Alison Harris

NPQSL, MA, PGCE (Early Years), BA (Hons)

Alison worked in motor industry management with a large PLC but changed careers and qualified as a Primary teacher in 2000. As a senior leader at one of the first pilot schools, Alison has an in-depth knowledge and first-hand teaching familiarity with Jigsaw PSHE and is an experienced trainer and school mentor of this programme, believing that children are better equipped to deal with the pressures of the modern curriculum if their emotional health and well-being are put at the heart of their learning.

In 2014, she also achieved the National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership, one aspect of which entailed introducing independent learning strategies school-wide, building on the success of the skills the children had embedded through Jigsaw. She has also supported other schools in school leadership and raising standards. She also lectures in PSHE and Relationships and Sexual Education for many initial teacher training organisations.

Alison is fully committed to Jigsaw PSHE because children who enjoy good relationships, have good self-esteem and can see failure as an opportunity to learn as much as they enjoy success, will be rounded individuals for life. She passionately believes that these citizens of tomorrow will make the world a better place, as they utilise the skills learnt through Jigsaw’s mindful approach, in their teenage and adult lives.

Alison loves travel and speaks French and Spanish to a passable standard! She has worked with a number of our international schools and loves the idea that the ethos and mindful approach of Jigsaw might one day help children all over the world.