About Caroline
Caroline joined The Good Schools Guide as a writer in 2022. After reading English at York University, she spent several years as a bookseller before training as a solicitor. She worked at City firm Slaughter and May, with a stint in their Hong Kong office, before moving in-house to English Heritage and The Girls' Day School Trust.
Caroline served on GDST's executive team for 15 years as Legal Director, Director of People and Company Secretary. She advised on most aspects of school life except teaching, including recruiting headteachers and creating a successful talent development programme. She is adamant that excellent pastoral care is fundamental to enabling pupils to thrive academically. 'I love visiting different schools and working out what makes them tick; one size definitely doesn't fit all when it comes to where an individual child will thrive,' she says.
Caroline was subsequently CEO of the Independent Schools' Inspectorate until 2020, when she left to undertake an MA in Children's Literature and develop her consultancy career. She lives in north-east London; her two teenage children were educated in local state primaries then independent secondaries. She chairs a youth arts charity and is also a trustee of a multi-academy trust.