Dave has been a teacher for 35 years. He joined Cheadle Hulme High School as a Deputy Headteacher in 2004 and has been part of the journey that has seen CHHS become an outstanding school as well as opening its own Sixth Form.

Dave graduated from Bristol University with a BSc (Hons) before completing a PGCE at Leeds University. Prior to working at Cheadle Hulme High School Dave worked for 14 years at a number of high schools in Manchester.

He is an SLE (Specialist Leader of Education) in Behaviour and firmly believes in the importance of a rigorous and consistent approach to school discipline. Dave is a dad of four and lives in the local area.

Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS) is the founder school of the Laurus Trust. We are a hugely oversubscribed school with a reputation locally, and further afield, for outstanding teaching and learning through the relentless pursuit of excellence and a determination to ensure that every child succeeds. CHHS was judged Outstanding in every category by Ofsted in 2025.

In the 2024 KS4 Progress 8 Headline measure, CHHS came in the top 5% of non-selective schools nationally. We are delighted with the performance of the class of 2025’s GCSE results; a fantastic 42% of all GCSE grades were 7 or above. 75% of students achieved 5 and above, making this the best set of GCSE results the school has ever seen.

In 2023 the progress of our disadvantaged students was Progress 8 +0.3, the national figure is -0.55. Our disadvantaged students make more progress than their non- disadvantaged peers nationally.

In 2025 CHHS has once again bucked the national trend with 81% of all A Level grades at A*, A or B, a further increase on last year's incredible results. A fantastic 50% were A or A*, reflecting the school's continued commitment to academic excellence.

We are delighted that CHHS is regularly named as one of the UK’s top-performing schools in The Sunday Times annual Parent Power Surveys, last year we were awarded ‘Northwest Comprehensive School of the Year 2024’. We are also extremely proud to have been selected as one of the first schools in England to become a lead Language Hub in the government's £15 million languages reboot. The aim of the network is to spread best practice in languages teaching to other schools and boost exam entries. The offer will give students aged 14-18 the opportunity to study German, Spanish and French through to Key Stage 5.

CHHS became an 11-18 school in September 2013, with approximately 1700 students on roll. Our dedicated Sixth Form Centre opened in September 2014. We are the founder school of a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) with an outstanding academic record.

CHHS has a strong commitment to continued professional development of all staff. The professional learning opportunities in school and beyond enable staff to engage in various internal communities of professional development. There is support given to staff who are undertaking ECT, Masters, CTeach and NPQ programmes. Many of our staff have also joined other external subject networks and professional development, such as Doctor of Education programmes.