Prior to joining the Council at Monkton Wood, I was Chair of Governors at Stanchester Academy. I am also a governor of Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College and a trustee of the Prout Bridge Project.
I live in Ilminster, and with my partner, own a retail business with shops across West Dorset.
My earlier career was in multiple retailing. Amongst other roles, I was Sales Director of Waterstones Booksellers, and Managing Director of Blackwell Retail Ltd.
I am a debenture season ticket holder at Exeter Chiefs rugby club and a passionate supporter of English cricket and rugby.
My background is Health and Social Care, I have supported this by working within Local Authorities , Further and Higher Education for the past twenty years. This focus was within Quality Management and Human Resource Development.
This has provided me with a greater understanding of the education environments and the challenges students and teachers face.
Currently I am working as an educator for the Health Sector, focussing on learning disabilities and Autism, I am also a health and wellbeing coach.
This enables me to be involved with many projects around increasing awareness of disabilities and Neurodiversity and creating an awareness around behaviours.
When I am not doing this I have four children, two of which are teens.
My name is Anne Guild and I am a science teacher at Monkton Wood Academy. I am also a mother to 2 teenage children.
I have been teaching for almost 30 years and over 20 of those here. I have had various roles including Head of Science, and staff governor, and am currently the NEU rep for staff at Monkton Wood.
My focus is to ensure equity for all children in their access to high quality educational opportunities.
Following working at Monkton Wood Academy for the past 12 years in the finance dept, I have recently been appointed as Senior Operations Manager. I attended as a student here and my daughter went through the school, I have experienced the school as student, parent and employee. I believe every child deserves the best education. I am looking forward to being a part of the Monkton Wood journey through this challenging time of change to ensure school improvements are made for all stakeholders.
