Hilary is a Senior Assessor and Deputy DSL at Varsity Training and has been a qualified assessor and IQA for well over 20 years. She has a BA in ‘Health and Social Care’, a TQUK Level 4 Certificate in ‘Education and Training’ teaching qualification, and post-graduate level qualifications in management.

Hilary’s career has a strong emphasis in health, social care and education and she has been a senior manager of a successful health and social care department in a large college, while also teaching, assessing, and ensuring internal quality assurance there. She has been a teacher at a secondary school teaching English and Children’s Play, Learning and Development, and worked as an assessor, internal verifier, and trainer for the council, plus she is also a fully trained foster carer.

Additionally, Hilary has specialised in dementia care and worked for a national dementia charity in several roles, including leading a team in a day centre for younger people with dementia, facilitating a carers’ support group, plus recruiting and training volunteers. She has also worked as a team leader delivering healthcare for elderly people in a residential home.

Hilary has good people skills and can support learners of all abilities, personalities and educational backgrounds, as well as learners with additional learning support needs. She is kind, positive and patient, and loves assessing!