Rebecca is currently the CEO at Hales Valley Trust. Rebecca has been part of the evolution of the Trust since its inception in 2017. She is also a National Leader of Education, the Director of Hales Valley Teaching hub and a current Lead Ofsted Inspector. Prior to being CEO she was the Headteacher of the lead trust school for 10 years and the Director of School Improvement. Rebecca has led the Black Country Teaching Schools Alliance and successfully wrote one of the two round one SSIF bids for £500,000 to improve the outcomes for over 2000 EYFS children across the four Black Country Authorities over a two year period - which was a huge success. She has worked in a range of schools in a range of roles from advanced skills teacher, to assistant headteacher then moving onto a headteacher role. She has been a designated National Leader of Education for over 10 years and supports other schools and Trusts across the region.

Rebecca has been the chair of Dudley Primary Forum and is a current member of Dudley Schools Forum which brings all areas of the education and council sector together across the borough. Rebecca continues to engage with the latest CPD and has completed her NPQEL qualification and is a facilitator of the new specialist NPQLBC qualification. Rebecca works closely with Olevi and a school in her Trust is the regional coaching centre of excellence. She is a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and enjoys engaging with the Chartered College of Teaching in discussions and debates around a number of national and regional issues.

Rebecca is a huge believer in coaching as a way to enable a team to deliver results and develop sustainable long term thinking. She is a trained professional coach and has enjoyed spreading her passion for coaching throughout her Trust and beyond so that others can benefit from the 'Power of Coaching'. She has worked with IRIS connect to develop the use of video technology to improve the quality of teaching and used this as her masters study focus to consider the impact it has improving quality first teaching. Rebecca has spoken at regional and national level including being part of a panel discussions at the 2025 MAT Excellence Awards, 2025 MATPN Autumn conference, The Academies show and the National data conference. 

She is currently studying for her PHD with a particular focus on how mainstream schools can improve their practice to support autistic children. This work has led her to draw upon the most knowledgeable experts in this field across the world in order for her to begin her thesis in 2025.