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Joanne Ritchie
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Jul 24, 2026
She Built A Business Instead
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Rose GibsonHOST
Yeah, you are plowing through, aren't you? So what I really wanted to talk to you today about your journey is where you started, because what were you doing a year ago? So a

Joanne RitchieGUEST
year ago, I was an assistant head at a special school for autistic children and my day looked so different.

Joanne RitchieGUEST
I was obviously working in the office sometimes and doing senior leadership work and being in other people's classes, supporting other teachers and doing a lot of policy writing, running a school and doing all the background bits that you have to do when you're SLT.

Joanne RitchieGUEST
And the two days a week I was teaching in were with the children with the highest needs that we had in our school.

Rose GibsonHOST
So can you talk to me a little bit about this role that you did have that you were doing before? What effects did that have on you personally?