Regular blogger Elizabeth Holmes is a writer and researcher in education. She has taught in secondary schools in London, Oxfordshire and West Sussex and written many books, including The NQT Handbook, FAQs for NQTs, Teacher Well-being: Looking after yourself and your career in the classroom, What Next After School? and FAQs for TAs. Elizabeth has edited the CPD Update ebulletin for Optimus Education for several years. She has a particular interest in the well-being of teachers and pupils. Follow Elizabeth on Twitter: @EA_Holmes

After gaining a degree in Politics and International Relations, Elizabeth studied for a PGCE at the Institute of Education in London and taught in secondary schools in London, Oxfordshire and West Sussex before leaving full-time teaching to write in the fields of education and health.