Jackie Beere spent three years as an Advanced Skills Teacher, leading and implementing innovative teaching and learning strategies nationwide before becoming a headteacher in 2003. She was awarded the OBE in November 2002 for services to education, having trained many teachers and school leaders in the latest theory and practice of learning to learn and emotional intelligence. She is now an author, trainer and school improvement partner delivering training all over the world. Jackie has written several books and articles, including Creating the Learning School with associates from the University of Leicester; The Learner’s Toolkit and The Competency Curriculum Toolkit. Her latest book The Perfect Ofsted Inspection was published in March 2012.