Connor Acton is Deputy Headteacher in a Multi-Academy Trust in the East Midlands and Chair of both an Academy Board of Trustees and a local animal welfare charity. He has spent the last fifteen years working in numerous secondary schools across the 11-18 age range encompassing pastoral care roles such as Mentor, Head of Year, Director of Attendance and Head of Key Stage before becoming an Assistant Headteacher. Connor previously sat on the Board for the National Association for Pastoral Care(NAPCE) and has spoken, and written for, a number of organisations on a variety of topics related to pastoral care.