Kate Winter
MA (Hons) RS, QTS, Dip. OCR L5
Private Specialist Teacher, Suffolk, London and on-line (Associate Member of Patoss), September 2023 – present day
• Offer private one-to-one specialist tuition (on-line and in-person) to children aged 5 to 18
• Teach and support children with dyslexia and Specific Learning Difficulties (including Dyspraxia, ASC and ADHD)
Minerva’s Virtual Academy (MVA), online school, November 2023 – present day
• Mentor (tutor) students (on-line three-days-a-week), a majority of whom are neurodivergent and
experience mental health difficulties
• Offer specialist support to my mentees (and their parents) including making referrals to external
specialists
• Use the Canvas teaching platform to: check on students’ completion of tasks; monitor deadlines; help
prioritise work; discuss feedback; complete tasks together; give study skills, revision strategy and
exam technique support
• Use CPOMS to: record incidents relating to my mentees; add important parent communication; refer
incidents to SENDCo, HoY, SLT, DSL; follow-up incidents referred to me, (e.g., attendance,
engagement); flag safeguarding /SEND concerns
• Use the Jinja reporting system: as a scaffold for mentoring conversations; complete weekly reports
and send fortnightly to parents; celebrate success; build resilience; agree goals; share wider
information
• Use the iSAMs platform to: obtain contact details of mentees/parents/guardians; send welcome
emails to mentees; send commendations; check attendance records and timetables; contact teachers
of mentees; find out important SEND information; read admissions’ notes and reports; liaise with all
teachers of a mentee
King’s College School (KCS), Wimbledon, September 2020 – August 2023
• Worked as a full-time Specialist Teacher in the Learning Enrichment (LE) department for three years
• Taught one-to-one (and small group lessons) to junior and senior school pupils (years 3 to 13)
• Supported pupils with: their revision, study skills and exam technique; subject specific work
(especially literacy); organisation; focus and concentration; time management; social skills; anger
management; confidence building and management of exam/work-related anxiety
• Prepared individually tailored lesson plans for each pupil and organised and/or created teaching
resources
• Target set and gave a detailed evaluation of lessons with a follow-up plan
• Responded to referrals from teachers and parents, as well as pupils who came to the department
requesting support
• Carried out in-class observations of pupils and invigilated exams of Access Arrangement (AA) pupils
• Administered individual and group diagnostic screening assessments and reported findings to staff
and parents where appropriate
• Regularly liaised with teaching staff to monitor progress and provided specialist advice
• Prepared personal teaching timetables (which varied weekly)
• Prepared and updated pupil profiles and liaised with teaching staff on specific pupil requirements
• Read specialist reports and implemented appropriate support and any exam access
arrangements
• Referred pupils to specialists for external assessment
• Regularly liaised with parents by way of email, phone calls or face-to-face meetings
• Supported EAL students including some who had fled from the war in Ukraine
Northcote Lodge School, Wandsworth, September 2017 – September 2020
• Worked as a one-to-one peripatetic specialist teacher teaching boys from years 4 to 8 with
dyslexia and Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs)
• Communicated on a daily basis with the school’s SENCo and teachers
• Target set and gave a detailed evaluation of lessons with a follow-up plan
• Wrote IEPs and progress reports for my learners bi-annually
• Had one-to-one meetings with parents to keep them updated with their child’s progress and
learning needs
• Used a variety of ‘multi-sensory’ teaching techniques to ensure that my lessons were fun
and engaging
• Helped prepare Year 6, 7 and 8 pupils for their ISEB Pre-tests and 13+ Common Entrance
(supported them with poetry and prose comprehension, creative and practical writing in
particular)
Wetherby School, Notting Hill Gate, September 2015 – September 2017
• Taught history and geography to Year 3, science to Year 2 boys and held regular Year 1 and 2
literacy and maths intervention groups
• Covered lessons in every year group, often at short notice, when teachers were absent
• Ran a handwriting club for children who struggled with their fine motor and handwriting
skills on a Friday morning from 8.30 to 9.00 a.m.
• Helped during extra-curricular events such as book fairs, Easter fairs and assisted with lunch
duties and games
Eaton House School, Belgravia, September 2012 – September 2014 (to go on maternity leave)
• Completed my NQT year as a Kindergarten class teacher
• Also taught a number of subjects to pupils in years 1, 2 and 3
• Carried out a range of extra-curricular duties throughout the school
Wetherby School, Notting Hill Gate, September 2009 – September 2012
• Teaching Assistant (Year 3), Head of Art (teaching years 1, 2 and 3) and school magazine
editor (for two years)
TEACHER TRAINING
Helen Arkell Centre for Dyslexia: OCR Level 5 in Dyslexia and SpLDs, September 2016 – June 2017
• Gained theoretical and practical knowledge through lectures and two mainstream school
teaching placements in Surrey (Waverley Abbey C of E School and All Saints Infant School)
where I taught literacy and maths on a one-to-one basis to a Year 4 girl & a Year 1 boy with
SpLDs
• My specialist teacher training at the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre gave me the skill set to
identify and plan specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely (SMART) lessons
• Used multi-sensory teaching strategies for learners with SpLDs and put together Individual
Learning Plans (ILPs) that best met the needs of my learners
• My training also taught me how to analyse reports (Educational Psychologist and Specialist
Assessor), carry out assessments and how to identify SpLDs in children
E-Qualitas’ Graduate Training Programme (GTP), Jan 2011 – Nov 2011
• Gained Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in November 2011 having teacher trained through the
GTP scheme while working at Wetherby School. Grade: ‘Outstanding’. Completed my NQT
year while at Eaton House School
Work Experience:
Christ Church, Church of England School, North Brixton
• Six-week placement teaching years 1 to 4 as part of the GTP in 2011
• Had the opportunity to teach EAL children and other pupils with learning difficulties, which
included ADHD, ADD, ASD and Down Syndrome (DS)
The Holy Cross Roman Catholic School, Fulham, March 23 –April 2009: a month-long placement
Itigo Girls Secondary School and Nkoilale primary school, Kenya, Jan – June 1998
• Volunteer teacher in the Rift Valley and the Maasai Mara – taught a range of subjects and
produced Itigo’s first school magazine
EDITORIAL EMPLOYMENT
(Byline – Kate Chambré)
Freelance news reporter and features writer, April 2003 – September 2009
• Contributed stories to numerous titles including: The Irish Times, The Irish News, The Sun,
The Daily Mail, The Daily Star, The Irish Examiner, The Mirror, the Irish Independent and the
Belfast Telegraph
News Letter, Belfast, March 2007 – March 2008
• News reporter and features writer
Daily Mail, Dublin, August 2006 – March 2007
• News reporter and features writer
Letterkenny Post, Co. Donegal, August 2005 – August 2006
• Deputy Editor. Duties included writing news stories and features, sub-editing, and page
planning for the weekly newspaper
Broadcast: Today 100 – 102 FM and Highland Radio, August 2005 – August 2006
• Wrote and broadcast live news bulletins (while working at the Letterkenny Post)
Highland Radio, Co. Donegal, July 2005 – July 2006
• Weekend news reporter (while working at the Letterkenny Post)
Earagail Arts Festival, Co. Donegal, May – July 2005
• Press officer for one of the biggest arts festivals in the north-west of Ireland
Democrat and Donegal People’s Press, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Jan 2003 – April 2005
• News reporter and features writer
Work Experience in London
• Evening Standard (Dec 2002)
• Top Santé: Health and Beauty (Nov 2002)
• Money Marketing newspaper (Sept 2002)
• Money Week magazine (July – Aug 2002)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MANAGERIAL & HUMANITARIAN WORK
Women Caring Trust, Northern Ireland, April – June 2008
• PR consultant
• Duties included fundraising, event organising and raising the profile of the children’s charity
through the local and national media
• Played an integral part in organising a charity polo event on June 22, 2008, which raised
approximately £34,000 for the charity
Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Royal Box, June – July 2001 and 2002
• Assistant Manager for Facilities Management Catering (FMC) company
• Managed catering staff and entertained high-profile guests in the Royal Box including
Former US President, Bill Clinton, Dame Margaret Thatcher, A-list actors/actresses,
television personalities, sports stars and numerous members of the Royal family
Inclusion Alliance, Edinburgh, Jan – July 2002
• Special needs facilitator. Helped and supported young adults in Edinburgh with cerebral
palsy
Raleigh International Millennium Award Scheme, July 2001 – Feb 2002
• Based in Northern Ireland (July – Aug 2001) and Scotland (Oct – Feb 2002) trained and
assessed groups of 17- 25-year-old men and women for expeditions in Sub Saharan Africa
and Latin America
Voluntary Services Overseas (VS0) Training Department, Putney, London, March – April 2001
• Researcher for VSO
Student Action India (SAI), Chairperson, June 2000 – Sept 2001
• Coordinated activities, fundraised, recruited volunteers and contributed articles and advice
to the charity’s Development in Action (DiA) magazine
Based in India, Coordinator for SAI, June – Sept 2000
• Supervised volunteer placements and set up new placements with partner NGO’s across the
subcontinent
Humanitarian Education Long-term Projects, Tanzania, June – Sept 1999
• Took part in a voluntary project to build a classroom at a nursery school in Zanzibar
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
OCR Level 5 (Dyslexia and SpLDs), Helen Arkell Centre for Dyslexia, Sept 2016 – June 2017
QTS through E-Qualitas’ Graduate Training Programme GTP, Jan 2011 – Nov 2011
• Gained Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) while working at Wetherby School
Grade obtained: ‘Outstanding’.
Completed my NQT year at Eaton House School, Belgravia
University of Edinburgh, 1998 – 2002
• MA (Hons) Religious Studies with Social Anthropology: 2:1