Andy Hale

Principal Lecturer – Primary Education - Tutoring lead

Institute of Education

Primary Education

Contact Details

email: andy.hale@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 542080

Andy Hale is an experienced primary school practitioner with a career of over 30 years in primary schools, the last fifteen of which were as Headteacher.

Andy’s introduction to primary education came following his Bachelor of Education degree from Wolverhampton University. He achieved NPQH in 2003 before commencing his post as a Headteacher.

Andy started with the University of Worcester in October 2019 as an Associate Lecturer, largely supporting student placements and student recruitment.

With the challenges caused by the pandemic in early 2020, Andy increased his role to support students as a coach/mentor and took on an increased teaching role. Andy now teaches on both PG and UG courses and he has been Primary Partnership Lead for two and a half years.  From September 2023 Andy will be the university lead for tutoring in schools. 

Over recent years, Andy has also been a trainer for NPQH and NPQML courses as well as an external marker for NPQ assignments and has wide experience in training and development for teachers and school leaders. He is also trained as a coach for leadership teams. As part of this training, Andy is now looking forward to moving on from his partnership role, working on the university provision for coaching and tutoring.

Andy is a keen musician and sports enthusiast, with an eclectic taste in music and a particular liking for cycling, going to the gym, and walking, Andy also loves to travel and especially visit warm and sunny places.

Andy’s teaching specialisms lie in Maths and Professional Studies, focussing also on deliberate practice and coaching. He has a particular passion for student and staff wellbeing and mental good health.