Kacey’s Biography

  • The first (currently only) openly trans member of the NEU Executive

  • A teacher since 2005

  • Drama teacher in a Secondary School (2010 - present)

  • NEU Executive Seat Holder for LGBT+ members (2020 - 2025)

  • NEU Workplace Rep (2022 - present)

  • NEU LGBT+ Educators Forum Chair (2020 - 2025)

  • Chair, NEU LGBT+ Conference (2020 - 2025)

  • TUC LGBT+ Workers National Committee (2021 - 2025)

  • Co-founder and previous co-Secretary, NEU Trans and Non-Binary Educators Network 

  • NEU LGBT+ Organising Forum Rep, West Midlands (2018 - 2020)

  • NEU Policy Committee and Equalities committee (2020-23)

  • NEU Annual Conference delegate (2019 - 2025)

  • Nominated for LGBT+ Role Model National Diversity Award 2025

  • Winner of Role Model in Education 2025 Queer Student Awards

  • Parent of three teenage children!

Kacey in front of a rainbow light
Kacey around a dinner table with colleagues from Coventry NEU

“It’s crucial we have a diverse leadership with people who have experience of both life issues and know how to get things done in the bureaucracy of the Union. Kacey has both. There is much work to be done and to have someone who is familiar with the complex processes to achieve this is vital.”

Sue Sanders, Founder of LGBT+ History Month, Chair of Schools Out, Professor Emeritus at the Harvey Milk Institute

Sue Sanders, a woman with short grey hair