Aimée Tinkler has been a teacher for over 20 years during which time she has taught and led in schools in a variety of circumstances and contexts. Most recently, Aimée has become an advocate for small and rural schools after spending 10 years teaching and leading in very small schools in rural Derbyshire. Aimée has worked with many organisations across the wider sector in an advisory capacity as well as designing content and facilitating the new suite of NPQs and sitting on the Ofsted Small Schools working party. She is closely involved with the work of the Chartered College of Teaching where she is President-elect and a Founding Fellow and is part of the leadership group of the Foundation for Education Development. Aimée is engaged in doctoral research at UCL Institute of Education and has published research with a number of organisations including The British Council. Aimée contributes regularly to education media and shares her work at events across the country.