Matthew O'Shea | Head of Secondary (KS3 & KS4)
HELP International School

Matthew has more than 12 years of experience as an educator in the UK, Africa, and South East Asia, including Malaysia. Most recently, he led the creation and implementation of a new and ambitious curriculum, which equips students with the knowledge and cultural capital they need and provides pathways and opportunities for them to succeed in life. This included an enhanced STEAM Programme, which sees to the transition of upper primary into lower secondary, the introduction of a Year 9 Enrichment and Enterprise Programme and a new accelerated IGCSE Programme. With his background in ICT, Matthew also initiated an improvement plan focusing on communications within the school community via a single-parent portal, weekly parent workshops, and weekly middle leadership meetings, among other communications protocols.