Nicola Taylor
Nicola is Director of SEND at Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust, a Trust of 5 secondary schools and 34 primary schools across the local authorities of Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.
Nicola has worked her whole career in the field of SEN across a range of roles and within a range of school settings, as well as spending a period of time specialising in delivering pre-school services to the families of deaf children. In recent years, she was a strategic leader of SEN Services at Northumberland County Council, working closely with schools to deliver rapid improvements before moving to BBCET in September 2022 following its rapid expansion from 3 – 39 schools in 3 years.
She is entirely focussed on improving outcomes for children and young people, and on harnessing the passion and energy of staff. She contributes to a range of national, regional and local networks and is a school Governor, alongside being a Trustee for a Northumberland based charity investing in nurturing wellbeing amongst young adults.
She is particularly interested in developing people; practitioners and leaders. She currently facilitates the NPQ SENCo award and delivers wider leadership training across the Trust.