Lesley Tyler has 35 years’ experience in education that comprises teaching, senior management in high achieving UK schools and school inspection.
An Oxford University graduate in English Language and Literature, Lesley has taught English and Drama to A Level and University entrance level in state and independent schools in the UK, specialising from 1999 in the education of able girls at Tonbridge Grammar and Benenden. She has taught both IB and A Level. She was Assistant Head and an Advanced Skills Teacher at Tonbridge Grammar, with responsibility for curriculum, staff development and gifted and talented education. In 2009 she became Deputy Head Academic at Benenden, a girls’ boarding school. She has also been a consultant for the UK government on education of able students, an Advanced Skills Teacher, a Lead Practitioner with the Specialists Schools and Academies Trust, and on the professional development committees of the Headmasters Conference (HMC) and Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). She regularly delivers training at national conferences, and has been a tutor for several organisations that train teachers. Recently she has been on the three strong team of Benenden International Ltd, and has advised on the curriculum for Benenden Bilingual School Guangzhou.
Since 2016, she has worked for the Independent Schools Inspectorate where she is now a Reporting Inspector. She is a member of the HEOV team for Harrow International Schools Limited.
