A life-long teacher and musician, Andrew has knowledge and experience of senior leadership roles in schools and MATs. Andrew has served as a secondary Head and Executive Headteacher in secondary schools and was the long-standing chair of the Solihull Secondary Heads Association. Away from work, Andrew has been a primary school governor and served as an advisor to the British Board of Film Classification. As a multi-instrumentalist he has been known to knock out a few tunes from time to time and claims to have played on stage at The Cavern Club in Liverpool and conducted music groups at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham and Royal Albert Hall, London.