Developing the public face of school leadership

Faith Hagerty, founder of The Acting Head, obtained a degree in Drama, Film and Television at Bristol University, before completing her Post-Graduate Diploma in Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2001. She turned her hand to teaching in 2006 and worked her way from Drama Teacher to Deputy Head at St Augustine’s Priory in West London, moving on to More House School in Knightsbridge where she was Head for over three years until the summer of 2024. 

Faith also founded and built her own drama school business Yourstage Drama Ltd and ran this alongside her school career for 12 years, selling it in 2020. 

During her time as Head, she was a member of the GSA Education Committee and still sits on the Society of Heads Futures Group and is a serving governor at a London girls’ prep school. Since moving on from headship, she has launched The Acting Head as a way of bringing her leadership experience and drama practice together to assist schools. She is committed to supporting schools’ most precious resource – their people, and has developed programmes for staff, senior leaders and pupils.

Faith qualified as a Graydin coach in December 2024 and offers online one to one coaching sessions and 360 Appraisals to school leaders, alongside her other Acting Head work. Her coaching work focuses on creative thinking, self-image and wellbeing. 

She is based in Nottingham with her family, but enjoys travelling around the UK, working with different schools.