Catherine joined our team following a career in education spanning 30 years, including 15 successful years of school leadership. Catherine has worked as an adviser at both local and national level and for the last decade, was the Headteacher of Damers First School, a large first school which sits at the heart of the Duchy of Cornwall’s Poundbury development in Dorset. Damers developed a Harmony curriculum, inspired by the work of Richard Dunne, and the school’s focus on sustainability and Nature has been recognised through many national awards.
Catherine’s journey to headship was driven by her own experience of the power of education as a means to overcome barriers and a desire to lead meaningful change. Her passion for inclusion and a belief that a focus on sustainability and Nature will inevitably ‘find the learner’ within every child, regardless of their background or starting point, has never faded. Catherine shares a wealth of experience and practical application of Harmony principles, which will inspire schools that recognise the need to empower children to find Harmony within themselves, within their relationships with others and within the environment that surrounds them.
