Ishbel Coleman

Ishbel is a recently retired Cambridgeshire primary school headteacher. She started her working life in Edinburgh as a criminal prosecutor and then relocated to London to join a global law firm as a litigator specialising in aviation. After a spell in Brussels, she returned with the family to the UK and was a volunteer with Citizens Advice in Cambridge before qualifying as a teacher at Homerton College, Cambridge. Ishbel completed her teacher training at Melbourn Primary School and was subsequently appointed Assistant Head at Melbourn. She went on to become Head of Coton Primary School and The Icknield Primary School in Sawston. Now retired, Ishbel helps out with teaching at Melbourn from time-to-time and is a volunteer with Citizens Advice Witness Service at the courts in Cambridge.