Helen was appointed Deputy Chief Operations Officer for The Priory Learning Trust in February 2019, having previously worked in education for over 16 years as an IT lecturer and then within school business leadership within private and state primary schools. In November 2017, Helen became a Fellow of ISBL. She is the leader of the Somerset School Business Leaders ISBL regional group and is on the Advisory Panel for ABBLed. Helen has achieved her Advanced Diploma of School Business Management and most recently has undertaken the L7 CIPFA School Financial and Operational Leadership qualification. She was awarded the ISBL CEO Award in November 2020.