Tom Evans joins the InterHigh Head Office team, meet him here

Its been a very hectic but exciting time at the Interhigh Head Office this Summer. In the first week we moved to our new offices 7 miles down the road. Then Rhiannon joined us to head up the curriculum team and this week Tom has come on board to head up the development work.
We asked him to introduce himself to you.....

Having experienced several years of the world of retail management and all the challenges which it provided, it dawned on me that my real passion lay in the world of education.

Following school, I travelled to the beautiful Welsh coast to study at Swansea University for a degree in History.  After this, desperate to live like a student for one more year, I stayed on to complete a Masters in Modern History.  When real life, and the grown-up job, could not be delayed any longer, the long hours and fast-pace of retail management called. 

I have worked for the last five years as a Graduate Manager for a large supermarket.  In this time I managed eight different branches and all different types of people.  The work was fast-paced, energetic and constantly changing and whilst I found this work interesting and challenging, I realised that this was not what I wanted to do with my working life.  I’m sure some of the skills which I learnt will be useful in my new job role, but perhaps not the shelf stacking! 

Prior to joining Interhigh, I had some knowledge of the world of education having completed some work experience in local schools and a brief period of working in an outdoor education centre which catered for children with SEN on residential courses.  Both of these were experiences which I really enjoyed, benefited from and further fostered my desire to work in education.   As both of my parents are teachers, I was left in no doubt about how fulfilling a career in education could be, and when the chance came for this role with Interhigh I grabbed it with both hands.

Outside of work, lots of my free time is taken up by various sports and activities.  I am a keen squash player and enjoy kayaking but my newest hobby is road cycling, however, I’m more Christopher Biggins than Chris Hoy at the moment!

I started on Monday morning in the new offices of Interhigh, and everyone has done their best to make me feel like I’m part of the team.  I am looking forward to finding my feet, working with everyone and getting to know all of the students.  Bring on September! 

Tom Evans
Deputy Head of Development

Hand Over Week for Head of Curriculum and Learning

Things are very hectic at the InterHigh Head office. On the evening of the last day of term we started the office move 7 miles down the road to a more suitable premises. In the midst of unpacking boxes Rhiannon Hastings arrived for a week before she takes up her post formally as head of Curriculum and Learning. She survived the week admirably and even gave us a small insight to her background for you.

"Initially I worked in advertising before ‘seeing the light’ and going back to university to complete my degree and PGCE and training to become a teacher. I worked in mainstream for 5 years but the toll of a 3 hour commute and a young family was too great, coupled with an interest in behaviour management provision this saw me ensconced in a position as English/ Literacy co-ordinator in a local authority Pupil Referral Unit…not for the faint hearted but a very rewarding experience.  I have always been a firm believer that every child deserves an education and that there is no ‘one provision fits all’ and then I found InterHigh Education…and here I am.

Outside of work my three daughters keep me busy and on my toes; we very much live an active lifestyle. My daughters all race kayaks, my youngest is a demon on the hockey pitch whilst my middle daughter is going to be the next Zola Budd (one for the older folk amongst us). I run, mainly long distance and over any terrain, always looking for the next big challenge and goal to set myself. My next challenge is a 156 mile run across the Sahara Desert in the Marathon des Sables, a test of mental fortitude rather than any great talent at running!

So that’s me, in a nutshell. I look forward to talking to you and meeting many of you over the upcoming weeks and months."

We look forward to it too Rhiannon, and thank you for last week :)

Rhiannon gets straight to work

InterHigh 10 Year Anniversary Film

Call for Voice Over Artist

The InterHigh Family Tree has growth

 

InterHigh Education is in the process of making a short promotional film for its website and Social Media outlets looking back over the school's development over the last 10 years.

To help celebrate a decade of the online school, we require a voice over artist to articulate that journey.

The voice will need to represent a male of between 20 and 30 years old with a bright and neutral accent. Some training or experience is desirable but not necessary so long as the voice and articulation is there.

This is being offered as an experience opportunity. A credit on the film will be awarded for the successful candidate and enable them to use on their CV and portfolio, as well as a recommendation for future work by the production company involved

If you are interested in becoming the presenter of this promotional film then please get in touch by emailing your clips such as mp3 of the below script, feel free to submit multiple accents or styles, but only up to three per application please. Make sure you include full name, location and contact details. Recording is likely to happen in the South Wales area.

Closing Date is 2nd April 2015.

jacqueline@interhigh.co.uk or nathan@anytimesfilms.com

 

VO Excerpt for Audition:

“And so it began - Paul and Jacqui decided to set up their online school and everything started to fall into place. 

Paul had completed an Open University PGCE course in secondary science teaching, and was given a second hand PC, very primitive by today’s standards, but it did exactly what they needed it to do and Paul was able to set up a very basic website.
By September 2005 they had their first students on board.”
 
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