Kayte has worked in the FES sector since 2009, starting with a career in tutorial and pastoral care, before moving in to teaching functional skills and GCSE English and leading maths and IT. Kayte has held a number of roles across several general and specialist FE colleges, including advanced practitioner for English, English subject leader, head of department for English and maths, aa well as head of teaching and learning and teacher training. Through her business, EduKayte, she has provided professional development at colleges across the country, representing organisations includingthe Education Training Foundation as a National Lead for English. Kayte is now programme lead for the post-14 FE and skills ITE programmes at the University of Derby where she has been employed since 2021, taking a lead on the specialist English pathway, inclusion, behaviour and wellbeing, and supporting an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating in 2024. Alongside this main role, Kayte is a co-editor, research convenor and co-chair for the

Learning and Skills Research Network (LSRN).

 

Kayte is currently studying for a PhD in education, exploring resistance to patriarchal norms in further education. As well as being a fellow of the ETF and of the Higher Education Association (HEA), she holds external examiner positions for FES ITE programmes at several universities.