Mr Thomas Dixon

Hello, my name is Thomas Dixon and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to teach Year 6 at Smarden School, with which I have a long association as a parent and governor. I trained across the 7 to 14 age range, meaning that I have the opportunity to teach in both primary and secondary schools. For the first part of the last school year I taught mathematics in a secondary school, teaching maths classes in years 7, 8, and 9. I have particular interests in maths, history, art, emotions, and wellbeing. Prior to training as a school teacher I was a university academic, working as a Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London. This involved writing books and making podcasts and BBC radio programmes about the history of emotions, and working with TKAT to develop a series of lessons about emotions for primary schools. I live a few miles away from Smarden with my wife, two boys, and two cats. I love walking in the countryside, music, cooking, and photography.