Will Swaithes
Will is Education Director at PE Scholar and has over 20 years’ experience in education with previous roles including Advanced Skills Teacher, Specialist Leader in Education, Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning and Head of PE and Achievement for the Youth Sport Trust. Will is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and currently Curriculum Design Lead for Oak National Academy, building a Department for Education funded physical education curriculum for key stage 1-4 including GCSE PE and has employed an amazing team of content creators to work with him on this project. Will has a Masters in Educational Leadership; contributes to the PGCE PE programmes at Loughborough University, University of Buckingham and Birmingham City University along with guest lectures for a number of other ITT providers; leads the Head of PE network for two Nottinghamshire Teaching School Alliances; and also does a variety of other consultancy work. Will has a strong track record of authoring/ delivering training and has also published an OCR GCSE PE and a WJEC Vocational Award in Sports and Coaching Principles textbook.