Laura McWhinnie

Speaker Summary

Laura is currently a Regional Director for Osiris Educational and the Director for Visible Learningplus UK. She works with a team of consultants to deliver all aspects of the Visible Learningplus programme in schools across the UK.  In her previous post as a headteacher, Laura successfully led the development of Visible Learning in her school and their story is captured in the ‘Visible Learning into Action: International Case Studies of Impact’.  Laura has a great deal of expertise as a Visible Learningplus consultant and is able to draw on her own experience when working with schools.

In addition to her role in Visible Learning, Laura also provides training and consultancy for teachers, leaders and school governors. She plays a key role in business development for Osiris Educational in England.

Laura has over 20 years teaching experience, with 15 of those years in senior leadership positions.  She has held the post of headteacher twice and has been successful in developing effective approaches to professional learning, building leadership capacity at all levels and raising standards across the school in all subjects.