Matt is proud to have led ONVU Learning since August 2021, a fantastic, teacher focused EdTech company that boosts their professional development through holistic and specific insights. As a trained geography teacher, former HMI &Ofsted inspector, and school & Trust leader, Matt feels fortunate to have worked with a wide range of brilliant people that make the difference to children's lives. As a school and multi-academy trust leader Matt saw first-hand how challenging it is for schools nowadays to manage the factors within and outside the gates to ensure that they help children thrive. While leading a special needs charity's schools and children's services, Matt saw the huge significance of precise and joined up use of information to help those children and their families to thrive. As an Ofsted inspector of over 5 years Matt was privileged to see a wide range of inspiring and impactful approaches to school improvement. The focus of Matt's Masters Degree was on metacognition and use of formative assessment to underpin and develop effective learning. This set firm foundations on which to build effective school improvement strategies. Matt is the chair of governors of a brilliant community primary school and is a Trustee of an education charity that supports start-up sustainability projects in schools that primarily serve areas of multiple deprivation.