Charlotte Goddard looks at how working abroad led an aspiring actor down
the graduate employment-based pathway.
Acting was the original career planned by Beth Spaul. 'Having seen my mum work really hard in and out of the classroom, I said "I never want to teach",' she remembers. Little did she know she was destined to become the head of a school of 100.
Her journey began after completing a degree in French and English literature and a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course, when she embarked on what was to be the start of a 12-year stay in India. Like many Brits travelling abroad to work, she got a job teaching English to adults and children. A chance meeting with a group of parents on the beach one day led the mum-of-three to decide to set up a nursery.
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