Education

Casey is a secondary school Assistant Headteacher who has, to this stage focused on the areas of education and educational leadership that relate to addressing barriers to students having access to, or engaging with the curriculum. Often categorised as the ‘Pastoral side’ of teaching and educational leadership this includes time spent as: 

Behaviour Lead

Inclusion Lead

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Designated Teacher for Looked After Children

Lead on removing the ‘Disadvantage Gap’

Lead on raising aspirations.

Casey also holds the qualification of Specialist Leader in Education, with a specific focus on Behaviour and Community factors and has worked in a number of schools supporting their, development, implementation and review of behaviour policies and the development of a whole school culture around behaviour. In addition to this, Casey has led training for staff, in schools, at conferences and teach-meets and for teachers/staff coming into the profession or starting to work with young people in different contexts.

Community

The things that have driven Casey to pursue a career in teaching, have also led him to work within his own community and the wider community to support and promote the development of people who contribute positively to their environment. Being born and raised in Nechells, Birmingham, Casey has experienced first hand the impact of deprivation and lack of direction, but also the strength and resilience of so many people from this type of background. Casey is determined to see the qualities that these areas can instill harnessed, to overcome the issues that are often synonymous with such places. Casey’s work within his community, along with his other work in education and poetry was recognised by Birmingham Live in 2018, when they named his as one of the 30 most influential under 30 year olds in the city (#Brum30Under30). This was followed up in 2019, when the University of Worcester, where Casey studied for his Undergraduate Degree and Postgraduate Certificate in Education, acknowledge the work that he is doing in his community and the university community and awarded him an honorary Fellowship and membership to the university’s College of Fellows. 

Qualifications/Accolades

2021

Honorary Doctorate in Education: Newman University

2019

University Fellowship: University of Worcester

2018

Brum 30 Under 30: Birmingham Live

Specialist Leader in Education: Behaviour and Community Factors - NCTL

National Professional Qualification of Senior Leadership - NCTL

2017

MA: Educational Leadership - Birmingham City University

2010s

Post Graduate Certificate in Education: Secondary - University of Worcester

BSc Joint Hons: Physical Education and Sport Studies - University of Worcester