Christine Chen

Areas of Specialism in Primary Education:

Christine Chen
  • Coaching and mentoring leaders in schools
  • Effective leadership
  • High Performing Teams
  • Excellence and enjoyment in Primary English
  • Strategic planning
  • Growing greater depth in English
  • Outstanding Learning
  • Curriculum development (whole school, bespoke)
  • Curriculum planning and content development
  • Questioning and thinking skills
  • Project development (within and across schools)
  • Learning and leadership-related research and application

Christine Chen is an experienced English, curriculum development and team-leadership specialist based in Kingston upon Thames. 

She has supported numerous primary schools, alliances, federations and trusts successfully across London, Surrey, the UK and internationally.

She currently supports schools across Kingston and Richmond as a part-time School Improvement Partner at Achieving for Children (since 2023), working with inspiring school leaders and teaching teams.

Christine has relished facilitated Lead London conference sessions and tutorials for the last 5 years with LETTA Trust.

Christine achieved a First Class degree in English Language and Literature and a PGCE Double Distinction. She has supported schools as a NACE Associate supporting cross-schools CPD growing Higher Achievement. She previously worked as an English Advisor across Surrey Schools.

As a highly regarded Teaching and Learning advisor for the Royal borough of Kingston, Christine led ‘More Able/Gifted and Talented’ networks which became the Primary Outstanding Learning network. She originated and grew Kingston’s popular Sharing Best Practice networks (Years 1 to 6) and thoroughly enjoyed coordinating the work of Expert and Leading teachers. She also organised a number of annual curriculum-based conferences.

As Literacy Consultant in Surrey, Christine
facilitated effective cluster and cross-phase projects (Oracy, Boys’ Writing
and Transition). She successfully project-led Raising the
Achievement of Bilingual Learners alongside EMA
colleagues.

Complementing her effective schools support, Christine consults, authors and series edits. She has most recently consulted and written for BBC Bitesize and Teach Primary, and has also enjoyed working with First News, Oxford University Press, Pearson, Harper Collins, Cambridge University Press, Komodo and Discovery Education, alongside Lindsay.

She co-authored Pearson’s Pin Point Reading Comprehension and Grammar and Spelling Bug, several OUP Project X Teaching Handbooks and OUP Guided Reading materials, Years 1-6.

Christine and Lindsay have also series edited for Collins and Cambridge University Press English teaching publications.

Christine has taught in both Kingston-upon-Hull (where she received an Ofsted certificate for excellence in teaching) and Kingston-upon-Thames (as a Leading English Teacher). She held senior leadership roles in both settings, and has coordinated English, RE and the Creative Arts.

Christine enjoys learning and leadership-related research and development, as well as coaching and mentoring leaders who are committed to improving people’s lives.