Introducing Dr Anne Lee

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Former Head of two schools - senior and junior………………
In spite of being state educated herself, she was invited to become Head of Malvern Girls' College (girl boarding school 11-18 - 440 pupils) in 1994. During her time there she established a strategic direction which included the Malvern Girls' College Foundation (which subsequently led to the building of a new Science Education Centre).

Whilst at Malvern Girls College she appeared with Gavin Hewitt on BBC's Panorama, a programme on the recreational use of drugs amongst youngsters, she was invited to speak with Margaret Hodge on Women's Hour and as a Head gave many interviews to national and local media.

She was invited by the Centre for British Teachers (CfBT) to become the Acting Principal of St Andrews, (co-educational 4-11, 320 pupils) an independent primary school in Kent. Since completing that assignment she has been asked to become a Member of CfBT.

Campaigning for education nationally ……………………
As a governor of three schools and as a member of a House of Lords Committee to support the teaching profession, she has worked to support the role of the teacher in the classroom and the Head in their school.

She has been asked to write extensively about education (eg see the list of articles published in The Times, The Independent etc).

She has spoken frequently at the Liberal Democrats' National Conference on education.

Campaigning locally
Working with young people has always been an important focus for Anne. She is keen to support Woking Football Club’s Academy and was appointed the first Chairman of a group planning to build an innovative youth centre in her former council ward of Merrow. She said “there is an excellent team with complementary skills and they are building a wide network. Young people have demonstrated that they want to be involved in the design of this centre, and we welcomed the older people who are showing great interest and support as well.”

Working with Woking…………………
Anne has been working with Woking councillors for some time now. She liaised between the Guildford and Woking Council Groups to produce a joint statement in response to Surrey County Council’s spacial strategy which threatened green belt land in the area. She also supported their 2002 Borough campaign. She said: “Woking is one of the seats that we can win at the next General Election. All the pieces are moving into place for a very exciting campaign.”

Campaigning for teachers and heads………………………..
Next Chapter Ltd is a company which offers careers guidance, mentoring, research and project management for those who work in education. It was established by Anne and another former Head - both of whom still run the organisation.

Educating lawyers, bankers and doctors……………………
Anne was appointed as a Visiting Fellow in Educational Studies at the University of Surrey in 1986, an appointment which lasted for eight years - double the normal length of time. She was awarded her PhD for research into primary care ('Conflict in General Practice') in 1994.

She has worked with Guildford's College of Law, helping them to revise their teaching style to enable students to cope with increasing amounts of material. She has taught organisational and marketing skills to bankers and is currently working for the University of Surrey lecturing on an MA in Medical Education for GPs and consultants.