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Joanne Ritchie

Actress

Jul 24, 2026

0:42
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
0:52
year ago, I was an assistant head at a special school for autistic children and my day looked so different.
1:02
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.
1:20
And then I'd teach a couple of days a week as well.
1:23
So it was a big, full-on role.
1:25
And the two days a week I was teaching in were with the children with the highest needs that we had in our school.
1:32
They were all boys, all older, young adults, really.
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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?

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