Jerome has 16 years experience in child protection, education welfare, safeguarding and school attendance. He is currently the Trust Attendance Champion at Reach Schools in Feltham. He has considerable experience and expertise in driving attendance and facilitated the successful Specialist Home Engagement Lead programme for Hounslow’s Early Help Offer, presenting this model at the 2024 Festival of Education. He was a panelist in the 2025 Teacher Tapp debate regarding parent engagement and has a special interest in DEI and LGBTQ issues.