Deborah is Dragonfire's Forest Schools Managing Director with special responsibility for teaching and learning.
She is fully qualified as a Level 3 Forest School leader and holds a level 2 Food Safety certificate as well as a Paediatric first aid qualification. She has an enhanced and current DBS certificate.Deborah was brought up in the Lake District which encouraged her love of the outdoors and has helped shape her teaching skills including becoming a qualified riding instructor.
It is Deborah's drive and commitment that has created Dragonfire Forest School, and a deep held belief that children need to develop life skills and re-find a love of learning if they are to thrive and achieve well both in school and in life. This philosophy of learning is summed up in Dragonfire's 'Fruit and Roots' approach to learning where the fruitful skills and knowledge children gain must be rooted and supported by the values, beliefs and personal character that each of them will develop for the future.