About Future Me

Future Me is a whole-school personal development programme built on the science of future-self identity.

It gives pupils regular, structured opportunities to imagine, refine, and emotionally connect with who they want to become — and to link today’s learning, actions, and values to tomorrow’s possibilities. It is a powerful curriculum framework that enhances and integrates with your existing provision.

Future Me strengthens:

• Motivation – by linking learning to identity and purpose

• Resilience – by framing setbacks as part of long-term growth

• Aspirations – by making the future feel vivid, personal, and possible

• Emotional wellbeing – through hope, agency, and a growing sense of belonging

• Character education – through values-led reflection on who pupils are becoming

• Spiritual flourishing – by exploring identity, meaning, and purpose across self, others, the world, and beyond

Future Me fits naturally within your school’s wider personal development provision, enriching and strengthening PSHE, aspirations education, and pastoral support. It acts as a light-touch, high-impact enhancement — not a replacement — bringing coherence and deeper meaning to your whole-school offer.

Michael Walker is an experienced school leader with over a decade in headship and a proven track record of driving improvement across diverse school contexts.

Throughout his career, Michael has led with integrity, compassion, and clarity of vision—raising standards, building high-trust teams, and nurturing school cultures where both pupils and staff flourish. His leadership has been recognised in both Ofsted and SIAMS inspections, with exemplary practice highlighted in areas such as personal development, spiritual flourishing, and vision-led leadership.

Michael is also a SIAMS inspector, advisor, and holds the NPQEL. He has supported schools as a Local Leader of Education, Trust Improvement Partner and has led transformation work in settings facing significant challenges.

He is particularly passionate about developing pupil leadership and giving children the language, confidence, and moral framework to engage with ideas of justice, responsibility, and community impact. His work centres on enabling young people to take meaningful, self-initiated action—rooted in values, not compliance—and to grow as courageous advocates who carry hope into the world around them.

Future Me isn’t just about leadership. It’s about a deeply held belief that every child deserves to see, believe in, and become their future self.