• Current SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate (APC) First Award (2010)
• Teaching Students with SpLD at FE and HE Level 5 (2024)
• Assessing for Exam Access Arrangements (Level 7) (2017)
• National Award for SEN Coordination (2012)
• Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) (2011)
• SpLD Assessment Practising Certificate First Award (2010)
• Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA) (2010)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice: Literacy Difficulties (2009)
• MSc Child Development and Learning (2008)
• MA Children's Literature (1995)
• PGCE Secondary English (1984)
• BA Hons English Literature (1983)

• I am a qualified specialist teacher and assessor, and spent 10 years as Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) in a specialist school for students with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties. It was a wonderfully diverse community where it was a privilege to work with such bright, creative, resilient and determined young people.
• Before coming to Helen Arkell, I was Head of Education at The British Dyslexia Association, where I worked with schools to develop the ways in which they support their learners with dyslexia in the classroom.

• I lived in Japan for two years...and still love eating food with chopsticks!

Surrey