12.03.25

Sharon White - Educating Horizons

Sharon is an award winning strategist with over 20 years' experience working in schools and focusing on children and young people (CYP) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and those who were in Alternative Provision (AP) such as Pupil Referral Units (PRUs).

This culminated in a role as Headteacher of an AP, her school gaining a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating when it was previously ‘Inadequate’. Her team worked with CYP who had been excluded from mainstream schools and provided quality provisions to enable most children to return to another mainstream or find their next positive destination.

Sharon has also worked on the other side of the child and young person’s journey as Head of Inclusion for a London borough. During her tenure at Barking & Dagenham, her team was able to support schools and promote inclusive practices as well as commission quality provision for vulnerable and underserved communities. This resulted in the local authority having the lowest exclusion rates in London; the team's work being nominated for an LGC Award in 2022 and being showcased in the RSA/London Mayor's Inclusive Schools' toolkit as best practice across the country. Sharon has also been recognised for her work in local government by the International Forum for Inclusion Practitioners (IFIP) and received the IFIP’s Global Inclusion award as well as inducted as a Distinguished Fellow in 2023.

https://educatinghorizons.com/

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