Charles Dormer is from New York, USA but his professional qualifications are from the UK, where he gained degrees from Cambridge University, earned diplomas in teaching and school leadership from the National College for Teaching and Leadership, from Middlesex University and from the London College of Music, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching. Charles has been a teacher since 1988 and a school leader since 2007, with experience in high-performing schools across the primary, secondary, government-controlled, independent, international school and international summer school sectors. As a member of many associations of school leaders for many years, he is well-placed to review best practice in the world of education.