tours to Ethiopia, Singapore and Malaysia.