to Sheila, one of the fantastic Support from the Start Leads, and someone whose passion and care for children has shaped her life. Head Teacher of Prestonpans Infant school, Sheila has never stinted in her efforts to open doors and create the best start in life for children in Prestonpans, Port Seton and Gosford areas.
Having taken on further professional development and study, in addition to her Headship and work within the SftS network, she has regularly left colleagues and friends stunned by her incredible work ethic and commitment to a better and brighter future.
Heavily involved in creating the fantastic DadsWork links with her school and cluster area, Sheila has been inspirational in this wonderful project developing into other areas of East Lothian – and she has been instrumental in creating SftS family support workers – a fantastic example of partnership working.
And still she took on more – leaving her day job in safe hands, she was seconded to the University of Edinburgh in January and has subsequently been awarded a fellowship by the Scottish College for Educational Leadership. A remarkable lady indeed and we all feel very lucky to know Sheila and have her at the heart of Support from the Start too.