Simon has worked in special education for more than twenty years and is Joint Headteacher at Frank Wise school, a community special school for children aged between two and nineteen with severe or profound learning disabilities. He has sat on the DfE panels developing both the Professional Standards for Teaching Assistants and the Standard for Teachers’ Professional Development and is currently a member of the Teaching School Hubs Council with a focus on SEND. He regularly writes and contributes comment and content to a range of publications and events on the theme of SEND, including DfE guidance documents and qualification frameworks, and was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Education by Brookes University.