Jo grew up in Walsall in the West Midlands and attended a community comprehensive school. She was the first person in her family to go to university and studied chemistry at degree and PhD level at the University of Manchester before training to be a teacher.
Jo has always taught in Staffordshire across a range of secondary schools and has been teaching for 30 years. She has held a number of leadership roles including assistant head, and deputy headteacher as well as acting headteacher on a number of occasions.
She is currently deputy headteacher at Walton High School in Stafford. Jo is passionate about making teaching a well-respected and enjoyable career which attracts the very best talent from graduates to educate our children so that they can shape a better future for us all.
Jo's theme for her presidential year is 'Forward together'.