Derrick Venning

Derrick Venning lives in an ex-pat village in South Yorkshire, England where he finds constant motivation and inspiration for helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in building their futures. An experienced Head of Science, he specialises in turning around struggling departments. Derrick has also successfully led a range of whole-school initiatives, from those aimed at improving behaviour and outcomes of disadvantaged students to initiatives to prepare his school for the rigour of new government performance measures.