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Poppy Newell-Richards

Poppy Newell-Richards

Chiswick,City of London

Summary

Passionate and dynamic Class Teacher with 3 years experience demonstrating particular strengths in motivating pupils through positive encouragement and securing excellent attainment through adaptive teaching. Passionate about encouraging critical thinking and promoting reading for pleasure. Clear communicator with an excellent ability to build positive relationships with pupils and staff.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Year 5 Class Teacher and Computing Lead

Addison Primary School
London
09.2022 - Current
  • Planned and organised classrooms that consistently facilitated positive learning experience.
  • Developed adaptive teaching strategies to support a class with a high level of special educational needs.
  • Facilitated whole staff training sessions on teaching and learning in computing across the school.
  • Completed audits and reports for senior leadership to make recommendations for the development of the computing curriculum.

Year 2 Class Teacher

Berkeley Academy
Hounslow
01.2020 - 08.2022


  • Achieved a 100% pass rate for the Year 2 delayed phonics check in 2021.
  • Achieved excellent student results in line with curriculum targets, growing overall school performance.
  • Studied for a full-time PGDE whilst full time teaching which allowed me to implement evidence based teaching into my classroom that aligned with my academic research.
  • Received consistently good or outstanding feedback in lesson observations during my training and ECT year.

KS3 and A-Level Tutor

Self-Employed
London
01.2021 - Current
  • I have tutored A-Level politics and history in my local area for the past year.
  • Tutored English at KS3 over zoom.
  • Personalised instruction and personal mentoring based on individual strengths and abilities.

Communication Team Intern

NASUWT
Birmingham, West Midlands
08.2019 - 10.2019
  • My main tasks were converting survey statistics into graphics for the NASUWT's social media platforms, distilling reports into news articles for the website and designing leaflets about the union's new initiatives.
  • Composed and edited communications material to use for press releases.
  • Assisted communications manager to project image of company.

English as a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant

British Council
Dresden, Germany
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • A one-year work placement as an assistant teacher in a school in Germany.
  • Provided planning support to accommodate students with differing needs.
  • Providing individual mentoring and language support.
  • Covered whole class English lessons for absent teachers.
  • Created engaging English learning games to develop students' oral skills.
  • Delivered well-structured one-on-one support sessions to students with learning difficulties to improve test scores.

Youth Volunteer

Bollo Bridge Youth Club
London
01.2016 - 03.2016
  • I volunteered with my local youth club to help younger children aged 8-12 take part in a community art project in South Acton Estate.
  • I helped the children to brainstorm ideas and design the final piece.
  • I worked alongside local artists who were commissioned to make an art piece to celebrate art, culture and diversity in South Acton.

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Education -

UCL Institute of Education
London
08.2020 - 08.2022

BA (Industrial) - Philosophy and Politics

University of Leeds
Leeds
09.2016 - 06.2020

A-Levels -

Chiswick School Sixth
London
09.2013 - 07.2015

GCSEs -

Chiswick School
London
2013

Skills

  • English curriculum expertise
  • Creative lesson planning
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Diverse classroom settings
  • Strong written and verbal communicator
  • Positive and encouraging

Languages

English
Native

Timeline

Year 5 Class Teacher and Computing Lead

Addison Primary School
09.2022 - Current

KS3 and A-Level Tutor

Self-Employed
01.2021 - Current

Postgraduate Diploma in Education -

UCL Institute of Education
08.2020 - 08.2022

Year 2 Class Teacher

Berkeley Academy
01.2020 - 08.2022

Communication Team Intern

NASUWT
08.2019 - 10.2019

English as a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant

British Council
01.2018 - 01.2019

BA (Industrial) - Philosophy and Politics

University of Leeds
09.2016 - 06.2020

Youth Volunteer

Bollo Bridge Youth Club
01.2016 - 03.2016

A-Levels -

Chiswick School Sixth
09.2013 - 07.2015

GCSEs -

Chiswick School
Poppy Newell-Richards