Stuart has over 13 years’ experience as a head teacher and is a father of a birth child and two adopted children. He has developed trauma responsive approaches at his school and has seen the positive impact this can have on pupils, families, staff and outcomes for his school. He has appeared on the BBC One Show in January 2018 and the Victoria Derbyshire Show in June 2018 talking about supporting adopted children in schools.
Stuart is also a blogger, speaker, trainer and lecturer for trauma informed approaches in schools. He travels around the country supporting schools and delivering training on behalf of organisations, local authorities and virtual schools on trauma informed practice in schools.