Emma Bell, Deputy Head

TUDOR INTRODUCES… Emma Bell, Deputy Head

Emma joined Tudor after holding positions as Head of Sixth Form at Stratford Girls’ Grammar School and Higher Education and Careers Adviser at Cheltenham Ladies’ College.

I never thought I would find a school that really enables girls to have it all – outstanding academics and a genuine focus on wider well-being.

Time at Tudor: Joined September 2019

Reasons for becoming a teacher: I never imagined I would become a teacher, but having started my career in Strategy Consulting, I found myself drawn to working with young people after helping out with a charity in my spare time. After three years I gave in and made the leap, enrolling on a PGCE course, as the volunteering was a lot more fun than my day job!

Best and worst memory from my own school

days: I always loved learning, but think I drove my teachers mad with my incessant questioning and tendency to go off on a tangent. I try to bring that same enthusiastic curiosity to my teaching, with a little more rigour. A particularly fond memory of school is of the song I wrote with a friend to mark the end of our UVI – to the tune of Bye Bye Miss American Pie – of course only the edited version was ever made public, but my friends and I still reminisce about the original words!

What makes Tudor different: I never thought I would find a school that really enables girls to have it all – outstanding academic success and a genuine focus on wider well-being. Many schools claim to provide this, but at Tudor we are really doing it and it is so exciting.

Best advice for girls: I always encourage girls to feel the fear and do it anyway! I have a plaque in my office that gives the best advice I can think of for those who worry about what others may think, or the risks of taking that leap:

“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask “What if I fall?” Oh but my darling, What if you fly?” ― Erin Hanson R