Sarah graduated from Oxford with a First in Modern History and went on to train as a teacher. She has worked in the independent and state sectors, in the UK and abroad. She has been head of three schools: Kingston Grammar School, City of London School, and St Paul’s Girls’ School. She is recently retired and offers advice as an educational consultant and trustee. Throughout her career she has championed curriculum reform: she helped establish the Extended Project Qualification, sat on the Pre-U steering committee, co-founded Reform of Assessment, and helps organise the Next Generation Assessment Conferences.