I have significant leadership experience across a range of institutions. I am a skilful communicator and coach with experience seeking positive outcomes for all. A skilled professional in leading teams in workforce development and research design & analysis.

I drive continuing professional development and organisational-wide change efforts to deliver the organisation's strategic vision. I am dedicated to exploring solutions to multifaceted problems, focusing on strategies that add value and reduce waste.

Continuous Improvement

Organisational leadership

Organisational Effectivness and Organisational Improvment

Social Justice

• Senior Fellow HEA
• Fellow of Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
• Association of Coaching (Leader Coach)
• Member of the British Academy of Management
• Fellow of the Luna Society

Scrum Alliance | Agile Scrum Master                                                                                                           

BAMEed coaching programme | BASIC Coach                                                                                            

Aveta Business Institute | Lean Six Sigma White Belt                                                                                     

University of Wolverhampton | Professional Doctorate –Education                                                                

Staff and Educational Develop Association (SEDA) | Leading and Embedding Technology-Enhanced

Institute of Leadership and Management | Service Improvement- Lean                                                          

University of Warwick | MA Educational Leadership and Innovation                                                              

ASPECT | BTEC Education and Children’s Service Development                                                                   

Sans Souci Teachers' Centre| Qualified Teacher Status                                                                               

University of Newcastle and University of Warwick | PhD Marine Science                                                    

University of Plymouth | MSc Applied Fish Biology                                                                                       

University College North Wales | BSc Marine Biology

Riordan, S., Jopling, M and Starr, S (2021) Against the Odds: Achieving greater progress for secondary students facing socio-economic disadvantage. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/against-the-odds

Starr, S. (2019), It shouldn’t take 40 years to create a SEND Leader, should it?

Starr, S. (2018), Thinking of converting....some reflections. School leadership, April 2018 issue 54

Starr, S. (2018), The focus of technical and vocational provision in England: a comparative study with the Austrian education system

Starr, S. (2016), Using Lean Six Sigma to Raise Outcomes in Schools. Lambert Academic Publishing.

Starr, S. (2012), Citius, Altius, Fortius. School Science Review Number 345 p85-93: June 2012