Madeleine is the Network Lead for Primary English for Ark Schools, a school trust with 39 schools in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. She leads all things English across the 23 primary schools and is currently spearheading a three-year strategy to improve writing across the network. She is a member of the Oak National Academy English Subject Expert Panel, reviews KS1 reading papers, is on the text selection team for the Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils project for Cheltenham Festivals and a judge for the Spark! School Book awards. She sits on the editorial board of the UKLA, English Association and NATE’s English 4-11 Magazine which shares research-based examples of English pedagogy and practice in primary classrooms. Most recently, she was part of the review group for the DfE Writing Framework (2025).