David came in to teaching following on from a career in the British Armed Forces as a Royal Marine Commando, where he spent seven years in active service in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo. David chose to leave the armed forces in 2004 to start a family, get married and follow his dream of becoming a PE teacher.

In 2004, David completed a degree in Sports Science and Outdoor Pursuits at the University of Wales and then went on to complete his teaching qualification at Leeds Carnegie. David started his teaching career in 2008 as a PE teacher at Heritage High School, Derbyshire and soon found a real passion for education and leading teaching developments. This passion developed in 2012 when David was appointed as a Lead Practitioner and, in 2014, he was promoted to Assistant Headteacher of Teaching and Learning. David chose to stay at Heritage High School for 14 years and in 2018 progressed to be the Assistant Headteacher of Behaviour and Culture. 

Following on from his time teaching in Derbyshire, he then became the Vice Principal of an outstanding alternative provision in Nottinghamshire city centre (Stone Soup Academy) before successfully becoming the Deputy Headteacher overseeing the Quality of Education at Eckington School in June 2023.

David is still a very keen sportsman and cyclist who regularly competes across the country in mountain biking and cyclo-cross along with his two sons, Alfie and Ben.