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More about Sean...

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*Holder of a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Education Management from the University of Greenwich, and Certificate in Education (Cert. Ed), a three-year full-time course culminating in the award of qualified teacher status from London University. Sean is both an Associate and a Fellow of the College of Preceptors (an historic association of teachers). He served at senior level in education management for many years, was an inspector of independent schools with the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in the United Kingdom and served on the Executive Committee of the Independent Schools Association (ISA). He has extensive experience in offering advice to those bodies seeking to establish independent schools and offers effective advice to schools in crisis management.

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*A former Principal of the International School of Florence (Junior School),

Bagno a Ripoli, Italy and, more recently, Head of Lower School and member of the Senior Management Team of a thriving international school in the UK, where he taught students from over thirty nationalities before retiring from the world of education.

 

*Sean is currently a professional writer and author who has published numerous books and has been paid by some major media organisations for features and contributions. It was once said by the writer Hugh David, that when it comes to a story, 'Sean has the nose of an anteater and the tenacity of a bulldog'. On occasions, Sean publishes material under a nom-de-plume. Principal areas of interest: education, local government, school security, consumer issues and unfair practice. Sean's fiction writing once attracted the attention of the late war poet, Laurence Cotterell, and encouraged Sean to further develop his love of writing. 

 

*Trained by BBC Radio as a freelance contributor and editor: BBC Radio 4 talks and magazine programmes. 

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*A former London borough politician, sitting on various strategic committees including: Town Planning, Licencing (Deputy Chairman), Police Liaison, Environmental Health (Deputy Chairman), Education, Schools and Education Development committees. Sean has served as a governor of both state and independent schools in the UK, as well as a consultant, adviser and 'trouble shooter' to independent school heads and governing bodies.

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*A former committee member of Chislehurst and Sidcup Housing Association, responsible for a number of housing units throughout SE London. He is currently Chairman of Manor Housing Association Ltd., Bexhill-on-Sea.

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*Extensive international experience, visiting many countries in different professional capacities, including Tunisia, Morocco, South Korea, Republic of Georgia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Russia, Eswatini and extensively throughout Europe, where Sean continues to be a regular visitor to Florence and Venice.

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*Sean was trained - as a much younger man - in hotel and restaurant management by the legendary Jean Marie Lauzier, the former manager of the Le Gavroche, London (of Roux Brothers fame). Many of the techniques acquired by Sean were put to good use when, at the turn of the millennium, he purchased a country inn, employing a team of ten. His book: Successful Publican, tells of this brief interlude in his practice at management level in the world of independent education.

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Interests: Travel, writing (plays, fiction and non-fiction), art (French impressionists and Italian Renaissance painters and sculptors) and music - primarily but not exclusively - French impressionist composers.

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Sean is a trained classical singer. He has performed as a principal bass-baritone with the Cirencester Operatic Society and other musical organisations and choirs. In the seventies, he turned down an invitation to audition with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, in favour of pursuing a career in education.

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