Rebecca Gray

Executive Summary

Ms. Gray took up the post of Director of Education at Taaleem replacing Ms. Heather Mann in August 2023. Ms. Gray graduated with a degree in Psychology in 2002 and went on to complete her PGCE at the University of North London in the UK. She began her teaching career in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, where she gained her first senior leadership post and progressed to further senior leadership responsibilities in Peterborough. Ms. Gray became a Deputy Headteacher at a school in Huntingdon, during which time she also completed her National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). Ms. Gray has since been the Headteacher of a primary school in Northamptonshire, the founding Principal of a Preparatory school and an Improvement Cluster Lead for the David Ross Education Trust where she led on whole school improvement for eight of the trust's schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Needs Schools. Ms. Gray and her family then left the UK for Dubai seeking new and exciting opportunities. Ms. Gray took up post within the Kings' group in Dubai in 2016, she initially held the responsibility of Principal at Kings' School Al Barsha a large, expanding all through school offering the British curriculum to students between the ages of 3 – 18, Ms. Gray then held a dual role which included the Director of Education for the Kings' Group for a period of 7 years before joining Taaleem.

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