He has spent the remaining thirty years working in Primary and Junior Schools, the majority as a Headteacher in Wiltshire.

He is now semi-retired and enjoying the challenge of other work. He is a tutor and trainer on the NPQH programme which prepares candidates for Headship, a link tutor with King Alfred's College in Winchester assessing and supporting trainee teacher students on their school placements, and he works for CEA as an External Adviser, supporting school governors in the performance management of their Headteachers.

In his non-work life he is an active Christian with a Salisbury church, a grandfather. a sportsman, a keen gardener and he still has a love of adventure travel.